Category: Ask John

Question: How do you feel about the Japanese movie industry and its recent growth? Do you feel it’s imposing slightly on anime? The reason why I ask is

Question: What do you think are some of the main reasons that companies like 4-Kids, Cloverway, and Dic don’t release uncut anime?

Question: I’m Japanese. On a 2 channel BBS, an anime fan writes that US anime fans write in a forum that “Maria-sama ga Miteru” would not be licensed

Question: Has the .hack//DUSK manga been completed in Japan? If so, why hasn’t Tokyopop released the final volume? If not, why did Tokyopop license it if it wasn’t

Question: What constitutes sentai? Don’t start me on that Power Rangers crap but if Voltron and most of the team of heroes genre constitutes sentai, are American productions

Question: Referring to your April 23rd answer you seem to look down upon people that only like one genre. Well, I only like mecha anime. I guess, if

Question: Wow, digisubs and super-saturation of the US anime market has made American anime “fans” into Japanese fans, just with 1/3 of the attention span. I’m kind of

Question: Why is Full Metal Alchemist so good? Its been a long time since an anime had me wanting to see the next episode as soon as possible.

Question: Could you recommend any “late-night” anime, and explain why some stories are seen as more appropriate for 11 pm & later viewing? Serial Experiments Lain, Boogiepop Phantom,

Question: I’m curious what is your opinion of Korean man-hwahs and animation? I’ve met a few people who say they don’t like them because Japanese anime and mangas

Question: In terms of anime shows featuring groups of main characters, more often than not, the number of group members is five – examples of this include Saint

Question: Do people living in Japan buy anime from the United States? This may seem like a silly question but with prices of DVDs in Japan, which offer

Question: I, for one, was very disturbed by the licensing of Kodomo no Omocha by FUNimation. The company doesn’t exactly have a good reputation for faithful translations (quite

Question: I have read in the news section of Animenation that Initial D Fourth Stage will broadcast on Sky Perfect pay-per view as two back to back episodes

Question: Can an anime be computer graphics, or must it be cartoon?