Category: Ask John

Question: Why was Jubei Ninpucho (Ninja Scroll) a box office failure in Japan? It just seems hard to believe. I mean, unless I’m mistaken, Ninja Scroll is popular

Question: Have any film directors crossed over from live action to anime or vice versa?

Question: I have become increasingly concerned and puzzled lately as I continue to purchase domestic releases of anime OSTs. Two that I recently purchased were the Lain Cyberia

Question: I used to watch a series called Let’s Go: Jet and Joey, in English, that was about two brothers and mini 4 wheel drive racing using Tamiya

Question: What do you think about Alien Nine? Do you feel it was right for it to be released here in American (dispite it having some rather disturbing

Question: Do you know of any anime based on the theme of “girls with guns” other than Noir and Gunsmith Cats?

Question: Do trends in Japan stay popular longer than here in American? Like Pokemon, for instance, is still going pretty strong in Japan and it has been since

Question: I’ve been looking around and noticed there is a Galaxy Angel, Galaxy Angel A, Galaxy Angel AA, and Galaxy Angel Z. I’ve noticed that they just seem

Question: I’ve been watching a lot of new series this season and I’ve noticed a number of them have been hentai games. Like Popotan, Da Capo, and Kimi

Question: Is there a Guilty Gear anime? I saw a Japanese dub of some scenes on G4 TV, and I can’t find it in the game.

Question: Is Risky a guy or a girl? In the series they refer to Risky as a guy, but the Animenation website icon has Risky as a girl,

Question: Is there/Will there be anymore His and Her Circumstances anime besides the 26 episodes Right Stuf released in America? FLCL is an excellent series, but there simply

Question: Why some “manga-kas” like Kia Asamiya didn’t finish his works? Kia Asamiya for example, didn’t finish Dark Angel or Silent Mobius. It’s a reason to do this?

Question: I heard there was a Yu-Gi-Oh series that didn’t have the characters playing that card game. What happened to it and is it ever going to be

Question: Do you think “Future Retro Hero Story” ever will be animated or brought to the states in manga format? Seems like it’s taking forever for the creator