Category: Ask John

Question: With 2012 coming to a close what’s your overall opinion on anime that have aired this year? What were your favorite anime this year, and what anime

Question: The year is almost finished, so I would like to know your recommendations for best series and movies of 2012.

Question: Is the trend toward weird girls in romance anime a recent one? I noticed a lot of shows made now have as the object of romantic fantasy

Question: Will, or have the Japanese already started to produce 3D anime movies or series?

Question: Now that “Berusaiyu no Bara” (The Rose Of Versailles) has been given an official North American release [license]. Is there any chance that its sequel series “Eikou

Question: In anime with a predominantly school setting, in the majority of instances, the main protagonist often occupies a window seat in class – according to TV Tropes,

Question: Is there any reason why the Niji-iro Hotaru film, the brother of Letters from Momo, hasn’t shown up in the American community yet? The DVD and BD

Question: How likely do you think it is that the current Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure TV series will be brought to the States for home video release? Will it

Question: After watching some of the new anime series this season I couldn’t help mustering less than ambivalence for Production I.G’s two series Robotic;Notes and Psycho Pass. This

Question: I’ve just watched Legendary Gambler Tetsuya and I really like it. The highly stylized high-stakes competitive gambling, the post-WW2 recovery period of Japan as it’s rebuilding…. I’ve

Question: What is your opinion on Gen Urobuchi’s writing? Even with Psycho-Pass airing and Expelled from Paradise to come, do you think we’ll see even more of his

Question: I was wondering if scars on a character’s nose means anything deeper than just a scar on the nose? The first character I can think of is

Question: I would appreciate a knowledgeable answer on Dominion Tank Police (DTP). I understand there are two US region 1 DVD releases with Eng dubs. One from 1999

Question: Is less hentai anime being released in the west? It seems like less original hentai anime has been coming out on DVD and most of them have

Question: I recently watched Hotel Transylvania, an American animated film that’s a light-hearted parody of vampires and monsters in pop culture. I thought it was really funny and