Category: Ask John

Question: What’s John’s list of worst anime to date? Has there been such a list, just your personal list of titles you abhorred?

A commentary: A close examination of this year’s television anime seems to reveal an interesting and possibly revealing trend. While the number of action anime seems to be

Question: Who buys anime on US home video? I ask because of the growing trend of DVD-only releases in the age of web-streaming and blu-ray, which I assume

Question: Since the success of PSY’s “Gangnam Style” put K-Pop on the American mainstream, is there any chance for J-Pop to achieve similar success here?

Question: This question has been driving me crazy for nearly a month; after re-watching Bakamonogatari and Nisenmonogatari the difference in animation quality (in only two years for that

Question: I was intrigued by this question and wanted to share my perspective on it. “Could a new Patlabor series work? Would people be interested in seeing mecha

Question: Is there any anime that has a main (or consistent) nurse character that’s not comedy-relief or sexual in nature?

Question: You have mentioned in a previous “Ask John” that older fans tend to gravitate towards moé. As an older anime fan I am definitely attracted to moé

Question: I’ve heard rumors that Funimation is trying to get the rights to show Macross Frontier here in the USA and that the owners of the franchise want

Question: Are there any anime characters that actually have Autism/Aspergers Syndrome? I know many on the internet like to place those disorders to describe the behavior of some

Question: Do you have any thoughts on the Chu-bra Anime? And, could it be even remotely successful in America?

Question: With shounen anime becoming raunchier with it’s sexual material for children, the line between erotica for young boys and adult men has become blurry. How does one

Question: I know DVD bootlegs are illegal, but what about original import DVDs and import Blu-rays? Are they legal in the U.S.A. to buy, and is it legal

Question: Why is Kodansha holding back on suing ABC over Last Resort? The premise is a blatant rip-off of Silent Service, and yet they appear to be sitting

Question: I recently saw poll results conducted by BigGlobe on Crunchyroll, where the Japanese voted for their most Amazing Anime. The result where not very surprising. I can