Category: Ask John

Question: Don’t know if you recently watched Netflix’s Yasuke (it could have been better) which was created by LeSean Thomas who also had notable projects in Legend of

I’ve observed Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Smile Down the Runway, Akudama Drive, Moriarty the Patriot, and Somali and the Forest Spirit as the best new anime series

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic affected Japan’s anime industry as it did everything else in the world, resulting in a potentially contracted spring broadcast season and a number of

Given that Japanese audiences tend to prefer cuter lighthearted fare and mecha, what exactly makes Duke Togo (Golgo 13) a classic in Japan? Answer: Creator and illustrator Takao

Ask John: Why hasn’t a Lone Wolf and Cub or Lady Snowblood anime ever been produced despite their tremendous influence? Answer: The Kozure Okami manga, known internationally as

Question: Maybe I’m overthinking a small word choice, but when you wrote “conventional baseball anime,” I had a thought. Does unconventional baseball anime exist? I suppose we could

Question: I was just curious what your personal favorite Anime of 2010-2019 were. Answer: I watch a lot of anime because I deeply adore the medium. I’m fascinated

Question: we were exposed to a number of good and bad anime for almost a decade that I called them hit and miss some eventually became American live

Motivated by my personal fascination with anime, every year I make a deliberate effort to sample as much of the year’s new offerings as I’m able to. Given

I just stumbled across a somewhat pervasive ongoing online search for a “lost” anime colloquially referred to by the names “Saki Sanobashi” and “Go For A Punch.” The

A number of years ago when I was regularly a guest and panel lecturer at the Glass City Con and other small anime conventions, I took pride in

Question: I know you had a column recently on Battle Angel Alita and you’re probably impressed with the reception where fans and some film critics are commenting this

2018 will not be remembered as a remarkable year in anime history as the year didn’t produce any television series of historical significance. No avowed masterpieces rose from

Question: Which was the first vocal theme song ever created for or used for an opening or an ending. I heard or read somewhere that the 1963 Tetsuwan

Question: This is a new year and it is officially clear that anime/animesque type series is now more or less accepted internationally in Hollywood films and television. Some