Category: Ask John

Question: What is it about Hatsune Miku that otaku find so appealing? Why is she so central to the otaku community?

Question: The Anime no Chikara project had a great premise. Fresh new ideas, not based on mainstream moé or ninja or samurai, and not based on previous works

Question: I have noticed recently a trend that has been showing up in DC and Marvel animated films. It is the cut to the cheek during a fight,

Question: This September will represent 5 years since Beet the Vandel Buster went into a hiatus when Koji Inada became sick. What is Koji Inada sick or injured

Question: Is yaoi and shounen-ai popular in Japan? If yes, then why are there so little anime created with these categories? And if there are created they tend

Question: I was watching a classic anime called Rainbow Sentai Robin. I noticed one of the character looks like cyborg 008. Was there a lot of character coping

Question: I just got done watching The Legend of the Legendary Heroes. And I love it, but it ends weird, and I can’t find any info about a

Question: Seriously is most of the stuff moé now? What happened to making good action shows like Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop? It’s been like a

Question: Why aren’t light novels and manga being published in electronic formats? E-readers are quickly become ubiquitous and I’m sure publishers would be happy to drop the material

Question: Former Gainax Prez Toshio Okada bestowed the title of Otaking to the late Steve Pearl, but with his passing who is Otaking now?

Question: I was wondering why some companies tend to license long anime series, and after releasing a few volumes on DVD or a few episodes on TV, then

Question: What’s the rarest anime you’ve ever seen?

Question: Why is it in so called “Harem” anime, the main character never ends up with an actual harem? I use the term harem in the actual sense

Question: Why doesn’t Heroman get the respect it deserves. I know it just my opinion, but I felt that Heroman was the best anime of the last year,

Question: Golgo TV & the new Cobra have been licensed for DVD & online respectively. But Angel Heart, the alternative reality sequel to City Hunter has not, despite