Category: Ask John

Question: Are there any anime series that make use of a false protagonist?

Question: Why is some of the content in the Vampire Bund anime considered “off-limits” for U.S. viewers while people aren’t creeped out over FUNi’s sexually-charged banner ads for

Question: Serial Experiments Lain is my favorite anime of all time. I was wondering if there were any anime out there that explore similar themes?

Question: What’s your favourite anime this season?

Question: I noticed this question online and thought it would be interesting to address: Are there any anime-live action crossovers like Space Jam?

Question: Kazuki Akane was interviewed at the Japan Expo in France this year. There were many interesting questions. Especially when he was asked about about evolution in the

Question: I aspire to work in the animation field. I’m still really young and naive and therefore have no idea where to start especially since I’m Canadian and

Question: Spoilers Within! While there have been several anime and manga where a major protagonist has gone over to the villain’s side (often for altruistic motives such as

Question: There have been numerous reports recently about the Chinese media copying -nearly panel for panel- Japanese anime series and passing them off as their own series. What

Question: How has One Piece fared as a series spanning over 400 episodes so far, in your opinion? In other words, what I’d like to know is how

Question: I was reading and laughing at the “Laws of Anime Physics,” but they brought up an interesting point – that Spike Spiegel was the first main character

Question: Outside of the Gokusen, which to me seems more like a GTO clone, are there any animes that are yakuza centered?

Question: A collector just paid over a million dollars for a copy of Detective Comics #27. So then, the question remains… what anime hobby-related item would you be

Question: I had the fortune of meeting you on the very first “Pop Japan” tour in 2003, where you were kind enough to allow me and a few

Question: Why is black cat so similar to Cowboy Bebop? It’s bounty hunters with pasts. Train & Spike are both ex-members of a gang. Sven & Jet are