Category: Ask John

Question: How do you think today’s landscape of anime differs from the landscape of, say, 15 years ago? What kinds of series, movies and OAVs were more prevalent

Question: Who are the best female villains of anime? Off the top of my own noggin, I’d have to say Medusa of Soul Eater and Cassa from Black

Question: A lot has changed with anime in the USA in the past 10 years. What are your views of both the business and fandom side of anime

Question: What is the rarest anime DVD? I think Angel Cop is. What do you think?

Question: With so much debate in the anime world, I find it confusing why generic terms are used to discuss a series which may not include it, such

Question: Why is so much classic anime no longer in print? Animego has discontinued many titles. All the old Pioneer titles I know got bought by a company

Question: Is there anything like a list of hentai that doesn’t have rape in it? It seems to me like there would be lots of films (and a

Question: I just got done watching Vexille last night and noticed how at the end of the movie they threw in a love triangle between the cyborg detective,

Question: Will season 3 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle ever be licensed for a US release? I’ve read mixed news outlining that season 3 can’t be aired in Japan

Question: I look forward to Ask John’s picks for the best and worst anime of 2009. Umineko, I’m sure, will be mentioned in one of the two categories.

Question: A little web reseach reveals that 1997’s “travesty,” known to most English-speaking anime viewers as the VOLTAGE FIGHTER GOWCAISER movie was a compilation of three original separate

Question: Have there been any shounen anime which feature either almost all or all girls or women as the main characters?

Question: Is hugging some sort of taboo in Japan? I ask because anyone who’s seen a fair bit of anime will have come across dozens of scenes in

Question: In North America, theme songs and opening credits in general seem to be shorter and shorter, 10 seconds or less. While in anime they have beautifully made

Question: How likely is it that CANAAN and Kara no Kyoukai will be licensed for R1 DVD release?