Category: Ask John

Question: What are the top 20 animes of all time that you consider yourself blessed to have seen? As you are such a prolific anime viewer, I’m curious

Question: There are a lot of people out there who feel that cosplay in general should be exclusive to Asians and people with smaller body frames. What do

Question: What would you consider the best medical drama anime?

Question: What is your opinion of girls with swords titles? (Obligatory question since girls with guns was asked.)

Question: Perhaps you can explain Bandai’s decision to kneecap their Blue Ray release of Kurokami. Blue Rays are supposed to be better than the DVD release. Bandai’s explanation

Question: Do you think there is any chance that Valkyria Chronicles will ever get licensed here in America?

Question: What are some of the best “girls with guns” series?

Question: Why do the opening credits sequences for many anime series feel like they have better quality animation than the actual episodes themselves? Many openers contain animation that

Question: On my perusal of various anime forums over the years, I have found that most people who would call themselves “anime fans” are bombastic, arrogant, ignorant, and/or

Question: I was wondering what are the pillars of the seinen genre and the ones that push the envelope of seinen as a whole?

Question: How we get serious and action-oriented anime shows like Ghost in the Shell and Death Note on TV for free and not lighthearted shows like Love Hina

Question: When will Tecmo’s Team Ninja make a current generation Azumi game? Tecmo has proven they can do ninja games with Ninja Gaiden that are popular among hardcore

Question: I have seen some anime like the old school and some new ones one like Dragon Ball, Macross, Robotech, Bleach, One Piece, Bubblegum Crisis, D-Gray Man just

Question: Why does the anime community show such contempt and/or resentment for anime aimed at guys?(I’m not just referring to ero anime, either.) I can’t help but notice

Question: I’ve heard certain fans saying this cour is the worst anime cour ever. I’m pretty sure they say that every cour, however, and it would be laughable