Category: Ask John

Question: Why do we have no magical girl robot anime aimed at any age group? Recently animators have been making new works by mixing genres. Sailor Moon +

Question: was Hamlet ever turned into an anime in any way shape or form?

Question: Is it really impossible to do a good anime adaptation of Blade of the Immortal? What does Blade have that works as a manga that just can’t

Question: With Capcom releasing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars on the Wii internationally later this year, could we possibly see a new interest in Tatsunoko properties over here?

Question: Why isn’t there some sort of Dirty Pair anime revival in Japan? They got sequels and spin-offs of a lot of old shows including some obscure Go

Question: I saw this comment, “Too bad they can’t remake Nadia like the Eva movies, with top notch art and updated designs. That would be cool,” and wondered

Question: What would you consider to be the best example of bondage anime to feature shibari?

Question: Will America’s current ennui for CG animation – or at least the talking animals/objects – help to cultivate more sophisticated tastes in animation, and possibly save anime

Question: In a lot of mecha anime, there’s an apparent trend in the antagonists having young women fighting for their side in a way that is utterly exploiting

Question: I’ve noticed that Funimation has recently acquired distribution rights to shows such as Samurai Champloo and Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, both of which were formerly

Question: I’m curious to hear why you find 2D gore “tasteless,” John. Not that it isn’t, I suppose, but I don’t see it as any more or less

Question: When I started anime collecting I was a huge fan on Record of Lodoss War and collected every bit of anime, even the spin off stuff and

Question: John, have you ever seen “Meimon! Daisan Yakyubu”? It’s a late 80’s baseball show. If you have seen it, what did you think of it? Touch is

Question: Almost a year ago it was announced that a third anime series for Black Lagoon was greenlit for production, but since then there has been no new

Question: Do modern Gundam shows owe anything to the success of Evangelion?