Category: Ask John

Question: What kind of advice would you give to someone interested in visiting Japan but concerned about not speaking the language?

Question: What makes an anime fan hardcore? Most of the fans I talk with don’t even buy merchandise or DVDs and say they’re hardcore otaku.?

Question: Why hasn’t Yu-Gi-Oh Capsule Monsters show been released in Japan yet? Yu-Gi-Oh The Movie Pyramid of Light was released in Japan back in 2005, so why not

Question: Like a lot of fans in the digital age, I find myself buying a lot less anime than I did in the 90’s and early 00’s. Fansubs

Question: Considering all the blame media – video games in particular – gets for random shootings, is it a good idea for Discotek to bring back Violence Jack?

Question: Why do you think the Avengers anime hasn’t been licensed for American viewers yet? Is it too tied into that card game? Is it that Disney and

Question: Viz’s new dub of Sailor Moon is approved by Naoko Takeuchi herself. This is not the first time a creator, publisher or studio wants certain voice cast

Question: With the return of 90’s mahou shoujo heavies Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura to the U.S., a pressing question looms in the air: can the target

Question: I was overjoyed to learn that the original Sailor Moon anime had finally had its license rescued by Viz and is getting the full treatment for its

Question: As we all know by now, Dear Brother/Oniisama e was successfully crowdfunded at Anime Sols with time to spare. What makes its success unusual, besides its age,

Question: Looking back, were the 1990s a bad influence on the anime industry?

Question: I was just wondering how many titles you buy a month. I think I only by about 8 on average.

Question: What are some anime titles you are surprised haven’t made it to America yet? They are titles that have been out in Japan for quite some time

Question: In the 2000’s I asked about the trend of classic mecha anime being produced at that time. Now in the 2010’s I noticed a sudden surge of

Question: What are your favorite videogame intros which mimic the typical anime intro format? Even though you’re more of an anime guy, I’m sure you’ve played more than