Category: Ask John

Question: What anime movies would you think would be suitable for grindhouse viewing?

Question: what is your opinion of Soul Eater? Is that series over at 51 episodes?

Discotek’s recent announcement of plans to re-release the 1986 Fist of the North Star movie in America caused me to ponder which other significant feature length anime films

Question: Okay, so I am watching Tenchi Muyo, and occasionally there is this sound in the background, like some guy going “Ooowoooh!” and then some weird bonk that

Question: What do we have to look forward to next year?

Question: What have the best anime of the year been? What were the worst anime of the year?

Question: Any chance Manyuu Hikencho might be the next samurai manga to go big in the U.S. a’la Rurouni Kenshin?

Question: Are there any long running anime that don’t run out of steam during their entire series length?

Question: Do you know the plan for Viz putting Naruto Shippuden online? Are they going to make any money by doing it, and are they done trying to

Question: What are some of the more overlooked subgenres of ero manga not picked up by domestic publishers?

Question: Funimation has released pretty much finished up all of the stalled Geneon releases except for The Law of Ueki. Do they have this one? If they do,

Question: What’s Bandai trying to do with Kurokami? It would appear to me that the reason for Bandai to dub and broadcast a new show within 24-hours of

Question: Are their any talks about making the manga “Fairy Tale” into an anime?

Question: Why is purple/purple-pink lingerie so popular with mature women in hentai? Why do you think the jukujo & tentacle genres haven’t collided in a manga before?

Question: My favorite type of anime is the more serious types. I loved Elfen Lied and Berserk. And Black Lagoon isn’t a terrible show. But I am looking