Category: Ask John

Question: Why hasn’t Wagaya no Oinarisama received as much notice as Spice & Wolf in the States?

Question: Do you think it will be feasible to release an entire anime series on a single Blu-Ray disc?

Question: Is it wrong to like lolicon?

Question: Some of Gainax’s series are not only capable of being longer, but deserve to be longer – Evangelion and Gurren Lagann spring instantly to mind. Yet the

Question: Will there be a Zero no Tsuakima movie, as popular the anime is?

Question: Why is it so many anime characters have a tendency to close one eye when they are experiencing pain or straining themselves?

Question: Having been fascinated thus far by the first 13 episodes of Otogi Zoushi, how many other anime properties are you aware of that are set (either in

Question: I’ve recently been watching Sekirei. Being of the ecchi and harem genres, the show had a lot of fan service but made sure to self-censor itself regularly.

Question: Are Mireille Bouquet and Kirika Yumura from Noir a romantic couple, or are they simply best friends, or is their relationship more of a sisterly nature? It

Question: What’s the most unlikely anime adapation that’s ever actually happened?

Question: Why hasn’t the movies Hostel & Saw provided leverage for the more extreme manga to be animated by an American studio, like the stuff by Kago Shintaro

Question: How much anime owe their structure to Greek tragedies?

Question: What’s your opinion of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki so far? Also, how likely is a U.S. license for the show?

Question: While there still isn’t enough anime legally available to the US for my taste, America (and basically the rest of the world) can now watch more anime

Question: What’s the significance of angel eggs in Japanese culture or anime. I never came across this concept until I started watching anime. Off the top of my