Category: Ask John

Question: Did hentai suddenly become mainstream when I wasn’t looking? First, you hear them casually discuss it in The Internship. Now, you see a giant robot with tentacles

Question: The Hunter x Hunter anime is closing in on the manga, with about 4-5 volumes of story left. So do you think it will follow its 90’s

Question: Why has Hana no Utame Gothicmade not been released on BD at all, even in Japan? All I think of as a reason is that Gothicmade designs

Question: Why is Japanese anime held to such extremely high standards by international fans? After all, Japan isn’t the only country to re-hash an idea; Hollywood is guilty

Question: Has globalization helped or harmed anime? On one hand anime has much more exposure than ever before, gaining fans from all over the world. However, this exposure

Question: Do you think more Usagi Drop will ever be animated? The series seemed popular enough at the time to warrant more animation. Is it the jump 10

Question: Some anonymous group of thugs recently desecrated hundreds of copies of Diary of Anne Frank books in Japan. Could those Anne Frank book vandals in Japan hurt

Question: I’m been fascinated with British-style characters in anime, from Eru-Chan from Upotte!! to Darjeeling from Girls Und Panzer to my favorite, Alice Cartelet from Kin-iro Mosaic. There’s

Question: Where did the notion that anime had to be realistic come from? I was watching action and mecha shows when I was younger but not once did

Question: It might be politically incorrect, but would it be inaccurate to attribute the early-to-mid-2000s domestic anime bubble -and its subsequent bursting- to wishy-washy American fangirls who treated

Question: While this question could pertain to any Blu-Ray released by U.S. distributors I will direct it towards the anime industry specifically. Why does the anime industry continue

Question: Since you made a list of your favorite 2012 anime, I’m actually quite curious to know what your personal favorite anime of 2013 was.

Question: Why hasn’t there been any additional Bastard! anime since the 1992 six-part OAV series? I’ve read that Bastard! is one of Weekly Sh?nen Jump’s best-selling manga series

Question: Why do you think that Evangelion TV has not been re-released on blu-ray yet? Fumimation has been releasing the movies and has announced a lot of titles

Question: Why does America audiences turn to 3D CGI animation for lighthearted and comedic subject matter and turn to 2D anime for darker, more serious stuff? Are there