Category: Ask John

Question: How much Machine Robo anime is there? Why wasn’t all of Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos series released?

Question: Do you believe that the anime industry is at least partly to blame for giving fans a reason to download fansubs?

Question: Without argument the anime industry is in a downward spiral, or at least in some bizarre transitioning phase. But what exactly caused it? Did the companies over

Question: What are the avant garde anime series that have been overlooked by American licensors?

Question: What lies in the future that will bring more anime sales to the US or do you believe that the current market trends will only continue until

Question: Why do hentai manga scantalators occasionally post cultural notes for a particular title? Do American fans who read H doujinshi genuinely care about the duel meaning behind

Question: How often do we get Japanese live action shows in the US? How often will this happen? I know we will be seeing Lovely Complex live action

Question: Will Ojamajo Doremi be relicensed by Bandai or Viz?

Question: Is there a reason why anime and manga often feature female characters with markings on their foreheads? Examples from the top of my head are Belldandy from

Question: What would it take for the modern generation of [American] anime fans to get interested in older anime and possibly even want on DVD?

Question: After watching some older 80’s anime with a friend, we found ourselves in a discussion about “Why do early Japanese mechs have so much needless adornment”. Large

Question: Is it just me or does the whole “being out in the cold makes you sick” myth seem unusually common and serious in anime? Colds are caused

Question: Is there, and if so, what is the official definition for determining whether an anime qualifies as hentai? Are there any anime that are technically hentai but

Question: Why is it that the majority of hentai seems to have large sections of sadistic and masochistic scenes, some bordering on such extremes that they become hard

Question: This is a recurring theme in anime and manga: a mother who loses her mind thinks that a doll is her real daughter. I’ve seen this three