Category: Ask John

Question: Do you think Potpourri has more or less intelligence than Tsukasa and Osaka?

Question: Do you think the rest of GaoGaiGar will be released? I’ve been enjoying this show and supported the release by buying volumes 1-5, but I’m kinda annoyed

Question: How likely do you think it is that School Days will be licensed for American release? I realize that its ending is particularly shocking and had to

Question: Are anime writers losing their golden touch or something? The last anime I’ve seen that I find the least bit interesting was Death Note and Monster, but

Question: What is an “iyashikei” anime?

Question: What would be the likely procedure for an existing American anime distributor like ADV or Funmiation to pick up the titles formally owned by Geneon, particularly the

Question: I have a question about the School Days game. From what I read, it is revolutionary in being the first fully animated hentai game ever made. Have

Question: If the anime indstry was a monopoly business, do you think we will get more new anime faster and the anime business will be bigger than what

Question: The recent news about Geneon’s shutdown, Funimation’s Cease & Desist letters concerning Gonzo’s Romeo x Juliet, and the Japanese government’s request for help in stopping unauthorized online

Question: Over the past year, I’ve become a huge Macross fan. One thing I still can’t understand is why the movie “Super Dimensional Fortress Macross: Do You Remember

Question: Why is a company like [name withheld] still in business? How do they get away with selling bootleg Chinese imports right next to the licensed titles? No

Question: I seem to notice frequently in modern Japanese RPG games that characters are often dressed in eccentric fashions that seems impractical in real life. Examples includes the

Question: Hello, John. I decided to submit a question (or a counterargument) when I read the Japanese translation of your “Is Japanese Pop Culture Aware of Religious Sensitivity?”

Question: Just how important is an English dub to the success or failure of an anime series in the States? Case in point: ADV Films seemingly went out

Question: The recent OVA/TV anime Kodomo no Jikan, based on the manga series of the same name, appears to be very controversial in the American fan community because