Category: Ask John

Question: I was reading an old article you wrote about NTR (“Ask John: What is NTR and Why is it Popular?“). In this article, you briefly mentioned “the

Question: I’ve been into anime for more than 10 years, seen hundreds of TV series, films and OVAs, and only recently I noticed something: not one single anime

I may be wrong, but I don’t think that there is anything with the thematic variation of Cream Lemon or similar in tone to the original Doukyuusei (End

Question: Do Tiger & Bunny, Zetman, and now Samurai Flamenco signal a trend in “original” superhero anime? [I use the term loosely, given their “borrowing” of certain American

Question: To what lengths can Harmony Gold go to stop Japan from putting English subtitles on their Macross products? With the last Macross Plus bluray release in Japan

After so many years of composing “Ask John” articles, I now feel as though sharing my retrospective observations on each year is a personal tradition. Appreciably in recent

Question: Growing up an anime fan in Canada, I sometimes like to look up animes that have mentioned or featured Canada or Canadians in any specific way. There

Question: I’ve heard rumors that the Japanese theatrical release of Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) in 1986 was uncensored with gore not blurred or have

Question: What, in your opinion, are the best “monster of the week” anime series?

Question: Where is the limit between having simple fantasies and an actual chuunibyou? You seem to think that the Watamote heroine has a chuunibyou, but to me she

Question: I consider myself a “returning anime fan.” I grew up on anime, but after I started college in 2005 I got out of it due to real

Question: So many American cartoons in the 80’s were produced in Japan (ex: DiC shows, Mask, Thundercats, Hasbro licensed shows, etc.) but yet these shows are never considered

Question: I understand that anime studio Gainax released its owning gaming series “Princess Maker” which, while popular internationally, has never seen an official English release. What I’m curious

Question: What are some of the things that can guarantee an anime series a sequel? For a while I thought that if a show was popular enough and

Question: Do international fans really want “authentic” Japanese animation, albeit with English subtitles? It seems everywhere I look I find evidence to the contrary, such as a country’s