Category: Ask John

Question: Why aren’t there any anime about Japanese sports? As you discussed in previous articles, there are plenty of shounen anime glorifying American sports, yet there’s a noticeable

Question: Why is it that there seems to be no industry for American manga? I don’t believe I could walk into my local comic book store and find

Question: Why are anime so overt with their messages? It’s always been very visible to me that a lot of anime intentionally carry strong messages that are mainly

Question: How do they decide whether an anime series should be continued or not? Is it due to costs to produce the anime? I read somewhere that the

Question: I was wondering why, in certain anime, when the main character or a supporting character are short, they have a major issue with any mention of their

Question: Lucky Star seems to have hit the Japanese fan community by storm: ads are everywhere in Akiba, many stores play the anime on their screens, the limited

Question: Why no Dragonball (Z) live action? Last rumor I heard was that it was going to be with an American cast with Brendan Fraser as the lead.

Question: What is the next best anime production house to the ever so popular ones (Madhouse, Ghibli, and etc.)?

Question: In one of your previous columns, you mentioned how Production I.G. was a fan-favorite studio. Just what does the term “fan-favorite” mean, and what would you say

Question: We know the Cowboy Bebop, and Full Metal Alchemist are two of them, but what recent anime, within the last decade or so, do you think will

Question: In Lucky Star and Azumanga Daioh I noticed when the teenage cast goes on a non-scholastic trip, their homeroom teacher acts as a chaperone for the group.

Question: Not that it’s really all the important, but are any celebrities openly anime fans. I’ve seen celebrities admit to being Star Trek geeks or comic book nerds,

Question: I’ve watched many bad anime over the years & always noticed a lot of the same traits, e.g. limited frame rate, very angular character designs & bad

Question: Why does so much anime take place in high school? Is it because the targeted audience of these shows is high-school-age? Is high school supposed to be

Question: Is there any history of an anime family sitcom? For example, in the U.S. we have The Simpsons, Family Guy, and King of the Hill. Have the