Category: Ask John

Question: Why do the Japanese seem to love destroying Tokyo so much?

Question: Do you think ImaginAsian’s strategy for releasing classic anime on DVD will be successful?

Question: Other than the obligatory samurai period dramas, have there ever been anime based on real life historical characters, a la Production I.G.’s interesting–and entertaining–take on France’s crossdressing

Question: Do you think there’s a relationship between an anime series’ length at its quality? I’ve often encountered many fans who say that some very, very long series

Question: Some long-time fans complain about the number of young people into the fandom, and their usually faddish interest in anime. Some felt that bringing anime into the

Question: In Japanese culture, what is the meaning of holding up one’s pinky to another person? For instance, in Fist of the North Star Part 2, Ain holds

Question: I was wondering what would make grotesque manga unlicensible since U.S. have the movies Cannibal Holocaust & Guinea Pig released uncut, so isn’t that a double standard?

Question: Lately there seems to be trend among characters – especially female ones – in anime. Specifically, the correlation between their percieved age and actual age. In the

Question: I am grown African American man who is big anime fan. My question is, is there any anime films based on African Culture? Maybe a movie with

Question: Is Pretty Cure the next Sailor Moon series?

Question: Can you import anime straight from Japan? If so, how?

Question: Over the past year, I’ve noticed a trend on English anime message boards, for example, 4chan, Anime on DVD, Anime News Network, and others, that users are

Question: What do you think of Lucky Star?

Question: What happened with Tsubasa Chronicle anime? Was it cancelled? Delayed? Which were the reasons behind this? I thought the show was successful enough in Japan and, for

Question: Will there ever be more anime of the original Devilman story? While both Go Nagai and Devilman are very popular names among hardcore anime fans, there still