Category: Ask John

Question: What is with all the Jason references in some anime? Like the character Jason in Captain Tylor or the little robot in the credits of Twin Signal?

Question: Why is it that in anime that have characters with glasses, the characters are sometimes evil?

Question: I am fascinated. Have you seen any of the series Ghost Hunt? Watching it actually raises the hair in the back of my neck.There has been a

Question: Do you think any of the new hentai series being released will reach the peak of most anime fan known [shows] like Urotsukidoji & La Blue Girl?

Question: My question is about Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. Why is it that the GT story line does not seem to follow the Dragon Ball

Question: You know much more about moe than I do, so I was wondering… can boys be moe? And if so, what anime boys are considered moe? I

Question: By chance, do you know the origin of the concept of a character in anime either “entering into a contract,” or referring to a “contract”? Said concept

Question: You’ve stated your favorite opening animations. But what do think are the best anime opening and ending theme songs?

Question: Why in anime violence is so intense and disturbing? In samurai anime shows, when a swordsman cut off one of his enemies’ arms, the blood burst out

Question: I’ve seen Elfen Lied and found it awesome. I wonder what its title have to do the plot? And the beautiful song Lily with the story?

Question: Do you think an uncut Dangaioh will ever be released? Ever since I’ve seen artwork and screencaps, I’ve been interested in seeing this three episode OVA. But

Question: I don’t know if this is too scandalous a question for Ask John, but what titles would you recommend to watch as the best lolita anime?

Question: Do you think Simoun has a reasonable chance of being licensed, and why or why not?

Question: I recently saw the 1994 4-part OVA “Combustible Campus Guardress” [Bakuen Campus Guardress]. I have heard about it. I have read about it. My life has now

Question: When Bandai Visual USA first came onto the R1 anime scene, people were pretty excited about their releases of Patlabor 1 and 2 and seemed to support