Category: Ask John

Question: What premieres for the 2007 winter season are you looking forward to, if there are any at all?

Question: I’d like to know one thing about the more obsessive fans (henceforth referred to as otaku). One thing that pisses me off about otaku is their lack

Question: What are your picks for the best and worst anime of 2006? Do you think the year as a whole was better or worse than 2005?

Question: I’ll attempt to answer two separate but similar questions: Is drama important in anime? I had watched many anime shows, and I seen a lot of characters

Question: I have a habit of buying manga (and sometimes even anime) and never getting the chance to read it. Then I see more that I want and

Question: It’s been a long time since Toonami stopped showing Gundam Series like Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam Wing, and Gundam Seed. Cartoon Network also banned the whole series

Question: Would you consider it abnormal to seek erotic material focused on characters of your favorite anime, or anime that you are currently watching? I personally have no

Question: Why are Japanese online doujinshi shops unwilling to sell doujinshi to the international market? International customers would be willing to pay extra expenses the shops would incur

Question: I wanted to know, how long is Night Shift Nurses? And has it all been released here in the States? And how much is it uncut?

Question: Some of the most popular anime are closely based off of their manga: Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, etc. Why do people that read the manga even

Question: What would you say is one of the best import H manga you’ve seen lately?

Question: Why none of the Japanese anime artist done any anthropomophic anime or manga shows with no humans in it? All the anime seems to just have human-like

Question: Archetypical characters have always been in anime, but lately there’s been a growing number of anime that self-consciously feature and almost celebrate archetype characters. Shows like Shakugan

Question: Why can’t Japanese animators make shows that are like Family Guy, South Park, Simpsons, or Loony Tunes? Why do they always make anime based on reality? Can’t

Question: Is it possible for a non-Japanese to create an anime film in Japan? I’ve heard some people say that there is a discrimination in this particular area