Category: Ask John

Question: Is live action anime the new thing? They seem to be making a lot of the lately.

Question: As we keep seeing the lines blurred as to what “anime” is, do you feel that it is important to establish that there is not one universal,

Question: What anime productions have you personally seen or at least heard of that are “fully realized” in terms of content? In other words, what anime projects are

Question: With manga titles like Berserk, which opens with a soft-core sex scene and later nearly goes into a full-blown rape of a small boy, why is Gantz

Question: I’m surprised a bit to know that “Kamichu!” will be released only in English subtitle. Is it true? I’m Japanese and curious how American will react to

Question: Do you know anything about the “other” Lolita Anime OVAs? Besides the regular Lolita Anime OVAs, there was another series that was produced by different company that

Question: Being a fan of the Death Note series since it published its first chapter in Shonen Jump, I am very much looking forward to the live action

Question: Was there ever a question over whether non-Japanese characters in an anime should be portrayed as speaking fluent Japanese, particularly if the show is not set exclusively

Question: I’ve read that one of the reasons Neon Genesis Evangelion is heralded is that focuses on psychology and the inner workings of the psyche of teenagers and

Question: What do you think of canon vs. non-canon doujinshi and fanfics? What about canon vs. non-canon hentai/yaoi/yuri doujinshi? Some fans seem to like doujinshi and/or pornographic doujinshi,

Question: This question was submitted by a Japanese reader in response to the “Ask John” article “Is Anime Too Expensive in America?” Anime is not seen in many

Question: Is there any sort of way anime companies choose anime to come to US? Or do they just pick what they want, because that doesn’t sound fair.

Question: With the release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children do you believe if the DVD sells well in America that anime production companies will start to create

Question: What is the Japanese take on hentai? Is it looked at as nothing more then pornography? The average hentai has a lot more work put into it

Question: When I’m in search of a new anime series to view/buy, I often find it difficult to judge appropriate titles because their names often seem somewhat obscure/irrelevent