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Question: I am a giant fan of anime. In fact, I would love to be a part of the industry one day to help bring over more anime.

Question: Like many of your readers, I have really enjoyed reading your answers to the year review-type questions, and have found them tremendously helpful in deciding what shows

Question: I came across this question and thought it was interesting. When was the last time a mecha anime actually contributed something completely original? That’s right, over 40

Question: Why is fanservice getting blamed for the downfall of anime. All I hear these day is how ecchi fanservice/harem show is killing the industry, why is that.

Question: Why does the anime community show such contempt and/or resentment for anime aimed at guys?(I’m not just referring to ero anime, either.) I can’t help but notice

Question: Anime News Network’s comments on the “Kissxsis” anime have been extremely negative. “For use only as a visual emetic.” “This is so deplorable that I wish we

Question: Why is black cat so similar to Cowboy Bebop? It’s bounty hunters with pasts. Train & Spike are both ex-members of a gang. Sven & Jet are

Question: I see a pattern among mecha shows. Godannar, Gravion, Giant Robo, Gao Gai Gar, GoLion, Getter Robo. The list goes on. Is there a reason that robots

Question: I really like Ninku and have been interested in it ever since it was bundled together with the first Yu Yu Hakusho movie on [American] DVD. It’s

Question: How do you think today’s landscape of anime differs from the landscape of, say, 15 years ago? What kinds of series, movies and OAVs were more prevalent

Question: Why is so much classic anime no longer in print? Animego has discontinued many titles. All the old Pioneer titles I know got bought by a company

Question: I look forward to Ask John’s picks for the best and worst anime of 2009. Umineko, I’m sure, will be mentioned in one of the two categories.

Question: Is hugging some sort of taboo in Japan? I ask because anyone who’s seen a fair bit of anime will have come across dozens of scenes in

Question: I have seen some anime like the old school and some new ones one like Dragon Ball, Macross, Robotech, Bleach, One Piece, Bubblegum Crisis, D-Gray Man just

Question: Could the Japanese TV industry ever be like the American TV industry? As in airing original programming ever year (roughly 45 new shows premiere yearly on US