Category: Ask John

Question: I often see anime fans bashing kids anime like Dragonball, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Crayon Shin Chan, Hamutaro, etc. Why do especially American anime fans bash kids’ anime? In

Question: What is your opinion of CMX’s release of Tenjho Tenge? This is one of the worst domestic manga releases in years. Why would a company lisence something

Question: Are we ever getting a domestic DVD release of Robot Carnival? I’ve heard it’s been licensed, but have yet to see it on the shelves. It’s one

Question: In your opinion, what have been the best mahou shoujo anime of the past few years (maybe going back to 2002)? I know you think well of

Question: I hear there is a video game for the anime “Lunar Legend Tsukihime” that addresses many of the questions needing answers in the series, and adds more

Question: Why aren’t the books on which anime are based ever translated and brought over to the US? I, for one, would love to read the original Lodoss,

Question: I’ve heard a lot of talk of a 2nd season of the Berserk series. At first I thought that this was just a rumor, but I see

Question: I have to question Saiyuki’s status as “shounen” anime because I don’t think having a ten-year old boy in the opening sequence wearing nothing but black leather

Question: In Miyazaki’s Nausicaa movie, this was one of the most questioned questions of the last 10 years since I saw it, and I really wanted to know

Question: The other day I was thinking about how long the series Dragonball Z has gone. Yes, I am a DBZ fan, though I have not seen a

Question: I don’t know if you’re allowed to comment on this question, but I was curious. What are you predictions for shows that will get licensed this convention

Question: Is the anime “boom” or fad finally dying in America? I’ve noticed that some companies have stopped releasing as many volumes of their DVDs or mangas, and

Question: After playing a couple DVDs with both the English language and subtitles turned on, I noticed that the info in the subtitles is much more limited than

Question: Is CG a threat to anime? Outside of Spirited Away, most of the nominees and winners for American awards for animation tend to be animated in CG.

Question: Why is it that “most” of the new anime coming out recently have been mainly letdowns? I know we shouldn’t compare it to being perfect, but why