Category: Ask John

Question: You recently posted about anime based around golf. I’ve personally seen anime about libraries, and have heard about anime based around other seemingly obscure careers. So it

Question: Does Iron Man fill a void for Japanese otaku who miss mecha-themed shows? I’ve noticed that, thanks to the Robert Downey, Jr. films, Iron Man seems to

Question: Apparently One Piece is returning to Toonami in May. As much as I love One Piece and am excited about the news, I’m worried about how it’ll

Question: In your opinion what are the best anime speeches?

Question: Since this is Masters Week, I have to ask is there any anime that predominantly or exclusively focuses on golf?

Question: In a recent column, Guilty Crown was listed as being a universally recognized “bad” anime. I was mystified, because long before I read this, I had watched

Question: There’s something that’s been confusing me about people who don’t like dubs and prefer literal subtitles when they watch anime. The people I’ve come across who prefer

Question: Long ago you once said something along the lines of, “Sometimes it helps to watch a horrible anime to refresh the palette,” since watching only good stuff

Question: I saw Rose of Versailles recently and I really enjoyed it. I was just wondering but are there any other animes which feature a crossdressing main protagonist?

Question: Why was the old Russian/Soviet WW2 song “Katyusha” cut from the Crunchyroll webcast of “Girls und Panzer” episode 8?

Question: As I find myself in my 30’s now, the anime that I always go back to, my anime version of comfort food, is 1987’s Kimagure Orange Road

Question: I had never really heard of Kochikame before but it attracted my attention because Toei released a crossover special of One Piece and DBZ and it featured

Question: Do you think the rest of xxxholic will be released in the U.S? It’s been quite a few years since the first TV season and motion picture

Question: Having watched the first movie over again and remembering how much I enjoyed Macross Frontier, it struck me… why isn’t there more Macross? Between CD and toy

Question: Can you please try to explain what is going on with the nonsensical ad-libbing occurring in some Sentai Filmworks anime dubs? It’s as if they’re going out