Category: Ask John

Question: Whether it be hentai, or clean, dating sims, from what I’ve heard, are quite popular in Japan, and amongst otaku. People like the character development, the realism,

Question: I heard about something called OS Tans and Trouble Windows. Are these the Microsoft mascots in Japan? Could there be an anime?

Question: I just read that One Piece was taken by 4Kids and am very upset. I was always hoping personally that Funimation didn’t even get One Piece because

Question: Would you consider Dead Leaves (Production IG) to be anime? Yes, strictly speaking it is made in Japan and therefore anime, but it looks completely Western.

Question: I’ve noticed an increase in manga and anime aimed at girls/women, especially from TokyoPop, like Fake, Gravitation and Pet Shop of Horrors. Why the sudden increase and

Question: Does Americanization of dubbed anime happen on a regular basis? Would you consider an American dub a form of Americanization?

Question: I was in a book store the other day and saw a new TOKYOPOP manga title on the shelf. Since I more or less expected typical TOKYOPOP

Question: What the heck is chibi?

Question: Why is it that Japanese movies and anime are the only form of foreign entertainment that they make dubbed versions of? For most, it would be taboo

Question: I got a question about why Japanese people seem to love those transform stuff. Transform like in Salior Moon, Ultra Manic and etc. All the people I

Question: Based simply on your opinion, are there any anime which you feel are vastly overrated? Are there any series which you feel received too much attention (be

Question: I had heard that you guys were going to be the distributors for Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu in the U.S. and I was just wondering

Question: Is there a chance that more episodes of Fooly Cooly will be made? The show was very short and the way it ended makes it possible for

Question: I’ve seen the name of the Scryed anime and manga spelled so many ways. Scryed, SCRYed, Scry’d, Scried, scry-ed… Is there a “right” way to spell this

Question: I was hoping you could explan something about Voices of a Distant Star. Like, oh let’s say, the middle bits and end. I understand the love story,