Category: Ask John

Question: After reading through your analysis of the American release of the Sailor Moon, and Toei’s understandable unwillingness to tarnish their “child-safe” reputation, what is the proper legal

Question: Just curious to know roughly how much it costs to produce an English adaptation of an anime feature – sort of gives me an insight as to

Question: Why aren’t there many anime related PC games? There are a bunch of great anime based games like .Hack and Dragonball Z: Budokai, but the problem is

Question: Where has all the shoujo anime gone? It seems that there were so many titles released specifically for boys in 2003 and only a few for girls

Question: What’s delaying the release of Naruto and One Piece anime in the US?

Question: I was wondering how popular are the Lord of the Rings movies in Japan? Do Japanese fans think that Lord of the Rings is a copy of

Question: How many other so called “anime” shows are drawn in the Aeon Flux and Reign: The Conqueror style and what are their titles?

Question: I was curious about your opinion of Juuni Kokki (Twelve Kingdoms) and whether you thought this type of complex, intelligent rendering was an indication of a future

Question: Does religion play an important role in the story, characher, and items in anime? Like in Evangelion when that monster was on that crucifix, or when Wolfwood

Question: I was wondering do anime series have very many spin offs like most American shows do to keep a franchise going?

Question: I’ve always been a big fan of Kanon and I’ve noticed that as of late, I’ve been favoring other anime that have at one point been h-games

Question: Why is Adult Swim and Toonami not so good anymore? A few years ago, before Adult Swim even appeared, Toonami had some good anime on there like

Question: Hi John. I know you are not a Japanese legal expert but I was hoping you could answer a question about Japanese laws concerning nudity. Could you

Question: I was wondering if there is going to be any more Full metal Panic?

Question: Although Matrix Trilogy is popular in North America. How popular is it in Japan? Since lots of stuff in Matrix is inspired by anime, I was wondering