Category: Ask John

Question: Do people in Japan really talk like they do in anime? Is it common to use words like “baka,” “kuso,” “gomen nasai,” the I form “ore,” and

Question: Is Cardcaptors the movie 2 going to be released in U.S? When? In English? And is the distributor of the English version going to complete the series

Question: When it comes to the word “Ronin,” it usually means repeating 2 or more times to get into college, like Love Hina. But then we have Ronin

Question: What’s with anime characters and smoking. I know it’s supposed to show that they have an edge or dark past, but an anime character can still be

Question: What is shoujo anime/manga? I have heard that most of the anime and manga series that I love are known as “shoujo” (Fushigi Yuugi, Card Captor Sakura,

Question: I’m an avid fan of manga and manhua, and I’ve realised that there are very few American and/or European professional manga artists. I have been working on

Question: How do US anime companies decide what anime to liscense and why are many US anime companies licensing old anime such as Aura Battler Dunbine?

Question: I have recently been looking up on a series called “City Hunter.” It seems that there are a bunch of episodes and a couple of OVAs and

Question: I was watching Samurai Deeper Kyo and I basically understood most of it until the very end. What happened between Kyo and Kyoshiro after they fought?

Question: What’s up with hentai? Why was it created? For viewers to become gay and rape their girlfriends? Or entertaintment to see if Card Capter Sakura or Rei

Question: I heard somewhere (possibly in your column) that the Japanese don’t generally have a lot of loyalty to anime titles and always want to see something new.

Question: What is Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children? Is it like Pokemon or somthing?

Question: In various anime and manga set in early Japan, female characters often have two distinctive circular markings on their foreheads. What is the origin of this, and

Question: Do you know when Bandai will bring Love Hina Again to America?

Question: Who is Koge-Donbo? Why are her works so popular?