Category: Ask John

Question: Is there a way to change haters of moé opinions? I feel like I’m walking up an escalator that’s moving down in trying to get the vocal

Question: What are your thoughts on the new anime to have been released, and have you noticed any new trends with this latest season?

Question: I just finished watching NANA anime today. The anime is absolutely fantastic, and its unique and realistic portrayal of characters moved me a lot. But unfortunately it

Question: Some characters (like Scrappy Doo or Cape Man) are seen widely as annoying by much of the fanbase and are heavily detested. Who is the most annoying

Question: What it up with anime and Jupiter? Gunbuster, GaoGaiGar and Heroic Age all featured important events that somehow revolved around that planet, two of the shows resulting

Question: I was wondering if Toei would ever renew their interest in adapting the the Majin Buu Saga of Dragon Ball Z into Dragon Ball Kai. The director’s

Question: Aside from Sailor Moon and Cutie Honey, are there any other superheroines in anime?

Question: Hey John, It’s Jenna! (Remember me?) Long time no see!!! I thought I’d throw this out there, considering I haven’t watched any anime in, oh, 4-5 years

Question: Do you think the whole disaster in Japan will change anime/manga content in any way? Censorship maybe will control some “sensitive” storys? Like the manga Hakuryu Legend

Question: Does the fact that no one’s shown any problems with certain German soldiers in Hetalia make it less “controversial” to release Pataliro and the original Kinnikuman in

Question: Who are the greatest female pilots in anime? How far back in anime can we go until we find a female hotshot who holds her own?

Question: I’m sure you’ve heard that Viz now holds licensing rights to Hatsune Miku in America. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think Miku can go

Question: Why hasn’t Saki been licensed yet? I’m surprised that Saki hasn’t been licensed for R1 DVD release by now. Wasn’t it being streamed by Crunchy Roll when

Question: Why is lolicon so reviled in American anime fandom? Seems whenever the issue of morality and how it’s not actually causing harm arises, it still falls on

Question: Has America as a whole really moved passed the mid to late 90’s notion that “Anime is nothing but Magical Girls, Giant Robots and Porn,” and if