Category: Ask John

Question: Do you think Card Captor Sakura will ever get a license rescue in the US?

Question: My question is regarding Satoshi Kon’s posthumous film, “Dream Machine,” which has been slated for release some time in 2011 for a while now. Do you have

Question: What’s up with all the father-son relationships in anime? One of the subtle themes in anime is the father/son relationship. I recognized that in most anime this

Question: Is there any talking or plans to do a “When They Cry” season 2 dubbing, or do the fan forever have to go [fan]sub if they want

Question: What is it about Hatsune Miku that otaku find so appealing? Why is she so central to the otaku community?

Question: The Anime no Chikara project had a great premise. Fresh new ideas, not based on mainstream moé or ninja or samurai, and not based on previous works

Question: I have noticed recently a trend that has been showing up in DC and Marvel animated films. It is the cut to the cheek during a fight,

Question: This September will represent 5 years since Beet the Vandel Buster went into a hiatus when Koji Inada became sick. What is Koji Inada sick or injured

Question: Is yaoi and shounen-ai popular in Japan? If yes, then why are there so little anime created with these categories? And if there are created they tend

Question: I was watching a classic anime called Rainbow Sentai Robin. I noticed one of the character looks like cyborg 008. Was there a lot of character coping

Question: I just got done watching The Legend of the Legendary Heroes. And I love it, but it ends weird, and I can’t find any info about a

Question: Seriously is most of the stuff moé now? What happened to making good action shows like Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop? It’s been like a

Question: Why aren’t light novels and manga being published in electronic formats? E-readers are quickly become ubiquitous and I’m sure publishers would be happy to drop the material

Question: Former Gainax Prez Toshio Okada bestowed the title of Otaking to the late Steve Pearl, but with his passing who is Otaking now?

Question: I was wondering why some companies tend to license long anime series, and after releasing a few volumes on DVD or a few episodes on TV, then