Category: Ask John

Question: What’s your opinion of anime/manga that have anti-war themes like Azumi/Barefoot Gen/Grave of Fireflies and what titles of the latest generation continue their tradition?

Question: Anime movies in general have had bad- bad- live action adaptations. Keanu Reeves recently announced that he and Fox saw the script for Cowboy Bebop and loved

Question: As a fan who was introduced to anime by 1980s sci-fi and horror OAVs I have been surprised to see things like Akira, Wicked City and Wings

Question: Why is Kanamemo not popular? I know that there were a lot of other shows that grabbed attention last year (K-On!, Saki, and Haruhi S2) but I

Question: How do you think today’s landscape of anime differs from the landscape of, say, 15 years ago? What kinds of series, movies and OAVs were more prevalent

Question: Who are the best female villains of anime? Off the top of my own noggin, I’d have to say Medusa of Soul Eater and Cassa from Black

Question: A lot has changed with anime in the USA in the past 10 years. What are your views of both the business and fandom side of anime

Question: What is the rarest anime DVD? I think Angel Cop is. What do you think?

Question: With so much debate in the anime world, I find it confusing why generic terms are used to discuss a series which may not include it, such

Question: Why is so much classic anime no longer in print? Animego has discontinued many titles. All the old Pioneer titles I know got bought by a company

Question: Is there anything like a list of hentai that doesn’t have rape in it? It seems to me like there would be lots of films (and a

Question: I just got done watching Vexille last night and noticed how at the end of the movie they threw in a love triangle between the cyborg detective,

Question: Will season 3 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle ever be licensed for a US release? I’ve read mixed news outlining that season 3 can’t be aired in Japan

Question: I look forward to Ask John’s picks for the best and worst anime of 2009. Umineko, I’m sure, will be mentioned in one of the two categories.

Question: A little web reseach reveals that 1997’s “travesty,” known to most English-speaking anime viewers as the VOLTAGE FIGHTER GOWCAISER movie was a compilation of three original separate