Category: Ask John

Question: Does every single manga become anime? With so many gag, 4komas and even web comics becoming anime lately, I wonder if the popularity of those contributed to

Question: I was catching up on episodes of Naruto Shippuden (legally, I’m happy to add) and it came to my mind that Orochimaru, one of the main foes

Question: Do you think the poor economy in the states will affect which anime titles will get licensed? I kinda see a trend in which only the super

Question: Do you think over the past 20 years too much manga series have copy too much concept from the Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon series? Naruto and

Question: With the new American DVD release of CLAMP School Detectives, are there any CLAMP anime that haven’t reached America yet?

Question: What are the chances of seeing the 6 episode Mnemosyne OVA licensed in America? What is your opinion of the show?

Question: It’s going on 5 years now. Do you think Windy Tales has a chance of an American release this year? I don’t know if it makes a

Question: Is Afro Samurai anime? I know it animated from Gonzo, a Japanese studio, but lack of a Japansese audio makes me think not. Did you see it?

Question: I was wondering other than loli why does it seem American fans not want to acknowledge any artistic ability of artists who do ero guro since it

Question: While currently re-watching 1999’s BETTERMAN, it just occurred to me that the titular male character shares the same name as the principal female character from 1984’s puppet-action

Question: I almost feel like challenging Justin Sevakis to write Buried Treasure article not about a pathos anime and a Buried Trash not about a CPM title. He’s

Question: I almost feel like challenging Justin Sevakis to write Buried Treasure article not about a pathos anime and a Buried Trash not about a CPM title. He’s

Question: I was wondering when will Akira receive the Hellsing Ultimate treatment?

Question: I recently heard that since voice actors are so important in Japan, if a voice actor has to leave an anime for one reason or another, their

Question: With the new live-action City Hunter TV series being in prodcution now, could this [be] the perfect time for an anime distributor to license rescue and release