Category: Ask John

Question: How much anime owe their structure to Greek tragedies?

Question: What’s your opinion of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki so far? Also, how likely is a U.S. license for the show?

Question: While there still isn’t enough anime legally available to the US for my taste, America (and basically the rest of the world) can now watch more anime

Question: What’s the significance of angel eggs in Japanese culture or anime. I never came across this concept until I started watching anime. Off the top of my

Question: I think it’s absolutely great that Saber Rider finally will get a DVD release. The only thing that is a letdown is that it’s the edited version.

Question: With shows like Code Geass and Gundam 00 airing in HD in Japan, US DVD releases feel like a downgrade from the HD fansubs that are now

Question: Will Twilight Q ever be dubbed?

Question: Can you make a condensed chronology of anime history in North America?

Question: Probably one of the most memorable examples of “parody” or “homage” I’ve ever seen to date in anime is the sequence in episode 2 of the Nurse

Question: What is your opinion of the Linda/Linda Project commercial [manga] and their Bleach/Naruto doujinshi?

Question: Oshii is pretentious, and Tenshi no Tamago/Angel’s Egg is the ultimate proof of that fact. It’s an 84 minute intellectual and artistic wank-fest that offers no logical

Question: With all the movies being produced in America from so many classic comic books and anime, like Witchblade coming from American media, why is it that we

Question: Akira or Ghost in the Shell. Which had more impact on Americans before the anime boom?

Question: Do you think Funimation will license more Galaxy Railways anime? There is a second season and OVA. And they now have Moonlight Mile. Could they acquire the

Question: Why hasn’t there been a live action adaptation of Gunslinger Girl since it seems the most realistic to begin with?