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Question: What are the chances of a title being picked up after a license expires? I recently heard that Manga Ent. had several titles that expired. For instance

Question: Are similarly named and iconic characters Binchou-tan, Habanero-tan, the OS-tans related in any way? I’ve also seen images of other, similar characters posted on the English-speaking 4chan

Question: Where are all the fans that enjoy anime and manga on a more academic level? It seems that as soon as one tries to get a fan

Question: While American released anime DVDs are usually half price or less of the Japanese releases, why does American released manga cost twice as much as Japanese published

Question: At AnimeNewsNetwork.com, Answerman Zac Bertschy has been complaining of late that many people have been emailing him about whether or not their story ideas would be accepted

Question: I’m a Pretty Cure fan, and knowing from your previous entries that you are too, I feel I should ask you this question. What do you think

Question: When is Natsuki Crisis coming out? Licensed or no licensed?

Question: Why are language teachers so common in anime? In almost every anime I can think of that has a school teacher as a main character, that teacher

Question: I think a common aspiration among long time Japanese popular culture fans is to learn the language. I started thinking about that and came up with one

Question: According to various accounts, many Sunrise TV series, like the Big O, S-cry-ed, and Gundam Seed, have all had success on the Cartoon Network. Together with Bandai’s

Question: I’ve noticed that spotting trends in Japanese society by watching anime in certain periods is pretty difficult. Although technology trends are a lot easier to see (i.e.,

Question: What is the story with CLAMP’s X series? Viz stopped publishing the book with volume 18 and since then has made no comments on volume 19. I

Question: I am glad to see Blood+ liscensed, but not by Sony. They never got around to finishing Cyborg 009. What would make me think that they would

Question: It seems that anime is, in general, deemed the least acceptable form of visual entertainment by the majority of society. Be it religious groups dedicated to bashing

Question: Recently, you answered a question about the legality of lolicon. What I don’t understand is why it is so popular. In a previous article, you cited a