- Helen McCarthy
Helen McCarthy (born 1951) is the British author of such
anime reference book s as "500 Manga Heroes and Villains", "Anime!", "The Anime! Movie Guide" and "Hayao Miyazaki : Master of Japanese Animation". She is also the co-author of "The Erotic Anime Movie Guide" and the exhaustive "The Anime Encyclopedia" withJonathan Clements .She was the first English-speaking author to write a book about anime, in addition to being "the first person in the
United Kingdom to run an anime programme at a convention, start a dedicated anime newsletter, and edit a dedicated anime magazine." [cite web|url=http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/497/Helen_McCarthy|title=Information on Helen McCarthy|date=2003-05|publisher=AnimeCons.com ]In 1991 she founded "Anime UK" magazine, and in 1992 became one of the principal contributors to "Super Play", an SNES title with a heavy anime and manga bias. [cite web|url=http://www.mininova.org/tor/1025301|title=Super Play Magazine|date=2007-12|publisher=
underground-gamer.com ] "Anime UK" became "Anime FX" after a change of backer and closed at the end of 1996. Andy Frain of Manga Entertainment, then the most influential anime distributor in Britain, took issue with the magazine's editorial policy and later with its involvement in the campaign against the trademarking of the word "manga", but this did not affect either McCarthy's position or the magazine's publication. She also contributed to "Manga Mania" magazine, and after "Anime UK" closed she edited it from 1997 to 1998.McCarthy was able to apply her convention-running knowledge gained in SF and media fandom when "Anime UK" ran the successful one-day convention "AUKcon", which attracted attendees from all over Europe in 1994. She has written numerous articles and essays and is a frequent convention guest, as well as speaking at film festivals and academic gatherings in Europe, America and Japan. She curated and delivered two successful seasons of lectures and screenings at the Barbican Cinema in London. [cite web|url=http://www.mcad.edu/showPage.php?pageID=1481|title=MCAD: Speakers and Guests|date=2007-09|publisher=
MCAD ] [cite web|url=http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=379|title=Japanimation|date=2007-01|publisher=Barbican Centre ]Publications
"Manga Manga Manga, A Celebration of Japanese Animation at the ICA" pub Island World Communications (London) 1992. ISBN 0 9520434 0 8
"Anime! A Beginners Guide To Japanese Animation" pub. Titan (London) 1993. ISBN 1 85286 492 3
"The Anime Movie Guide - Japanese Animation since 1983" pub. Titan (London) 1996 ISBN 1 85286 631 4
"The Erotic Anime Movie Guide" (with
Jonathan Clements ) pub Titan (London) 1998 ISBN 1 85286 946 1"Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation" pub Stone Bridge Press (Berkeley, CA) 1999 ISBN 1 880656 41 8
"The Anime Encyclopedia: Japanese Animation since 1917" (with
Jonathan Clements ) pub Stone Bridge Press (Berkeley, CA) 2001 ISBN 1 880656 64 7; 2nd edition 2006, ISBN 1 933330 10 5"500 Manga Heroes and Villains" pub Collins & Brown (London) 2006 ISBN 1 84349 234 3
"500 Essential Anime You Must Own" to be published by Ilex (Lewes) 2008
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