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In this episode, Michael talks with Helen McCarthy, one of the top anime researchers ever. She wrote the Anime Encyclopedia and the first book on Miyazaki in English. She founded the UK’s first anime magazine, and was instrumental in growing anime fandom throughout the 90s and 2000s.

Helen talks about:

- Her meeting with Miyazaki.

- What anime fandom was like before there was anime fandom.

- How she founded and ran the first anime magazine in the UK.

- The time she saw a beautiful man.

- Why Makoto Shinkai is not the next Miyazaki (yet).

- Where anime fandom is headed.

If you’d like to hear Helen’s speak on cosplay, she’ll be at FANS Conference on March 18th at Yamanashi Gakuin University. Admission is free. Info can be found,

Here in Japanese: http://bit.ly/2mu9m9L

Here in English: http://bit.ly/2hoMvtG

For more from Helen, check out her many books on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2mJVkl4

Helen’s website: https://helenmccarthy.wordpress.com/

Helen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetheart4711