Writer, speaker, poet, scholar, booklover. Over a dozen books, two more in 2026; hundreds of presentations/articles on anime, manga, cosplay, history, art and craft across the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. You can contact me via my website helenmccarthy.net

Promoting and facilitating academic approaches to Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga). News, announcements, links, commentary, questions, thoughts. www.animemangastudies.com - featuring the Anime and Manga Studies Database

Political scientist by day, sci-fi nerd by night. @umich.edu PhD. Teach at @gwu1821.bsky.social. Edited books about #Dune, #StarWars, & #StudioGhibli. Also write about politics in #BladeRunner, #LOTR, & #StarTrek. More @ domnardireviews.wordpress.com

Glider in the night, dancer in the dark, lover of lost rivers and paths in the woods and libraries and half-open doors. Moonlights as a writer. All images and poems mine unless credited elsewise. AI is only acceptable if it's consensual.

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