This week I completed the edits on the updated new edition of my 1999 book on Hayao Miyazaki, and sent them back to McFarland’s editorial team. I still have to check the bibliography, but this means the book is almost ready to go to press. I’ll let you know the publication date as soon as […]
I did a two-part interview with Iulia Faciu for her Otaku Academia website. Here’s part 2, about The Anime Encyclopedia and #TheMangaBible There’s other good stuff on there too – a dozen interviews so far with anime and manga academics from around the world!
Happy New Book Birthday to me! The Manga Bible is in the shops today. Of course, I’ll celebrate – but very quietly. Cake, no alcohol, no rushing from bookshop to bookshop to admire its gorgeous cover on the shelf and maybe sneakily move it into a more visible position. I can’t go into town and […]