Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews (Book) (360 pgs)

Anime's influence can be found in every corner of American media, from film and television to games and graphic arts. And Fred Patten is largely responsible. He was reading manga and watching anime before most of the current generation of fans were born. In fact, it was his active participation in fan clubs and his prolific magazine writing that helped create a market and build American anime fandom into the vibrant community it is today.

Watching Anime, Reading Manga gathers together a quarter-century of Patten's lucid observations on the business of anime, fandom, artists, and Japanese society, and the most influential titles.

Illustrated with original fanzine covers and archival photos.

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