Helen McCarthy is the founder of Anime UK (later Anime FX), a contributor to Manga Mania and author of (amongst many other titles) The Anime Movie Guide: Japanese Animation since 1983, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga and Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, co-author of The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 and The Erotic Anime Movie Guide, and co-editor of Leiji Matsumoto: Essays on the Manga and Anime Legend.
She blogs at helenmccarthy.wordpress.com and tweets at @tweetheart4711.