McCarthy, Helen
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Critic.
(1951- ) UK author, critic and scholar of Manga and Anime; involved since the 1970s with UK Fandom and active since 1981 as a commentator on Japanese popular culture. She co-founded and edited the London-based magazine Anime UK (1991-1996; retitled Anime FX in 1995). Her nonfiction works include most importantly The Anime Encyclopedia (2001; exp 2006; exp 2015) with Jonathan Clements. Also of note are her studies of Hayao Miyazaki in Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation – Films, Themes, Artistry (1999) and Osamu Tezuka in The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga (2009), the latter winning a Harvey Award for achievement in the Comics field. Further titles include such popular surveys as 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide (2008) and A Brief History of Manga (2014). [DRL]
Helen McCarthy
born UK: 27 February 1951
works (selected)
nonfiction
- The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press, 2001) with Jonathan Clements [encyclopedia: pb/Tezuka Pro]
- The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised and Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press, 2006) with Jonathan Clements [encyclopedia: exp vt of the above: pb/Tezuka Pro]
- The Anime Encyclopedia: 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation (Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press, 2015) with Jonathan Clements [encyclopedia: exp vt of the above: hb/Tezuka Pro]
- The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised and Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press, 2006) with Jonathan Clements [encyclopedia: exp vt of the above: pb/Tezuka Pro]
- Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation – Films, Themes, Artistry (San Francisco, California: Stone Bridge Press, 1999) [nonfiction: pb/]
- 500 Manga Heroes and Villains (Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series, 2006) [nonfiction: graph: pb/photocollage]
- 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide (London: Ilex Press, 2008) [nonfiction: graph: pb/]
- The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga (London: Ilex Press, 2009) [nonfiction: graph: pb/]
- A Brief History of Manga (London: Ilex Press, 2014) [nonfiction: graph: pb/]
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