Information on Lawrence Eng

Name:	Eng, Lawrence
Title:	Otaku Studies Scholar / Founder / Webmaster
Company:	Anime and Manga Research Circle
Resides:	San Diego, CA USA
Home Page:	http://www.cjas.org/~leng/
Other Links:	Anime and Manga Research Circle thought experiments lain
Biography:	Lawrence holds a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he studied and wrote about otaku culture in the US. A die hard anime fan since he first saw Space Battleship Yamato on TV over 25 years ago, he turned his love of the medium into a multi-year academic project studying anime and manga fandom in America. Lawrence still does otaku studies when he's not working his full-time job as the Product Research Manager for Opera Software (makers of the Opera Web browser on PCs, phones, and the Nintendo Wii). Lawrence has presented his work on otaku culture in fan, professional, and academic settings, such as the Japan Society in New York City, and has been cited and quoted in numerous publications. Some of his own writings have been published in Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia, the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Success Stories: Japan, and Ga-Netchū! Das Manga Anime Syndrom. Since 1998, Lawrence has maintained a personal website containing many of his essays and articles. One of his most well-known sites is 'thought experiments lain', a 'serial experiments lain' information site. He also founded the Anime and Manga Research Circle, an informal organization of scholars from around the world who study anime, manga, and their associated fandoms.
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