Information on Helen McCarthy

Name:	McCarthy, Helen
Title:	Writer
Resides:	UK
Biography:	Researched and curated the first ever anime programme at a British convention at Eastcon 90. Founded and edited the first regular anime newsletter in Britain, ANIME UK, from 1990; it morphed into the first British professional anime magazine in 1991. Attended Sheffield event Animeday 1991-4, chaired the 1994 convention AUKCon at the Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London. Wrote the first book in English dedicated to Japanese animation in 1993, co-authored the first book on an anime genre in 1998, and wrote the first book on a single anime director in 1990. Co-authored 'the Haillwell of anime', THE ANIME ENCYCLOPEDIA, in 2001. ANIME UK magazine won the Osamu Tezuka Award in 1995. Helen won the Japan Festival Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of Japanese culture in 1997, and the IMAF Award for Outstanding Achievemtn in 2006.
Other Profiles:	Helen McCarthy's profile can be seen on: Internet Movie Database Fan's View Personality of the Week
Guest at:	Anime America 1993 - June 25-27 in Santa Clara, CA Anime Expo 1993 - July 2-4 in Oakland, CA Minami Con 1995 - July 21 in Portsmouth, UK Anime East 1995 - November 10-12 in East Brunswick, NJ Katsucon 1996 - March 8-10 in Virginia Beach, VA Shinnenkai 1998 - January 2-5 in London, UK AyaNext 1999 - November 5-7 in Birmingham, UK J-Popcon 2000 - October 20-22 in Copenhagen, Denmark A-Kon 2002 - May 31 - June 2 in Dallas, TX A-Kon 2003 - May 30 - June 1 in Dallas, TX A-Kon 2004 - June 4-6 in Dallas, TX Anime Weekend Atlanta 2004 - September 24-26 in Atlanta, GA F.A.C.T.S. 2004 - October 9-10 in Ghent, Belgium A-Kon 2005 - June 3-5 in Dallas, TX A-Kon 2006 - June 9-11 in Dallas, TX A-Kon 2007 - June 1-3 in Dallas, TX Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits 2007 - September 28-30 in Minneapolis, MN FuyuCon 2007 - October 19-21 in Nottingham, UK Chibicon 2008 - September 20-21 in Derby, UK 19 guest appearances
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