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Stone Bridge Anime Authors on Radio Show

Stone Bridge Press anime authors Patrick Drazen, Helen McCarthy, and 2004 author Tomo Machiyama will be on KQED radio's "Forum" tomorrow morning at 10 am Pacific time to talk about Hayao Miyazaki and anime in general.

The boradcast can be heard on the internet at http://www.kqed.org/programs/program-landing-local.jsp?progID=RD19.

They will also be taking live questions and comments, by phone at (866) SF-FORUM or (415) 863-2476
or by email at forum (at kqed.org).

Excerpt freom Press Release

"Forum" is broadcast throughout the San Francisco Bay Area Monday-Friday 9-11. Our authors will be featured on the second half of the show. Patrick Drazen is author of ANIME EXPLOSION: THE WHAT? WHY? & WOW! OF JAPANESE ANIMATION; Helen McCarthy is author of HAYAO MIYAZAKI: MASTER OF JAPANESE ANIMATION and co-author of THE ANIME ENCYCLOPEDIA; and Tomo Machiyama is working with Patrick Macias on a SBP 2004 book that will focus on tourism in Japan for anime fans--he will be in-studio to give the native-Japanese perspective.

[In Japan, Tomo Machiyama is author of UNDERSTANDING CINEMA OF 1968-1978, INQUISITION INTO MOVIES, and OTAKU NO HON(Book of Otaku), which established the word "Otaku" (nerd) in Japanese. He is also founder of Eiga-Hi-Ho (Movie Treasure) magazine, which is the only cult movie magazine in Japan.]