My goal for AnimeResearch.com is to make it the most complete
resource on research into anime and manga available in English
on the Internet.
Why did you
create this site?
This site grew out of an idea I had for a comprehensive anime
and manga bibliography. When I began work on
AnimeResearch.com, there were already a couple of other sites
such as Mikhail Koulikov's Anime/Manga
Web Essays Archive and Rei's
Anime and Manga Page that contained academic research on
anime and manga, but I wanted to create a site the had
information on print resources as well.
Who are you?
My name is Brian Ruh. I just finished (in May 2002) my M.A. in
Asian Cultures and Langauages at the University
of Texas at Austin, where I wrote my thesis on the films
of Oshii Mamoru. (I also have a B.A. in Philosophy from Purdue
University.) Right now I'm taking some time off from
academia to work on some of my own writing. If you're
interested, you can view my C.V here.
Who designed the
site?
That would be the work of my lovely and talented wife Sarah
Ruh. You can check out her web page here.
