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Archive of Our Own: The Aca-Fan and the Sense of Responsibility in Archiving Fannish History - FSN2019
While posting my most recent Minamicon video I realised that I hadn't posted the paper I presented at the FSN conference last year! In part ...
An Ancient History of British Weebery - Minamicon 26
Minamicon 26 took place this past weekend, and as ever I hosted a panel that explored a facet of my research. This time I thought it would b...
Manga-lled by the Media: Misrepresentations of Anime and Manga in the British Press - Minamicon 25
Minamicon has been and gone for another year, and it was a great weekend as ever. I was presenting a panel once again, and this time, rather...
Artefacts of Geek Days Past: Anime Babes
Portrait of Lisa Munns with Anime Babes mascot Jojo the Shojo. Art by Lisa Tse, photo courtesy of Laura Watton Despite what the act...
Laura, Urusei Yatsura, Bubblegum Crisis, Cyber City Oedo 808, Golgo 13: The Professional
A Timeline of Anime Fandom in the UK
While putting my thesis together I realised it would be necessary to build up a timeline of anime fandom in the UK, listing dates for the key moments…
The Hunt for an Uncredited Manga
Part of my thesis research has included digging back through old newspaper reports concerning anime and manga, particularly in the '90s, whe...
Fascinating Fandom: The Detailed Demographics of UK Anime Fans - Amecon 2018
My most recent panel is a bit of a redux of the Minamicon panel under the same title - I knew I was in for a busy time…
Fascinating Fandom: The Detailed Demographics of UK Anime Fans - Minamicon 24 (2018)
The next panel I ran after FSN2017 was at Minamicon 24, in March 2018. It presents a lot of the same data as was given in the FSN…
Mapping the Generations of Anime Fandom in the UK - FSN2017
The next talk I delivered relating to my research was at the Fan Studies Network Conference, held at the University of Huddersfield in June ...
The State of Anime Fandom in the UK - Minamicon 23 (2017)
Continuing my updates of panels and talks that I've run in the past few years is "The State of Anime Fandom in the UK", a panel I ran…
Fandom, Memes and Free Cake* - Amechibi 2015
It's been a good few years, but since the last time I posted a link to something fan studies-related I had done, I've run a few more talks…
Artefacts of Geek Days Past: Toys and Figures
Recently I went back to my parents' home and took a week out to work on my thesis. Didn't end up doing as much writing as I had…
Heroes of Animation: Manga
Last month I was interviewed for an episode of HuHa 2 's "Heroes of Animation" series, which was dedicated to anime and manga. Apparently I'...
From Weird To Wired: The Internet and "Fourth Generation" Anime Fandom
Finally up! The video is low quality because Youtube was unable to process the high-quality version for some reason. I may see if I can reup...
Now on Twitter
As part of the ongoing effort to keep myself from losing momentum in my study, I now have a Twitter account. The pressure of having more places to…
Manga UK Podcast #7
A bit of a shameless plug here (albeit an indirectly shameless one)! Last week the latest Manga UK Podcast went live and featured plenty of interesting discussion, most…
The Changing Face of British Anime Fandom panel - Amecon 2012
Here's a video of my panel from Amecon 2012, held at Keele University from 10-12 August 2012. the title was "The Changing Face of British An...
The Introductory Post
Welcome to my academia blog! My name is Leah Holmes, and I'm a PhD student at Bath Spa University in the UK.My fields of interest include:- Anime and…