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Patrick Macias (born 1972 in
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) is an American author and co-author of several titles on pop culture fandom, specifically relating to Japanese culture and culture in America. Macias is also a correspondent for
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World Television show ''Tokyo Eye'', and is the editor-in-chief of the culture magazine ''
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'', which debuted on June 5, 2007. In 2014, Patrick became the Senior Manager of New Initiatives at
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.


Biography

Macias became a published writer when he was 19, writing about youth culture for
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and other publications. Alvin Lu, a former editor of the ''
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'', asked Macias to write for the ''Guardian'' based on Macias's early work, and this led to a regular column titled "Tiger on Beat" in which Macias covered
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movies. Lu went on to edit ''Tokyoscope'' and ''
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'', and Macias likewise began writing for ''Pulp'' and became the assistant editor for ''Animerica''. In 2010, Patrick was contracted to become the co-host of the webshow, Otaku-Verse-Zero, sponsored by Japanese internet radio station company known as K'z Station. With his co-host
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, he would explore anime and other Japanese sub-culture in and round
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. In 2011, Patrick would join
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's web-talk show The Live Show as co-host for the show. In 2014, Patrick began writing the
PARANOIA GIRLS
' webcomic, “an experimental science fiction story set in the Northern California suburbs of 1985,” featuring art by Japanese surrealist Yunico Uchiyama. In 2015, Patrick created the
HYPERSONIC music club
' webcomic for Crunchyroll, featuring art by illustrator Hiroyuki Takahashi, in which cyborg DJs battle demons from another dimension. Later in 2015, Patrick began working with artist Mugi Tanaka on the
PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!
' webcomic, conceived as a collaboration between Crunchyroll and the " fashion" PARK store in Harajuku, Tokyo. This webcomic was adapted into the 2017 anime series ''
Urahara ''Urahara'' is an anime television series based on the webcomic ''PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!'', which is written by Patrick Macias and illustrated by Mugi Tanaka. The anime adaptation was co-produced by EMT Squared and Shirogumi and aired f ...
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Bibliography

*(1999) ''Fresh Pulp: Dispatches from the Japanese Pop Culture Front (1997-1999)'' *(1999) ''Japan Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Subculture'' *(2001) ''TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion'' *(2003) ''Anime Poster Art: Japan's Movie House Masterpieces'' *(2004) ''Cruising The Anime City: An Otaku Guide To Neo Tokyo'' *(2006) ''Otaku in USA – Love & Misunderstanding! The History of Adopted Anime in America!'' *(2007) ''Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno: Tokyo Teen Fashion Subculture Handbook'' *(2007–2014) ''
Otaku USA ''Otaku USA'' is a bimonthly magazine published by Sovereign Media, which covers various elements of the "otaku" lifestyle (such as anime, manga, video games, cosplay and Japanese popular music) from an American perspective. The issues were acc ...
Magazine''


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Interview with Patrick Macias and Izumi Evers
at About.com 1972 births Living people American male journalists Journalists from California Writers from Sacramento, California Anime and manga critics {{anime-bio-stub