Our goal is to build and maintain a diverse community of scholars engaged in the academic study of anime and manga, their associated (sub)cultures worldwide, and (tangentially) Japanese popular culture in general. We welcome all professionals, students, and fans who have conducted anime and manga-related research, are in the process of conducting such research, and/or would like to conduct such research in the future. Through our discourse, we hope to develop an interdisciplinary perspective on anime and manga culture, drawing upon insights from (but certainly not limited to) cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, Asian studies, journalism, and communications. We believe that a robust community will allow us to pool our resources and keep them up to date. We engage in discussion to broaden our intellectual horizons and to make more rigourous our specific lines of inquiry.