Patrick Macias
{{short description|American journalist and author}}
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- Journalist
- Editor-in-chief of Otaku USA
- Senior Manager of New Initiatives at Crunchyroll
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Patrick Macias (born 1972) is an American author and co-author of several titles on pop culture fandom, specifically relating to Japanese culture and {{transliteration|ja|otaku}} culture in America. Macias is also a correspondent for NHK World Television show Tokyo Eye, and is the editor-in-chief of the {{transliteration|ja|otaku}} culture magazine Otaku USA, which debuted on June 5, 2007.{{Cite news
| title = 'Otaku USA Magazine' Launching in June
| url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-03-01/otaku-usa-magazine-launching-in-june
| publisher = Anime News Network
| date = March 1, 2007
| accessdate = June 8, 2007
}} In 2014, Macias became the Senior Manager of New Initiatives at Crunchyroll, leaving the position in 2019. Macias currently works as a Creative Director at Octas, Inc.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.patrickmaciaswrites.com/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Patrick Macias |language=en}}
Macias hosts the podcast "Pure TokyoScope" with co-host Matt Alt, a translator and writer.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.mattalt.com/about |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Matt Alt |language=en-US}} The podcast covers general topics of anime, manga and Japanese culture. In 2024, Macias published "Mondo Tokyo - Dispatches from a Secret Japan", a collection of interviews and short stories about the Tokyo underground scene.{{Cite book |last=Macias |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Mondo_Tokyo.html?id=F-CqzwEACAAJ |title=Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan |date=2024-02-20 |publisher=Sutherland House Books |isbn=978-1-990823-29-9 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Patrick Macias {{!}} AllAbout Japan |url=https://allabout-japan.com/en/author/detail/466/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=All About Japan |language=en}}
Biography
Macias became a published writer when he was 19, writing about youth culture for zines and other publications. Alvin Lu, a former editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, 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 Hong Kong movies. Lu went on to edit Tokyoscope and Pulp, and Macias likewise began writing for Pulp and became the assistant editor for Animerica.{{Cite news
|first = Joseph
|last = Luster
|title = Interview with Patrick Macias
|url = http://www.kfccinema.com/features/interviews/patrickinterview/patrickinterview.html
|publisher = kfccinema.com (Kung Fu Cult Cinema)
|date = August 16, 2002
|accessdate = April 2, 2007
|url-status = usurped
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070416052444/http://kfccinema.com/features/interviews/patrickinterview/patrickinterview.html
|archive-date = April 16, 2007
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In 2010, Macias 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.http://www.kzstation.com/ovz/ Patrick Macias's Otaku-verse-zero webprogram website funded by Kzstation. With his co-host Yuu Asakawa, he explored anime and other Japanese sub-culture in and round Tokyo. In 2011, Macias would join Crunchyroll's web-talk show The Live Show as co-host for the show.[http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-live-show Main webpage for Crunchyroll's The Live Show.]
In 2014, Macias 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.{{Cite web |title=@paranoia-girls |url=https://www.tumblr.com/paranoia-girls |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Tumblr |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=About Yunico Uchiyama |url=https://www.tokyoscope.com/collections/about-yunico-uchiyama |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=TokyoScope}}
In 2015, Macias created the Hypersonic Music Club webcomic for Crunchyroll, featuring art by illustrator Hiroyuki Takahashi,{{Cite web|date=January 23, 2015|title=Crunchyroll launches Originals line with 'HYPERSONIC music club'|url=https://www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-launches-originals-line-with-hypersonic-music-club/|access-date=October 30, 2020|website=CBR|language=en-US}} in which cyborg DJs battle demons from another dimension.{{Cite web|title=Crunchyroll Original Manga Launches With 'Hypersonic Music Club'|url=https://comicsalliance.com/crunchyroll-original-manga-hiroyuki-takahashi-hypersonic-music-club/|access-date=October 30, 2020|website=ComicsAlliance|language=en}}
Later in 2015, Macias began working with artist Mugi Tanaka on the Park Harajuku: Crisis Team! webcomic, conceived as a collaboration between Crunchyroll and the "{{transliteration|ja|otaku}} fashion" Park store in Harajuku, Tokyo.{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=May 21, 2015|title=Crunchyroll to Run Mugi Tanaka's PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team! Comic|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-21/crunchyroll-to-run-mugi-tanaka-park-harajuku-crisis-team-comic/.88441|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=Anime News Network|language=en}} It was adapted into the 2017 anime series Urahara.{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=March 25, 2017|title=Crunchyroll's PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team! Webcomic Inspires Urahara Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-25/crunchyroll-park-harajuku-crisis-team-webcomic-inspires-urahara-anime/.113921|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=Anime News Network|language=en}}
In 2018, he moved to Tokyo, Japan with his wife and daughter.{{Cite web |last=TokyoScope |title=About - TokyoScope by Patrick Macias |url=https://www.tokyoscope.blog/about |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=www.tokyoscope.blog |language=en}}
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{{Cite magazine|author=Poitras, Gilles|title=Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno|magazine=Newtype USA|volume=6|issue=5|page=142|date=May 2007|issn=1541-4817}}
- (2007–2014) Otaku USA Magazine
- (2024) Mondo Tokyo - Dispatches from a Secret Japan
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.patrickmacias.com/}}
- [http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Patrick_Macias Profile] at Crunchyroll
- [http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistswriters/a/Macias_Evers.htm Interview with Patrick Macias and Izumi Evers] at About.com
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