LRT: like my pal/colleague Dr Clements, I met Fred Patten at AWA.
His essays—some of which were collected in books like 2004’s Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews—are essential reading.
Fred Patten was one of the founding fathers of anime fandom in the U.S., not just writing prolifically about the topic but also contributing to it directly as a story and script editor at Streamline Pictures.