I was asked in 2001 to write a chapter on American anime fandom for “Animation in Asia and the Pacific”, edited by Dr. John A. Lent, a book on Asiatic animation. I wrote a chapter titled “Anime in North America”, because I covered anime fan clubs in Toronto and Vancouver. The publisher retitled it “Anime in the United States” because, he said, “everybody knows that Canada is really just part of the United States, practically speaking.”
I was asked in 2001 to write a chapter on American anime fandom for “Animation in Asia and the Pacific”, edited by Dr. John A. Lent, a book on Asiatic animation. I wrote a chapter titled “Anime in North America”, because I covered anime fan clubs in Toronto and Vancouver. The publisher retitled it “Anime in the United States” because, he said, “everybody knows that Canada is really just part of the United States, practically speaking.”
Here is a link to the U.S. edition.
http://www.amazon.com/Animation-Asia-Pacific-John-Lent/dp/0253340357/ref=sr_1_32...
Fred Patten