Bill Ellis, Penn State folklore researcher profiled in the Chronicle of Higher Education:

‘Mr. Ellis has taken down from a shelf a large portfolio containing his collection of cels from Japanese anime. “On my salary,” he says, “it is the one vice I can indulge after the bills are paid.”

Mr. Ellis has been fascinated by the films (someone who is not a connoisseur would say “cartoons”) for several years, and he is a member of an online discussion group devoted to the series Cardcaptor Sakura. Anime narratives often involve magic, and the online forums provide community — two basic elements of his research.’