My obituary of Gerry Anderson, focussing on his Japanese contacts (or lack of them), is up now on the Manga UK blog. It’s quite fun, and includes dastardly producers, animated homages, and a scene in which Helen McCarthy is accused of being a terrorist.
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I thought this was gone as the link doesn’t work, but it just moved. Phew. https://www.mangauk.com/gerry-anderson-1929-2012/
Yes, for reasons that defy understanding, Manga UK have rearranged all their URLs so that nobody clicking through from the pre-2015 world will get to the right page, but will have to search for it anew.