Acknowledgments    Many individual and organizations deserve my thanks in helping me to make this site a virtual reality. First and foremost, my extraordinarily talented web designer, and now friend, Lorne Marin.     A special thanks goes to Hiroshima University for supporting this project; and, to William P. Germano and his team at the Routledge publishing house, for undertaking to publish my book, and moral support for this website.   H. Arthur Taussig suggested the idea of a companion website, to my book. Jayne Loader introduced me to Lorne Marin. Throughout this project, Steve Cohen, of Basis Technology, in Cambridge MA, has been generous with his sound advice, encouraging, and a true friend.   Similarly, Jason Olson and Matthew Hatch, of ohdesigns, provided invaluable technical advice in the early stages of this site's development. Brad and Nenelle Bunnin have provided me with first rate advice on publishing and editing, Tom Haley has provided key legal advice, and Norman M. Golden been invaluable in advising me on business issues.   My colleagues and friends Mick Broderick and Seth Ward have been an inspiration. I am indebted to Tomoko "Tonia" Yabe for her continuing work on the Japanese version of this site; and, my student, Atsushi Sasaki, for his help in preparing a draft version in Japanese of the filmography.   Brad Warner, in the International Division of Tsuburaya Productions, has been generous with his time and knowledge about Japanese popular media and culture. Kurosawa Productions has also been most supportive and encouraging of my book and website. The librarians of the Margaret Herrick Library of The Academic of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are just terrific.   Finally, I'd like to thank the following institutions for allowing me to reproduce their copyrighted works of art. The National Museum of Denmark, The British Library, The Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, Tokyo National Museum, and Nara National Museum.   Contact information, email addresses, and links to websites, for many of these persons and institutions, are available on the Contacts and Links pages.   © 2001 Atomic Bomb Cinema, Ltd