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Rachel Thorn
Rachel Thorn (formerly Matt Thorn; born May 12, 1965) is a cultural anthropologist and an associate professor in the Department of Manga Production at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga in Japan. She is best known in North America for her work dealing with manga (Japanese comics for girls). She has appeared at multiple anime conventions, including Otakon 2004. She chose to translate manga into English after reading ''The Heart of Thomas'' by Moto Hagio in the mid-1980s. In March 2010, it was announced that Thorn would edit a line of manga co-published by Shogakukan and Fantagraphics. Bibliography The following credits are for translation unless otherwise noted. Most of the translation credits are as "Matt Thorn": * '' 2001 Nights'', by Yukinobu Hoshino * '' A, A''', by Moto Hagio * ''AD Police'', by Tony Takezaki * '' Banana Fish'', by Akimi Yoshida ( 1–4, translated with Yuji Oniki) * ''Battle Angel Alita'', by Yukito Kishiro * ''Dance Till Tomorrow'', by Naoki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultural Anthropology
Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which perceives cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant. The portmanteau term sociocultural anthropology includes both cultural and social anthropology traditions. Anthropologists have pointed out that through culture people can adapt to their environment in non-genetic ways, so people living in different environments will often have different cultures. Much of anthropological theory has originated in an appreciation of and interest in the tension between the local (particular cultures) and the global (a universal human nature, or the web of connections between people in distinct places/circumstances). Cultural anthropology has a rich methodology, including participant observation (often called fieldwork because it requires the anthropologist spending an extended period of time at the research locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukinobu Hoshino
is a Japanese manga artist. Life He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō and dropped out of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music after two years of studying mid-semester from the fine arts department. He moved to Tokyo in order to pursue a career as a professional manga artist.Urasawa, Naoki (2020). 星野之宣 oshino Yukinobu ''Urasawa Naoki no Manben''. NHK Educational TV. He made his professional debut in 1975 with ''Kotetsu no Queen''. At the age of 21, he won the Tezuka Award for an outstanding manga of a newcomer artist for ''Harukanaru Asa'' and Osamu Tezuka personally highly praised it. He became known for his science fiction manga. An early success came in 1976, when he wrote '' Blue City'' for ''Weekly Shonen Jump''. He won an Excellence Prize at the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival for ''Munakata Kyouju Ikouroku''. He works from his home in Sapporo. Style He liked Osamu Tezuka's and Jiro Kuwata's science fiction manga while growing up and watching ''200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shio Satō
(6 December 1952 – 4 April 2010) was a Japanese manga artist. Satō was a member of the Post Year 24 Group, a group of female manga artists considered influential in the development of shōjo manga. She also wrote under the pen name . She made her professional debut in 1977 with the publication of ''Koi wa Ajinomono!?'' in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic''. Her definitive works include ''Yumemiru Wakusei'' (''The Dreaming Planet'') and ''One Zero''. Her stories were usually serious science fiction drawn in a "subdued" style. Sato regards her interest in science fiction from the patience and thorough answers of her father when she was young and asking "Why?" to everything. Her science fiction influences include Isaac Asimov, Cordwainer Smith and James Tiptree Jr. A major influence on her work ''Yumemiru Wakusei'' was the film ''Lawrence of Arabia''. Satō became an assistant to Moto Hagio and Keiko Takemiya in 1972, and she continued to work as an assistant until the demands of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Nishi
is a Japanese manga artist. Life After graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Ibusuki High School, she attended Tsuru University from where she graduated with a degree in Japanese literature. While still attending Tsuru University, Nishi made her professional manga debut in 1988 with the short story "Matteiru yo" in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Petit Flower''. After her debut, she stopped publishing manga and was working as an elementary school teacher. Eventually, she took up manga again because of financial reasons.Urasawa, Naoki (2020). 西炯子 ishi Keiko ''Urasawa Naoki no Manben neo''. NHK Educational TV. Her definitive works include ''Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin'' and ''Love Song''. Style Nishi was inspired by manga artists Fusako Kuramochi and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. After completing a draft with pencil, she starts the inking process of her pages using a G pen also for thin lines. She then adds more detailed lines with a Maru pen. Legacy Rachel Thorn described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Shōjo Stories
''Four Shōjo Stories'' is a shōjo manga anthology released by Viz Media in February 1996. It contains two stories by Keiko Nishi, and one each by Moto Hagio and Shio Satō. This was one of the earliest (if not the first) shōjo titles released in English in North America. Plot ;Promise The brother and father of Reiko, a teenage girl, died not long after she was born. She must cope with her mother neglecting her, including her mother's decision to remarry. Reiko begins skipping school and she often meets by chance a boy who had helped her when she was little. He helps her get used to her new situation. ;They Were Eleven Ten young space cadets are put onto a decommissioned spaceship as their final test. If they pass this test, their lifelong dreams of being valued people in their respective societies will come true. They find upon reaching the ship that they have an eleventh member. The crew suffers hyperthermia because their ship is too close to a star, and they must find out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Drunken Dream And Other Stories
''A Drunken Dream and Other Stories'' is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Moto Hagio, collecting a variety of her short stories originally from 1970 to 2007. Publication The stories were selected by translator Rachel Matt Thorn to be an introduction to Hagio for English speakers, with the input of a mixi fan club for Hagio. The anthology also contains an interview with the author, and an article about the Year 24 Group, which Hagio belongs to. Both supporting articles were excerpted from articles originally published in The Comics Journal #269. To launch the book, Hagio attended Comic-Con 2010. The manga is presented in unflipped format and the article about the Year 24 Group and the interview with Moto Hagio are presented as appendices in the left of the book, reading from left to right. Volume list Original place of publication: Reception Katherine Dacey describes "Bianca" as a "lovely, unabashedly Romantic story" and as "a meditation on artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Yamamoto (manga Artist)
is a Japanese manga artist. In his early years, he also used pen names and for his earlier adult-oriented works. He was born in Matsumae District, Fukushima, Hokkaido and graduated from Waseda University's Department of Literature. Bibliography (Manga works as Tou Moriyama not listed) * (1984) ''Hora Konna ni Akaku Natteru'' * (1986) ''Makasensasei!'' * (1986) * (1987) ''Kiwamete Kamoshida'' * (1988) ''Gomen ne B-Boy'' * (1989) ; English translation: ''Dance till Tomorrow'' (1999) * (1990) ''Blue'' * (1992) ''Bokura wa minna ikite iru'' * (1992) ''Young & Fine'' * (1992) * (1993) ''Yume de aimashou'' * (1993) ''Kamoshida-kun Fight!'' * (1994) ''Kimi to itsu made mo'' * (1994) ''Koke Dish'' * (1994) ''Summer Memories'' * (1994) is a four volume manga by Yamamoto appearing in Weekly Big Comic Spirits and published by Shogakukan. It was adapted into a live-action film directed by Masaaki Odagiri in 1996. ''Arigatō'' is a story about how a Japanese family's life goes wron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Till Tomorrow
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Yamamoto. It is a romantic comedy which details the life of Suekichi Terayama, a student who will inherit a fortune when he graduates from college and gets married with unexpected complications from a mysterious girl, Aya Hibino. The manga was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Spirits'' magazine from 1989 to 1990. The first five volumes were published in the now-defunct adult manga magazine ''Pulp'', and the rest were released afterward under Viz's Editor's Choice line. It has also been adapted into two live action films, and in a two-episode original video animation (OVA). Characters Main ;Suekichi Terayama :A student who takes part in an acting troupe, Bondage Horse. Originally from a small island, his parents are lighthouse keepers. His life is changed dramatically when he finds out he has been left a secret inheritance from his great-grandfather: a stamp collection worth millions of yen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukito Kishiro
is a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo in 1967 and raised in Chiba. As a teenager he was influenced by the mecha anime ''Armored Trooper Votoms'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', in particular the designs of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, as well as the works of manga artist Rumiko Takahashi. He began his career at age 17, with his debut manga, ''Space Oddity'', in the '' Weekly Shonen Sunday''. He is best known for the cyberpunk series ''Battle Angel Alita''. Works * ''Hito'' (1997), a collection of short stories: *: *: *: *: *: *: * ''Battle Angel Alita'' series: # # # # * * * Adaptations * ''Battle Angel'' (1993), original video animation directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi, based on the manga ''Battle Angel Alita'' * '' Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019), film directed by Robert Rodriguez, based on the manga ''Battle Angel Alita ''Gunnm '' ( ja, 銃夢, Ganmu, ), also known as ''Battle Angel Alita'' in English, is a Japanese cyberpunk manga series created by Yukito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Angel Alita
''Gunnm '' ( ja, 銃夢, Ganmu, ), also known as ''Battle Angel Alita'' in English, is a Japanese cyberpunk manga series created by Yukito Kishiro and originally published in Shueisha's ''Business Jump'' magazine from 1990 to 1995. The second of the comic's nine volumes was adapted in 1993 into a two-part anime original video animation titled ''Battle Angel'' for North American release by ADV Films and the UK and Australian release by Manga Entertainment. Manga Entertainment also dubbed ''Battle Angel Alita'' into English. A live-action film adaptation titled '' Alita: Battle Angel'' was released on February 14, 2019. The series is set in the post-apocalyptic future and focuses on Alita ("Gally" in the original Japanese version, and several other countries), a female cyborg who has lost all memories and is found in a junkyard by a cybernetics doctor who rebuilds and takes care of her. She discovers that there is one thing she remembers, the legendary cyborg martial art Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akimi Yoshida
is a Japanese manga artist and a graduate of Musashino Art University. She made her professional debut in 1977 with the short story , published in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' magazine. Yoshida is best known for the crime thriller series '' Banana Fish'', which received an anime adaptation produced by MAPPA in 2018. She is a three time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award – for ''Kisshō Tennyo'' in 1983 and for '' Yasha'' in 2001, both in the manga category, and for ''Umimachi Diary'' in 2015 in the general manga category. In 2007, she received an Excellence Award for manga at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival for ''Umimachi Diary'', which was later adapted into a feature film titled ''Our Little Sister''. In 2013, she was awarded the 6th Manga Taishō The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banana Fish
''Banana Fish'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was originally serialized from May 1985 to April 1994 in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'', a manga magazine publishing manga (girls' manga). Set primarily in New York City in the 1980s, the series follows street gang leader Ash Lynx as he uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving "banana fish", a mysterious drug that brainwashes its users. In the course of his investigation he encounters Eiji Okumura, a Japanese photographer's assistant with whom he forms a close bond. The visual and narrative style of ''Banana Fish'', characterized by realist artwork and action-oriented storytelling, represented a significant break from then-established manga conventions of highly stylized illustration and romantic fantasy-focused stories. While the series was aimed at the audience of adolescent girls and young adult women, its mature themes and subject material attracted a substantia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
