Anne Ishii is a writer, editor, translator, and producer based in New York City. Anne is the host of WHYY's ''Movers & Makers,'' and the curator of Philadelphia’s Asian Arts Initiative, the arts non-profit.

Producer

Ishii is a producer of

bara manga Bara may refer to: Names * Bara (name), a given name and surname * Barah (surname) or Borah, an Assamese surname Places Bhutan * Bara Gewog, a former village block of Samtse District Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bara Lake * Bara, Bosanski Petrov ...

. Her work includes ''The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga'', and ''Massive: Gay Japanese Manga and the Men Who Make It'', edited alongside

Graham Kolbeins Graham Kolbeins is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and fashion designer. Background Kolbeins' documentary films have focused on themes of LGBTQ art and activism, including the web series ''Rad Queers'' and the documentary short film ''The House of ...

, featuring manga artists

Gengoroh Tagame is a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist. Regarded as the most influential creator in the gay manga genre, he has produced over 20 books in four languages over the course of his nearly four decade-long career. Tagame began contributing manga ...

Jiraiya Jiraiya (自来也 or 児雷也, literally "Young Thunder"), originally known as Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki (尾形周馬寛行), is the toad-riding protagonist of the Japanese folk tale Katakiuchi Kidan Jiraiya Monogatari (報仇奇談自来也説話, " ...

, Seizoh Ebisubashi, Kazuhide Ichikawa, Inu Yoshi, Takeshi Matsu, Gai Mizuki and Poosukeh Kumada, with artwork by

Chip Kidd Charles Kidd (born 1964) is an American graphic designer known for book covers. Early childhood Born in Shillington in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up being fascinated and heavily inspired by American popular culture. Comic books ...

. In 2013, Ishii founded

Massive Goods Massive Goods (or simply Massive) is a fashion brand and manga publisher. The company works with LGBTQ and feminist comic artists in Japan, particularly gay manga (''bara'') artists, to create products featuring their artwork, and English-l ...

with

, a line of Bara Japanese manga and paraphernalia tied to their graphic novel of the same name. She is the translator of the English version of Tagame's manga ''

My Brother's Husband is a manga series by Gengoroh Tagame. Serialized in '' Monthly Action'' from 2014 to 2017, and adapted into a live-action television drama by NHK in 2018, the series follows the relationship between single father Yaichi, his daughter Kana, a ...

''.My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1
"

Penguin Random House Penguin Random House LLC is an Anglo-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, from the merger of Penguin Group and Random House. On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase ...

. Retrieved on May 7, 2018.

Published works

Ishii's translation credits include the Aranzi Machine Gun series, ''

Aranzi Aronzo Aranzi Aronzo is, as described on the official webpage, the combination of Mr. Aranzi and Mr. Aronzo, which releases Japanese-styled crafts books. In reality, Aranzi Aronzo is a company run by Mrs. Saito and Ms. Yomura that produces original goods ...

Fun Dolls (Let's Make Cute Stuff)'', ''The Cute Book'', ''The Bad Book'', ''Gunji'', and '' Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan''. Formerly with

Vertical Vertical is a geometric term of location which may refer to: * Vertical direction, the direction aligned with the direction of the force of gravity, up or down * Vertical (angles), a pair of angles opposite each other, formed by two intersecting s ...

, she is the editor-in-chief of ''They're All So Beautiful'' and ''Paperhouses''. As a writer, Ishii has been published by ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, th ...

'', '' Slate'', ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

'', ''

Guernica Guernica (, ), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the mu ...

'', '' Giant Robot'', and

Asian American Writers' Workshop The Asian American Writers' Workshop (often abbreviated AAWW) is a nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 1991 to support Asian American writers, literature and community. Cofounders Curtis Chin, Christina Chiu, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, and B ...

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