Anne Ishii
Anne Ishii is a writer, editor, translator, and producer based in New York City.
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Education
She received her master's degree from Columbia University in 2003 and her bachelor's from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2000.[citation needed]
Career
Producer
Ishii is a producer of Yaoi manga. Her works include The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga, and Massive: Gay Japanese Manga and the Men Who Make It, featuring manga artist Gengoroh Tagame and artwork by Chip Kidd. In 2013, Ishii founded Massive Goods with Graham Kolbeins, a line of Yaoi Japanese manga and paraphernalia tied to their graphic novel of the same name.
Published works
Ishii's translation credits include the Aranzi Machine Gun series, Aranzi Aronzo 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, 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, Slate, Publishers Weekly, Guernica, Giant Robot, and Asian American Writers' Workshop.
Further reading
- Randle, Chris. "Size Matters: An Interview With Anne Ishii," The Hairpin, December 31, 2014.[1]
- Rondinelli, David. "Editor, Anne Ishii Knows What Makes Manga Massive!," Geeks Out, March 19, 2015.[2]
