Matt Thorn
Matthew "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.[1][2][3] She[4] is best known in North America for her work dealing with shōjo manga. She has appeared at multiple anime conventions, including Otakon 2004.[5] She chose to translate shōjo manga into English after reading Thomas no Shinzō by Moto Hagio in the mid-1980s.[6]
In March 2010 it was announced that Thorn would edit a line of manga co-published by Shogakukan and Fantagraphics.[7]
Bibliography
The following credits are for translation unless otherwise noted:
- 2001 Nights, by Yukinobu Hoshino
- A, A', by Moto Hagio
- AD Police, by Tony Takezaki
- Banana Fish, by Akimi Yoshida (translation, with Yuji Oniki)
- Battle Angel Alita, by Yukito Kishiro
- Dance Till Tomorrow, by Naoki Yamamoto
- Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan, edited by William W. Kelly (anthology, one chapter by Thorn)
- Four Shōjo Stories, an anthology of shōjo manga by Keiko Nishi, Moto Hagio, and Shio Satō
- Hanshin, by Moto Hagio
- The Legend of Kamui, by Sanpei Shirato
- Love Song, by Keiko Nishi
- Maison Ikkoku, by Rumiko Takahashi
- Mermaid Saga series, by Rumiko Takahashi
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, by Hayao Miyazaki
- Project A-ko
- Red Blinds the Foolish by est em[8]
- Sanctuary, by Sho Fumimura and Ryoichi Ikegami
- Silent Möbius, by Kia Asamiya
- Striker: The Armored Warrior, by Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa
- Seduce Me After the Show by est em (supervising translator)[8]
- Wandering Son, by Takako Shimura[9]
- A Drunken Dream and Other Stories (translator and editor)[10]
References
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External links
- Official site
- Matt Thorn at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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