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. He is best known in North America for his work dealing with shÅjo manga. He has appeared at multiple anime conventions, including Otakon 2004. He chose to translate shÅjo manga into English after reading Thomas no ShinzÅ 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:
- 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 ShÅjo Stories, an anthology of shÅjo manga by Keiko Nishi, Moto Hagio, and Shio SatÅ
- 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
- 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)
- Wandering Son, by Takako Shimura
- A Drunken Dream and Other Stories (translator and editor)
References
External links
- Official site
- Matt Thorn at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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