When
I was translating manga for Viz back in the early 90s, I suggested that, since
most shôjo manga are designed to appeal to mainstream readers, it might be
better to forgo the "comic book" format, and instead try to get paperback
editions onto the "youth novel" and "romance" shelves in
major chain bookstores. Viz told me we could never hope to even get a foot in
the door of the big chains. Well, today you can go into any major bookstore
in the U.S. and find paperback editions of shôjo manga in English. It's amazing
and exciting how the market has opened up, but I think we have seen only the
first trickle of a real flood of translated shôjo manga. I'm proud that my
own shôjo manga translations were among the very first drops of this trickle.
Here are some of my own and others' translations of shôjo manga, as well as some of my non-shôjo-manga translations and various recommended books: mostly manga, comics, and books related to comics. I've only listed books that are currently in print and are now (or soon will be) available from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.
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| Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan, edited by William W. Kelly. Published by State University of New York Press. (Includes a chapter by me entitled "Girls and Women Getting Out of Hand: The Pleasure and Politics of Japan's Amateur Comics Community.") |  |
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My Shôjo Manga Translations |
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Banana Fish, by YOSHIDA Akimi. Published by Viz
Comics, translated by Matt Thorn and Yuji Onuki. |
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A - A', by HAGIO Moto. Published by Viz
Comics, translated by Matt Thorn. |
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Love Song, by NISHI Keiko. Published by Viz
Comics, translated by Matt Thorn. |
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Other Shôjo Manga Translations |
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Shôjo Manga from Viz |
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 Boys
Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango), by Yoko Kamio. Published by Viz
Comics |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 |
 Please
Save My Earth, by Saki Hiwatari. Published by Viz
Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 |
 Hot
Gimmick, by Miki Aihara. Published by Viz
Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 |
 Flowers
& Bees, by Moyoko Anno. Published by Viz
Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 |
 Revolutionary
Girl Utena, by Chiho Saito (manga) & Be-Papas (original story).
Published by Viz Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 |
 Basara,
by Yumi Tamura. Published by Viz Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 |
 Chicago,
by Yumi Tamura. Published by Viz Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 |
 Fushigi
Yûgi, by Yû Watase. Published by Viz
Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 |
 Ceres:
Celestial Legend, by Yû Watase. Published by Viz
Comics. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 |
X: 1999, by CLAMP. Published by Viz
Comics, English adaptation by Fred Burke and Lillian Olsen. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12 |
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Shôjo Manga from TokyoPop |
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Cardcaptor Sakura, by CLAMP. Published by TokyoPop. |
Boxed Set 1 Boxed Set 2 |
 Cardcaptor
Sakura: Master of the Clow, by CLAMP. Published by TokyoPop. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 |
 Sailor
Moon, by TAKEUCHI Naoko. Published by TokyoPop. |
Volume
1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 |
 Chobits,
by CLAMP. Published by TokyoPop. |
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 |
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