Frederik L. Schodt

Writer and translator. Born in 1950 in Washington DC. Has translated numerous manga works by leading Japanese artists including Tezuka Osamu, Ikeda Riyoko, and Shirow Masamune. Won the 1983 Manga Oscar Award from the Japan Cartoonists Association for Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics, and in 2009 received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, for sharing Japanese culture with the world. In 2024, he became the first inductee into the Manga Publishing Hall of Fame. Currently lives in San Francisco. His website is http://www.jai2.com/.