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Fred's Ever-Evolving Bibliography




Books Authored

Books Translated

Manga Translated

  • Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, Vol.2, by Keiji Nakazawa. (Translated with Jared Cook). 1979 Project Gen, Tokyo.
  • The Rose of Versailles Vols. 1&2, by Riyoko Ikeda, 1981 Sanyusha, Tokyo.
  • Tsumi to Batsu [Crime and Punishment],by Osamu Tezuka, 1990 Japan Times, Tokyo.
  • Intron Depot 1 ,by Masamune Shirow. (Translated by Toren Smith, Alan Gleason,Dana Lewis, and Frederik L. Schodt). 1992 Seishinsha, Osaka, Japan.
  • Orion ,by Masamune Shirow. (Translated with Toren Smith). 1993 Dark Horse Comics/ Studio Proteus, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Ghost in the Shell ,by Masamune Shirow. (Translated with Toren Smith). 1995 Dark Horse Comics/ Studio Proteus, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Intron Depot, Volume 2: Blades,by Masamune Shirow. (Translated by Frederik L. Schodt and Toren Smith). 1998 Seishinsha, Osaka, Japan.
  • The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924 , by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama. 1998 Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, California.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 1, by Osamu Tezuka. March, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 2, by Osamu Tezuka. April, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 3, by Osamu Tezuka. May, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 4, by Osamu Tezuka. June, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 5, by Osamu Tezuka. July, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 6, by Osamu Tezuka. September, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 7, by Osamu Tezuka. September, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 8, by Osamu Tezuka. October, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 9, by Osamu Tezuka. November, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 10, by Osamu Tezuka. December, 2002 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 11, by Osamu Tezuka. Januray, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 12, by Osamu Tezuka. February, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 13, by Osamu Tezuka. March, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 14, by Osamu Tezuka. April, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 15, by Osamu Tezuka. May, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 16, by Osamu Tezuka. June, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 17, by Osamu Tezuka. July, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 18, by Osamu Tezuka. August, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 19, by Osamu Tezuka. October, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 20, by Osamu Tezuka. November, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 21, by Osamu Tezuka. November, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 22, by Osamu Tezuka. December, 2003 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Astro Boy , Vol. 23, by Osamu Tezuka. January, 2004 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Phoenix 1: A Tale of the Future , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Dadakai). 2002 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 2: Dawn , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Dadakai). 2003 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 3: Yamato/Space , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Dadakai). 2003 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 4: Karma , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Dadakai). 2004 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 5: Resurrection , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Dadakai). 2004 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 6: Nostalgia , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). 2006 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 7: Civil War--Part One , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). 2006 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 8: Civil War--Part Two/Robe of Feathers) , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). 2006 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 9: Strange Beings/Life , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). 2006 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 10: Sun--Part One , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). 2007 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 11: Sun--Part Two, by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). 2007 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • Phoenix 12: Early Works , by Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). 2008 Viz, San Francisco, California.
  • The Ghost in the Shell Volume 2: Man-Machine Interface (Ghost in the Shell: SAC), , by Masamune Shirow. (Translated with Toren Smith). 2005 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie Oregon.
  • The Two Faces of Tomorrow . Art and adaptation by Yukinobu Hoshino; story by James P. Hogan. (Translated with Toren Smith). 2006 Dark Horse Comics/Studio Proteus, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • The Ghost in the Shell 1.5 (Ghost in the Shell: Human Error Processor by Masamune Shirow. 2007 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Princess Knight (excerpt) (Translated with Jared Cook). July 2007 edition of Shojo Beat , Viz Comics, San Francisco, California, 2007.
  • Appleseed ID (Illustration and Data), by Masamune Shirow (Translated by Dana Lewis, Frederik L. Schodt, and Toren Smith). 2007 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Dominion , by Masamune Shirow (Translated by Dana Lewis and Frederik L. Schodt (notes only) and Toren Smith). Dec., 2007 Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 1 , by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). February 2009, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 2 , by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). March, 2009, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 3, Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). May, 2009, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka , Volume 4 , by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). July, 2009, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 5, by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). by September, 2009, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 6, by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). November, 2009, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 7 , by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). January, 2010, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 8 , by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka. (Translated with Jared Cook). April, 2010, Viz Media, San Francisco, California.
  • Biographical Comics: Mother Teresa: Modern Saint of the Poor , illustrated by Sayori Abe and written by Yoshihiro Takita. April, 2012, Shogakukan, San Francisco, California.
  • The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime> 「手塚治虫物語」 , by Toshio Ban and Osamu Tezuka. July, 2016, Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, San Francisco, California.
  • Phaedo (ぱいどん "Paidon"), by the TEZUKA2020 project. First serialized in Kodansha's Comic Morning in two episodes, on 2020-02-27 and 2020-04-16. 2020 English translation viewable here:
  • Fred's translation of Astro Boy episode, "Robio and Robiette" appears in Osamu Tezuka: Shakespeare Manga Theater, 2023, ABLAZE Publications, Portland, Oregon. 

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Columns authored

★Monthly Column Titled MANGA, Written for Mainichi Daily News-- APRIL 1990 TO 1996
  • 04/07/1990 Osamu Tezuka: Postwar Japanese Hero
  • 05/05/1990 Hinako Sugiura and the Roots of Japanese Comics
  • 06/02/1990 Garo: A Different Type of Manga Magazine
  • 06/30/1990 Changing the World: The Comics of Sampei Shirato
  • 08/11/1990 The Good-Bad Art of King Terry
  • 09/08/1990 Z-Chan: Comics as Alternate Reality
  • 10/06/1990 Yoshikazu Ebisu: The Prince of Ultra-Nonsense Manga
  • 11/03/1990 Manga and the Bomb: Keiji Nakazawa and Barefoot Gen
  • 12/01/1990 Kazuichi Hanawa: A One-Of-A-Kind Original
  • 01/05/1991 Women Artists, Personal Visions, and Yamada Murasaki
  • 02/02/1991 Manga in English
  • 03/02/1991 Sex, Violence, and Maruo Suehiro
  • 03/30/1991 The Three Genres of Matsumoto Leiji
  • 04/27/1991 Robots
  • 05/25/1991 Magazines of Manga Criticism
  • 07/06/1991 A Frequently Asked Question (Sex And Violence In Manga)
  • 08/17/1991 A Rose by Any Other Name (Riyoko Ikeda And The Rose Of Versailles)
  • 09/14/1991 Animecon '91
  • 10/12/1991 My Favorite Manga (Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix,&Quot;Karma&Quot; Volume)
  • 11/23/1991 A True Original (Katsuhiro Otomo)
  • 12/21/1991 Black and White Issues (I) (Reasons for the "Caucasion Look"; in Manga)
  • 01/18/1992 A Cartoon Record of the Eighties (Review of Book by Cartoonist Norio)
  • 02/01/1992 Black and White Issue (Ii) (Racism in Japanese Manga)
  • 02/29/1992 Submarine Metaphors (Kaiji Kawaguchi's Silent Service)
  • 03/28/1992 Manga in San Francisco: Viz Communications
  • 04/25/1992 Manga Get Legit (Manga-Related Museum Exhibits Around World)
  • 05/23/1992 Manga in San Francisco: Studio Proteus
  • 07/16/1992 Anime Expo '92
  • 08/15/1992 Manga Visions of the Floating World (Manga Exhibit, Sf Museum)
  • 09/12/1992 A Telephone Club Artist (Profile Of Akira Narita)
  • 09/26/1992 Why Read Manga? (Why Manga Are Interesting)
  • 10/24/1992 The Weekly Boy's Jump
  • 11/21/1992 Reflecting the Light and Dark Sides of Society- Uchida Shungiku
  • 12/19/1992 Manga in the Morning, and in the Afternoon (Review Of 2 Magazines, Morning And Afternoon)
  • 01/30/1993 Mizuki Shigeru and the Spirit World
  • 02/30/1993 An American Dojinshi Publisher (Interview with Chris Swett)
  • 03/27/1993 Mighty Atom and Astroboy
  • 04/24/1993 Revisionist Imperial History (Ryoko Yamagishi's Hi Izuru Tokoro No Tenshi)
  • 05/29/1993 The Three Adolphs (Review Of O. Tezuka's Adolf Ni Tsugu)
  • 06/26/1993 Learning Law with Manga (Review Of Manga Explaining Defense Law)
  • 07/24/1993 Japanese Manga &Amp; Animation in USA 1993
  • 08/21/1993 Fancy Dance (Zen Romance Comics by Reiko Okano)
  • 09/18/1993 A Pioneering Manga about Gays and Aids --The Tomoi Series
  • 10/16/1993 Big, Big... And Bigger (The Big Series Of Magazines)
  • 11/13/1993 A Street-Level Course in Economics-Yuji Aoki's Naniwa Kin'yudo
  • 12/11/1993 Manga without Pictures (Review Of The Novel Hirugaeru Hitohata)
  • 01/15/1994 The Way of Manga (Fujiko-Fujio's Manga Michi)
  • 02/26/1994 The World of Yoshiharu Tsuge (The Original Avant-Garde)
  • 03/19/1994 Mary Kennard: A New Breed of American (Manga Editor In Japan)
  • 04/16/1994 Manga in Cyberspace
  • 05/14/1994 The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum
  • 06/11/1994 Kobayashi's Declaration of Arrongant-Ism
  • 07/09/1994 Manuals? Documents? Try Something Different
  • 08/06/1994 'Combat' Fights a Solitary Battle in Small Military Market
  • 09/31/1994 'Nakayoshi's' Media-Mix Tackles Cut-Throat Business
  • 10/08/1994 Corocoro: An Experience in Sensory Overload
  • 11/05/1994 Mahjong: An Entertaining Look at a Very Different World
  • 12/03/1994 Pachinko Joins Japan's Crowded Manga Ranks
  • 12/31/1994 Young Mothers Find an Outlet in Yan Mama Komikku
  • 01/28/1995 June: When Harry Met Harry as Told by Sally
  • 02/25/1995 Seduction, Gang Rape: Oh, Sweet Amour
  • 03/25/1995 A Topsy-Turvy Time At Super Comic City 3
  • 04/22/1995 The Mother of all Manga Conventions
  • 05/27/1995 Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight
  • 06/24/1995 A Tale of Two Lions
  • 07/22/1995 Black Jack-- A Physician's Manga
  • 08/19/1995 Unusual Mang Confab Heats Up in London
  • 09/16/1995 Terasawa Takes a Cyber Leap into Digital Comics
  • 10/14/1995 Usenet Forums a Popular Hangout for Manga Fans
  • 11/11/1995 King Of Editors: A Tongue-In-Cheek Look at the Industry
  • 12/09/1995 Manga a Perfect Vehicle for Aum Cultists
  • 01/06/1996 A Woman Named Milk
  • 02/03/1996 Mangajin Brings Home The Sushi
  • 03/02/1996 Navigating The Electronic Anime And Manga Universe
  • 04/27/1996 One Person's 'Manga' Is Another's 'Komikkusu'
  • 05/25/1996 Matthew Thorn: Thoughts From An Expert
  • 06/22/1996 Manga: Are People Drawing The Wrong Conclusions?
  • 07/20/1996 Back To The Future With Iron Man No. 28
  • 08/17/1996 Anime America 96-- A New Generation Of Fans
  • 09/14/1996 Nerds Get Their Revenge In Otakugaku Nyumon
  • 10/12/1996 Nerve Gas Manga-- Osamu Tezuka's 'Mw'
★Monthly Column Titled OPINION, Written for SHUKAN ST ["Weekly ST," a supplement of the Japan Times],1990-1996. Also, miscellaneous articles in same magazine.
  • 12/15/89 "HONYAKUSHA GA KATARU TEZUKA MANGA TSUMI TO BATSU"
  • 03/16/90 "I REMEMBER OSAMU TEZUKA"
  • 04/06/90 "Reflections on the earthquake in San Francisco"
  • 05/18/90 "American Manga"
  • 06/29/90 "Japan and America"
  • 08/10/90 "An American interested in Japan"
  • 09/21/90 "Competitiveness"
  • 11/02/90 "The end of reality"
  • 11/30/90 "ST REPORT: 'Mangajin'-- magazine for language, culture"
  • 12/14/90 "Attitude"
  • 02/08/91 "Race"
  • 03/15/91 "Commercials"
  • 03/30/91 "Translating Makoto Shiina's Gaku Monogatari" (Gaku Stories). 椎名誠「額物語」を英語で読む・番外編
  • 04/05/91 "Work"
  • 05/10/91 "Amplified Noise"
  • 06/21/91 "Homelessness"
  • 08/02/91 "Information imbalance"
  • 09/06/91 "A lingering sadness"
  • 10/18/91 "The trial"
  • 11/29/91 "Trends"
  • 01/17/92 "A thought for 1992"
  • 02/28/92 "Language links"
  • 04/02/92 "Growing closer"
  • 05/08/92 "Ranald MacDonald"
  • 05/22/92 "ST REPORT: 'Teen Tokyo comes to Boston"
  • 06/19/92 "Running"
  • 07/24/92 "Rethinking the news"
  • 07/31/92 "ST REPORT: Anime Expo '92 draws a crowd"
  • 08/14/92 "If I were a dictator..."
  • 10/02/92 "Wild West"
  • 11/06/92 "Columbus"
  • 12/11/92 "Feedback and Society"
  • 01/22/93 "Hatman"
  • 02/26/93 "Gays in the military?"
  • 04/02/93 "Waiting for the alien"
  • 05/07/93 "Drugs"
  • 06/11/93 "One thing's clear: It's a messy world"
  • 07/15/93 "Herd instinct"
  • 08/20/93 "Guns"
  • 09/24/93 "Racial stereotypes"
  • 10/29/93 "Garbage bags and privacy"
  • 12/03/93 "Information superhighway (Part 1)
  • 01/14/94 "Information superhighway (Part 2)
  • 02/18/94 "Three strikes and you're out!"
  • 03/25/94 "Technological pipe dreams"
  • 04/29/94 "Matrix"
  • 06/03/94 "Tatemae"
  • 07/08/94 "Return to the village"
  • 08/12/94 "Oh, O.J..."
  • 09/23/94 "Put me on a rocket to Mars!"
  • 10/21/94 "Pick a nation..."
  • 11/25/94 "Bad fashion"
  • 01/06/95 "Smoking"
  • 02/10/95 "Mass-producing the sacred"
  • 03/17/95 "Cyber-love"
  • 04/21/95 "Village Idiots"
  • 05/26/95 "Fasten Seat Belts"
  • 06/30/95 "Lion King"
  • 08/04/95 "Unabomber"
  • 09/08/95 "Jerry's dead!"
  • 10/13/95 "Police"
  • 11/10/95 "Forward-thinking"
  • 12/15/95 "Politics and toilets"
  • 01/26/1996 "Bumps on the superhighway"
  • 03/08/1996 "Helmet laws"
  • 04/12/1996 "Angry about executions"
  • 05/10/1996 "Too many manga?"
  • 05/31/1996 "Cigarette culture"
  • 07/05/1996 "Homogenization"
  • 08/02/1996 "Modern science's fortune-telling"
  • 08/30/1996 " No power day"
  • 09/27/1996 " My final opinion"
★Monthly Column Written for Japanese Industrial Safety Magazine, 「安全」 ANZEN [SAFETY], (January 1986 to December 1988). (In Japanese, with illustrations by Akira Narita).
1986 　アメリカ最新技術情報　 Amerika Saishin Gijutsu Jouhou [The Latest Information on Technology from America] [Vol. 37]
  • 01/p.34 　米企業が日本から学ぶべきこと
    Beikoku kigyou ga nihon kara manabubeki koto[What U.S. corporations should learn from Japan]
  • 02/p.32 　大学とパソコン
    Daigaku to pasokon [Universities and personal computers]
  • 03/p.34 　マンマシン・インターフェイスに思う
    manmashin-intaafeisu ni omou[Thoughts on the man-machine interface]
  • 04/p.34 　コンピューター・ウォーズ
    Konpyuutaa-wouzu[Computer wars]
  • 05/p.58 　誰も気にしなかったこと
    Daremo ki ni shinakatta koto [Something noone worried about...]
  • 06/p.58 　アデプト社の会長をインタビューする
    Adeputosha no kaichou wo intabyuu suru [An interview　with the chairman of Adept].
  • 07/p.58 　ロボットの展示会
    Robotto no tenjikai[A robot exposition]
  • 08/p.32 　米国、技術日本語の翻訳の必要に目覚める
    Beikoku, gijitsu nihongo no honyaku no hitsuyousei ni mezameru　[U.S. corporations wake up to the need for translations of technical Japanese]
  • 09/p.68 　情報雑念 I　
    Jouhou zatsunen I[Information static I]
  • 10/p.32 情報雑念 II
    Jouhou zatsunen II [Information static II]
  • 11/p.34 　技術と一般論　
    Gijitsu to ippanron[Technology and generalizations]
  • 12/p.66 　ウルトラ・テック
    Urutora tekku[Ultratech]
1987 アメリカ・テクニカル・レビュー Amerika Tekunikaru Rebyuu[U.S. Technical Review] [Vol. 38]
  • 01/p.62 　科学技術社の戦争と平和　
    Kagakugijitsusha no senso to heiwa[War and peace for scientists and technologists]
  • 02/p.34 　人工知能と安全
    Jinkouchinou to anzen[AI and safety]
  • 03/p.34 　友人との話し--　日本への企業進出
    Yuujin to no hanashi-- nihon e no kigyou shinshutsu [A conversation with a friend-- Doing business in Japan]
  • 04/p.38 　友人との話し--　日米半導体協定　
    Yuujin to no hanashi-- Nichibei handoutai kyoutei[A conversation with a friend-- The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement]
  • 05/p.38 　宗教と科学　
    Shuukyou to kagaku[Religion and science]
  • 06/p.30 ロボット・ワールド
    Robotto Waarudo[Robot World]
  • 07/p.50 　職場におけるエイズ対策　
    Shokuba ni okeru eezu taisaku[AIDS countermeasures in the workplace]
  • 08/p.70 　国際産業用ロボットのシンポジウムと展示会
    Kokusai sangyouyou robotto no shimpojiumu to tenjikai[An international robot symposium and exhibition]
  • 09/p.58 　ハーレーの秘密
    Haree no himitsu [The Harley- Davidson secret]
  • 10/p.60 　摩擦　
    Massatsu[Friction]
  • 11/p.58 通信　I　
    Tsuushin I[Communications I]
  • 12/p.58 　通信　I
    Tsuushin II[Communications II]
1988 　ジャパン・イン・USA　 Japan in USA [VOL 39]
  • 01/p.26　標準・その長所と短所　
    Hyoujun: sono chosho to tansho[Standardization: the postives and negatives]
  • 02/p.34 　大衆文化の交流　
    Taishuu bunka no kouryuu[Mass culture interchanges]
  • 03/p.26　日本酒が人気を得る
    Nihonshu ga ninki wo eru[Japanese sake gains popularity]
  • 04/p.28 　北カリフォルニアのジャパンソサエティ
    Kitakarifuorunia no japan sosaetei[The Japan Society of Northern California]
  • 05/p.24 　翻訳の大先生　
    Honyaku no dai sensei[The translation master]
  • 06/p.26 　ナギナタ・アソシエーツ
    Naginata Assoshieetsu[Naginata Associates]
  • 07/p.26 　通訳者の役割
    Tsuuyakusha no yakuwari[The role of the interpreter]
  • 08/p.26 　日本のテレビ
    Nihon no terebi CM[Japanese TV commericals]
  • 09/p.26 　本を通して世界が見える
    Hon wo tooshite, sekai ga mieru[Seeing the world through books]
  • 10/p.28 　基礎研究の国際化
    Kisoukenkyuu no kokusaika[Internationalization of basic research]
  • 11/p.26 　技術情報の一方通行?　
    Gijitsu jouhou no ippou tsuukou?[Is technology exchange a one-way street?]
  • 12/p.28 　選挙の後、大統領に期待したいこと
    Senkyou no ato, daitouryou ni kitai shitai koto[What I'd like to see from the president after the elections]
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Articles in Books & Magazines


★MANGAJIN
  • "Two Guides to Japanese Slang" Vol 1, No. 1, 1990, p. 73
  • "The Manga of Matsumoto Reiji" Vol 1, No. 6, p. 18
  • "Sex and Violence in Manga" No. 10, p. 9
  • "Tezuka Osamu: Japan's "God of Manga" No .17, p. 22
  • "Magazines of Manga Criticism" No. 11, p.9
  • "A Tale of Two Translations" [About the Rose of Versailles] No. 12., p. 9
  • "Chinmoku no Kantai" [Silent Service] No. 13 (Dec 1991), p. 18
  • "Black and White Issue (I)" No. 15 (Mar. 1992) p. 5
  • "Black and White Issue (II)" No. 16 (Apr. 1992) p. 9.
  • "Translators Talk" No. 19 (Aug. 1992) p. 14.
  • "Straight (Frederik) Schodt: Sugiura Hinako and the roots of Japanese comics" No. 20, (Sep., 1992) p. 8.
  • "Straight Schodt: How did the weekly manga magazine Shonen Jump reach a circulation of 5 million?" No .22 (Dec., 1992), p. 22.
  • "Straight Schodt: MIzuki Shigeru's fascination with the supernatural gives his manga stories a unique twist." No. . 25, Apr, 1993, p. 24
  • "Straight Schodt: Japan's Ministry of Finance has published one of its study boks on legal defense practices in manga format. Frederik Schodt tells you all about it." No. 31, Nov. 1993, p. 10.
  • "Frederik Schodt interviews Fujiko Fujio (A)" No. 36, June 1994, p. 28
  • "Frederik Schodt Interviews Fujiko Fujio (A)" No. 37, August 1994, p
  • "About the Author" [Shungiku Uchida]; No. 38, 1994
  • "Intro to "One Hundred Tales. The Seventh: Apparition of an Eel, by Hinako Sugiura" No. 40, Nov 1994, p. 74
  • "Intro to Fancy Dance, by Okano Reiko" No. 41, Dec 1994, p. 68.
  • "Kimba vs. Simba" [Letter to Editor on Lion King controversy] No. 42, Feb 1995, p. 14, 34.
  • "Gaijin in Manga" No. 43, Mar, 1995, pp. 14-19, 66.
  • "The Japanese Sense of Humor" [Interview with Masumi Muramatsu] No.62, Feb 1997.
  • "The Hard Life of the Japanese Manga Artist" No. 64, Apr 1997, p. 12-16.
★JAPAN RELATED
  • "Modern Japan's National Obsession-- Comic Books" July/Aug, 1994 Vol. 2, No.1 , p. 34-36.
  • "The Internet Comes to Japan" Nov/Dec, 1994, Vol 2, No. 3, p. 28.
  • "Ranald MacDonald, An Early American Adventurer in Japan" May/June, 1995 No. 12, p. 39-42.
★ ANIMAG and ANIMERICA
  • "Robot Icons of Popular Culture" Animag, Issue #5, 1988, pp.36-39 (excerpt from Inside the Robot Kingdom)
  • "You Say "Zion"-I Say "the Ideal Nation or Society Envisaged by Judaism"" Animerica,Vol 1, No. 1, 1993, p. 9.
  • "Extreme Close-Up: Thoughts on Manga in America" Animerica,Vol 1, No. 7, 1993, p. 35.
  • "Osamu Tezuka: The Storyteller, the Artist, and the Man." Animag,No. 7, p. 19-20.
  • "Who's Who: Go Nagai-- The Man Behind Mazinger Z" Animag,No. 8, 1989, p. 44.
  • "Extreme Close-Up: American Comic Artists Visit Japan" Animerica,Vol 3, No. 1, 1995, p. 40.
  • "Extreme Close-Up. Mary Kennard: A New Breed of American," Animerica, Vol 2, No. 9, Sept., 1994 p. 36.
  • "Extreme Close-UP. Race and Manga." Animerica,Vol 2, No. 3, March, 1994, p. 35.
  • "Extreme Close-Up. Manga Communication" Animerica,Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1994, p. 36
  • "Extreme Close-Up. Special Feature: The Osamu Tezuka Museum." Animerica,Vol2, No. 7, July 1994, p. 36.
  • "Extreme Close-Up. Remembering Osamu Tezuka." Animerica,Vol3, No. 6, February, 1995, p. 36.
  • "Frederik Schodt: Manga Talk in London Causes Heatwave." Animerica Vol. 3, No. 10, October, 1995, p. 46.
  • "Frederik Schodt: The Times, They are a Changing" Animerica Vol. 4, No.8, September, 1996, p. 62.

Articles in Miscellaneous Publications (1973- Present)

  • "NIPPONMACHI- Japanese Village of Ayutthaya" in Sawadhi Magazine February 19, 1973, Bankok, Thailand.
  • Japanese section of the World Encyclopedia of Cartoons ed. Maurice Horn, 1981 Chelsea Publishing, New York.
  • 「マンが翻訳悪戦苦闘」 "Manga honyaku akusen kutou" [My Struggle To Translate Comics and Cartoons], 翻訳の世界 Honyaku no Sekai, June 1981, Tokyo, p. 39.
  • 「私の訳した本--オスカルが英語を喋る?!」"Watakushi no yakushita hon: Osukaru ga eigo wo shaberu!?" [Books I Have Translated: Oscar Speaks English?!] 翻訳の世界 Honyaku no Sekai, October 1981, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 「マンガ家ロバート・クラムの非健康生活」"Mangaka Robaato Kuramu no hikenkouseikatsu" [The UnHealthy Life of Cartoonist Robert Crumb] Footwork, April 1983, Tokyo.
  • 「『はだしのゲン』と反核運動--マンがと平和」"Hadashi no Gen to hankaku undou--manga to heiwa" [Comics and Peace: Barefoot Gen and the Anti-Nuclear Movement], ノックノック [Knock Knock], Sep. 1983. p. 38.
  • [マンが翻訳はどこまで可能か」"Manga honyaku wa doko made Kanouka" [Is it Really Possible to Translate Comics and Cartoons?], 翻訳辞典 Honyaku Jiten, November 1984, Tokyo.
  • "Comic Relief and Social Change" in PHP 4/1984 Tokyo, Japan.
  • "Sarakin" in Soko o Nantoka Yoroshiku ("Discover Japan") 1984 Kodansha, Tokyo.
  • Review of Japan's Modern Myth: The Language and Beyond,by Roy Andrew Miller. Technical Japanese Translation No. 8, Oct. 20, 1983 San Francisco.
  • "The Capsule Bed Phenomenon" in Technical Japanese Translation No. 18, Aug. 10, 1984 San Francisco.
  • "Is the Foundation Shifting?" in Technical Japanese Translation No. 20, Oct. 10, 1984 San Francisco.
  • "Reading the Comics" in The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1985, Washington D.C.
  • "Old Japanese Comedy Tickles Americans" in PHP Intersect 10/1985 Tokyo.
  • "Invasion of the Robots" PHP Intersect 12/1985, Tokyo
  • "Robotech Roots" Robotech Art2 Norfolk: The Donning Company, 1987
  • "The Manga Story 2: Enter the Id" Mai, The Psychic Girl ・ July 14, 1987, San Francisco.
  • "Robots, Exoskeletons, and Cyborgs" Xenon No.2, December 15, 1987, ・ San Francisco.
  • "Japan--A Land in Love With Robots" Xenon No.3, January 5, 1988, ・ San Francisco.
  • Book Review: "The Japanese: A Major Exploration of Modern Japan" LA TimesSunday, June 26, 1988.
  • "The Robot Kingdom" Japan Society Newsletter, September, 1988.
  • "Manga Mania" Look Japan, January, 1989.
  • "Japan: The Incubator of New Technology" Japan Society Newsletter, May 1989.
  • "In the Land of Robots" Business Month, Nov. 1988.
  • "Sanpei Shirato and Kamui" Introduction to The Legend of Kamui; The Island of Sugaru (1), by Sanpei Shirato and Akame Productions- Shogakukan, 1990. San Francisco: Viz Communications, 1990.
  • "Japanimation in the U.S." Mainichi Weekly, Nov. 2, 1991.
  • "In Defense of Manga: Japan's Racy, Violent Comic Car," Japan Then and Now: U.S.-Japan Expo's Premiere Magazine, Gardena, CA: Japan America Friendship Foundation and U.S.-Japan Network Inc., November, 1992, pp.79-81.
  • 「P.デューズバーグ博士にカリフォルニアで直撃インタビュー」[P. Duezbaagu Hakushi ni Karifuorunia de chokugeki intabyuu" [Direct Interview with Dr. Peter H. Duesberg, in California] (part II) Sapio November 12, 1992, p. 66.
  • 「アメリカでもアトムは永遠不滅のヒーロー」"Amerika de mo, Atomu wa eien fumetsu no hiirou" [Even in America, Atom is an Eternal Hero]. Afterword to 「鉄腕アトム」"Tetsuwan Atomu" [Mighty Atom], vol. 11. 1993 Kodansha Comics, Tokyo, p. 313.
  • "The manga kingdom." In Japan: An illustrated Encyclopedia. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993, pp. 216-217
  • "Manga in USA," Comic Box, Comic Box Jr. 6-7 Supplement, Manga 1993-1994., p. 54 [In Japanese].
  • 「ナウシカが語りかける日本のマンがの悪いところ」"Naushika ga katarikakeru nihon no manga no warui tokoro," Comic Box,Vol. 98, January, 1995, p. 48. [In Japanese]
  • "The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum" AnimeUK, March 1, 1995, p. 10.
  • "Manga Mania: Frederik Schodt explains the Japanese craze for manga comics" Living Marxism, July/August, 1995, No. 81, p. 59.
  • "Osamu Tezuka and Adolf" Introduction to Osamu Tezuka's Adolf: A Tale of the Twentieth Century (San Francisco: Cadence Books, November, 1995).
  • 「アメリカにいつづけた彼ら」"Amerika ni itsuzuketa karera" [Their Soul Stayed in America] (About the Grateful Dead). Switch, Vol. 13, No. 9, Nov. 1995, p. 48.
  • "Beyond Astro Boy: the flip side of Osamu Tezuka" Manga Mania, Vol. 1, no. 39, 1996, pp. 16-18.
  • 「アメリカのマンが環境---アメリカを開国させた日本発のポップカルチャー」"Amerika no manga kankyou-- Amerika wo kaikoku saseta Nipponhatsu no poppu karuchaa" [The Environment for Manga in America-- Pop Culture from Japan that Opened Up The United States]. Aera Mook (Asahi Shimbun Extra Report & Analysis Special Number 24, 1997-- コミック学のみかた [Views on Comicology]. No. 24, 1997.
  • 「マンが&アニメ--アメリカの若者の間でいまやMANGA, ANIMEは英語だ」"MANGA & ANIME: Amerika no wakamono no aida de imaya MANGA, ANIME wa eigo da" [Manga & Anime: Among American Youth,"MANGA" and "ANIME" are now English Words]. SAPIO, Vol. 9, No. 2, Feb. 5, 1997, p. 42.
  • "VIEW point: America's Four Images of Japan; friend, foe, model, and mirror."JAPAN Now, April 1997, p. 5.
  • 「アニメと漫画が地球を救う」"Anime to manga ga chikyuu wo sukuu" [Anime and Manga Will Save the World], Gaiko Forum [Forum on Foreign Affairs], Oct. 1997, p. 10.
  • 「少女マンがと西部劇」"Shoujo manga to seibugeki" [Girls' Manga and Westerns]. Afterword in 「時間をとめて待っていて」"Jikan wo tomete matte ite" [Stop Time and Wait for Me], by Kyoko Hikawa, 1997 Hakusensha Bunko, vol. 4, Tokyo.
  • 「ロマンチックなニューヨークの悪夢」"Romanchikku na Nyuu Youku no akumu" [Romantic New York Nightmare]. Afterword (translated by Yuji Oniki) in 「バナナフィッシュ」"Banana Fishu" [Banana Fish], by Akimi Yoshida. 1997 Shogakukan Bunko, vol. 6, Tokyo.
  • "Foreword" in Machiko Hasegawa's The Wonderful World of Sazae-san. 1997 Kodansha International, Tokyo.
  • 「フランクで好奇心旺盛な人」"Franku de koukishin ousei na hito" [A Frank and Ever-Curious Person], 「モン」 MON, Spring Edition, No. 50, 1998, pp. 10-11.
  • "Land of the Running Serial; In Japan, Books are big business and even bigger hits." Civilization, Vol. 5, No. 3, June/July, 1998, p. 69.
  • "BEING digital."(An interview with Masamune Shirow) Manga Max, Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1998, p. 18-23.
  • Untitled short entry in ポケモンの魔力--子供たちを魅了した「ポケモン」とは何か」"Pokemon no maryoku-- Kodomotachi wo miryo shita 'Pokemon' to wa nanika" [The Magical Power of 'Pokemon'; What is this 'Pokemon' that so Attracted Children?]., ed. Takahiro Otsuki + Pokemon jiken kinkyuu shuzaihan, 1998 Mainichi Shinbunsha, Tokyo, p. 108-9.
  • "LAST WORD: Frederik L. Schodt on the Lolita Complex. Manga Max, Vol. 1, No. 2, January, 1999, p. 52.
  • 「ソフト文化」としての「アニメ」"Sofuto bunka to shite no anime" [Anime as "Software" Culture], in Trend 2000 情報文化コミュニケーションの100年 "Jouhoubunka komyunikeeshon no 100nen" [One Hundred Years of Information Culture Communication], Toppan 2000, April 2000, pp.218-19.
  • 「日本人はなぜマンガをたくさん読むのか」"Nihonjin ha naze manga wo takusan yomunoka" [Why Do Japanese Read So Many Manga?], in 「江戸戯作草紙」"Edo gesaku soushi" [Edo Era Humor Books], ed. Masahiro Tanahashi, 2000 a.d., Shogakukan, Tokyo, p. 125.
  • 「アニメーションの日米比較」"Animeeshon no nichibei hikaku" [East meets West: Giving life to the Animate, Japanese and American Style], in ADVERTISING, Vol. 3, March 28, 2001.
  • 『「坊っちゃん」の時代』はマンガか. "Botchan no jidai" ha mangaka" [Is Botchan no jidai a manga?]. Afterword in Natsu Sekikawa and Jiro Taniguchi's Botchan no jidai: Vol. 3, ka no aozora ni, 2002 Shogakukan, Tokyo.
  • "Ranald MacDonald's Excellent Adventure" (with Shel Zolkewich). The Beaver, August/September 2003, pp. 29-33.
  • "The Chinook Who Paved the Way for Perry: Ranald MacDonald's Adventure in Japan, 1848-1849." Whispering Wind, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2003, pp. 20-23.
  • "Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan" Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History , Fall 2005, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 24-32.
  • "A Different View..."in Shojo Manga! Girl Power, Flume Press, California State University, Chico., 2005
  • "Manga fans take their Japanese to another level" The Japan Times , Tuesday, May 2, 2006.
  • "Osamu Tezuka: Ein Tribut an den Gott des Comics" Reddition, No. 44, June, 2006. (German translation of Dreamland Japan , chapter 5)
  • "Usagi Yojimbo: I want to be Stan Sakai"--Introduction to Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo: Glimpses of Death (Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Books, 2006).
  • "Foreword: Japan's New Visual Culture"--Foreword to Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime . Ed., Mark W. MacWilliams (Aramonk, New York: M.E. Sharp, 2008).
  • "Introduction" to Yoshihiro Tatsumi's Good-Bye (Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2008).
  • "Takahata's Long Goodbye"--Article in Anime: Masters & Masterpieces: Grave of the Fireflies (Study guide published New York: Gorgeous Entertainment, 2008).
  • "A Possible Future"--Articles in Anime: Masterpieces: Tekkon Kinkreet (Study guide published New York: Gorgeous Entertainment, 2009).
  • "Introduction" to Eric P. Nash's Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater (New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2009).
  • "Foreword" to Osamu Tezuka's Swallowing The Earth (Gardena: Digital Manga Publishing, 2009).
  • "Foreword" to Patrick Galbraith's The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2009).
  • "为什么日本漫画能在美国扎根?" [Why Have Japanese Manga Taken Root in America?] Ming Magazine 明日风尚, September, 2009, p. 146.
  • "Astro Boy Forever!" BREEZE, Issue #39, Autumn 2009 (Web-only post Issue #34).
  • "Ranald MacDonald and Astoria"--Article in Eminent Astorians: from John Jacob Astor to the salmon kings , edited by Karen Kirtley (East Oregonian Publishing Company, 2010)
  • 「北米におけるクール･ジャパン」"'Cool Japan' in North America" in 　『一ツ橋ビジネスレビュー』 Hitotsubashi Business Review, Vol. 58, No. 3, WINTER, 2010, in a special edition titled 「検証･COOL JAPAN　北米における日本のポップカルチャー」"'Cool Japan' Reconsidered: Japan's Pop Culture Industry in North America."
  • "Nihon Univa: A New Model is Emerging in Relief Efforts," Cultural News , April, 2011.
  • "Introduction" to Shigeru Mizuki's Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly , 2011).
  • 「マンガこそ世界のJ-POP人気を駆動するが、果たしてマンガに未来はあるか」 "Manga may drive the global popularity of J-POP, but do manga have a future?" in インターカルチュラル、日本国際文化学会年報　２０１２　[Annual Review of the Japan Society for Intercultural Studies 10, 2012].
  • "Osamu Tezuka's Barbara" (Forward to Osamu Tezuka's Barbara). Gardena, California: Digital Manga Publishing, 2012).
  • "Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe Come to America," Bandwagon, Vol. 56, No. 4, July--August 2012
  • "The View from North America: Manga as Late-Twentieth-Century Japonisme?", in Manga's Cultural Crossroads, ed., Jaqueline Berndt and Bettina Kummerling-Meibauer, New York: Routledge, 2013
  • 「ヘンリー・木山義喬の『漫画四人書生』 [Henry Kiyama Yoshitaka's Four Immigrants Manga], in 『となりのヘンリー・木山義喬展』 [The Kiyama Yoshitaka Collection: The Henry Next Door] (issued in conjunction with exhibit of same name), (Hinocho, Tottori Prefecture: Hinocho Planning Division, 2012).
  • "Foreword" to Shigeru Mizuki's Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan, (Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2013).
  • "Designing a World" in Mechademia, Vol. 8, University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
  • "Foreword" to Shigeru Mizuki's Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan, (Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2014).
  • 『鉄腕アトムをあきらめないで』[Don't Give Up On Astro Boy], Newsweek (Japanese edition), April 29 & May 6, 2014 (Golden Week combined issue).
  • "Foreword" to Shigeru Mizuki's Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan, (Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2014).
  • "Professor Risley, The Imperial Japanese Troupe, and Philadelphia" [海を渡った幕末の曲芸団：リズリー先生とフィラデルフィア」, in Phila-Nipponica: An Historic Guide to Philadelphia & Japan-- フィラデルフィアと日本を結ぶ歴史的絆, Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, 2015.
  • "Obi" blurb and afterword for Benjamin Boas & Chika Aoyagi's 『日本のことはマンガをゲームで学びました』 [I learned about Japan from manga and games], (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2015).
  • "Foreword" to Shigeru Mizuki's Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan, (Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2015).
  • "Foreword" to Shigeru Mizuki's Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler, Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2015).
  • "The Ever-Amazing Shigeru Mizuki: An Appreciation," in Drawn and Quarterly: Twenty-five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics and Graphic Novels (Montréal, Canada: Drawn & Quarterly, 2015).
  • "Translator's Note: Translating Manga", in World Literature Today, Vol.90, No.2, March/April, 2016.
  • "My Drifting Manga Life" (Pioneers in Comic Arts Scholarship),in International Journal of Comic Art, Vol. 18, No.2, Fall/Winter, 2016.
  • Foreword to English translation of Osamu Tezuka's short stories, The Crater, Gardena, California: Digital Manga Publishing, April, 2017.
  • "The Four Immigrants Manga," for the Japan Literature in translation series, edited by David Jacobson, in the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative, May 17, 2018.
  • 「コラム：あるアメリカ人からみた日本マンガとアニメの発展」　（"Column: The Development of Japanese Manga and Anime from an American's Perspective") in 『外交青書　2019年』　("Foreign Policy Blue Print", 2019). Tokyo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2019.
  • "In Memoriam for 'Monkey Punch' (1937-2019)", Comic-Con 50, 2019 Souvenir Book, 2019.
  • Preface (Preficio) to Marc Bernabe and Oriol Estrada's 501 Mangas que leer en español, Spain, Barcelona: NORMA EDITORIAL, S.A., 2019.
  • Translation of Akiko Hyūga's "Morals from Another Planet: The Appeal of Shōjo Manga, Japanese Girls' Comics," Originally published as “Isei no moraru: Shōjo manga no miryoku”　（異世のモラル―少女漫画の魅力」） in Dentō to gendai, no. 48 (September 1977), 30–39. English translation published by Bunka-cho Art Platform Japan in 2022.
  • Tribute to John Lent and 25th (Special Silver) anniversary issue of IJOCA (International Journal of Comic Art), Vol.25. No.2,supplement page 9, Fall/Winter 2023.
  • "Lahaina, Then and Now," in Gates Ajar (newsletter of the Friends of MacDonald Society) Vol.36. No.1, Jan.2024.
  • Introduction to Ranald MacDonald: A Manga of His Adventure in Japan, by Sean Michael Wilson (Author), Akiko Shimojima (Illustrator), Tallinn, Estonia: Eostre Publications, 2024.

Film Credits

  • Hi no Tori 2772 (Phoenix 2772) Dir. Osamu Tezuka Toho K.K., 1980 (Screenplay consulting)
  • Dark Circle Dir. Judy Irving and Chris Beaver, The Independent Documentary Group, 1982 (Translations)
  • 地平線 Chiheisen[The Horizon] Dir. Kaneto Shindo, Marugen K.K., 1983 (Translations and Assistant-to-Director)
  • 海よ、眠れ Umiyo Nemure [Sleep in Peace] Dir. Koji Chino TV Asahi, 1984 (Translator and screenplay consultant)
  • Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime Dir. Josh Oreck, 2003 (Credited cast in documentary)
  • Otaku Unite! Dir. Eric Bresler 2004 (Credited cast in documentary)