Frederik L. Schodt
- Translator
- writer
- conference interpreter
Frederik L. Schodt (born January 22, 1950) is an American translator, interpreter, and writer.
Biography
Schodt's father was in the US foreign service, and he grew up in Norway, Australia, and Japan. The family first went to Japan in 1965 when Schodt was fifteen. They left in 1967, but Schodt remained to graduate from American School in Japan in Tokyo in 1968. After entering the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in 1970, Schodt returned to Japan and studied Japanese intensively at International Christian University (ICU) for a year and half. He graduated from UCSB in 1972, and after a brief bohemian stint at a variety of jobs and traveling, he became a tour guide in Los Angeles for Japanese tourists, also escorting them to Canada and Mexico. After trying to interpret for a group once at Sunkist, he realized that he could become an interpreter, but needed further training. In 1975, he was awarded a scholarship from Japan's Ministry of Education, to return to ICU and study translation and interpreting. After finishing his studies at ICU in 1977, he began working in the translation department of Simul International, in Tokyo. In mid-1978, he returned to the United States, and since then has worked in San Francisco as a freelance writer, translator, and interpreter.
While working in Tokyo in 1977, he joined with several university friends in contacting Tezuka Productions. They sought permission to translate the Phoenix comic into English.[1]
Schodt is notable in manga and anime fandom for his translations of works such as Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix, Tezuka's Astro Boy, Riyoko Ikeda's The Rose of Versailles, Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen, Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama's The Four Immigrants Manga, and others.
His best known book is Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics, published in 1983 and reprinted several times, with an introduction by Tezuka.
Manga! Manga! won a prize at the Manga Oscar Awards in 1983. Furthermore, in 2000 Schodt was awarded the Asahi Shimbun's Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Special Prize" for his outstanding contribution to the appreciation of manga worldwide.[2]
Honors
- 1983 – Japan Cartoonists Association's Manga Oscar, Special Award, for Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics.
- 2000 – Asahi Shimbun's Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Special Prize" for outstanding contribution to the appreciation of manga worldwide.[2][3]
- 2009 – 旭日小綬章. Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.[4][5][6]
- 2009 – Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Manga Award, Special Category, for helping to promote manga overseas.[7]
- 2013 – Circus Historical Society's Stuart Thayer Prize for superior work, for Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe.
- 2016 – Ranald MacDonald Award for Lifetime Achievement, especially for work, Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan.
- 2017 – Japan Foundation Award.
- 2022 - Tom Spurgeon Award at CXC (Cartoon Crossroads Columbus).[8]
- 2024 - Inducted into the American Manga Awards Publishing Hall of Fame - Anime NYC.[9]
Selected works
Schodt has written eight books, translated several novels and manga, and published articles and columns in such newspapers and periodicals as Mainichi Daily News, The Japan Times, Anzen, Mangajin, Japan Related, Animag, Animerica and others.
- Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. Kodansha International, 1983.
- Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics, and the Coming Robotopia. Kodansha International, 1988. (ISBN 0-87011-854-4)
- America and the Four Japans: Friend, Foe, Model, Mirror. Stone Bridge Press, 1994.
- Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Stone Bridge Press, 1996.
- Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan. Stone Bridge Press, 2003.
- The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution. Stone Bridge Press, 2007 (ISBN 978-1933330549)
- Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe. Stone Bridge Press, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-61172-009-9)
- Astro Boy (translator)
- Phoenix (translator)
- Pluto (translator)
- The Ghost in the Shell/Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface/Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor (translator)
- The Osamu Tezuka Story (translator)
- The Rose of Versailles (translator)
- Gaku Stories (translator)
- My Heart Sutra: A World in 260 Characters Stone Bridge Press, 2020.
References
- ^ "Issue #1 Feature: Frederik Schodt Interview". Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- ^ a b 第4回 マンガ大賞 マンガ優秀賞 特別賞 これまでの受賞の記録. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ^ "手塚治虫文化賞:朝日新聞社インフォメーション". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ "Announcement of Recipients of the 2009 Spring Conferment of Decoration". Archived from the original on July 23, 2011.
- ^ "Translator Schodt Receives Government Award, Speaks in L.A. (Updated)". Anime News Network. July 14, 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ^ "Frederik L. Schodt Wins The Order of the Rising Sun Award". Anime News Network. April 29, 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ^ "外務省: 第3回国際漫画賞". Mofa.go.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ "Spotlight on manga scholar Frederik Schodt, Tom Spurgeon Award Winner - Cartoon Crossroads Columbus". August 29, 2022.title=Spotlight on manga scholar Frederik Schodt, Tom Spurgeon Award Winnerh|access-date=January 14, 2023
- ^ https://animenyc.com/americanmangaawards/
External links
- Jai2—his official website
- Fred Schodt convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Detailed interview with Fred Schodt on manga and Osamu Tezuka—Electric Ant #1
- Interview with Fred Schodt on The Astro Boy Essays—Animation Insider, Sept. 2007
- Interview with Fred Schodt on the Astro Boy story, franchise, and character—The Sci-Fi Block, Oct. 2009
- Frederik Schodt – Anime Convention Personality of the Week – Sept. 17, 2000
- Interview: Fred Schodt at Anime News Network, Oct. 2009
- Frederik Schodt: Japan's pop culture ambassador... Archived January 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, The Japan Times, January 2013
- FanimeCon – Day Three – Anime Authors
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Excellence
- Moto Hagio for A Cruel God Reigns (1997)
- Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō (1998)
- Akira Sasō for Shindō (1999)
- Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head (2000)
- Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep (2001)
- Kentaro Miura for Berserk (2002)
Award
- Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go (2003)
- Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (2004)
- Fumiyo Kōno for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2005)
- Asa Higuchi for Big Windup! (2006)
- Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for Shinsei Kigeki (2007)
- Toranosuke Shimada for Träumerei (2008)
Prize
- Suehiro Maruo for The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2009)
- Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta (2010)
- Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist (2011)
- Yu Itō for Shut Hell (2012)
- Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann! (2013)
- Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2014)
- Yoshitoki Ōima for A Silent Voice (2015)
- Yuki Andō for Machida-kun no Sekai (2016)
- Haruko Kumota for Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2017)
- Paru Itagaki for Beastars (2018)
- Sansuke Yamada for Areyo Hoshikuzu (2019)
- Rettō Tajima for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru (2020)
- Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2021)
- Natsuko Taniguchi for Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo (2022)
- Ganpu for Danchōtei Nichijō (2023)
- Akihito Sakaue for Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi (2024)
Award
- Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi (2003)
- Risu Akizuki for OL Shinkaron (2004)
- Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō Monogatari and Mainichi Kaasan (2005)
- Risa Itō for One Woman, Two Cats, Hey Pitan!, Onna no Mado (2006)
- Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet (2007)
- Yumiko Ōshima for Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami (2008)
- Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Young Men (2009)
- Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae (2010)
- Keisuke Yamashina for C-kyū Salaryman Kōza, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai (2011)
- Roswell Hosoki for Sake no Hosomichi (2012)
- Yoshiie Gōda for Love of Machine (2013)
- Yuki Shikawa for Onnoji (2014)
- Sensha Yoshida (2015)
- Tatsuya Nakazaki for Jimihen (2016)
- Kahoru Fukaya for Yomawari Neko (2017)
- Taro Yabe for Oya-san to Boku (2018)
- Ken Koyama for Little Miss P (2019)
- Yama Wayama for Captivated, by You (2020)
- Hiroko Nobara for Kieta Mama Tomo and Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen (2021)
- Izumi Okaya for Ii Toshi o and Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai (2022)
- Ebine Yamaji for Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa (2023)
- Miri Masuda for Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō (2024)