Hi, I'm Frederik L. Schodt (a.k.a. "Fred") The above portraits/mug shots were rendered by a Panasonic artificial vision system. The one on the left was output as a rubber stamp, which I used to create an image on paper that was then scanned into a computer. The one on the right was drawn by a robot, the robot arm holding an ink-soaked brush and tracing the outlines generated by the vision system. Do the images look like me? Guess!
In 1994 I published America and the Four Japans: Friend, Foe, Model, Mirror with Stone Bridge Press. It's designed to be a type of primer on U.S.-Japan relations.
My second book about manga, or Japanese comic books, is Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. It will be available the end of June.
OTHER BOOKS I HAVE AUTHORED INCLUDE:
- Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics, Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983.
- Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics, and the Coming Robotopia, Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1988.
(Both of the above were edited by Peter Goodman, the current owner of Stone Bridge Press, and both are still available from Kodansha in Tokyo and in New York. To order in the U.S., call 1-800-788-6262)
BOOKS I HAVE TRANSLATED INCLUDE:
- The Gundam Mobile Suit, by Yoshiyuki Tomino (vols. 1-3). New York: Del Rey, 1990-1991.
- Gaku Stories, by Makoto Shiina. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1991. (Published in the U.S. in 1993 by Kodansha America as My Boy: A Father's Memories).
- Jack and Betty Stories, by Yoshinori Shimizu. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1993.
Fred
(You can e-mail me at: fschodt@netcom.com)
And now check out this great site of manga-related links and information.
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