Anne Ishii

Ishii in 2016

Anne Ishii is an American writer, editor, translator, and producer based in Philadelphia. Ishii is the host of WHYY's Movers & Makers, and the Executive Director of Philadelphia's Asian Arts Initiative, an arts non-profit.[1][2]

Producer

Ishii is a producer of bara manga. Her work includes The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga,[3] and Massive: Gay Japanese Manga and the Men Who Make It, edited alongside Graham Kolbeins, featuring manga artists Gengoroh Tagame, Jiraiya, Seizoh Ebisubashi, Kazuhide Ichikawa, Inu Yoshi, Takeshi Matsu, Gai Mizuki and Poosukeh Kumada, with artwork by Chip Kidd. In 2013, Ishii founded Massive Goods[1] with Graham Kolbeins, a line of Bara Japanese manga and paraphernalia tied to their graphic novel of the same name. She was a co-executive producer and writer on Kolbeins's 2019 documentary Queer Japan.[4][5]

She is the translator of the English version of Tagame's manga My Brother's Husband.[6]

Published works

Ishii's translation credits include the Aranzi Machine Gun series, Aranzi Aronzo Fun Dolls (Let's Make Cute Stuff), The Cute Book, The Bad Book, Gunji, and Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan.

Formerly with Vertical,[7] she is the editor-in-chief of They're All So Beautiful[8] and Paperhouses. As a writer, Ishii has been published by The Village Voice,[7] Slate,[9] Publishers Weekly,[10] Guernica,[11] Giant Robot,[8] and Asian American Writers' Workshop.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Reid, Calvin (August 2, 2018). "Anne Ishii to Head Philly's Nonprofit Asian Arts Initiative". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. ^ Crimmins, Peter (February 14, 2021). "Skate park installation and printmaking exhibition bring queer and trans artists together". WHYY-FM. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Trebay, Guy (June 23, 2014). "Opening Ceremony Turns to Manga Comic Artist for Gay Pride Week". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Daniel (October 29, 2020). "'Queer Japan' Shows the Asian Nation's 'LGBT Boom' in New Trailer". The Advocate. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  5. ^ Windsor, Harry (July 22, 2019). "'Queer Japan': Film Review | Outfest 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1." Penguin Random House. Retrieved on May 7, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Ishii, Anne (December 27, 2005). "English as a Second Language". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "The Best Cure for Yellow Fever? Date an Asian". Giant Robot. April 5, 2013. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  9. ^ Ishii, Anne (February 2, 2013). "Bao Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippee Yay". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "Articles written by Anne Ishii". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  11. ^ Ishii, Anne (August 15, 2013). "Bringing Up Sunny: A champion for the bildungsroman publishes his first confessional novel based on his childhood". Guernica. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  12. ^ Ishii, Anne (June 3, 2012). "Pen and Paper. . . on Paper". Asian American Writers' Workshop. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.