Rachel Thorn

Rachel Thorn^[1] (formerly Matt Thorn; born May 12, 1965) is a cultural anthropologist and a faculty member at the Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Global Culture (in the Japanese Culture Course) in Japan.^[2][3][4]

Rachel Thorn
Born	Matt Thorn (1965-05-12) May 12, 1965 (age 60)
Occupation(s)	Cultural anthropologist, associate professor, translator
Known for	Manga translation

She^[5] is best known in North America for her work dealing with shōjo manga (Japanese comics for girls). She has appeared at multiple anime conventions, including Otakon 2004.^[6] She chose to translate shōjo manga into English after reading The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio in the mid-1980s.^[7] She also wrote a column about shojo manga called Girls Stuff for the Animerica magazine in the 90s.^[8]

In March 2010, it was announced that Thorn would edit a line of manga co-published by Shogakukan and Fantagraphics.^[9]

Bibliography

The following credits are for translation unless otherwise noted. Most of the translation credits are as "Matt Thorn":

• 2001 Nights, by Yukinobu Hoshino
• A, A', by Moto Hagio
• AD Police, by Tony Takezaki
• Banana Fish, by Akimi Yoshida (vols. 1–4, translated with Yuji Oniki)^[10]
• Battle Angel Alita, by Yukito Kishiro
• Dance Till Tomorrow, by Naoki Yamamoto
• A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (translator and editor)^[11]
• Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan, edited by William W. Kelly (anthology, one chapter by Thorn)
• Four Shōjo Stories, an anthology of shōjo manga by Keiko Nishi, Moto Hagio, and Shio Satō^[12]
• The Heart of Thomas, by Moto Hagio (translator and editor)^[13]
• The Legend of Kamui, by Sanpei Shirato
• Love Song, an anthology of short stories by Keiko Nishi^[12]
• Maison Ikkoku, by Rumiko Takahashi
• Mermaid Saga, by Rumiko Takahashi^[14]
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, by Hayao Miyazaki^[10]
• Otherworld Barbara, by Moto Hagio^[15]
• The Poe Clan, by Moto Hagio^[16]
• Project A-ko
• Promise by Keiko Nishi (January 1994). First shōjo manga ever published in the United States. The two stories in this manga were then included in the Four Shōjo Stories anthology.
• Red Blinds the Foolish, by Est Em^[17]
• Sanctuary, by Sho Fumimura and Ryoichi Ikegami^[10]
• Silent Möbius, by Kia Asamiya
• Striker: The Armored Warrior, by Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa
• Seduce Me After the Show, by Est Em (supervising translator)^[17]
• Fujimoto, Yukari (2012). "Takahashi Macoto: The Origin of Shōjo Manga Style". Mechademia. 7 (1): 24–55. doi:10.5749/minnesota/9780816680498.003.0002. ISBN 9780816680498.
• Wandering Son, by Takako Shimura^[18]