Frederik L Schodt: 4 books
Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe
How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--and Japan to the West
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
"Frederik L. Schodt has at long last unveiled the fascinating story of 'Professor Risley.' Circus scholars, history buffs, and anyone with an ounce of curiosity should be grateful to him."—Dominique Jando, Circopedia.org "Professor" Risley (Richard Risley Carlisle) introduced the Western circus...
Dreamland Japan
Writings on Modern Manga
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
This landmark book, first published at the height of the manga boom, is offered in a hardcover collector's edition with a new foreword and afterword. Frederik L. Schodt looks at the classic publications and artists who created modern manga, including the magazines Big Comics and Morning, and artists...
Native American in the Land of the Shogun
Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
How Japan, after 250 years of self--imposed isolation, began the process of modernization is in part the story of Ranald MacDonald. In 1848 this half-Scot, half-Chinook adventurer from the Pacific Northwest landed on an island off Hokkaido. Although promptly arrested and imprisoned for seven months in...
The Astro Boy Essays
Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
The pioneering genius of Japan’s “God of Comics,” Osamu Tezuka (1928–89), is examined through his life’s masterwork: Tetsuwan Atomu, also known as Mighty Atom or Astro Boy, a comic series featuring a cute little android who yearns to be more human. The history of Tetsuwan Atomu and Tezuka’s...