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Rachel Thorn
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| Born | Matt Thorn (1965-05-12) May 12, 1965 (age 59) |
| Occupation(s) | Cultural anthropologist, associate professor, translator |
| Known for | Manga translation |
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]
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 ThomasbyMoto Hagio in the mid-1980s.[7]
In March 2010, it was announced that Thorn would edit a line of manga co-published by Shogakukan and Fantagraphics.[8]
The following credits are for translation unless otherwise noted. Most of the translation credits are as "Matt Thorn":
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