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Matt Thorn

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in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, The United States

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http://www.en.matt-thorn.com/

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Manga

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JMoto Hagio

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Matt Thorn was born May 12, 1965, in Pennsylvania. She first discovered manga (Japanese comics) as an exchange student at Konan University in 1985. In 1988, she began to study shōjo manga (girls' and women's comics) in earnest at the University of Illinois, where she earned a Master of Arts in East Asian & Pacific Studies. While shifting the focus of her study to what manga mean to the girls and women who read them, she also began professionally translating such manga as Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, Ranma 1/2, and Banana Fish. In 1991, she entered Columbia University's doctoral program in cultural anthropology. With a fellowship from the Japan Foundation, she conducted field work in the Hanshin area from 1994 to 1995. She earned a Ma ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 22,956 ratings · 1,682 reviews · 25 distinct works

	Rise of the Brandenburg 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro, Fred Burke (Translator) , Sterling Bell (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 7,665 ratings — published 1990 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Son, Vol. 1 by Takako Shimura, Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 2,853 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 5 (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, #5) by Hayao Miyazaki (Scriptwriter/Illustrator), Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) , Kaori Inoue (Translator) 4.61 avg rating — 2,033 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano, Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,610 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 6 (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, #6) by Hayao Miyazaki (Scriptwriter/Illustrator), Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) , Kaori Inoue (Translator) 4.62 avg rating — 1,966 ratings — published 1993 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 7 (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, #7) by Hayao Miyazaki (Scriptwriter/Illustrator), Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) , Kaori Inoue (Translator) 4.61 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Son, Vol. 2 by Takako Shimura, Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 1,192 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 (Saturn Apartments, #1) by Hisae Iwaoka, Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) , Tomo Kimura (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 1,246 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio, Matt Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Matt Thorn and 2 other people liked C Cédille's review of Otherworld Barbara, Volume 1: "You can't read Moto Hagio quickly. It's theoretically possible, and you could just look at the gorgeous art (always a delight), but you won't feel the pulse of the story. Hagio writes in a beautiful, paused manner, and her characters never feel li..." Read more of this review »
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