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Zack Davisson

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Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer, and folklorist. He is the author of YUREI: THE JAPANESE GHOST, YOKAI STORIES, and KAIBYO: THE SUPERNATURAL CATS OF JAPAN, and the translator and curator of Shigeru Mizuki’s famous folklore comic KITARO, Matsumoto Leiji’s CAPTAIN HARLOCK, and Go Nagai’s DEVILMAN.

Davisson lectured on translation, manga, and folklore at Duke University, UCLA, University of Washington, Denison University, as well as contributed to exhibitions at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam and Henry Art Museum. He has been featured on NPR, BBC, and The New York Times, and has written articles for Metropolis, The Comics Journal, and Weird Tales Magazine.

As a manga translator, Davisson was nominated for the 2014 Japanese-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize for his translation of the multiple Eisner Award-winning SHOWA: A HISTORY OF JAPAN. Other acclaimed translations include Satoshi Kon’s OPUS and THE ART OF SATOSHI KON, Mamoru Oshii’s SERAPHIM: 266613336 WINGS, Leiji Matsumoto’s QUEEN EMERALDAS, Kazuhiro Fujita’s THE GHOST AND THE LADY, Go Nagai’s CUTIE HONEY, and Gou Tanabe’s Eisner Award-nominated HP LOVECRAFT’S THE HOUND AND OTHER TALES.

He lives in Seattle, WA with his wife Miyuki, a dog, two cats, and several ghosts.

Zack Davisson

4.1/5 ( ratings)
Website
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Twitter
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Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer, and folklorist. He is the author of YUREI: THE JAPANESE GHOST, YOKAI STORIES, and KAIBYO: THE SUPERNATURAL CATS OF JAPAN, and the translator and curator of Shigeru Mizuki’s famous folklore comic KITARO, Matsumoto Leiji’s CAPTAIN HARLOCK, and Go Nagai’s DEVILMAN.

Davisson lectured on translation, manga, and folklore at Duke University, UCLA, University of Washington, Denison University, as well as contributed to exhibitions at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam and Henry Art Museum. He has been featured on NPR, BBC, and The New York Times, and has written articles for Metropolis, The Comics Journal, and Weird Tales Magazine.

As a manga translator, Davisson was nominated for the 2014 Japanese-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize for his translation of the multiple Eisner Award-winning SHOWA: A HISTORY OF JAPAN. Other acclaimed translations include Satoshi Kon’s OPUS and THE ART OF SATOSHI KON, Mamoru Oshii’s SERAPHIM: 266613336 WINGS, Leiji Matsumoto’s QUEEN EMERALDAS, Kazuhiro Fujita’s THE GHOST AND THE LADY, Go Nagai’s CUTIE HONEY, and Gou Tanabe’s Eisner Award-nominated HP LOVECRAFT’S THE HOUND AND OTHER TALES.

He lives in Seattle, WA with his wife Miyuki, a dog, two cats, and several ghosts.

Books from Zack Davisson

Showa, 1926-1939: A History of Japan

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Opus

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Showa, 1939-1944: A History of Japan

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Devilman: The Classic Collection Vol. 1

4/5 ( ratings)

Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Wayward, Vol. 4: Threads and Portents

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Birth of Kitaro

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Seraphim: 266613336 Wings

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Cat + Gamer, Volume 1

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Kaibyō: The Supernatural Cats of Japan

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Yurei: The Japanese Ghost

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Kitaro's Strange Adventures

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Yokai Stories

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Amabie

3/5 ( ratings)

The Art of Star Wars: Visions Deluxe Edition

3/5 ( ratings)

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

3/5 ( ratings)

The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai: Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and other Mythical Creatures from Japan (with Over 250 Images)

3/5 ( ratings)
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