Matt Thorn Interview
Publisher’s Weekly has a good interview with translator Matt Thorn. He talks about the challenge of bringing shojo manga to an American market. What’s still strange to me is that, thanks in part to Thorn, shojo manga did come here and it revolutionized the market. So how come nothing’s changed? Josei (manga for women, as opposed to girls/teens) is being resisted and the attempts to make girls interested in western comics have flopped. The Minx line failed due to terrible or, rather, average stories but still, why give up all together?
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