Forum - View topicNEWS: Frederik L. Schodt Wins The Order of the Rising Sun Award
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fighterholic
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That is a truly prestigious award, congratulations to him.
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LordRobin
Posts: 354 Location: Akron, OH |
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Wow. That's amazing. What does it take to get an award like
Oh. So this isn't exactly on the level of the Medal of Honor. More the UK's O.B.E. ------RM |
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Mohawk52
 Posts: 8202 Location: England, UK |
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Took them long enough. Any later and it would have been a posthumous award. Still nice looking gong. Looks almost like a British one.
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Gilles Poitras
Posts: 476 Location: Oakland California |
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Great!
Fred certainly deserves it for his contributions to improving knowledge of Japanese culture and manga in the West. |
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GATSU
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Good for him.
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NERVchild
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I ran over to his website http://www.jai2.com/ but saw no guestbook, so I guess I'll say it here: Congrats to him. The other award receivers was a cool info bite.
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enurtsol
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Congrats. I read his books. Quite informative. Not your typical otaku fodder.
Too bad they're kinda outdated now.... 
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Analog_Now
 Posts: 211 Location: Montréal, Québec |
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Good job Frederik L. Shodt it's weird though that the goverment is giving him a medal for translating books.
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Yuki_Kun45
Exempt from Grammar Rules
 Posts: 725 Location: U.S.A. |
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What a great honor for him.
But he hasn't just translated books, looks like he's also written quite a bit of literature on the subject of Manga. |
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nicomorr
 Posts: 127 Location: London, UK. |
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I like his depth of understanding and excellent writing style. Beats most contemporary writing on anime and manga into a cocked hat.
His translation of "Ghost in The Shell" original Manga, is the exemplar of good manga translation. Toren Smith was also involved but my impression is that Schodt provided at least some of the horsepower. Literate and (I believe) accurate. Contextual with small added explanations & additions. I just loved the way they handled Shirows' whimsical mangaesque asides, it bears the marks of repeated polishing - unlike much translated manga now - just whacked up - workmanlike but without depth. Congratulations to Frederik L. Schodt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_L._Schodt Nico M 
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