Kōsei Ono (comics researcher)

Kōsei Ono (小野 耕世, Ono Kōsei, born November 28, 1939) is a Japanese film critic, cartoon critic, comic translator and overseas comic / animation researcher.[1] Ono is the leading authority on the publication, research and introduction of overseas comics (gaikoku manga) in Japan. From 1963 to 1974 he worked for NHK. He is a visiting professor in the Asia Department of Kokushikan University, a board member of the Japan Society for Studies in Manga and Comic Art, and a member of ASIFA JAPAN, the Japan Cartoonists Association, and the Japan Science Fiction Writer's Club.

Ono wrote a number of books about overseas comics, such as The World Image of Donald Duck (ドナルド・ダックの世界像―ディズニーにみるアメリカの夢) and American Comics Encyclopedia (アメリカン・コミックス大全), and has translated several American comic book and graphic novel titles to Japanese, such as Art Speigelman's Maus, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland, Jeff Smith's Bone and Joe Sacco's Palestine.

In 2006, Ono was awarded the 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award.[2][3]

References
  1. "nichibei manga symposium". www.comicbox.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  2. "Special Achievement Award: ONO Kosei". Japan Media Arts Festival. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. Jilt.net http://www.jlit.net/archives/2006-archives.html. Retrieved 19 December 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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