{{Short description|American writer and translator}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{update|date=September 2021}} [[File:Loz ishii 1.png|thumb|Ishii in 2016]] '''Anne Ishii''' is an American writer, editor, translator, and producer based in Philadelphia. Ishii is the host of WHYY's ''Movers & Makers,'' and the Executive Director of Philadelphia's Asian Arts Initiative, an arts non-profit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Calvin |date=2 August 2018 |title=Anne Ishii to Head Philly's Nonprofit Asian Arts Initiative |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/77653-anne-ishii-to-head-philly-s-nonprofit-asian-arts-initiative.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206050716/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/77653-anne-ishii-to-head-philly-s-nonprofit-asian-arts-initiative.html |archive-date=6 December 2022 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Crimmins |first=Peter |date=14 February 2021 |title=Skate park installation and printmaking exhibition bring queer and trans artists together |url=https://whyy.org/articles/skate-park-installation-and-printmaking-exhibition-bring-queer-and-trans-artists-together/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530122935/https://whyy.org/articles/skate-park-installation-and-printmaking-exhibition-bring-queer-and-trans-artists-together/ |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[WHYY-FM]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Producer == Ishii is a producer of [[bara manga|''bara'' manga]]. Her work includes ''The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Trebay |first=Guy |date=23 June 2014 |title=Opening Ceremony Turns to Manga Comic Artist for Gay Pride Week |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/fashion/opening-ceremony-turns-to-manga-comic-artist-for-gay-pride-week.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231214045708/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/fashion/opening-ceremony-turns-to-manga-comic-artist-for-gay-pride-week.html |archive-date=14 December 2023}}</ref> and ''Massive: Gay Japanese Manga and the Men Who Make It'', edited alongside [[Graham Kolbeins]], featuring [[manga artist]]s [[Gengoroh Tagame]], [[Jiraiya (artist)|Jiraiya]], Seizoh Ebisubashi, Kazuhide Ichikawa, Inu Yoshi, [[Takeshi Matsu]], [[Gai Mizuki]] and Poosukeh Kumada, with artwork by [[Chip Kidd]]. In 2013, Ishii founded [[Massive Goods]]<ref name=":0" /> with Graham Kolbeins, a line of Bara Japanese manga and paraphernalia tied to their graphic novel of the same name. She was a co-executive producer and writer on Kolbeins's 2019 documentary [[Queer Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |date=29 October 2020 |title='Queer Japan' Shows the Asian Nation's 'LGBT Boom' in New Trailer |url=https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/10/29/queer-japan-shows-asian-nations-lgbt-boom-new-trailer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101232749/https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/10/29/queer-japan-shows-asian-nations-lgbt-boom-new-trailer |archive-date=1 November 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Windsor |first=Harry |date=22 July 2019 |title='Queer Japan': Film Review {{!}} Outfest 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/queer-japan-review-1225995/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605233906/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/queer-japan-review-1225995/ |archive-date=5 June 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
She is the translator of the English version of Tagame's manga ''[[My Brother's Husband]]''.<ref>"[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545416/my-brothers-husband-volume-1-by-gengoroh-tagame/9781101871515/ My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1]." [[Penguin Random House]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2018.</ref>
== Published works == Ishii's translation credits include the Aranzi Machine Gun series, ''[[Aranzi Aronzo]] Fun Dolls (Let's Make Cute Stuff)'', ''The Cute Book'', ''The Bad Book'', ''Gunji'', and ''[[Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan]]''.
Formerly with [[Vertical (company)|Vertical]],<ref name=":2" /> she is the editor-in-chief of ''They're All So Beautiful''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=5 April 2013 |title=The Best Cure for Yellow Fever? Date an Asian. |url=https://www.giantrobot.com/blogs/giant-robot-store-and-gr2-news/15798819-the-best-cure-for-yellow-fever-date-an-asian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401021743/https://www.giantrobot.com/blogs/giant-robot-store-and-gr2-news/15798819-the-best-cure-for-yellow-fever-date-an-asian |archive-date=1 April 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[Giant Robot (magazine)|Giant Robot]] |language=en}}</ref> and ''Paperhouses''. As a writer, Ishii has been published by ''[[The Village Voice]]'',<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ishii |first=Anne |date=27 December 2005 |title=English as a Second Language |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/english-as-a-second-language/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214053334/https://www.villagevoice.com/english-as-a-second-language/ |archive-date=14 December 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[The Village Voice]]}}</ref> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ishii |first=Anne |date=2 February 2013 |title=Bao Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippee Yay |language=en-US |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |url=https://slate.com/culture/2013/02/eddie-huangs-fresh-off-the-boat-reviewed.html |url-status=live |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620071133/https://slate.com/culture/2013/02/eddie-huangs-fresh-off-the-boat-reviewed.html |archive-date=20 June 2023 |issn=1091-2339}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Articles written by Anne Ishii |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/article_authors/59.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214052523/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/article_authors/59.html |archive-date=14 December 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Guernica (magazine)|Guernica]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ishii |first=Anne |date=15 August 2013 |title=Bringing Up Sunny: A champion for the bildungsroman publishes his first confessional novel based on his childhood |url=https://www.guernicamag.com/bringing-up-sunny/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711025408/https://www.guernicamag.com/bringing-up-sunny/ |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[Guernica (magazine)|Guernica]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Giant Robot (magazine)|Giant Robot]]'',<ref name=":1" /> and [[Asian American Writers' Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ishii |first=Anne |date=3 June 2012 |title=Pen and Paper. . . on Paper |url=https://aaww.org/pen-and-paper-on-paper/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530003219/https://aaww.org/pen-and-paper-on-paper/ |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=[[Asian American Writers' Workshop]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{official|https://anneishii.com/}} * {{imdb name|2444019}}
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