https://anneishii.com Anne Ishii Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:03:53 +0000 https://anneishii.com en https://anneishii.com/0-I-am Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:03:52 +0000 Anne Ishii https://anneishii.com/0-I-am <img width="3970" height="4837" width_o="3970" height_o="4837" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0c948c28740e17d6853350a44e06ad989b1e603c7371dfff20aee8d13eef1d2/A-Ishii_01-Photo-by-Bianca-Chun.jpg" data-mid="237338743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0c948c28740e17d6853350a44e06ad989b1e603c7371dfff20aee8d13eef1d2/A-Ishii_01-Photo-by-Bianca-Chun.jpg" /> I am a writer and musician based in Philadelphia+New York and the program director of United States Artists.&nbsp; https://anneishii.com/0-5-Events Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:03:53 +0000 Anne Ishii https://anneishii.com/0-5-Events Upcoming Events September 18-22, 2025 Anne Ishii at the High Zero Festival &nbsp; Baltimore, MD September 25, 2025 “The Sound of Manga” Lecture at U. Michigan Ann Arbor, MI https://anneishii.com/1-Writing-Samples Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:00:55 +0000 Anne Ishii https://anneishii.com/1-Writing-Samples Some writing The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 2021 Why I Have to Confront a Racist Sandwich BlackStar Live, Feb 2021 BlackStar Live 1.5 The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2020 Anti-Asian Discrimination Continues... The Comics Journal, 2017 Review of Manga in Theory and Practice by Hirohiko Araki The Comics Journal, 2015 Interview with Adrian Tomine The Comics Journal, 2015 Middle-Aged Dad at a Drake Show Trying to Look Cool&nbsp; Racked, 2015 Why is Japan So Important to American Fashion? The Japan Times, 2015 The Sunny Side of Taiyo Matsumoto The Comics Reporter, 2014 Sophie Yanow Interview Dame Magazine, 2013 Femme Buddy Flicks: Thelma and Louise and Madea, Anyone? Dame Magazine, 2013 Leah Remini Has Left the Building Slate, 2010 Eddie Huang and The Rise of the Big Dick Asian Publishers Weekly, 2005 Why Medical Manga Works in Japan Village Voice, 2003 False Memories of a Geisha https://anneishii.com/2-Work Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:20:33 +0000 Anne Ishii https://anneishii.com/2-Work Work I am the Program Director at United States Artists where we believe in artists, full stop. I was until Summer 2024, the Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative, where we build community through the power of art. I am the board co-chair of the Asian American Writers Workshop, and of the National Performance Network. I also serve on the board of Vox Populi and a number of amazing mutual aids centering personhood and food justice in Philadelphia. MusicI play drums and electronics, mostly around Philly, often with TOTALLY AUTOMATIC who can be found on Bandcamp. Nothing Nowhere Never Simultaneous by TOTALLY AUTOMATIC VideoI make video work, most of which can be found on Vimeo Dust | Unrequited Love Glass | Memory SECURITY FIRST SEGURIDAD Buchla Moon Massive Goods I own and run MASSIVE GOODS, which I started with Graham Kolbeins, in 2013. We have made: The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga 2013. AD: Chip Kidd, Publisher: Picturebox Inc. This book officially launched the North American career of preeminent gay erotica master Gengoroh Tagame. Everything until then was a pirated scanlation or European import. Tagame continues to make amazing hard-core erotica and we continue to bring him to wider anglophone audiences. What is Obscenity: The True Story of a Good For Nothing Pussy by Rokudenashiko (Koyama Press, 2016)Vagina artist Rokudenashiko was arrested for making artwork based on digital scans of her vulva, and transformed the discourse on censorship and gender expression forever. The Best Couple SweatshirtArtwork by Jiraiya, 2013Though not directly inspired by Kadir Nelson’s album art for Drake’s “Nothing Was The Same,” there was A Moment in 2013 when hot beefy men with close-shorn hair posed against blue sky backgrounds and our sweatshirt became a viral phenomenon. MASSIVE x Opening Ceremony SS14 This was a real coup for the queer Asian community, as Opening Ceremony debuted an explicitly gay capsule collection to celebrate Gay Pride 2014. A first for all!&nbsp;Plus, we made it into The New York Times! MASSIVE: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It Fantagraphics 2013.&nbsp; Our survey omnibus of radical gay cartoonists.&nbsp; Additionally...I’ve worked on some great projects as a marketer, editor, agent, translator, and content strategist who speaks fluent Japanese. QUEER JAPAN (Altered Innocence)Co-Executive Producer, 2020 The Passion of Tagame: Volume 2, by Gengoroh Tagame Edited by: Anne Ishii, Chip Kidd, Graham Kolbeins Fantagraphics, Forthcoming (Spring 2022) Our Colors (bokurano shikisai) by Gengoroh Tagame Agent, Editor, Translator Pantheon (2023) My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame Editor, Agent, Translator Penguin Random House (2017) Seeking Asian Female/They’re All So Beautiful Web Content DirectorA PBS documentary about white men seeking Asian women. Web forum exploring intersections of race &amp; dating. Paperhouses Editor-in-Chief Architecture in Open Source. Luxury prefab housing blueprints for the people, created by Joana Pacheco and featuring work by Tatiana Bilbao, Derek Dellekamp, Rintala Eggertson, Christian Potgiesser+ Architecture for Dogs N.A. ProducerDesign experiment overseen by Kenya Hara, delivering open source blueprints for dog-centered products made by architects such as Shigeru Ban, Toyo Ito, MVRDV and Kazuyo Sejima. Featured in Wallpaper* and the Wall Street Journal. Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan Translator/Editor Knockaround ConsultantThe Coolest sunglasses you’ll never pay too much for. Imprint Lab ManagerStartup venture consultancy Vertical Inc. Dr. Marketing &amp; PublicitySpecializing in popular fiction and exceptional graphic novels from Japan. SOME OTHER TRANSLATIONS Detroit Metal City by Kiminori Wakasugi Loups Garous by Natsuhiko Kyogoku Time For School&nbsp;PBS Docuseries https://anneishii.com/3-Info Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:37:54 +0000 Anne Ishii https://anneishii.com/3-Info Information You can find me on Instagram and subscribe to my&nbsp; newsletter on Substack. I went to UC Santa Cruz and studied enough French to last me a lifetime before moving to France for a couple years and deciding I didn’t want to spend a lifetime there.I went to Columbia University to get a Masters Degree in Japanese Literature before deciding I wanted to sell&nbsp; books. I am the Board Co-Chair of the Asian American Writers Workshop&nbsp; and National Performance Network, as well as the Center for California Literature. I serve on various commissions on behalf of the Arts sector and the Asian American community. I am in a band called TOTALLY AUTOMATIC. We are a stream of absurdities. One day the bandcamp page will be full of stuff. https://anneishii.com/4-Interviews Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:23:08 +0000 Anne Ishii https://anneishii.com/4-Interviews Interviews Mellon Foundation Philadelphia Inquirer The Cut Feeling Asian Brotakus The Awl&nbsp;On Bond Street The Hairpin Tell Me More&nbsp;