Special Category, for helping to promote manga overseas. 2013 – Circus Historical Society's Stuart Thayer Prize for superior work, for Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe. 2016 – Ranald MacDonald Award for Lifetime Achievement, especially for work, Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan. 2017 – Japan Foundation Award. 2022 - Tom Spurgeon Award at CXC (Cartoon Crossroads Columbus).. Selected works Schodt has written eight books, translated several novels and manga, and published articles and columns in such newspapers and periodicals as Mainichi Daily News, The Japan Times, Anzen, Mangajin, Japan Related, Animag, Animerica and others. Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. Kodansha International, 1983. Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics, and the Coming Robotopia. Kodansha International, 1988. () America and the Four Japans: Friend, Foe, Model, Mirror. Stone Bridge Press, 1994. Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Stone Bridge Press, 1996. Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan. Stone Bridge Press, 2003. The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution. Stone Bridge Press, 2007 () Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe. Stone Bridge Press, 2012 () Astro Boy (translator) Phoenix (translator) Pluto (translator) The Ghost in the Shell/Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface/Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor (translator) The Osamu Tezuka Story (translator) The Rose of Versailles (translator) Gaku Stories (translator) My Heart Sutra: A World in 260 Characters Stone Bridge Press, 2020. References External links Jai2—his official website Detailed interview with Fred Schodt on manga and Osamu Tezuka—Electric Ant #1 Interview with Fred Schodt on The Astro Boy Essays—Animation Insider, Sept. 2007 Interview with Fred Schodt on the Astro Boy story, franchise, and character—The Sci-Fi Block, Oct. 2009 Frederik Schodt – Anime Convention Personality of the Week – Sept. 17, 2000 Interview: Fred Schodt at Anime News Network, Oct. 2009 Frederik Schodt: Japan's pop culture ambassador... , The Japan Times, January 2013 FanimeCon – Day Three – Anime Authors American non-fiction writers American School in Japan alumni American translators Anime and manga critics International Christian University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese–English translators Living people Osamu Tezuka Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Special Award) 1950 births