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Toren Smith

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Toren V. Smith (April 12, 1960 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian manga translator and founder of Studio Proteus. [1]

46 relations: Adam Warren (comics), Alberta, Amazing Heroes, Andy Capp, Anime, Anime Punch!, Appleseed (manga), Australian Crawl, B.C. (comic strip), Calgary Stampede, California, Columbus, Ohio, Dark Horse Comics, Dirty Pair, Eclipse Comics, Empowerment, Epic Illustrated, Extreme sport, Gainax, Ghost in the Shell (1995 film), Gunbuster, Hiroe Suga, Jack Kirby, James D. Hudnall, James P. Hogan (writer), Jonathan Clements, Kamui (manga series), Manga, Masamune Shirow, Nihon SF Taikai, Original video animation, Osamu Tezuka, Otaku, Outlanders (manga), Rebreather, Rumiko Takahashi, San Francisco, Simon Binks, Studio Proteus, Terminator (franchise), Tetsu Yano, The Dirty Pair, Venus Wars, Walt Kelly, Yaoi, Yasuhiro Takeda.

Adam Warren (comics)

Adam Warren (born 1967) is an American comic book writer and artist who is most famous for his original graphic novel Empowered, an adaptation of the characters known as Dirty Pair into an American comic book, and for being one of the first American commercial illustrators to be influenced by the general manga style.

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Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Amazing Heroes

Amazing Heroes was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992.

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Andy Capp

Andy Capp is an English comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in The Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror newspapers since 5 August 1957.

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Anime Punch!

Anime Punch was a Columbus, Ohio-based organization that hosts a number of events for fans of Japanese animation in the Central Ohio area.

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Appleseed (manga)

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.

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Australian Crawl

Australian Crawl (often called Aussie Crawl or The Crawl by fans) were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne (lead vocals/piano), Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar), Paul Williams (bass), Simon Binks (lead guitar) and David Reyne (drums) in 1978.

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B.C. (comic strip)

B.C. is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Johnny Hart.

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Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.

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Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book and manga publisher.

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Dirty Pair

is a series of Japanese light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions.

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Eclipse Comics

Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Empowerment

The term empowerment refers to measures designed to increase the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities in order to enable them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority.

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Epic Illustrated

Epic Illustrated was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics.

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Extreme sport

Extreme sports are recreational activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk.

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Gainax

is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, FLCL, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, which have garnered critical acclaim and been commercially successful.

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Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)

Ghost in the Shell (known in Japan as) is a 1995 anime science fiction film based on the manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow.

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Gunbuster

Gunbuster, known in Japan as, is a Japanese OVA anime series produced by Gainax released from 1988 to 1989.

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Hiroe Suga

is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer.

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Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

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James D. Hudnall

James David Hudnall (born April 10, 1957 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American writer who began his career in the comic book field in 1986 with the series Espers, published by Eclipse Comics.

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James P. Hogan (writer)

James Patrick Hogan (27 June 1941 – 12 July 2010) was a British science fiction author.

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Jonathan Clements

Jonathan Michael Clements (born 9 July 1971) is a British author and scriptwriter.

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Kamui (manga series)

is a manga series written and drawn by Sanpei Shirato.

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Manga

are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.

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Masamune Shirow

is the pen name of Japanese manga artist Masanori Ota.

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Nihon SF Taikai

The is an annual science fiction convention held in Japan.

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Original video animation

, abbreviated as and sometimes as OAV (original animated video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theatres, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes.

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Osamu Tezuka

was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, animator, and film producer.

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Otaku

is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, commonly towards the anime and manga fandom.

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Outlanders (manga)

— is a popular manga comic written by Johji Manabe, combining aspects of the space opera, science fantasy, fan service, magical girlfriend and harem genres.

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Rebreather

A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user's exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantially unused oxygen content, and unused inert content when present, of each breath.

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Rumiko Takahashi

is a Japanese manga artist.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Simon Binks

Simon John Binks (born 27 November 1956) is an Australian rock musician who was a guitarist and singer-songwriter for Australian Crawl from founding in 1978 to disbanding in 1986.

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Studio Proteus

Studio Proteus is a Japanese manga import, translation and lettering company, founded in 1986 by Toren Smith and based in San Francisco.

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Terminator (franchise)

The Terminator series is an American science-fiction franchise created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd.

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Tetsu Yano

Tetsu Yano (Japanese 矢野徹 Yano Tetsu; October 5, 1923 – October 13, 2004) was a Japanese science fiction translator and writer.

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The Dirty Pair

The Dirty Pair is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Adam Warren, based on the original ''Dirty Pair'' characters created by Haruka Takachiho.

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Venus Wars

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.

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Walt Kelly

Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo.

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Yaoi

Yaoi (やおい), primarily known as in Japan, is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically marketed for a female audience and usually created by female authors.

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Yasuhiro Takeda

is a Japanese anime director and founding member of Gainax; for most of his career, he was General Manager.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toren_Smith

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