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When should #manga #publishers cater to American audiences? And when should they be more concerned about being faithful to the #Japanese originals?
Striking the right balance is tricky, said #Frederik L. #Schodt, one of the early translators of manga and the author of “Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics,” a groundbreaking work in the field of manga studies.
“Readers in English should be able to enjoy the story without thinking about it being a translation,” he said. “But at the same time, it should be as faithful to the original as possible.”