About Dan Kanemitsu

Freelance translator, author, and IOEA advisor.

Born March 30th, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan. Dan graduated with B.A. in Area Studies (East Asia) at the University of Minnesota. Taking advantage of his bicultural background, Dan has been doing professional translations since 1988 (his first notable translation project was the English translation of Tony Takezaki’s AD Police 25:00.)

Since then, he has worked with both US and Japanese companies and individual creators on various anime and manga projects, not only as a translator, but as a creative and cultural consultant. Regarding anime, Dan's major projects include Slayers, Dirty Pair Flash, Gasaraki, Love Hina, Nadesico, Patlabor 1 and 2 (2006 Bandai Visual USA release), GUN×SWORD, Black Lagoon, Space Battleship Yamato 2199, the entire Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition series, all Netflix version of Evangelion, the Japan Anima(tor) Expo series, Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman, The Dragon Dentist (2017), In This Corner of the World, and TEVI (English to Japanese translation and dubbing supervision.)

Dan has supplied translations for Excel Saga, Black Lagoon, Initial D and many other manga titles. He has a firm background in doujinshi and has written numerous articles regarding censorship issues facing anime, manga, and video games in Japan today. He is currently involved in the production of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX.

Dan Kanemitsu has been a founding contributor to the IOEA and hopes to encourage more world wide cultural exchanges through creative activities.

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