Kōsei Ono

Acting

Born November 28, 1939 · Setagaya, Tokyo

Kōsei Ono is a Japanese film critic, cartoon critic, comic translator and overseas comic / animation researcher.[1] Ono is the leading authority on the publication, research and introduction of overseas comics (gaikoku manga) in Japan. From 1963 to 1974 he worked for NHK. He is a visiting professor in the Asia Department of Kokushikan University, a board member of the Japan Society for Studies in Manga and Comic Art, and a member of ASIFA JAPAN, the Japan Cartoonists Association, and the Japan Science Fiction Writer's Club.