- Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Clements (born
July 9 ,1971 ) is a British author and scriptwriter. His non-fiction works include biographies ofConfucius ,Koxinga andQin Shihuangdi (the First Emperor of China), as well as monthly opinion columns for NEO magazine. He is also the co-author of encyclopedias ofanime andJapanese television drama s.Early career
Clements speaks both Chinese and Japanese, and many of his works relate to
East Asia . He wrote his 1995Master's degree at theUniversity of Stirling onmanga andanime exports, predicting the rise of several trends in the international industry including back-to-front printing, direct American investment in anime, and the proliferation of attempts to substitute non-Japanese products. Subsequently he translated over 70 anime and manga works for British distributors, and worked as a voice director and actor.He served two years at
Titan Books in London as the editor ofManga Max magazine, an experience he would later fictionalise as theJudge Dredd adventure "Trapped on Titan". In 2000, he received the Japan Festival Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Understanding of Japanese Culture, specifically for his work on Manga Max magazine.Script work
He left to work as a scriptwriter on an abortive Astro Boy movie project, before writing several episodes of "
Halcyon Sun " for Kuju Entertainment, and theStrontium Dog series, starringSimon Pegg , and theDoctor Who spin-off "Sympathy for the Devil", starring David Warner andDavid Tennant , both forBig Finish productions. He also wrote "Space 1889 : Red Devils", a one-hour audio drama for Noise Monster Productions, and served as a writer or translator on TV programs, including "Japanorama" (BBC Three ), "Saiko Exciting" (Sci-Fi Channel) and "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (BBC Two ).Halcyon Sun episodes
* "No Bugles, No Drums" (2000)
* "Edge of Darkness" (2000)
* "Empire of the Mind" (2001)
* "The Long Night" (2001)
* "Doomed Battalions" (2001)
* "Terminal Beach" (2001)Strontium Dog
* "Down to Earth" (2002)
* "Fire From Heaven" (2003)Judge Dredd
* "Trapped on Titan" (2002)
* "99 Code Red" (2003)
* "Pre-Emptive Revenge" (2004)
* "Solo" (2005)Doctor Who
* "Immortal Beloved" (2007)
* "Brave New Town" (2008)
* "The Destroyer of Delights" (2009)Other scripts
* "Doctor Who Unbound: Sympathy for the Devil" (2003)
* "" (2005)
* "Space 1889: Red Devils" (2005)His most famous work, "Schoolgirl Milky Crisis", does not actually exist: it is a name for a fictional TV series, which Clements often used in his
Newtype USA columns in order to avoid breaking variousnon-disclosure agreement s regarding serials that he has worked on as a writer, director or translator.Books
Clements is a prolific author, whose many non-fiction publications, on subjects ranging from the history of the
Vikings to the life ofChairman Mao , serve as research for his fiction. His books have been translated into a dozen languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Korean. His major works include:
* "The Moon in the Pines" (2000, reprinted in paperback as "Zen Haiku", 2007)
* "TheAnime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917" (1st ed. 2001, 2nd ed. 2006, withHelen McCarthy )
* "The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953" (2003, with Motoko Tamamuro)
* "The Pirate King:Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty" (2004)
* "Confucius : A Biography" (2004)
* "A Brief History of the Vikings" (2005)
* "Coxinga : And the Fall of the Ming Dynasty" (2005, paperback edition of "Pirate King")
* "The First Emperor of China" (2006)
* "Mao " (2006)
* "Wu" (2007)
* "Marco Polo " (2007)
* "Beijing : The Biography of a City" (2008)External links
* [http://www.muramasaindustries.com/ Muramasa Industries] (The official web site of Jonathan Clements)
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=JONATHAN 2000 AD profile]
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