Tag: Jan Scott-Frazier

Episode 156: Jan Scott-Frazier is a former director and animator of Japanese manga and a long-time favorite of the show.  Her story about translating a heartfelt meeting between artists Monkey Punch and Mort Drucker was told live at Buntport Theater in Denver, CO on 20 December 2017. The theme of the evening was “Chance.”

Today’s story comes from Jan Scott-Frazier and was recorded live at our fifth anniversary show on March 18, 2015. The theme of the evening was “Symbiotes” and her story was entitled “The Secret Sister.”

Jan is a Director, Producer, public speaker, storyteller, multimedia artist, art/creativity educator, translator and Japanese animation industry veteran who has been an invited industry guest speaker at over 250 anime, sci-fi, and comics conventions as well as visual media and broadcasting trade shows. Jan has worked at studios such as Artland (Genocyber, Bubblegum Crash) and Production IG (Ghost in the Shell, Blood), freelanced with many other studios and had her own animation studio in Thailand. Jan has written textbooks, magazine articles, technical manuals and screenplays, and translated manga. Her work has been published in 8 languages. She also founded and produced two albums for the non-profit Voices For. You can find more information about Jan on her website, janscottfrazier.com.

Our next live event in Denver takes place on Friday, May 29, 2015 at 7:00pm, as part of the Denver Art Museum’s Untitled Final Fridays event.

Special thanks to Josh Johnson with engineering help on this episode. Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders).