Studio Proteus is a Japanese manga import, translation and lettering company, founded in 1986 by Toren Smith and based in San Francisco."Our Web Site Info." Studio Proteus. Updated on March 30, 2003. Retrieved on October 10, 2010. "Studio Proteus PMB #926 5214-F Diamond Heights Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94131-2118." Other staff included translators Dana Lewis, Alan Gleason, and Frederik Schodt, letterer Tom Orzechowski and translator/letterer Tomoko Saito. The company worked with many different publishers, including Viz Media, Innovation Publishing and Eclipse Comics, but its main outlets were Dark Horse for mainstream titles and Fantagraphics' imprint Eros Comix for adult (hentai) titles.
