Davisson started his career writing for Japanese magazines like
Japanzine and
Kansai Time-Out. His first professional translation was Mizuki's manga series
Showa: A History of Japan. He ran a website, hyakumonogatari.com, where he published translated works on manga and Japanese horror legends. He has translated several manga series into English and has written for
Smithsonian and
The Comics Journal. He co-scripts Demon Days and Ultimate X-Men from Marvel comics with
Peach Momoko. He has lectured on manga, folklore, and translation at colleges such as Duke University, Annapolis Naval Academy, University Ca' Foscari di Venezia, UCLA, and the University of Washington and contributed to exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery, the Museum of International Folkart, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. ==Selected works==