Previous Author Appearances
- Signings, presentations and other public appearences regarding anime and manga I have done.
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Previous Author Appearances
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For coming events see my Author Appearances page.
November 1999 (late) |
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| Gary Burbank Show | I was interviewed live over the phone about anime. It went very well they had the right questions and since this show is syndicated nationwide was good publicity for the book and anime. |
December 5th 1998 @ 11:00 AM - 4:30 |
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| Paradigm Animation 2438 Durant Avenue Berkeley, California 94704 |
I was signing the book and talking to folks. Hugo had me in the hallway. It also was one of the coldest days of the winter with a wind blowing through the Mall as they were replacing the doors. Thank god for the hot chocolate at Istanbul Express, I bought a large one and wrapped my hands around it. |
Monday December 28, 1998 @ 3 - 3:30 PM |
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| KPFA Radio in Berkeley 94.1 FM |
A half hour live broadcast. This went quite well Denny asked some good questions. I just wish it had been longer as there is always so much to say about anime. |
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Palace of Fine Arts Marina Blvd. @ Lyon St. San Francisco. |
A three hour introduction to anime for people visiting the Exploratorium, in the McBean Theater. Wow! This was quite something. |
Wednesday January 20, 1999 @ 3 PM |
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| Golden Gate University Bookstore
62 first St. San Francisco |
The turnout was small but it was fun with some faculty joining in. Several kids wandered in and helped themselves to snacks. |
Thursday January 28, 1999 @ 6-8:30 PM |
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| University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim Lone Mountain Campus Room 100. 2800 Turk St. San Francisco |
"Japan: Year in Review Series" Part II: Arts and Culture Other speakers were Jun Ishimuro, Publications Manager for Ansel Adams Books, and former Kinokuniya buyer, on current books in translation; Alvin Lu of the Bay Guardian on popular music, and Audie Bock, Japanese film specialist on recent film. The program will be moderated by Stephen Roddy, Director of the MA Program in Asia Pacific Studies This went quite well with about 70 folks attending. Each speaker seemed to have something to add to the discussion on the topics of the others, which was very handy. |
February 10 @ 6:30 PM |
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| Berkeley Cable Channel 25 | My first TV appearance. It was fun, kinda chaotic, kinda Stoney. In fact it was on Stoney Burk's show which means rebroadcasts in various parts of the US. |
February 20 @ 1-3 PM |
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| Cartoon Art Museum 814 Mission near 4th San Francisco |
This was fun and we plan to do it again as the room was filled to capacity. |
March 5 @ 7 PM |
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| Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave Near the UC Theater |
I had to drag myself out of bed, well not quite that bad, as I had a cold. luckily since it was a two person event it was easier to do, and talking about anime and manga helped tap some energy reserves. |
March 14 @ 9 PM or so |
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| KTEH Channel 54 in San Jose | This went well, I was on for very short periods of time but lots of folks at FanimeCon told me they saw me on the program. |
March 19-21 |
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Some Fanimecon coverage, no pixs of me tho' |
This was fun, I not only got to hang out and talk to the other Guests of Honor but got to observe the working of a con from behind the scenes. I even got Mr Yamaga to sign my copy of Otaku no Video and Ippongi Bang to sign her CD-ROM and a dojinshi. I did the road show and it went off well with many new older (more aged) fans and parents of fans attending who all asked very good questions. |
March 24 @ 5:15-7:30 |
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| Vista College Rm 111 2020 Milvia Street Berkeley, Ca 94704. |
It was a dark and stormy night. Plus it was just before the spring break. Even so the turnout was good and the questions excellent. |
April 3 @ 1 pm |
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| Kinokuniya Bookstores 1581 Webster St San Francisco |
Mostly a Q&A session after I did an introduction to anime as a window to Japanese culture. I even got to do a 'standing in one place tour' of the store which sells lots of good anime and manga related stuff. |
April 17 @ 1 PM |
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| Gilroy Public Library 7387 Rosanna St Gilroy CA 95020 |
April 17 @ 4 PM |
| Morgan Hill Library 17575 Peak Avenue Morgan Hill, CA 95037 |
Yep two in one day. Lets see how I hold up. These two went off pretty good especially since it was such lovely weather. |
June 26 @ 1 PM |
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| Union City Public Library 34007 Alvarado-Niles Road Union City, 94587 |
The "Japanese Animation Below
the Surface" road show. I got an apology from the library
for not having done much advertising. Glad in a way they didn't as there were about 70 people in a room that barely held them. One of the staff even brought his cell collection for folks to look at. I had lots of fun talking to the attendees afterwards. |
July 16-18 |
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| Anime
Expo Anaheim Hilton & Towers Anaheim, CA |
I did my Japanese Animation Below the Surface presentation for new fans & talked about Stone Bridge Press' anime related books on Saturday. The fun for me was getting to meet so many industry folks that I had only corresponded with over the years. |
July 24 |
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Los Altos Public Library Cupertino Community Library |
Another two in one day presentation. The crowd in Los Altos was small but they had very good questions. Cupertino was a larger draw and seemed to have a good time. |
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Comic Relief: Adventures in Anime and Manga |
The sake was good too. Co-sponsored with the Cartoon Art Museum in cooperation with Stone Bridge Press |
August 14 Campbell Community Library 77 Harrison Ave., Campbell CA. 95008-1499 |
About 15 people at this event. Some interesting questions including regarding local Japanese TV shows. A couple of weeks ago I was given a review copy of a tape which I donated to the library and two lucky winners got to place holds on it so they will be the first to check it out. |
September 3 - 5 Anime Fest |
I did my Japanese Animation Below the Surface presentation twice and was on a panel. This is a nice small con worth checking out as its not as hectic as the big ones and has several 24 hour video rooms, in fact the panel room was a video room after hours. |
October 16 2:00pm |
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Japanese Animation Below the Surface. The program is in celebration of Teen Read Week. After all subtitles require reading. |
October 23 6 - 8 PM |
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| Cartoon Art Museum 814 Mission, Second Floor San Francisco 415-CAR-TOON |
Opening reception for: Anime Made In Japan an exhibit of cels and artifacts. The Museum is near the Sony Metrion complex. For more information see www.cartoonart.org |
October 26 6-7:30 PM |
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| San Francisco Public Library Main Library Koret Auditorium |
Fred Schodt and me together in one place. The turnout was small partly due to the Datebook reporting the time wrong. But the questions were very good and Rory from Comic Relief was there to sell books so we signed several copies for attendies. |
November 5 evening |
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| Pleasant HILL Barnes & Noble |
Pleasant Hill B&N Pretty nice event about 20 something people at the highest point |
November 6 Saturday 1-3 pm |
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Japanese Animation Below the Surface. Soon it will be the first aniversary of the release of the Anime Companion which started all of these speaking events for me. Small turnout but not too bad. |
November 28 Sunday 7:30 pm |
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| Pacific Film Archives Berkeley, CA |
This was a short introduction to a sell out crowd. I had to keep it to 10 minutes due to there being a special showing of Nausicaa after the Ponpoko showing. I had a nasty head cold but folks have told me I did a good job and they could not tell I was sick. The scheduled showing that evening was for Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko. |
January 29 |
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| 2000 Regional Japan Bowl JCCCNC Building |
I did aproximately an hour long presentation on anime at the requerst fo the Japan Society. This was interesting as it was the only non-anime con event I have done where there were people who knew much about anime. |
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February 24-27 |
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| Fanime
2K Westin Hotel in Santa Clara |
I'll be unveiled the The Onsen Mark project. Had lots of fun at panels and hanging around with folks in the common areas and dealers room. Got interviewed by a student doing a school paper and hit the brandy a little too hard in the green room. For more on Fanime 2K see: |
April 8 - 1 PM |
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| Empire Library San Jose |
Again the Japanese Animation Below the Surface presentation. This worked fairly well, the audience was mostly fans who had good questions and comments. Plus the Library was close fo Japantown so I picked up a few things at Nikaku. |
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I was on lots of panels, which is something I like doing. I also got to meet Helen McCarthy and Steve Kyte face to face and hang out a bit with them, which for a fan of their work was a great thing. In spite of some techinal problems and general fatigue I had a good time and was able to pull off my panels pretty well. |
| August OTAKON 2000 Baltimore, Maryland August 4-6 |
Had lots of fun, Otakon and Fanimecon have been the two most fun cons I have been to. I did presentations, sat on panels, watched a little anime, chatted with some of the Japanese guests and avoided going out for karaoke with Boa, tho' they really tried to get me to go with them. BTW Boa's album, renamed simply Boa, is due out for U. S. & Canadian release in January 2001 |
December 9 2000 |
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| Anime
Film Festival CSUMB 8:30 AM - to - 5:00 PM |
This is put on by the Japanese Pop-Culture Class at California State University Monterey Bay Fun event, good questions in my presentation. Many of the attendies were relatively new to anime. |
January 9th 6:30 PM |
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| Borders Books & Music 400 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94102 |
Pretty much my stock bookstore event. Talking a little and Q & A with book signing. It was a cold wet night so the turnout was relatively small but still the questions were good. |
March 1st 7:30 PM |
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| Barnes & Noble in Pleasant
Hill 552 Contra Costa Blvd., Suite 90 Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Call 925-609-7060 for information |
The turn out was very small. But it was a cold week night which could have had an effect on the amount of people in the store being low. |
March 22 7:00 PM |
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| Borders books Stonestown
Galleria 233 Winston Drive San Francisco, CA 94132 |
A presentation along with a book signing. Such a small turnout that probably will not be doing many bookstore events in the future. |
March 30 - April 1 |
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| Fanime Con 2001 San Jose, California | One of my favorite cons, I highly recommend this one if you only can attend only one con this year. |
April 4 7 PM |
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| Exploratorium
Museum 3601 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA 94123 415-EXP-LORE |
A lively audience ranging from small kids, who I think got bored at times with me talking, to grandparents. |
April 19 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
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| Boettcher Auditorium on the University of Denver campus | The turnout was smaller than hoped for, about 15-20, but the questions were good and one father seemed in danger of developing an interest in anime. |
April 20 Two events in the same day |
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Albuquerque Japan Society of New Mexico |
The noon event at the University of New Mexico had over 100 attending, some had to leave near the end as classes demanded their attention. The questions were good and showed some interesting knoledge on the part of some of the attendies. The Alameda Community Center event also had good attendance with plenty of adults and again good questions. The next day I was treated to the Atomic Museum which had an exhibit of spy movie and TV show related objects Maxwell Smart's shoe is really cheap looking up close. |
July 12 @ 6 PM |
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| World Affairs Council of Northern
California 2 nd Floor 312 Sutter Street San Francisco |
Attendance was very good, mostly adults and a few kids. The audience had as usual good questions and a strong willingness to learn. They also seemed to really enjoy the clips I showed them. |
August 10-12 |
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| Otakon Baltimore, Maryland |
A truly fun con. If you get a chance come to it and prepare for a great time. |
September 1-2 |
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| YAOIcon
2001 San Francisco |
YAOI is something I have known to exist for some time but frankly does not interest me much as entertainment. So when I was asked to attend this local con as a guest I felt this was an opportumity to explore this side of female fandom by asking the fans about their interest. |
October 5-7 |
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| Animecon
UK Britannia Adelphi Hotel Liverpool |
Due to the recent attacks and my mother's concerns about my flying I have reluctantly cancelled attending Animecon UK. |
October 28 @ 4 PM |
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| Berkeley Barnes & Noble Shattuck at Dwight |
My usual presentation with ongoing Q & A and book signing. |
| April 26-28 2002 | |
| Fanimecon Santa Clara Westin Hotel & Convention Center |
Silicon Valley's (or as we call it locally Silly Valley) own anime con. I love this con, of all the cons I go to this is on of the most fun. |
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| RECCAcon Los Medanos College Pittsburg, CA |
A new con, as it is new it will be small and such cons are often lots of fun. I'll only be there on Sunday as I work Saturdays. |
| July 26-28 | |
| Otakon
2002 Baltimore |
Again will be attending one of my favorite cons. |
| 2003 | |
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May 3-4 Anime Overdose |
This is a new event for the SF Bay
Area, small new events can be a bit rough but lots of fun. I'll be doing two panels the first, at 1:00PM "Anime in the USA" The second "Anime and Japanese Culture: Its role, and Third Impact," 3:30PM - 5:00PM. |
| June 20-22 Fanimecon Santa Clara Westin Hotel & Convention Center |
The San Francisco Bay area's major anime con. I love this con, of all the cons I go to this is on of the most fun. |
| September 13-14 Japan Town Anime Faire |
The first general anime con for San Francisco, I'll be doing a panel on Saturday and some signings. |
| 2004 | |
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February 10 Sponsored by the |
2003 Year in Review: Arts, Culture and Society Panel . The event went very well. Mariko Horikawa from the Yomiuri Shimbun was the moderator, Dana Lewis contributing editor and columnist for Newsweek Japan and well known manga translator spoke first followed by me and then Peter Goodman Stone Bridge Press publisher and editor-in-chief (as well as my book publisher). there were about 90 folk in the audience and the questions and comments were interesting. I even made a few more industry contacts after the event when we were all milling around. |
| March 6 Anime Overdose Santa Clara University |
This year they will have a dealer's room. I am not sure what I will be doing yet as planning is still in a very early stage. |
| April 19 6:30-8:00 PM Pinole Library |
Presentation. Details to follow. Subject to change. |
| May 28-31 FanimeCon 2004 San Jose CA |
I've been a guest for the past several years. No word yet about this year's con, but in any case I will be there one way or another. |
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Japan's Pop Culture Revolution January 26 World Affairs Council Building Sponsored by the |
Japan's Pop Culture Revolution Members & Co-sponsors: $10 Patrick Macias: author of TokyoScope: The Japanese
Cult Film Companion and the co-author of Cruising the
Anime City An Otaku Guide to Neo-Tokyo |
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Anime Overdose March 4 to 6, 2005 (Easy walking distance to Japantown) |
Anime Overdose moves from the South Bay to San Francisco. This is the third Anime Overdose and the most ambitious with a major lineup of guests. Given it's location it will be easily accessible by mass transit from anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. For those outside the area there is easy access from local airports and Amtrak stations. This means you don't have to stay in a San Francisco hotel but can stay in Oakland, Berkeley or other local city for lower room rates. |
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Cutie Honey Sunday March 13 Castro Theater |
Cutie Honey I will be introducing the film. For more information see: http://www.naatanet.org/festival/2005/html/programs/cutie_honey.html |
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April 2 Smithsonian's Freer Gallery |
On Saturday April 2 I will be doing presentations at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery as part of their anime film series. I get in on Friday evening and leave Sunday afternoon so I will limit my sightseeing to the Freer. |
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San Jose California |
Just got back yesterday evening (May 30). Last year I told the organizers that they could give me more than the three panels and meet the guests reception they usually had me do. This year I had seven panels, one interview, two autograph sessions, and judged in the Cosplay competition. I think they were punishing me for asking for more things to do. [grin] It all worked out fine, especially since they provided free massages (by Ray Greer of Sunnyvale) and had a Peets coffee shop in one of the hotels. As I was explaining to one of the attendees, it was either an occasional triple espresso from Peets or I start stalking staff to eat their livers. During the opening ceremony when Maria Yamamoto was on stage my best friend, who was my guest to the con, asked if Maria could be any cuter. I said yes and the following morning Maria showed up in the green room is a very sweet little outfit, Cindy turned to me and said that I had been right. A repeat guest was Hiroyuki Yamaga, president of Gainax, who has been attending this convention for years, this was his ninth. He says it reminds him of the science fiction cons he worked at as a student at the Osaka Art Institute. His first film, scripted and directed when he was 24, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise significantly raised the bar for quality in anime in 1988. It is still one of my favorite films. At one of the dinners I found out that Steven Bennett likes kabuki, his mother used to take him to the Kabukiza in Tokyo when he was a teen. That led to asking Yamaga-san if he studied kabuki as part of his film major. His response was no but that kabuki still has a strong influence in Japanese cinema and anime. Steve told me about ghost story play that I have to track down the title of. Alas I know it is not one of the ones available on DVD Ric Meyers was also there doing panels and workshops on Chinese cinema. It was good to meet him after reading his columns for so many years. He's quite fun to talk to. We discussed some joint projects, I'll say more once we actually start doing them. It was work but also alot of fun. I'm still a bit tired after a good night's sleep and have to get the stiffness out of my back and shoulders. I also need to finish my monthly column for Newtype USA, this time I'm writing on Japanese tattoos. Well time to get some coffee and start the day. |
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September 24, 1-3 PM Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission St (near 3rd) |
Book signing & short presentation. The presentation is at 1 in the paid portion of the museum, but that's OK they have great exhibits. Afterwards I'll sign copies of the book and chat with folks. Small but interesting group of folks. Good discussion about anime and manga. I thought one girl was going to fly out of her chair when I mentioned that Saigo In Rurouni Kenshin really existed. |
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October 8 Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) trade show |
Saturday, October 8, 12:30 pm in the autographing area or the Stone Bridge Press booth (they didn't specify, but typically booth signings are on the other day) at the California Trade Show at the Oakland Convention Center/ Oakland City Center Marriott. Recipients are charged $1, which goes to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE). Good turnout I signed over 40 books in half an hour, my hand was starting to go ferrel towards the end which made my signature slopier. |
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October 17 Cleveland OH |
An Introduction to Anime and Manga for All This is a workshop for librarians on anime, manga and US fan culture. Tha link above has information on registering. In spite of the fact that I had a cold I think it went OK. The organizers have promised me information from the feed bacvk forms so I can improve this presentation., |
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Anime for Parents and Other Grown-ups Thursday, March 16, 2006 |
An introduction to the world of anime (Japanese animation) and manga you've been waiting for. We'll explore the history and nature of storytelling in anime, selecting titles for children and for sophisticated adult film viewers, significant artists in the industry, navigating the American fan scene and any other topic of your choice. Short video clips will be included. It was a dark and stormy night so only 6 fgoks showed up. But it was a good group with interesting questions. |
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May 26-29, 2006 Fanime 2006 |
My favorite anime convention for the San Francisco Bay Area. They will be keeping me busy with at least 6 panels and presentations planned. Their dealer's room will be eating a large amount of my free time, and cash, as there is just so much cool stuff there. |
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August 4-6, 2006 AOD 2006 |
San Francisco has three anime conventions, an easy thing to do in such a busy easy to get to city. One, YAOI-Con you have to be over 18 to go to. Actually they lie the con is in Milbrae which is near to SF and BART will take you close. Perhaps they will bring it back to SF some day/ Then there is the fun Japantown Anime Faire, in 2005 in December. Me in 2006 I'll be a guest at AOD for the fourth year in a row. |
| 2006 | |
| November 3, 7 PM Cody's Books 2 Stockton Street (near Market St, the Apple Store and Virgin Records San Francisco, CA 94108 415-773-0444 |
MANGA (Japanese Comics) and ANIME (Japanese Animation) FOR PARENTS (and OTHER GROWNUPS). Please spread the word on this one. If you cannot make it still drop by and visit the store sometime, they have two manga sections, one for kids. I'll be presenting an overview of the history of anime and manga; what differentiates them from American entertainment; their visual structure; the nature of storytelling in both; selected titles for children; works for sophisticated adult film viewers; significant artists and companies in the industry; and navigating the American fan scene. Questions are encouraged, and short video clips will be shown. |
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San Francisco Sunday, May 13 |
How To View Manga And Anime With Your Kids A special program for parents and older relatives of kids. I will cover the differences between Japanese animation and US animation, major genres, positive as well as problematic content, and answer questions. The room is not booked after the scheduled time so we can run over if attendees wish. Asian Art Museum Spring Family Festival Education Resource Room 1:30-2:30 |
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San Jose May 25 - 28 |
FanimeCon 2007 Again I am delighted to be a guest at one of my favorite anime conventions. My schedule is still in planning, in fact I won't really know what they are having me do until I arrive. However expect I will be doing my popular Anime for Parents panel again. San Jose Convention Center |
| San Francisco Saturday June 23 |
Japanese Culture in Japanese Animation I will be introducing the popular Japanese animated feature Whisper of the Heart (subtitled) from the internationally famous Studio Ghibli. Afterwards there will be a Q&A session. A PDF of the flier is here. 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. San Francisco Public Library Main Library Koret Auditorium |
| San Francisco Sunday July 1 |
Japanese Culture in Japanese Animation I will be introducing the Japanese animated feature Millennium Actress (subtitled) directed by the internationally award winning Kon Satoshi. Event details on the SFPL Website events page. Afterwards there will be a Q&A session. A PDF of the flier is here (warning this is a large file). 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. San Francisco Public Library Main Library Koret Auditorium |
| San Francisco Saturday July 7 Asian Art Museum |
Blast Off! 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. I will be doing a panel with noted translator and author Frederik Schodt. This part of the Tezuka: Marvel of Manga exhibition. |
| San Francisco Saturday July 28 Asian Art Museum |
Anime and Manga for Beginners I will be doing an introduction to anime and manga detailing many interesting aspects of these forms of story telling. If you assume anime and manga are like American cartoons and comic books you should attend and discover why you are mistaken This part of the Tezuka: Marvel of Manga exhibition. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Samsung Hall. |
Mondays @ 7 PM |
Page Created November 1, 1999 | Updated May 22, 2008