Entertainment Goes "Pop"

UCLA Extension, in collaboration with the Tokyo Foundation, Japan’s leading futurist think tank, presents Entertainment Goes "POP," a symposium on the future of manga and anime in the global entertainment industry.

Learn about the power of manga and anime as a worldwide cultural phenomenon, the evolution of the art form, new marketing strategies, and the business of manga and anime in the U.S.  This special event kicks off a ten-week lecture series, accompanied by optional Saturday workshops, designed for interested participants who wish to gain hands-on training in the art of manga and anime.

The program features demonstrations, lectures, and discussions by top Japanese artists: Shinji Shimizu of Toei Anime, Hiroaki Takeuchi of Comix Wave, Nobuhiko Horie of Coamix, and Tetsunosuke Inaba, cartoonist and author.

Guest speakers include:

• Keith Boesky
  Founder, Video Game Department, International Creative Management
• Charles Herschorn
  Founder and CEO, G4 Media
• Kimindo Kusaka
  Founder, The Japan Foundation
• Stuart Levy
  Founder and CEO, TOKYOPOP
• Ronald A. Morse
  Paul I. Terasaki Professor of US-Japan Relations, UCLA
• Don Murphy
  Producer, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," "Domu Parasyte," "Astro Boy"
• Shinji Shimizu
  Artist, Toei Anime

The series is offered jointly by UCLA Extension and Cal State University Northridge and held on both the UCLA and CSUN campuses. For information on the UCLA Extension program, call 310-825-9064, e-mail entertainmentstudies@uclaextension.edu or visit www.uclaextension.edu/anime.  For information on the CSUN program, call (818) 677-2242, e-mail art.dept@csun.edu, or visit www.csun.edu/artdep. 

Cost: Free

For more information please contact

Professor Ronald Morse
ron@ramorse.com
www.international.ucla.edu/

Sponsor(s): Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, UCLA Extension and The Tokyo Foundation