Manga and the Manga-esque: New Perspectives to a Global Culture
15th Annual International Conference on Japanese Studies and the 6th Women’s Manga Conference
22-23 January 2015
Ateneo de Manila University
PROGRAMME
Day 1 Venue: Leong Auditorium
8:30 Registration and Coffee Break
9:30 Welcome Remarks
Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr., Ph.D. Dean, School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University
Opening Remarks
Shūji Takatori, Director, The Japan Foundation
10:00-12:00 Plenary Session 1: Manga and the Manga-esque
Considering the ‘Mangaesque’ as a Cultural Condition: Where Japanese Studies and Manga Studies May Meet
Jaqueline Berndt, Kyoto Seika University
The Role of National Mediators in the Construction of the Global Meaning of Manga
Zoltan Kacsuk, Kyoto Seika University
Manga-esque in a Single Frame: An Exploration of the Bounds of Japanese Irasuto and Cartoons
Ronald Stewart, Prefectural University of Hiroshima
12:00 – 12:30 Artist Session 1: Philippine
Moderated by Elbert Or
Elbert Or, Robert Magnuson, Ace Vitangcol
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Artist Session 2: Women’s Manga in Singapore
Moderated by Fusami Ogi and Jaqueline Berndt
FSc
2:00 – 3:30 Paper Session 1: Manga-esque in Southeast Asia
The Domestication of Japanese Manga Representation in Malaysia : The Universality of Visual Language and Cultural Characteristics
Suraya Md Nasir, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Manga in the Philippines: from niche market to an (invisible) market
Ma. Victoria Cayton, University of Asia and the Pacific
“OTAKU NO RIKO”: Gratifications Derived from Filipino Anime Engagements
Thea Pamela Pauline A. Javier, M.C., San Sebastian College Recolectos - Manila
3:30 – 4:00 Artist Session 3: Vietnam
Moderated by Fusami Ogi and Jaqueline Berndt
Nguyen Thanh Phong
4:00-4:15 Coffee Break
4:15-4:45 Artist Session 4: Women Comics in the Philippines
Moderated by: Kristine Michelle Santos
Tin Tin Pantoja, Black Ink Comics
4:45 – 5:30 Paper Session 2: Frameworks in Popular Culture Studies
Performing 2.5 dimensional characters: Cosplay as a Practice in Hybrid Reality
Akiko Sugawa-Shimada, Yokohama National University
Glocalizing Appearance: Filipino Cosplayers and the Mukokuseki Aesthetic
Tiffany Lim, University of Tokyo
Quantitative research in manga/anime studies: Methodological considerations and three Europe-based surveys
Marco Pellitteri, Kobe University
Day 2 Venue: Leong Hall
9:00 Registration
9:30-11:00 Plenary Session 2: Women’s Manga in Japan
Manga-esque Hybridity Coming out of Women’s Manga
Fusami Ogi, Chikushi Jogakuen University
On Sexual Issues of Aging Women: Shungiku Uchida and Challenges in Women’s Manga
Kotaro Nakagaki. Daito Bunka University
“What Female Manga Artists are doing with Shakespeare”
Yukari Yoshihara, University of Tsukuba
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-11:45 Artist Session 4: Women’s Manga in Indonesia
Moderated by Febriani Shihombing
Jhosephine Tanuwidjaya and Stephani Soejono
11:45-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:15 Artist’s Session 5: Malaysia
Moderated by Gan Sheuo Hui
Shieko
1:15-2:15 Plenary Session 4: Manga and the Manga-esque in Southeast Asia
Analysis of the Terminology “Komik Indonesia” in Indonesian Comics: A Discussion Case Study of Three Indonesia Comics Exhibition after 2000
Febriani Sihombing, Tohoku University
Locally Made! – The Gag Comics in Malaysia
Gan Sheuo Hui, National University of Singapore
2:15 – 3:15 Paper Session 3:Women and Manga Beyond Japan
Girls' Dōjinshi in the Philippines: Challenges and Transformations in Local Girls’ Culture
Kristine Michelle Santos, Wollongong University
Kartoon-y: Boys' Love Manga Flourishes in Conservative Thailand
Poowin Bunyavejchewin and Ormwajee Pibool, Thammasat University
3:15 – 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:30 Paper Session 4: Women and Japanese Manga
Defining Yuri Fandom in Japan: Women and Men Reading and Writing About Girl–Girl Romance Media
James Welker, Kanagawa University
On the role of characterization and engagement in shōjo-manga as a genre
Giancarla Unser-Schutz, Rissho University
4:30 - 5:00 Artist Session 5: China’s Artist Panel
Moderated by Jaqueline Berndt
Luo Rongrong
5:00 - 6:00 Paper Session 5: Gender and Japanese Manga
Winry, Hinata, Mikasa: Feminine Imagery in Shōnen Manga and Japan’s Masculinist Cultural Nationalism
Hansley A. Juliano, Ateneo de Manila University
Sex Tourism, Filipina Brides, and Japanese Comics
Ryan Holmberg, The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
6:00 - 6:10 Ending Remarks
Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua, Director, Japaese Studies Program
6:10 – 7:30 Special Screening of “Illustrated By: Filipino Invasion of US Comics”
REGISTRATION FORM
Illustration in Conference poster by Kiko Dans
Conference poster layout by Elbert Or
