Join us for a special international symposium exploring manga as an art form, held in conjunction with the Art of Manga exhibition. This dynamic gathering brings together leading artists, editors, and scholars from Japan and beyond to delve into the cultural, artistic, and narrative power of manga. Through conversations and presentations, the symposium will highlight manga’s evolution as a global visual language and its recognition as a serious art form.

Also, join us in our third Cosplay Day celebrating manga! Come dressed as your favorite character, enjoy themed activities, snap photos, and connect with fellow fans. Learn more. 

Schedule

11 am–1 pm

Creating Manga: A Conversation with Artist Yamashita Kazumi

• Introductions by Ishihara Takeshi, Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco; Horiuchi Marue, senior advisor for Shueisha Inc; and Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, curator of Art of Manga and professor at Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, UEA

• Yamashita Kazumi in conversation with her editor Komatsu Yuma and curator Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere on creating LAND and Wonder Boy

• Masuzawa Yoshikazu, Shueisha editor, will discuss To Live in the Oldest Western Style House in Setagaya and the creation of the Theodora Ozaki-tei manga resource and display initiative 

Manga in San Francisco in 1900s: A Presentation by Fred Schodt on The Four Immigrants Manga, Followed by a Response from Ito Yu 

• Fred Schodt, American translator, interpreter, and writer, Ito Yu, professor at Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center, and Art of Manga curator Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere

2–4 pm

Futures for the Art of Manga

• Introduction by Art of Manga curator Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere

• Oishi Takashi, director of Yokote Masuda Manga Museum and CEO of the Manga Archive Center

• Ito Yu, professor at Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center

• Manga as Art Panel Discussion: Curating and Conserving Manga for the Future, with speakers Cyntia Karnes, FAMSF conservator; Justin Hall, California College of the Arts professor; Ito Yu, Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center professor; Masuzawa Yoshikazu, Shueisha editor; and Oishi Takashi, Yokote Masuda Manga Museum director; moderated by Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, Art of Manga exhibition curator

Participants, in order of appearance

• Ishihara Takeshi, Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco

• Horiuchi Marue, senior advisor for Shueisha, former editor of manga

• Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, curator of Art of Manga and professor at Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, UEA

• Yamashita Kazumi, manga artist, winner of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for LAND in 2021

• Komatsu Yuma, Kodansha editor

• Masuzawa Yoshikazu, Shueisha editor 

• Fred Schodt, researcher, scholar, translator, and author of multiple books including The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904–1924 (1999)

• Ito Yu, professor at Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center

• Oishi Takashi, director of the Yokote Masuda Manga Museum and CEO of the Manga Archive Organization

• Cyntia Karnes, head of paper conservation, FAMSF 

• Justin Hall, professor of comics, California College of the Arts

• Hokamura Gen, translator

• Karahashi Takayuki, translator

• Mori Chiyo, translator

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Contact info

Public Programs
publicprograms@famsf.org
415.750.7694

Sponsors

Generously supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

In collaboration with Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center, Yokote Masuda Manga Museum, and Manga Archive Center