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Japan Today and Tomorrow Spring 2008 Project. Dorothy Minor Tulsa Community College Northeast Campus. Start here. 平 和. Click on your choice from topics below:. Intended Audience. Thank you!. Anime. Miyazaki. Otaku. Kamishibai. Resources. Assignments. 平 和.
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Japan Today and TomorrowSpring 2008 Project Dorothy Minor Tulsa Community College Northeast Campus Start here
平 和 Click on your choice from topics below: Intended Audience Thank you! Anime Miyazaki Otaku Kamishibai Resources Assignments
平 和 Use resources to answer questions: • What is anime? • When did the anime • begin? • How does anime differ from • American animation? Click here for resources Advance to next slide
平 和 Use resources to answer questions: • What’s the appeal in anime? • Is anime for everyone? • What are common themes in • anime? • How does anime portray • traditional Japanese culture? Click here for resources Advance to next slide
平 和 Anime Picture Click here for resources
平 和 • What is Otaku, or • おたく • オタク? Click here for resources Click here for the answer
平 和 Otaku (おたく or オタク) is a term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly in anime and manga. Click here for resources Click here for another question
平 和 • Do otaku differ from • fans? How or not? • Instructions: • Using the resources, locate the answer to the question above along with the etymology of the term as applied to anime and manga. Click here for resources
平 和 Kamishibai 紙芝居 Click here for resources Click here to questions on Kamishibai
平 和 Questions on Kamishibai • What is kamishibai? • What is the relationship • between kamishibai and • anime? • Instructions: • Using the resources, locate the answers to these questions. Click here for resources
平 和 Kamishibai Picture Click here for resources Advance to next slide
平 和 How are the terms below used in manga and anime? • What does shonen (少年) mean? • What does Shōjo (少女) mean? • Instructions: • To look up answers, choose resources, or click below for the answers. Click here for resources Click here to see the answers
平 和 Answers: • Meaning of shonen • (少年) = boy • Meaning of Shōjo • (少女) = girl Click here for resources Advance to next slide
平 和 Hayao Miyazaki’s works: • My Neighbor Toroto, 1988 • Kiki’s Delivery Service, 1989 • Princess Mononoke, 1997 • Spirited Away, 2001 • Howl’s Moving Castle, 2004 Advance to next slide Click here for resources
平 和 Hayao Miyazaki: • Who is Hayao Miyazaki? • Is optimism a distinguishing point in • Miyazaki’s films? Why, or why not? Click here for resources Advance to next slide
平 和 Hayao Miyazaki: • Why do Miyazaki’s films include • flying scenes? • Do Miyazaki’s films feature female or male • main characters? • What role do pigs play in Miyazaki’s work? Click here for resources
平 和 Assignments: ACall to Present Submit a paper* or presentation* on anime, otaku, kamishibai, Miyazaki, or related topics. Possible choices: definition, film review, history, cultural elements, or other topic of your choosing, subject to instructor approval. *Instructors may wish to assign several of these choices. Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Click on format below for more information: • Mini-essay • Poster • Symposium • PowerPoint • Kamishibia • Newsletter • Letter • News article • Annotated Works Cited
平 和 Types of Presentations Mini-essay: • Pinpoints a specific part of a • website, topic, or film • Consists of a page, double- • spaced • Encourages discussion among • classmates when presented • orally to class Click here for types of assignments
Types of Presentations 平 和 Poster: • Create poster on an author, director, or producer of anime, an anime TV or film series, major themes in anime, cultural aspects in Japanese anime • Explain the poster to the class in a ten-minute presentation, allowing another five minutes for questions • Hint: Collaborate with a classmate; the students create posters on similar topics; students present on same day Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Types of Presentations Symposium: • Research 4 to 6 sources • Write 3-page essay about a • facet of anime, okatu, • kamishibai, or related topic • Minimum of 6 in-text citations, • MLA Style • Annotated Works Cited, MLA • Style Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments Hint: Students write their own papers; peers present similar topics on same day
Types of Presentations 平 和 PowerPoint: • Summarize history of anime, • analyze a character, • director’s style, or cultural • features of an anime series/film • 10 – 15 slides • Add appropriate images • Include MLA Style works cited • Present to class Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
Types of Presentations 平 和 Kamishibia: • Using resources, create an • original kamishibia • OR • Take an existing story and • create a kamishibia Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Types of Presentations Newsletter: • Create a newsletter for anime • fans including the following: • Film review • Book review • Story illustrated with • pictures/clipart • Letter from editor (you) to • readers • Article on cultural features of • anime • Filler items of your choice Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Types of Presentations Letter: • Write a letter to a character, • author, or director about a facet • of a film, book, or cartoon • Consists of a page, double- • spaced • Encourages discussion among • classmates when presented • orally to class Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
Types of Presentations 平 和 News Article: • Write a news article on a film, • character, author, director, or • cultural features of a specific • work • Consists of a page, double- • spaced • Encourages discussion among • classmates when presented • orally to class Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
Types of Presentations 平 和 Annotated Works Cited: • Create an annotated Works • Cited, MLA Style • Minimum of 10; maximum of • 12 sources • 5 – 7 sentences in annotations • Describe contents of sources • Note special features of sources • Include author’s credentials • Include special features • Include any weaknesses or problems Click here for resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Resources: • Instructions: • Choose a topic from below • Copy and paste the URLS into a • browser to research topics Otaku Anime Kamishibai Miyazaki Click here for types of assignments Books
平 和 Anime Resources: U MI Japanese Animation Society Anime basics: http://www.umich.edu/~animania/anime.html Anime News Service: http://www.animenewsservice.com/ Anime news network: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ More Anime Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Anime Resources: Anime Review: http://www.theanimereview.com/ index.html?definitions.html Dr. Susan Napier, the Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Studies U Texas, featured in “An Anime Explosion”: http://www.utexas.edu/ features/archive/2004/ anime.html More Anime Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Anime Resources: • Brian Ruh’s Anime Research site: http://www.animeresearch.com/index.html • Mechademia, U MN Press, “An Annual Forum for Anime, Manga, and Fan Arts…”:http://mechademia.org/ • Sharon Kinsella, sociologist, scholar, researcher, and author: http://www.kinsellaresearch.com/ More Anime Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Anime Resources: The Librarian’s Guide to Anime and Manga: http://www.koyagi.com/Libguide. html Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Okatu Resources: • “The Politics of Otaku”: • http://www.cjas.org/~leng/otaku- • p.htm • Dr. Lawrence Eng on otaku: • http://www.cjas.org/~leng/otaku- • p.htm Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Kamishibai (紙芝居) Resources: • Story Card Theater: • http://www.storycardtheater.com/ • Cathy Spagnoli on making • kamishibai: • http://www.cathyspagnoli.com/ • yngwriters/kamishibai.htm More Kamishibai Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Kamishibai Resources: • Japanese American National • Museum Store: • http://www.janmstore.com/ • kamishibai.html More Kamishibai Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Kamishibai Resources: • Animated kamishibai of two • friends separated during WWII: • http://www.janm.org/ • janmkids/kamishibai.php More Kamishibai Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Kamishibai Resources: • Children’s kamishibai example: • http://library.thinkquest.org/ • CR0214080/arts/kamishibai.htm Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Miyazaki Resources: • Ghibliworld: • http://www.ghibliworld.com/ • index.html • IMDb: • http://www.imdb.com/name/ • nm0594503/ More Miyazaki Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Miyazaki Resources: • Anime Newsnetwork: • http://www.animenewsnetwork. • com/encyclopedia/people. • php?id=51 • Midnight Eye, interview: • http://www.midnighteye.com/ • interviews/hayao_miyazaki.shtml More Miyazaki Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Miyazaki Resources: • The Hayao Miyazaki web sponsored • by a fan: http://www.nausicaa.net/ • miyazaki/ • The official website is in Japanese: • http://www.ghibli.jp/ More Miyazaki Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Miyazaki Resources: • In “The Teacher’s Companion to the • Anime Companion,” find topics for • discussion including “cultural • aspects”: • http://www.koyagi.com/teachers. • html#Suggested Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Books: • Clements, Jonathan, and Helen • McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia: • A Guide to Japanese Animation • Since 1917 • Frey, Nancy, and Douglas Fisher, • eds: Teaching Visual Literacy More Books Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 Books: • Anime Newsnetwork: • http://www.animenewsnetwork. • com/encyclopedia/people. • php?id=51 • Midnight Eye, interview: • http://www.midnighteye.com/ • interviews/hayao_miyazaki.shtml The websites above provide lists of useful books and web links More Books Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Books: • Brown, Steven T. editor: Cinema • Anime • Poitras, Gilles: Anime Essentials More Books Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Books: • Carey, Peter: Wrong About Japan • Tsutsui, William: Godzilla on my • Mind: Fifty Years of the King of • Monsters Back to Resources Click here for types of assignments
平 和 Contemporary Japan: • I hope this presentation will engage your students and enable them to recognize contemporary Japan’s influence.
平 和 Intended Audience: • Assignments in this presentation designed for high school and college freshman English, humanities, cultural geography, and/or sociology classes • Assignments can be adapted for short-term or long-term study • Assignments lend themselves to discussion, research, reflection, and presentations