{"id":5307,"date":"2021-03-12T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T02:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsiccs\/?p=5307"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T04:25:14","slug":"suspensions-of-concentration-kimetsu-no-yaiba-and-blockbuster-in-the-year-of-the-global-pandemic-waseda-university-anime-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsiccs\/news-en\/2021\/03\/12\/5307\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspensions of Concentration: Kimetsu no yaiba and Blockbuster in the Year of the Global Pandemic (Waseda University Anime Seminar)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u3010<\/strong>Date and Time<\/strong>\u3011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

19 and 20 March 2021 (14:00\u201319:00 JST or 06:00\u201311:00 CET)<\/p>\n

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\u3010<\/strong>Place<\/strong>\u3011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Online (Webinar)<\/p>\n

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\u3010<\/strong>Conveners<\/strong>\u3011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto and Bryan Hartzheim<\/p>\n

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\u3010<\/strong>Sponsors<\/strong>\u3011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The seminar is generously supported by Waseda University\u2019s grant for international research collaboration, Waseda Brussels Office, and the Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies.<\/p>\n

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\u3010<\/strong>Background and Objective<\/strong>\u3011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Our original research project \u201cLocation of Anime: Institutions, Disciplines, and Fields\u201d was planned as an international symposium\/seminar at Waseda University\u2019s Brussels Office in collaboration with its partner institution, the Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Fall 2020. Unfortunately, we had no choice but to cancel the event due to COVID-19. In the beginning, there was no plan to hold any alternative event because we were too exhausted from a seemingly endless series of Zoom meetings and other online affairs. As we were contemplating the discontinuation of the project, \u5287\u5834\u7248\u300c\u9b3c\u6ec5\u306e\u5203\u300d\u7121\u9650\u5217\u8eca\u7de8 or Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train was released on October 16, 2020. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this anime movie became an instant blockbuster, and eventually surpassed Miyazaki Hayao\u2019s Spirited Away (2001) to become the highest-grossing film ever in Japan. Intrigued by this blockbuster phenomenon and the wide-ranging social effects the movie and the original manga have created, we have decided to reorganize the original project by focusing on Kimetsu no yaiba or Demon Slayer.<\/p>\n

The main objective of our project remains the same, i.e., the investigation of the location of anime. This two-day online seminar is an attempt to accomplish this objective by examining a wide range of issues that are concretely related to Kimetsu no yaiba yet have implications beyond the single media franchise. Through presentations and discussions at the seminar, we will explore such topics and questions as the anime industry and media mix, fan culture, cosplay and social media, anime songs and music, voice acting and actors, genre systems, intertextuality, action and spectacle, speed and kinetic dynamism, narrative motifs, iconography, visual style, historical imagination, the political unconscious, affect, violence, censorship, gender and authorship, transnational reception and consumption, labor and marketing, COVID-19 and the culture industry, etc. By scrutinizing Kimetsu no yaiba in relation to these and other issues, we will collectively reflect on the location of anime in its broadest sense.<\/p>\n

While it is our intention to maintain and expand a global network of anime scholars, this international seminar is organized specifically for the purpose of fostering a collaborative research on anime among Japan-based and Europe-based scholars. In addition to in-depth discussions on the main topics of the seminar, we will also spend some time considering the original theme of this Japan-Europe joint research project: \u201cLocation of Anime: Institutions, Disciplines, and Fields.\u201d Our hope is to cultivate collectively seeds of new ideas that can be developed into future cooperative research projects or partnerships.<\/p>\n

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\u3010<\/strong>Schedule<\/strong>\u3011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

March 19 (Fri), 2021
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Session 1. \u201cPandemic Time\u201d<\/strong><\/h6>\n

14:00\u201315:30 JST [06:00\u201307:30 CET Brussels]
\n\u25c6Jason Cody Douglass (Yale University)
\n\u201cAnimation in Times of Pandemic\u201d
\n\u25c6Christophe Thouny (Ritsumeikan University),
\n\u201cKimetsu eroguro: Oni Longing for a Face\u201d<\/p>\n

Session 2. \u201cAffect and Power\u201d<\/strong><\/h6>\n

15:45\u201317:15 JST [07:45\u201309:15 CET Brussels]
\n\u25c6Akiko Sugawa-Shimada (Yokohama National University)
\n\u201cShinobu and Mitsuri as Post-Feminist or \u2018Post\u2019-Post Feminist Characters: Representations of Femininity and Power in Kimetsu no Yaiba\u201d
\n\u25c6Catherine Regina Borlaza (University of the Philippines Diliman)
\n\u201cBinding Threads: The Emotional Structure of Attachment in the Animated Series Kimestu no Yaiba\u201d<\/p>\n

Session 3. \u201cManga and the Mangaesque\u201d<\/h6>\n

17:30\u201319:00 JST [09:30\u201311:00 CET Brussels]
\n\u25c6Jaqueline Berndt (Stockholm University)
\n\u201cMore Mangaesque than the Manga: \u2018Cartooning\u2019 in the Kimetsu no yaiba anime\u201d
\n\u25c6Bryan Hartzheim (Waseda University)
\n\u201cParasketches: Tankobon Interstices in Kimetsu no yaiba\u201d
\nDiscussants:
\n–Julien Bouvard (Universit\u00e9 Lyon 3 – Jean Moulin)<\/p>\n

March 20 (Sat), 2021
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Session 4. \u201cHistory of the Present\u201d<\/h6>\n

14:00\u201315:30 JST [06:00\u201307:30 CET Brussels]
\n\u25c6Stacey Jocoy (Texas Tech University)
\n\u201cKagura Dance: The Musicality of Ritualized Dance as Historical Imaginary in Demon Slayer\/Kimetsu no Yaiba and Your Name\/Kimi no Na wa\u201d
\n\u25c6Siyuan Li (Waseda University)
\n\u201cWhere is the Sacred Site? Reconsidering the \u201cSacralization\u201d of Tourism Destinations in the Midst of Public Craze for Kimetsu no Yaiba\u201d<\/p>\n

Session 5. \u201cAnime\u2019s Conventional and Exceptional\u201d<\/h6>\n

15:45\u201317:15 JST [07:45\u201309:15 CET Brussels]
\n\u25c6Seio Nakajima (Waseda University)
\n\u201cTalk of Success: A Pragmatic-Sociological Discourse Analysis of How People Explain Why Kimetsu Became a Blockbuster\u201d
\n\u25c6Stevie Suan (Hosei University)
\n\u201cColorful Execution: Conventionality and Transnationality in Kimetsu no Yaiba\u201d
\nDiscussants:
\n–Lukas R.A. Wilde (University of Tubingen)<\/p>\n

Session 6. \u201cKimetsu and Beyond\u201d<\/h6>\n

17:30\u201319:00 JST [09:30\u201311:00 CET Brussels]
\n\u25c6Rayna Denison (University of East Anglia)
\n\u201cThe Distant Blockbuster: Gekij\u014dban \u201cKimestsu no yaiba\u201d mugen ressha-hen (2020) and the Transnationalization of Anime Status\u201d
\nDiscussants:
\n–Marie Pruvost-Delaspre (Universit\u00e9 Paris 8 Vincennes)
\n–Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto (Waseda University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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