{"id":4407,"date":"2014-11-17T16:46:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T05:15:22","slug":"icc-talk-session-taking-shonen-jump-global-behind-the-scenes-of-exporting-japanese-manga-speaker-ken-sasaki-viz-media-president-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news-en\/2014\/11\/17\/4407\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking SHONEN JUMP Global: Behind the scenes of exporting Japanese manga ICC Talk Session with Ken Sasaki, VIZ Media President &#038; CEO (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/5621deba8a18b839c7a4321764bb05e8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4411\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c91\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/5621deba8a18b839c7a4321764bb05e8.jpg\" width=\"205\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date &amp; Time<br \/>\nNovember 17, 2014 (Mon) 4:30 &#8211; 6:00pm(Door Open 4:10pm)<\/li>\n<li>Place<br \/>\nB104, Bldg. 26(Okuma Tower)<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility<br \/>\nWaseda Students &amp; Staff &amp; General Public<\/li>\n<li>Fee<br \/>\nFree<\/li>\n<li>Language<br \/>\nEnglish<\/li>\n<li>Registration<br \/>\nNot Required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/dbff3565ba22b224e6d2b4f971d707d1.pdf\">poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re talking about Japanese pop culture, the Weekly SHONEN JUMP\u00a0magazine is a must!<br \/>\nPublished in Japan by SHUEISHA Inc. in 1968,\u00a0Weekly SHONEN JUMP is the cradle of many iconic manga series,\u00a0loved by Japanese people and foreigners as well.<\/p>\n<p>In order to reach non-Japanese speaking fans around the world,\u00a0Weekly SHONEN JUMP has been translated into English for more than10 years and sold in many different countries, such as the U.S.,\u00a0Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The company responsible for this advancement is VIZ Media, a leader\u00a0in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English\u00a0speaking audiences.<br \/>\nThis time, Ken Sasaki, President and CEO of VIZMedia, will come to Waseda and talk about the particularities of\u00a0translating and publishing Japanese manga for foreign audiences.<\/p>\n<p>How to adapt such a characteristic part of Japanese culture for\u00a0international readers?<br \/>\nHow did VIZ Media manage to cross cultural\u00a0borders and build a base for Japanese manga&#8217;s expansion and success\u00a0in other countries?<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss this rare chance to learn about the\u00a0international manga publishing world!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sasaki-san.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4413\" alt=\"Speaker:Ken Sasaki\/VIZ Media President &amp; CEO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sasaki-san.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker:Ken Sasaki\/VIZ Media President &amp; CEO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaker Profile<br \/>\nKen Sasaki holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor&#8217;s degree from Keio University. Having previously been a management consultant in a variety of industries, he first joined VIZ Media in 2008 as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, and now directs and oversees the financial and operational concerns for all of the company.<\/p>\n<p>Information:\u3000TEL: 03-5286-3990\u3000E-mail: icc-talk@list.waseda.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Date &amp; Time November 17, 2014 (Mon) 4:30 &#8211; 6:00pm(Door Open 4:10pm) Place B104, Bldg. 26(Okum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[82,133],"class_list":["post-4407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-events-en","tag-watch-listen-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33894,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions\/33894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}