You are invited to two events on March 14 (Thursday) at MIT, sponsored by the MIT Cool Japan research project. Both are free and open to the public.
March 14, Thursday
Anime film screening
“Wolf Children” (2012, Japan) — New England premiere!
& Q/A with Director Mamoru Hosoda
7:00pm (one show only), 3/14 (Th)
Room 26-100, MIT (map)
7:00pm — 3/14 (Th), Room 26-100, MIT– Come see the new award-winning anime film “Wolf Children” (2012) followed by a Q/A with the director Mamoru Hosoda, who also wrote the story and the co-wrote the screenplay. This is the New England premiere of the film, and the only area showing. “Wolf Children” is the brilliant third feature from Hosoda, whose “Summer Wars” (2009) and “Girl Who Leapt Through Time” (2006) have established him as one of the world’s top creative forces in animation. In Japanese with English subtitles, recommended for ages 9 and up. Free and open to the public. Film synopsis here.
Book launch event
“The Soul of Anime” by Ian Condry
author talk and discussion
4:00pm, 3/14 (Th)
Room E151-149, MIT (map)
4:00pm — 3/14 (Th), Room E51-149, MIT — Earlier in the day, come celebrate the publication of JET alum Ian Condry‘s new book “The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan’s Media Success Story” (2013, Duke UP). Why is Japan the world leader in animation? Cultural anthropologist and professor at MIT, Condry will give a multimedia presentation on his book’s findings. Based on fieldwork in Tokyo’s anime studios, he argues that collaborative creativity, which connects manga, anime, toys and fans, is the key to anime’s global success. Talk is free and open to the public. Read the Intro (free). Book (to buy). MIT News article.
More info: http://mitcooljapan.com
Contacts: fll-events at mit at edu
Special thanks to Cool Japan’s supporters: MIT Japan, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (Harvard), Studio Chizu, Funimation, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Comparative Media Studies, and ANA.
- Mar 6, 2013
My name is Timothy Nagaoka, and I teach Japanese in Boston Public Schools. I have been working with the Department of Parks and Recreation in Boston, the Japanese Consulate and the Japan Society of Boston to organize an event called, “Cranes on the Square” on Sunday, March 10th to commemorate the Second Anniversary of the Great Northeast Japan Earthquake and Tsunami that struck Japan on March 11th, 2011.
“Cranes on the Square” will take place on the plaza of Copley Square in Boston. The event is centered around an interactive display where passersby will participate in making paper cranes, which they will then add to the display. Cork Styrofoam panels will be placed on the plaza, and as the participants fold the paper cranes they will use skewers to stick the paper cranes onto the panels. As more people participate, the panels will fill with paper cranes. My students and other students studying Japanese in Boston will set up tables around the display to teach people how to make the paper cranes. The goal of the event is to get the public involved in an activity that will bring awareness to the tragedy that occurred in Japan two years ago. After the event, the paper cranes will be handed to the Japanese Consulate to have the paper cranes delivered to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Copley Square
March 10, Sunday 10am-2pm
Thank you for your support,
Timothy Nagaoka
This year marks the two-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku.
To commemorate the anniversary, NEJETAA has partnered with the Japan Society of Boston in affiliation with the Japanese Disaster Relief Fund Boston to host a screening of director Regge Life’s “Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story,” a movie about a JET program participant, Taylor Anderson, who passed away in the tragedy.
Please join the Japanese Disaster Relief Fund Boston for an evening of appreciation; a final report; a briefing on Tohoku “Beyond 3.11” by MIT’s Shun Kanda, and a film screening of “Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story.”
Date:
Monday, March 11, 2013 from 4pm- 7pm
Location:
map (Arlington T station on the Green Line)
75 Arlington St.
10th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
NEJETAA will also plan on hosting our own screening of the movie at a later time, details TBD, so if you’re interested but can’t make it on March 11th, keep an eye out for details about the next screening.