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What Girls Want: Shojo Manga Superstar Hanamura Eiko
Posted: December 4, 2015
On December 14th, 6.30-8pm, I am hosting ‘What Girls Want’, a special free evening at Foyles Bookshop in Charing Cross Road, London, offering you the rare chance to meet Shojo Manga pioneer Hanamura Eiko, as well as noted Associate Professor Masuda Nozomi from Konan Women’s University in Japan.
Professor Masuda will trace the origins of Shojo Manga, Japanese comics for girls, from their beginnings in girls’ magazine through to its more recent transformations, questioning what significance the genre has in Japanese society, and what it has been expressing over its diverse and complex themes. Then Hanamura Eiko will have a conversation with Masuda and me, looking into Hanamura’s work, reflecting on her illustrious career of over half a century in the Manga industry, and discussing the phenomenon of Shojo Manga and its impact on Japanese culture and beyond.
Presented by the Japan Foundation. Admission is free, but please RSVP to this link. See you there!
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