For two Fridays in a row, researchers discussed the impact of popular Japanese culture on society and art in two separate, but related, symposia.
Host of the March 6 symposium, Satoshi Ikeda (left) talks with Marc Steinberg, who spoke on anime figurines and art during the March 13 symposium. Currently a post-doc at McGill, Steinberg will join the Faculty of Fine Arts this summer.
The March 6 event took a sociological perspective, while the March 13 event explored the impact of anime and manga on contemporary artistic practice.