WisCon 36 Anime/Manga Programming Idea-Generation Fest

[laceblade]

Let’s talk about what we would like to see at WisCon 36 for anime/manga programming. Post any thoughts you have, however semi-formed. We can mold them together and form mechas great panels. At WisCon, anyone can suggest panel ideas: People who run the convention, authors, attendees, or people who have never attended WisCon and never will. Thus: Please feel free to join in!

In addition to mulling over ideas, I’d like to do some wordsmithing in the comments below. Typically, the Programming Committee will wordsmith quite a bit, but I think that anime and manga panels are typically left untouched because those on Programming don’t know the terms, etc.

For reference, here is list of anime/manga panels of the recent past:

WisCon 35 had:
Looking Beyond the Gender Binary in Anime and Manga
Fumi Yoshinaga’s Ooku: The Inner Chambers

WisCon 34 had:
Teamwork: How Anime and Manga Fill A Feminist Void In SF/F
The Works of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli

WisCon 33 had:
Female Power in Shounen Manga (Spontaneous Programming)

WisCon 32 had:
Shoujo Bodies (Spontaneous Programming)

Comments

[jiawen]

I'd really like a deep conversation about Family Compo sometime. There's a lot of interesting gender stuff going on in it, some faily, but some really, really good.

Same goes for Wandering Son, which will have its Vol. 1 released in English by next WisCon.

[laceblade]

I like the focused discussions that result from picking a specific test, but I worry a little bit about Family Compo because it hasn't been released in the U.S. (yet?) and I think this would really adversely effect the turnout. Maybe this is just me?

Wandering Son would be cool! Especially if we encourage people to read it before the Con in the description, :D

[jiawen]

"Wandering Son would be cool! Especially if we encourage people to read it before the Con in the description, :D"

I agree!

We could also encourage more people to read Family Compo beforehand, too. If it's not well-known, it's not going to get well-known until someone breaks the cycle, you know?