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WisCon 37 Anime/Manga Programming Idea-Generation Fest
Let’s talk about what we would like to see at WisCon 37 for anime/manga programming. Post any thoughts you have, however semi-formed.
People can comment & try to come up with the best panels possible! 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!
If the comments go in a direction you dislike, or you don't want to participate in the discussion, you can submit your own program idea here.
Programming submissions will close in a couple weeks.
Here's a link to last year's programming generation fest.
WisCon 36 had:
Fairy Tales in Shoujo Anime & Manga (write-up)
Utena: The Revolution Continues (write-up)
Anime & Manga: What I've Read/Watched Since WisCon35 (low-key, everyone was in a circle in one of the sixth-floor rooms)
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) (write-up)
WisCon 32 had:
Shoujo Bodies (Spontaneous Programming) (write-up)
Commenting disclaimer: If you're reading this on LiveJournal, I would appreciate it if you could post your comments on the Dreamwidth post, so they're all in one spot. Of course, if you are unable to do so, comment at LJ.
People can comment & try to come up with the best panels possible! 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!
If the comments go in a direction you dislike, or you don't want to participate in the discussion, you can submit your own program idea here.
Programming submissions will close in a couple weeks.
Here's a link to last year's programming generation fest.
WisCon 36 had:
Fairy Tales in Shoujo Anime & Manga (write-up)
Utena: The Revolution Continues (write-up)
Anime & Manga: What I've Read/Watched Since WisCon35 (low-key, everyone was in a circle in one of the sixth-floor rooms)
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) (write-up)
WisCon 32 had:
Shoujo Bodies (Spontaneous Programming) (write-up)
Commenting disclaimer: If you're reading this on LiveJournal, I would appreciate it if you could post your comments on the Dreamwidth post, so they're all in one spot. Of course, if you are unable to do so, comment at LJ.
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Moto Hagio's Heart of Thomas is about to be released for the first time in the U.S., and it was formative for a lot of BL coming out of Japan today.
Personally, I've read very little BL (with the exception of works by Yoshinaga Fumi), but it could be interesting. Maybe some panelists who are familiar with both slash fandom of Western media sources as well as BL? Or would the addition of discussions of slash fandom be unnecessary? We could talk about how in Western media fandoms, relationships between men are usually "just bros," and other things are left to subtext, sometimes to the point of winking at the viewers (thinking of BBC's Sherlock here). But in anime/manga, there are entire genres/actual textual sources of romantic relationships between men.
The Atlantic just published an article on Wednesday about Heart of Thomas with the subtitle, Moto Hagio's Heart of Thomas series markets a male homosexual love story to women—and it works.. The article is unintentionally hilarious because it seems to have absolutely no awareness of fandom. Direct quote: Gay romance comics for women? What? Why?
A few of the comments call the author's attention to Western fandom.
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I have, err, read quite a lot of BL from the early classic stuff like Heart of Thomas and Song of the Wind and Trees to more contemporary stuff, and could probably talk anybody's ears off about My Thoughts On Yaoi... I guess the obvious topic is BL as appropriation of gay male sexuality versus BL as expression of female sexuality. (My experience has been that, although this is now changing a little bit, BL has been much more willing to define itself as existing in a fantasy world having nothing to do with actual gay people, compared to slash fandom. ?) But that could get pretty contentious.
Would be interesting to compare manga about gay men outside the BL genre (e.g., ones written by and for men instead of women), and realistic josei manga with lesbian characters.
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This sounds really interesting, imo.
I agree that it could get contentious, but the anime/manga panels at WisCon haven't been overly contentious for the most part so far, and I wouldn't mind digging a little deeper into topics like this.
Would be interesting to compare manga about gay men outside the BL genre (e.g., ones written by and for men instead of women), and realistic josei manga with lesbian characters.
It would! I'm trying to think of examples of the former, and can think of none.
I feel like there should be examples of the latter, but can't think of any of those, either -_-
Regardless! I'm trying to think of how the panel description would come together, or what the title might be. A simple Boys' Love in Anime & Manga or something a little more controversial. The way you posed it seems to-the-point & attention-grabbing: Boys' Love: Appropriation of Gay Male Sexuality vs Expression of Female Sexuality?
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It would! I'm trying to think of examples of the former, and can think of none.
I feel like there should be examples of the latter, but can't think of any of those, either -_-
I know the former exist, but I haven't actually read any. For the latter, I would certainly want to talk about Ohana Holoholo, which I LOVE, but I don't know how well it qualifies. (It's about two women living together and raising a kid, as "just friends," who used to be in love with each other, but their only quasi-romantic-relationships in the "present" timeline are with men. THEY ARE GOING TO GET BACK TOGETHER. I KNOW IT.) Anyway, this is definitely something I'd do more research on if it turns into a proposed panel.
I think it's fair to say that almost nothing of either kind has gotten professional English translations, so, I don't know if you'd want this to turn into the "Let's talk about manga that nobody else has read!" panel.
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Does this sound like what might make a good panel?
Gay and Lesbian Characters in Anime & Manga
Is the Boys Love genre an appropriation of gay male sexuality, or an expression of female sexuality? Are there realistic series about gay men or lesbians? Let's talk about the representation of LGB characters in anime & manga - what we've seen, and what we'd like to see.
Realistic josei manga w/lesbian characters/yuri
Rica 'tte Kanji!? is an autobiographical josei manga by a lesbian mangaka who comes out when she comes to the city for university, which came out in English from a small press, and is adorable.
Blue by Kiriko Nananan?
There is probably more, but I'm blanking on it. I have to admit most of the lesbian manga I have seen that doesn't make me cringe has been scanlated by Lililicious.
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I would _hope_ most people at WisCon wouldn't be surprised that m/m romance for women by women was a Thing!