WisCon 37 Anime/Manga Programming Idea-Generation Fest

[laceblade]

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)

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Comments

[laceblade]

I know you said specifically about depictions of trans women/trans people - would you want a panel comparing depictions in anime/manga to depictions in Western media sources, or just a focus on anime/manga sources?

Would a description as simple as, "Let's talk about how trans people are represented in anime and manga," suffice?

[jiawen]

"Would a description as simple as, 'Let's talk about how trans people are represented in anime and manga,' suffice?"

That might be enough. Though I really do want it restricted to trans people, and possibly even specifically trans women. There are a lot of cross-gender themes in anime and manga that aren't actually about trans people's experiences, and I don't want to open the topic that wide. "Looking Beyond the Gender Binary in Anime and Manga" was, as I understand it, about thirdness rather than about specifically trans experience; thirdness is a good topic to explore, but I'd like to see one devoted to trans people only. I've been on panels about any and all cross-gender phenomena in anime and manga, and they tend to go very octopus-shaped. A contrast with Western portrayals isn't necessary, I think. Really, it feels like there might be enough to talk about if it's restricted to just F. Compo and Hourou Musuko.

[jiawen]

So, should I submit my idea, even though it's still not very crystallized? Is someone else going to submit the ideas we've generated here?

[laceblade]

I am planning on submitting all the ideas in the comments that seem mostly fully formed, which would include this one.
Of course, if both you and I submit a similar idea, the programming committee will work their magic to make it into one description.

[jiawen]

If you're up to it, I'd certainly prefer that. It all feels pretty unclear to me, or at least hard to get into a precis. Thanks!