"Manga Diplomacy"

Friday's topic on NPR's On the Media was titled "Manga Diplomacy." It's a 7 1/2 minute interview with Roland Kelts (Japanamerica) that addresses the way Japan is acknowledging the potential and power of comics even in the political sphere. Beyond that, the brief segment hits on a few issues that have come up in our class discussions: demand for a "nitty gritty" definition of manga, difference of what is on the page versus what the reader projects onto characters, and brief explanation as to why cell phones are becoming a vehicle for comics.

You can access the link here:

http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/09/28/06