SGMS ‘09 Fashion Show
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Susan Napier
Susan Napier was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts and received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University. She has taught at Princeton, Harvard and University of London SOAS, and was Mitsubishi Heavy Indurstiries Chair of Japanese Studies at the University of Texas. She is currently Professor of Japanese Studies at Tufts University. She is the author of four books, the most recent of which are “Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle” and “From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West.” She is currently working on a book on the Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki.
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SGMS 2009 Schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25:
6:00PM:
Check-in and Registration7:00PM:
Introductions
Fashion Show contest7:45-8:45PM:
Fruits Basket Fashion Show
(SGMS registrants + Door)
Student Center9-10PM:
Anime Cafe – Cafeteria10-12PM:
VerrsenWerks: Screening AMV – Aud. 150SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26:
10-12PM:
Junior Scholar Presentations – Aud. 140“Creating a Page From Start to Finish”
Robert Ten Pas – room 414“Tips and Tricks: Creating Comics”
Dennis Lo – room 416Portfolio Reviews – C.B. Cebulski – Aud. 150
(Participants MUST sign up for a spot
when checking in Friday night)12:00-1:30PM:
Otaku Bazaar – College Center1:45-6:00PM:
Lectures – Auditorium 1501:45-3:00PM:
Marc Hairston3:15-4:30PM:
C.B. Cebulski4:45-6:00PM:
Susan Napier6:00-7:30PM:
Dinner Hour7:30-wheneverPM:
Screenings: Anime in Aud. 150
and J-drama in Aud. 140
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27:10-12PM:
Junior Scholar Presentations – West Aud. 140“Creating a Page From Start to Finish”
Robert Ten Pas
room 414“Tips and Tricks: Creating Comics”
Dennis Lo
room 416Portfolio Reviews – C.B. Cebulski
(participants MUST sign up for a spot when checking in Friday night)
Auditorium 15012:00-1:30PM:
Otaku Bazaar
Student Center1:45-5:45PM
Lectures – Auditorium 1501:45-3:00PM:
Crispin Freeman3:15-4:30PM:
Tomoko Taniguchi4:45-5:45PM:
Manga panel – all guests -
Special guest! C.B. Cebulski!
SGMS’s long time supporter and friend, C.B. Cebulski!
C.B. Cebulski is just a guy lucky enough to be working in comics. After a decade of editing in the Japanese, European and American comic book markets, Cebulski’s now finally discovering what life on the other side of the desk is like as a freelance writer. He can’t complain so far as he’s written for Marvel on such titles as the X-Infernus, Wolverine and the critically-acclaimed Loners series. On the creator-owned front, Cebulski publishes the vampire tale Drain and Wonderlost, his lauded autobiographical anthology, through Image Comics. He also serves as Marvel Comics’ international talent scout, always on the hunt for the best and brightest new artists around the world. When not traveling or creating comics, C.B. spends his time trying to beat the world record on Dig Dug. No wonder he sucks at meeting his deadlines…
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SGMS Fashion
From left: Samantha Rei – director of the Fruits Basket Fashion Show, with designers, Megan Bishop (www.apatico.net) – center, and Heather Luca (www.scoundrelleskeep.com), right.
SGMS has been devoting the first night of each conference to the exploration of connections between fashion/lifestyle and/or costume and anime and/or manga. A significant part of this evening mayhem is the runway fashion show—Fresh Fruits Basket fashion show. The mission of this fashion show is to visually explore the connections between anime/manga and fashion. It started as a small cosplay event, but has mushroomed in the past few years into a major fashion event featuring the work of many avant garde fashion designers whose work ranges from cosplay and Loli, to Steampunk and other amazing work by designers from all over the country. This has been the hard work of Samantha Rei (www.blaspheminascloset.com) and Megan Maud (http://www.meganmaude.com) who have expanded the discourse for SGMS in terms of the very important fashion aspect of the world of anime and manga. This year, we are having a contest to re-name the fashion event – look for details as we approach the date!
Submissions and questions? Email to Samantha R. Sangster at: blasphemina@aim.com
Megan Maud (http://www.meganmaude.com).
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2008 SGMS Fashion Show – video
Watch this video of last years Fashion Show, shot and edited by Ben Thompson (benthompsonfilms.com)
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Marc Hairston, a very popular guest of SGMS
Marc Hairston, a very popular guest of SGMS since the beginning, has been an invited speaker at every Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits workshop which is definite proof either of the popularity of his talks or that the Force has great power over weak minds.
A fan of animation and storytelling since childhood, Hairston is a professional space physics researcher at the University of Texas at Dallas investigating space weather phenomenon using satellite data. In this capacity, he has worked with NASA, the U.S. Air Force and the National Science Foundation. Hairston’s undergraduate degree was in physics and English in an attempt to bridge the two disciplines, and it was his anime hobby that finally allowed him to get back to his interests in the humanities.
In 1999, he and Dr. Pamela Gossin co-taught the first mainstream literature course at a U.S. college that included anime and manga as part of its required texts. This past spring they finally were able to teach an entire course on anime and manga and ended up with a class of 135 students. He wrote numerous articles for “Animerica” back when it was a real magazine, has also given talks about anime at several academic conferences, and written reviews and essays for Mechademia.
Under the pretense that it was to explain space science to middle school students, he even has managed to con NASA into paying for the production (with MCAD alumnus, Erik Lervold) of a manga, and he has not yet been caught.
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2008 SGMS Otaku Bazaar – Video
Watch this video of last years Otaku Bazaar, shot and edited by Ben Thompson (benthompsonfilms.com)
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Tomoko Taniguchi, shoujo-ka!
Tomoko was born in Hokkaido, the northernmost part of Japan. She spent one year in Ann Arbor studying English and she graduated from the English Institute program at the University of Michigan.When she returned to Japan she entered a contest held by a monthly horror magazine that was looking for new cartoonists. She submitted a forty-page story and won first prize. It was her debut as a professional cartoonist.Her first shoujo story, “An-pan-balance,” won another contest and was published in the monthly magazine Omajinai Comics.She has had a total of nine tankoubans (Japanese graphic novels) published under the MB (or My Birthday) Comics label in Japan, including Call Me Princess, Aquarium, Princess Prince and Let’s Stay Together Forever. Tomoko has been published in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the U.S.A. and Mexico. Tomoko hopes that her stories will make people feel happy because that makes her happy too. She also drew for Marvel Comic as the first shoujo manga artist for Marvel (as a special project for Valentines day) It was controversial because Marvel fans were not familiar with her very shoujo girlish style. However, many American Marvel fans loved it, and also Japanese Marvel fans were so pleased to see Japanese shoujo manga joined to Marvel. She really appreciates her many American fans!
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SPECIAL GUEST: Crispin Freeman
“I’m so excited to be back for my 4th Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits event! It’s my favorite thing to do all year and I can’t wait to present my newest Anime Mythology presentation for everyone!” – Crispin Freeman
Crispin Freeman is a prolific voice actor who has been portraying characters in animation and video games for over a decade. He’s played such famous roles in anime as Alucard in “Hellsing”, Prince Turnip in “Howl’s Moving Castle”, Tsume in “Wolf’s Rain”, Togusa in “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” and Rude in “Final Fantasy: Advent Children” He’s currently portraying Itachi in “Naruto”, Hagi in “Blood+” and Holland in “Eureka Seven”. He’s directed, adapted scripts and starred in the anime shows “Scrapped Princess”, “Strawberry Eggs” and “Space Travellers”. He’s also adapted scripts for Pokemon, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Boogiepop Phantom, His and Her Circumstances and Witch Hunter Robin. In video games he’s voiced such characters as Superman for “Justice League: Heroes”, Ironman, Winter Soldier and Dark Colossus in the “Marvel: Ultimate Alliance” series of video games and Albedo in the “Xenosaga” Trilogy. He also does voice matching for video games and provides the voice for Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner for all of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” video games. In domestic animation he’s worked on the Spectacular Spider-Man playing Electro, he’s played Multiple Man in Wolverine and the X-men and he’s also acted in Disney’s W.I.T.C.H series playing the characters Sylla and Mr. Riddle. He was interviewed for the August 2008 edition of Mechademia where he discusses his thoughts on Giant Robots and Superheroes. You can also check him out in the Starz Channel Documentary “Anime: Drawing a Revolution” as well as in the new mini-documentaries on Ghost in the Shell and Robotech on the iTunes music store. As always, he’s always very happy to be back at Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits!
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What is Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits?
It is not a convention, not a conference; but a sweet hybrid of both — and a bit of carnival as well — celebrating Japanese anime, manga, fan arts and the Otaku who love them. It is the last weekend in September and combines the fan arts of cosplay and Loli fashion with anime and J-drama screenings, an Otaku Bazaar for dealers and fan crafts, with the compelling lectures from the growing field of scholars who are thinking and writing about anime and manga. It is aimed at the Otaku who wants a bit more than the average fan event; who hungers for a deeper – more profound investigation into the complex narratives and amazing art of these forms. If you are either a high school or college student, you can receive a transferable college credit for attending the workshop. Easy. Join us!
Frenchy Lunning, Co-director SGMS
