UC Irvine Offers Manga & Anime Class

Tuesday, June 20, 2006
By: Ryan Ball

With Japanese comics and animation continuing to take root in American pop culture, the University of California, Irvine extension program has created a new course titled “Manga & Anime Explosion: What, Why, How & Wow!" Starting Sept. 26, students will gather every Tuesday evening for a month to explore and discuss the art forms and the impact they have made on Western civilization and the world at large.

"Manga and anime have had a significant influence on today's entertainment medium in recent years, including films like Kill Bill and The Matrix," says Dr. Kirwan Rockefeller, director of UC Irvine Extension's Arts and Humanities program. "UC Irvine Extension is pleased to announce this innovative, cutting-edge course that is reflective of our global society's interest in these fascinating art forms."

Aimed at screenwriters seeking to expand their writing skills and passionate fans of manga and anime, the course will have students applying methods of story and character development found in manga to screenwriting, advertising, information publishing and other creative endeavors. Class will be presided over by screenwriter Northrop Davis, who has written for Sony and 20th Century Fox. Most recently, he pitched the Battle Angel Alita manga series to Fox, which has put it in production with director James Cameron at the helm. Davis plans to bring in guest speakers from U.S.-based manga magazines and anime production companies.

The five-week UC Irvine Extension course will be held on the UC Irvine campus and is open to the public at the cost of $185. To register or view more information, go to www.unex.uci.edu or call 949-824-5414.

Reader Comments

• Nichelle Johnson : not working yet : none

  Thursday, June 22, 2006

  I'm so interesting in this!! because I love to draw and I draw in anime style plus I do my own comics with my own characters!!I always wanted to try out animation!! I would like to know more about this place or e-mail me which it is Liwi6000@yahoo.com Thanks^_^

• lild :

  Monday, June 26, 2006

  This class looks really interesting!

• Лялин Илья : Студент :

  Friday, June 30, 2006

  Здравствуте ! я занимаюь анимацией в свободное от работы и учебы время живу в городе Волгодонске Ростовской обл. хочу повысить свой уровень в работе с анимацей.
  
  kalizey@yandex.ru

• Zen Yieh : Promotions Manager : UC Irvine Extension

  Tuesday, July 25, 2006

  UC Irvine is one of the University of California Campuses located in the heart of the OC. The course will focus on developing charaters, some history and background and of course panel speakers from Anime and Manga companies in the US.

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  Wednesday, August 16, 2006

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• lily : not working yet :

  Wednesday, September 13, 2006

  I love to draw my own anime characters. please tell me more about this by e-mail. japan88hiei@hotmail.com.

• tarik fagan : wholesale car dealer : capital motors

  Sunday, February 04, 2007

  sounds very interesting. please e-mail more info,i draw anime for fun sense i was a kid. i have tons of new ideas.

• tarik fagan : wholesale car dealer : capital motors

  Sunday, February 04, 2007

  almost forgot the e-mail capmotors@msn.com

• Anonymous :

  Monday, May 14, 2007

  im very interested in the manga and anime program, could you please inform me more about it, and how an international student can enroll? , thanks a lot.
  my e-mail id is:
  ginjiamano2@hotmail.com

• Julio : High School student :

  Tuesday, June 03, 2008

  I\'m just a high School student but I\'m a big manga fan and my passion is drawing its what I love to do and my dream to make my own story and animation..Pleas e email me I have to know more about this.. My e-mail is oklove34j@yahoo.com

• SETSUNA :

  Monday, January 12, 2009

  this is wicked lol i wanna do this because i love to draw by hand and by computer its so much fun... email me at hajarhussain@hotmail.com i want info plz XD