Contact Information and Speech Story Outline

Contact Information:

Joshua Hardy: joshua.hardy@email.wsu.edu

Kaho Tsang: masterkaho1@gmail.com

Lucy Craft: lucy.craft@gmail.com

Speech Story Outline:

What happened?

·      Lucy Craft: “Anime Cool and Manga Chic: How and Why Japan Became a Pop-culture Oasis” Feb. 11 6:00 p.m. in CUE bulding.

·      Craft covers the pop-culture in Japan as well as how that impacts the politics and the Japanese image.

How did it happen?

·      Background on Lucy Craft.

·      Explanation of ‘cool Japan’ promotion strategy.

·      Definition of ‘otaku’

·      Introduction of anime and manga in Japan.

·      Insight on Akihabara, Japan.

·      Internal dispute on ‘otaku’ culture.

·      Japan’s image and influence.

Reaction?

·      Students were surprised to see coloration between politics and anime/manga.

·      Lucy Craft hopes this ‘cool image’ will help Japan move on to help the issues facing their country.