Roland Kelts's Blog, page 86
April 10, 2010
Japanamerica interview @ AMNH
On ExhibitPlan Your VisitCalendarScienceEducationKids & FamiliesNewsShopMembershipTickets[image error]On April 18, Roland Kelts, author of In your book, you write that "Battle of the Planets"...
April 8, 2010
Japanamerica @ T-MODE 2010 in DC next week!
@ T-MODE in the Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VA (near DC),
April 16 & 17.
Roland Nozomu Kelts is a half-Japanese American writer, editor and lecturer who divides his time between New York and Tokyo and publishes in both English and Japanese. He is the author ofHe is also a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, a contributing editor and writer forAdbusters magazine and A Public Space literary journal, and a columnist for The...
Japanamerica @ DC next week!
Roland Nozomu Kelts is a half-Japanese American writer, editor and lecturer who divides his time between New York and Tokyo and publishes in both English and Japanese. He is the author ofHe is also a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, a contributing editor and writer forAdbusters magazine and A Public Space literary journal, and a columnist for The Daily Yomiuri, Japan's largest daily newspaper. He is published regularly inspan
April 1, 2010
Virtual racism? Avatar: The Last Airbender
what race are they?
Director M. Night Shyamalan's apparent decision to cast Caucasian actors to play the parts of non-white characters for his adaptation of the anime, Avatar: The Last Airbender, has stirred a proverbial hornet's nest of protest and frustration online. At heart is a question often asked of me while I'm on tour for : Why do so many characters in Japanese art forms--anime and manga--appear to be ethnically Western?
The short answer is thanks to Frederik L. Schodt...
March 31, 2010
March 28, 2010
Home?
A Home of One's Own
When I depart Japan for the US, I usually target the American coasts. My flights out of Narita are bound for New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle, and many of my fellow passengers are Japanese, Korean, Chinese or Singaporean, with a smattering of other Southeast Asians. As a half-Japanese American, I am surrounded by my ilk—people who look and behave approximately like me. Most of my fellow passengers have dark hair, slender builds and tawny skin. We use...
Ha, Ha, Hiroshima
"Anime is a prime example of why two nukes just wasn't enough." So says State Rep. Nickolas Levasseur from my former home of New Hampshire on his FB page:http://www.facebook.com/nickolas.levasseurHe has since apologized--by saying that the remark was "posted in jest." Funny guy.
I'm introducing myself to Nick at--(603)782-4862, nickolas.levasseur@gmail.com --with a short reading list on Hiroshima and Nagasaki so he can bone up on his humor. Wonder if he can read.
March 25, 2010
Home?
A Home of One's Own
When I depart Japan for the US, I usually target the American coasts. My flights out of Narita are bound for New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle, and many of my fellow passengers are Japanese, Korean, Chinese or Singaporean, with a smattering of Southeast Asians. As a half-Japanese American, I am surrounded by my ilk—people who look and behave approximately like me. Most of my fellow passengers have dark hair, slender builds and tawny skin. We use...
Japanamerica @ AAS in Philadelphia
I am honored to be part of a panel discussion tomorrow, March 26th, at The Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting 2010 in Philadelphia, PA. The panel is titled, "The Japan Knowledge Industry Outside the Academy," and is partly intended to bridge the worlds of journalism and academia. I will join authors Karl Taro Greenfeld (Speed Tribes) and William M. Tsutsui (Godzilla on My Mind), journalist Misako Hida (The Wall Street Journal Japan) and Professor Laura Miller (editor, Bad Girls of ...
