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Murakami's "Little Boy" Exhibition in Manhattan


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http://www.japansociety.org/events/current.cfm

Work by Anno Hideaki, Aoshima Chiho, Ban Chinatsu, Fujiko F. Fujio, Kawashima Hideaki, Kato Izumi, Komatsuzaki Shigeru, Mahomi Kunikata, Matsumoto Reiji, Miura Jun, "Mr.," Narita Toru, Okamoto Taro, Oshima Yuki, Otomo Katsuhiro, Otomo Shoji, Takano Aya, Tsubaki Noboru, Yanobe Kenji, Yoshitomo Nara, and Murakami will be exhibited. Public art works by Ban, Aoshima and Murakami will be installed at sites throughout New York City.

And on June 9th there is going to be a panel to discuss Otakus in particular - interesting! Anybody make this exhibit yet?

Fanatics, Cuties & Geeks: The Otaku Phenomenon & its Impact Abroad

6:30 pm

Thursday, June 9

Aiming to examine the origins of the otaku phenomenon and its impact and incarnations abroad, this panel features Lawrence Eng, otaku fan cultures expert and PhD candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Robert DeJesus, manga-inspired comic artist; and Ed Halter, regular contributor to the Village Voice and organizer of the New York Underground Film Festival. Moderated by Thomas Looser, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at New York University.

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