Anime and Manga Viewing Report

Title

What is the title of anime or manga you are reporting here? Please select from the required titles for this lesson period (e.g. for Lesson 1, select one from the titles required for Lesson 1).  Please note that the work you report on must be either anime or manga.

Creator Name(s)

Write the creator name(s). If this is an anime based on manga or a novel, please include the name of the name of the manga creator or the novel writer, and add the director and studio that created the anime version.

Release Year

What year was the original work released?  If you are reporting on an anime based on manga, please also include the anime release date, in addition to the manga release date.

Medium

How did you view this work?

• e.g. Netflix, your own copy, etc.
• If you watched it on a website, please copy and paste the URL (=web address).  Websites with no legal distributing rights will not be acceptable.
• If you watched a library copy, please specify the library name.

View Date

When did you watch this title? Please indicate the date and approximate time.

Rating

How many stars out of five will you give to this work? Briefly explain why. Your explanation of your rating must be reasonably convincing.

Lesson Topic Connection

What did you notice about the lesson content in this work?  Briefly explain relevant lesson materials that you observed in this anime/manga.

For example, for the lesson on geography, the required material should contain elements that teach you about Japan’s geography. What exactly did you notice in the work that had something to do with the lesson content (in this example, Japan’s geography)? 

Topics

• Osamu Tezuka
• Mushi / Tezuka Production
• Katsuhiro Otomo
• Gender Bender & Related Traditions
  • Takarazuka
  • Kabuki
  • Classical Literature

Required Anime

• Astroboy (various versions)

  Akira (anime)

• Metropolis (anime)

Suggested

• Various works of Tezuka
• esp. Amazing Works of Osamu Tezuka
• Akira (manga)