<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Hello everyone,</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Susan Napier (author of ANIME: FROM AKIRA TO HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE) will </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">be giving a special lecture at Josai International University in Tokyo </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">this Friday. The topic will be the function of fantasy in anime, with </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">specific analysis of Studio Ghibli's works. Details are copied below, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">and a poster for the event (which includes a map) is attached.</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Title: 「Here There be Dragons: the Legends and Legacies of Studio </span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Ghibli」</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Time: Friday, June 17th, from 3:00-4:30pm</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Place: Josai International University, Kioicho Campus, Building 1, </span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Basement Hall (see attached map)</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Language: English with simultaneous Japanese translation</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Charge: Free</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Registration: recommended. Contact: </span><a target="_self" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">josai50@jiu.ac.jp</a><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Best,</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Ken Provencher</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Associate Professor</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;empty-cells:show;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">Josai International University</span><br></div>