京都国際マンガ研究センターとは

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Kyoto Seika University established its Cartoon Course in the Department of Fine Arts in 1973; the Department of Cartoon & Comic Art in the Faculty of Art in 2000; the Manga Culture Research Institute within the Organization for Human Contact in 2001, and its Faculty of Manga in 2006. As this record clearly shows, KSU has always played a leading role in academic research in the field of manga both in Japan and abroad, based on its research and education activities over the past 30 years. Since its founding in 2001, the Manga Culture Research Institute has pursued diverse academic studies on manga and animation, has actively supported the establishment and operation of the Japan Society for Studies on Cartoon and Comics, and has promoted the establishment of the human and information network that serves as a foundation for research. Takes advantage of all these education and research accomplishments and the respective networks, the International Manga Research Center, which was established in 2006, serves as the conceptual core of the Kyoto International Manga Museum.

国際マンガ研究センターの主な機能

Among the wide range of imrc's activities, the following are crucial:

  • 1.To serve as a Think Tank of various projects related to comics
  • 2.Content creation and management for the Kyoto International Manga Museum
  • 3.Raising the personnel and providing the environment for manga research
  • 4.Networking with related organizations and facilities in Japan and abroad
  • 5.Publications about manga
  • 6.Loaning of our holdings (actual items as well as digitalized versions) like manga volumes and the "Genga Dash" project.

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事業の成果および進捗

<From 2006 to 2010>
We received statefunding from the Ministry of Education's Advanced Academic Research Support Project/Open Research Center.

Under the project name:
"Societal impact of the research results of manga academic and comprehensive research using the manga museum".

Configuration of the project:

  • 1.Systematic collecting and preserving manga material
  • 2.Academic and comprehensive research on manga
  • 3.Development of a research model that uses manga
  • 4. Societal impacts of research results using the museum

<From 2011 to 2015>
We are receiving state funding from MEXT's "Strategic research base foundation support project"

Under the project name:
The formation of an international and advanced research center for manga.

Configuration of the project:

  • 1.Strategic organization of international scholarly conferences with the aim of establishing global manga studies.
  • 2.International deployment of research results and publishing or results utilizing the manga museum.

京都国際マンガミュージアムのイベントスペースについて

International Manga Research Center, using the available space in the Kyoto International Manga Museum events, various events are held.

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