Kyoto Seika University
Higher education institution in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyoto Seika University (京都精華大学, Kyōto Seika Daigaku) is a private university in Iwakura, Kyoto, Japan. The school's predecessor was founded in 1968, and it was chartered as a university in 1979.
The school is noted for its faculties of manga and anime, and being involved in the teaching and training of future manga artists.[1][2][3][4] The dean of the manga faculty is Keiko Takemiya, and noted American anthropologist and translator Rachel Matt Thorn is also an associate professor at the school's faculty of manga.[5][6] Graduates of the university have forged successful careers in the manga, anime, and media industries.[2][6] In 2006, Kyoto Seika University and the city of Kyoto established the Kyoto International Manga Museum.[7] Located in a converted elementary school building in downtown Kyoto, it has the world's largest manga collection.
Faculty
- Keiko Takemiya (former president, manga)
- Kiyokazu Arai (architecture)
- Tsutomu Hayama (architecture)
- Rachel Matt Thorn (manga)
- Gisaburō Sugii (animation)
- Yasumitsu Ikoma (oil painting)
- Genzo Kawamura (nihonga)
- Haruyuki Uchida (sculpture)
Notable alumni
- Naoto Ohshima, artist and video game designer
- Chiharu Shiota, installation artist
- Yoji Shinkawa, artist and video game designer
- Falcoon, artist
- Stefana McClure, visual artist
- Albert Yonathan Setyawan, contemporary ceramic artist
- Est Em, manga artist
- Hiro Fujiwara, manga artist
- Muneyuki Kaneshiro, manga artist
- Jun Nishida, ceramicist
- Nio Nakatani, manga artist
References
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