Speaking & signing in Brooklyn this Sat. 8/29 for "Waku Waku +NYC"
Roland Kelts
Author
Author
Category: Anime
"Who is the Real Osamu Tezuka, 'God of Manga & Anime'?"
Panel #305
8.29.2015 3:30pm-4:30pm 60 mins
Location: Wythe Hotel Conference Room
"Who is the Real Osamu Tezuka, 'God of Manga & Anime'?"
Panel #305
8.29.2015 3:30pm-4:30pm 60 mins
Location: Wythe Hotel Conference Room
Roland Kelts was born to an American father and a Japanese mother, and grew up in both America and Japan. Kelts is the author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the US, as well as a visiting scholar at Keio University in Tokyo. As a journalist, essayist and columnist, he writes for many publications such as The New Yorker, The Guardian and The Japan Times, and he is an authority on Japan’s contemporary literary and popular cultures. He imparts his unique perspective on Japanese pop culture to the rest of the world as a public speaker and media commentator on CNN, NPR, NHK and the BBC. Most recently, Kelts delivered a TED Talk in Tokyo at TedxHaneda.