Kyoto Seika University

Higher education institution in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

35°04′23″N 135°46′15″E﻿ / ﻿35.073058°N 135.770867°E﻿ / 35.073058; 135.770867

Logo Kyoto Seika University

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

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* 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

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* 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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1. ^ "MAJORING IN MANGA: University Teaches Students How to Produce Comics". Japan Information Network. 2002-08-14. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
2. ^ a b "A Faculty of Manga". Cool Japan. 2009-02-04. NHK World, BS1, NHK BS-Hi Vision. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24.
3. ^ Takemiya the teacher
4. ^ A Lifetime of Shojo Manga
5. ^ "KSU: Faculty of Manga - Dept. of Manga Production". Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
6. ^ a b "Matt Thorn Returns to Translation". Publishers Weekly. 2009-02-17. Archived from the original on April 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
7. ^ "Project History". Kyoto International Manga Museum. Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

## External links

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* Official website
* Official website (in Japanese)
* International Manga Research Center

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