This question is not asking about a course that teaches how to create manga or anime, but a curriculum of a course similar to English literature.
Such course that would teach the history and culture of anime and manga by studying representative works of different periods and genres and their cultural and social impact.
The answer should consider the following:
- No previous manga and anime exposure nor Japanese language required.
- The course should take one or two semesters (8-16 weeks). Each week, students should spend 3-4 hours at school weekly and some additional time doing homework.
- The format of the course should be lectures + seminars, where lectures take form of presentations by the lecturer and seminars consist of reading, watching and analyzing selected works. Homework should be just about reading and watching the selected works to prepare for seminars.
- The course would probably be best suited for online education, but that should not be a limiting factor for the answer.
After finishing the course, the students should:
- know what anime and manga is, where it began and how it become popular
- have watched and read the most notable examples works in anime and manga (not necessarily full series)
- understand different periods, genres and styles of both anime and manga
- catch the obvious references to the anime and manga classics in other tv shows, movies and books and graphic novels
- be able to select manga and anime for themselves that they could read/watch and enjoy
What format should be given in the answer?
- A syllabus of the course
- Each week's description should have a title (such as: "History of Manga and Anime" or "Miyazaki's work and influence") and description itself, a short paragraph and notable recommended works to read and watch.
Existing courses
What are notable topics, events, and/or people that should be called out for such a course? What should the format be? Are there any examples of current college or universityThe following courses that do this?can serve as an inspiration:
