UTD’s Lit 3311 Anime class (Gossin/Hairston), Gender Studies, and ATEC present:

Mystics, Priestesses, and Warrior Women: Female Archetypes in Anime Speaker: Crispin Freeman April 14, 7-8:30 pm Galaxy Room in the Student Union at UTD

Crispin Freeman is a voice actor, voice acting director, and anime scholar. He has performed in over 90 anime series and films including including Naruto (Itachi), Howl's Moving Castle (Turnip-head), Hellsing (Alucard), The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya (Kyon), Ghost in the Shell (Togusa), Code Geass (Jeremiah), Revolutionary Girl Utena (Touga), Wolf's Rain (Tsume),Witch Hunter Robin (Amon), and Eureka Seven (Holland). His talk is part of a series of lectures he gives about mythology and anime. He takes the ideas of mythology scholar Joseph Campbell (The Hero with a Thousand Faces) and applies them to anime. In this talk he explains why Japanese animation produces “magical girls” while American animation results in “Disney Princesses.”

Directions to the University of Texas at Dallas for Crispin Freeman’s talk. Doors will open at 6:30. We urge you to arrive early to get a good seat.

Getting to UTD (map 1) UTD is in Richardson, Texas, north of Dallas. The main entrance to campus is on West Campbell Road and is labeled A on the map. There is a light at the entrance. If you are coming from the east the street sign at the light says University Parkway. If you are coming from the west the street sign at the light says West Shore.

Getting to parking at UTD (map 2) After you enter at A, take the fork to the right at B and stop at the small shed (the Visitor Center) where you ask the attendant for a free visitor’s parking pass. (Note if you don’t have a visitors pass, you may get a parking ticket. Since this is a state university, you are still liable for paying the fine even if you are not a student or employee of the University.) From there, follow the arrows and park in lots C and D (labeled C here) in any free space in the green section. The concrete wheel stops in the lots are painted to show the sections. If you have difficulty finding a space, try lots A and B just to the north. From there follow the arrow and walk west to the library (MC on the map). Your ultimate goal is the student union labeled D on the map.

Getting to the Student Union (map 3) For such a relatively small campus, UTD is confusing even in the best of times. Right now they are doing massive construction and renovation, so getting any place on campus now makes you feel like Theseus wandering through the Labyrinth. Enter the front door of the Library and then turn right and go through the lobby and out the west doors. You will then walk on a fenced-in walkway between the no-man’s-land of the construction and then into the first floor of the Student Union. Go up the stairs (or take the elevator) to the second floor and head to the south end of the Student Union where the Galaxy Rooms are. There are several rooms there, but we will have posters up next to the correct doorways. If at any time you get lost or turned around, just ask any student there and they’ll direct you.