Wait, what? Manga comic fans can now collect doctorate - Polidicks

[url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/manga-comic-fans-can-now-collect-doctorate/story-e6frfku0-1226071286477]Source[/url] [url=http://www.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/eng/edu/graduate/manga/]Link to university[/url] [release][img]http://tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/8e8258f6-b4b5-4bd4-bf46-f2250dfd60e1.jpg[/img] TO earn this PhD, you need to hit the books - specifically, Japanese comic books. Japan's Kyoto Seika University said today it will launch the country's first doctoral program in manga studies next year. The private university in western Japan is well known for its manga and anime programs and established a master's degree course in manga last year. Manga comics and graphic novels are often less action-oriented and cuter than their traditional US counterparts. The university says it has received overseas requests for an advanced center for manga research, and that the industry is in transition amid globalisation and the growth of digital media. The university plans to enroll four doctoral students starting next year.[/release] What [editline]8th June 2011[/editline] A doctor that doesn't cure anybody? :wtc:?

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;30325841] A doctor that doesn't cure anybody? :wtc:?[/QUOTE] Gordon Freeman is a doctor

Doctor doesn't JUST mean healer. It's also a term for those who hold a doctorate, a sort of qualification. Also, to the people of the Gamma Forests, it means "mighty warrior". A doctorate in mangas seems almost like a degree in Japanese literature if you ask me, although animes are technically a more visual media.

Oh great, the Otaku are actually going to come out of their dens and show off their pillows. :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;30325841][editline]8th June 2011[/editline] A doctor that doesn't cure anybody? :wtc:?[/QUOTE] Do you seriously not know what a doctorate degree is...

So I guess they're practically giving Ph.D's away to people who can't hack it in real fields. Heh.

Well, if manga and anime is a pretty big part of japanese culture, I guess it's important enough to them to give doctorates of it.

[QUOTE=ironman17;30325879]Also, to the people of the Gamma Forests, it means "mighty warrior".[/QUOTE] how did I know you would say that

I see nothing wrong with this. We have literature studies, so why not manga studies? Quite a lot of mangas are actually damn good with deep stories and good art. But then again, they get overshadowed by kawaii fanservice titty bounche mangas.

I'd do it for the title. If you have the money to throw away to get it, but you'd be enjoying yourself aswell.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;30326540]how did I know you would say that[/QUOTE] I'm a Doctor Who enthusiast with a sense of opportunism, how could you NOT know i'd say it? The opportunity arose, and I did a "carpe diem", seizing the day.

[QUOTE=ironman17;30325879]Doctor doesn't JUST mean healer. It's also a term for those who hold a doctorate, a sort of qualification.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=HolyCrusade;30325892]Do you seriously not know what a doctorate degree is...[/QUOTE] Thatsthejoke.jpg [I]*facepalm*[/I]

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;30327682]Thatsthejoke.jpg [I]*facepalm*[/I][/QUOTE] what joke? I don't see anything worth laughing or an attempt to make someone laugh

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;30325841][url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/manga-comic-fans-can-now-collect-doctorate/story-e6frfku0-1226071286477]Source[/url] [url=http://www.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/eng/edu/graduate/manga/]Link to university[/url] [release][img]http://tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/8e8258f6-b4b5-4bd4-bf46-f2250dfd60e1.jpg[/img] TO earn this PhD, you need to hit the books - specifically, Japanese comic books. Japan's Kyoto Seika University said today it will launch the country's first doctoral program in manga studies next year. The private university in western Japan is well known for its manga and anime programs and established a master's degree course in manga last year. Manga comics and graphic novels are often less action-oriented and cuter than their traditional US counterparts. The university says it has received overseas requests for an advanced center for manga research, and that the industry is in transition amid globalisation and the growth of digital media. The university plans to enroll four doctoral students starting next year.[/release] What [editline]8th June 2011[/editline] A doctor that doesn't cure anybody? :wtc:?[/QUOTE] What. Just, what.

This is Japan we're talking about here..

Not really surprised :v:

Mysteriously as they enter the horror manga section of their studies they went into manic depression. [editline]8th June 2011[/editline] Later they die a week after entering the hentai manga section

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;30325841] A doctor that doesn't cure anybody? :wtc:?[/QUOTE] Are you nine

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;30325841] A doctor that doesn't cure anybody? :wtc:?[/QUOTE] How do you not know what a doctor is? Doctor /=/ Physician, Medical Doctor = Physician

You would still have to write a thesis just like any other PhD. This isn't going to be a cakewalk like many FPers think it will be.

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;30331645]You would still have to write a thesis just like any other PhD. This isn't going to be a cakewalk like many FPers think it will be.[/QUOTE] Cakewalk or not it's not exactly a respectable occupation

[img]http://www.forevergeek.com/wp-content/media/2010/02/weeaboo.jpg[/img] "Why yes, I have a PhD in [i]Manga[/i]."

[QUOTE=Vaught;30325896]So I guess they're practically giving Ph.D's away to people who can't hack it in real fields. Heh.[/QUOTE] Define "real field".

itt: elitists who havent even been to college

[QUOTE=Kybalt;30333315]itt: elitists who havent even been to college[/QUOTE] I have do I get to be an elitist now?

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30331758]Cakewalk or not it's not exactly a respectable occupation[/QUOTE] Sorry but a literature degree isn't either. There's not much difference between manga and books. The difference is that mangas have more images. That's about it.

And I who thought some other fields were bad. [editline]8th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Mindtwistah;30333125]Define "real field".[/QUOTE] Engineering, physics, maths, economy/finance, or heck even history and languages. This is like, on par with art or poetry/philosophy (if you can even get a Ph.D's in that).

[QUOTE=johan_sm;30334097]Sorry but a literature degree isn't either. There's not much difference between manga and books. The difference is that mangas have more images. That's about it.[/QUOTE] My dad always told me if a book has too many images in it, it's terrible

And I thought the walking class at my community college was bad.

[QUOTE=acds;30336064]And I who thought some other fields were bad. [editline]8th June 2011[/editline] Engineering, physics, maths, economy/finance, or heck even history and languages. This is like, on par with art or poetry/philosophy (if you can even get a Ph.D's in that).[/QUOTE] Umm whats wrong with art, poetry, and philosophy?