Emerald L King
Media interviews and articles
Podcasts
Invited public talks and workshops
Media queries should be directed to emerald.king@utas.edu.au
Media Interviews and Publications
Live radio talk about anime live action adaptations with Danny Chifley on 2SER Breakfast – 2SER, 19 April 2024 https://2ser.com/western-audiences-critical-reception-to-anime-live-action-adaptations-with-dr-emerald-king/
Live radio talk about anime and its popularity in Anglophone countries, especially New Zealand with Jesse Mulligan an Afternoons – Radio New Zealand, 3 April 2024 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018932663/explainer-the-world-of-anime-and-its-rise-in-popularity
“Anime live-action adaptations are often hated by (Western) fans. Are they being too harsh?” The Conversation https://theconversation.com/anime-live-action-adaptations-are-often-hated-by-western-fans-are-they-being-too-harsh-225569 18 March 2024
“Drawing a Link Between Tasmania and Japan” The Hobart +Launceston Magazine, March 2024 p28
“So you think you can Cosplay Skit” Colin Magazine Vol 6, September 2023 pp30-31
Hobart Magazine “Tassie Duo to Dress Up for World Cosplay Champs” The Hobart Magazine August 2023, p 26 https://thehobartmagazine.com.au/tassie-duo-to-dress-up-for-world-cosplay-champs/
Live radio talk about World Cosplay Summit, cosplay, and popular culture with Craig Norris on Media Mothership - Edge Radio Hobart, 18 August 2023 https://www.edgeradio.org.au/shows/media-mothership/
Live radio talk about Oppenheimer and the “Barbenheimer” phenoma’s recpetion in Japan with Lucie Cutting on Tasmania Sundays - ABC Radio Hobart, 6 August 2023.
Live radio talk about the World Cosplay Summit Australia with Ryk Goddard on Hobart Breakfast - ABC Radio Hobart, 24 July 2023.
“A 30-Year Obsession 「30歳」を迎えたセーラー戦士たち」” Newsweek Japan July 11 2023 p52-53.
Live radio talk about Sailor Moon with Dustin Skipworth on WA Afternoons - ABC Radio Perth, 5 June 2023.
“30 years of winning love by daylight: why audiences are still obsessed with Sailor Moon” The Conversation https://theconversation.com/30-years-of-winning-love-by-daylight-why-audiences-are-still-obsessed-with-sailor-moon-202356 2 June 2023
Live radio talk about Festival of the Fantastic in Japanese and Australian Arts and the Crone’s Knitting Circle with Joel Rheinberger on Saturdays - ABC Radio Hobart, 3 September 2022.
Live radio talk about Festival of the Fantastic in Japanese and Australian Arts, cosplay, and popular culture with Craig Norris on Media Mothership - Edge Radio Hobart, 26 August 2022 https://www.edgeradio.org.au/shows/media-mothership/
Live radio talk about Festival of the Fantastic in Japanese and Australian Arts with Sirine Demachkie on Weekend Evenings - ABC Radio Australia, 5 August 2022.
Yarlagadda, Tara “Was an Evil Spirit Released When Japan's 'Killing Stone' Split in Half?” How Stuff Works June 28 2022 https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/japans-mythic-killing-stone.htm
Live radio talk about cosplay with Sirine Demachkie on Weekend Evenings - ABC Radio Australia, 4 March 2022.
Live radio talk about the Maidens Sans Frontiers exhibition with Mel Bush on Evenings - ABC Radio Hobart, 24 February 2022.
Montgomery, Hanako “A Black TikToker Was Accused of Appropriating a Japanese Character. Then She Was Banned” Vice World News 24 November 2021 https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxn3j/black-cosplay-japanese-anime-tiktok
Penn, Michael “Perfect storm propels Demon Slayer into the record books” Aljazeera 12 May 2021 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/12/perfect-storm-propels-demon-slayer-into-the-record-books
“Oceanic Esports weekly” March 2 2021 https://www.facebook.com/gaming/OceanicEsportsGG/videos/3920861727980622/ 00:40:15-00:58:40
Sudario, Erielle “What is a Catgirl?” 2SER 107.3 Sydney, 5 December 2020 https://2ser.com/what-is-a-catgirl/
Spinenumbered, “Fly Me to the Saitama (Hideki Takeuchi, 2019) – Fantasia International Film Festival,” Make Mine Criterion! Imagined Criterion collection releases, November 30, 2020 https://makeminecriterion.wordpress.com/2020/11/30/fly-me-to-the-saitama-hideki-takeuchi-2019-fantasia-international-film-festival/
Frey, Angelica “The Haute Couture History of Sailor Moon” Jezebel August 31 2020 https://theattic.jezebel.com/the-haute-couture-history-of-sailor-moon-1844488914
Kelts, Roland “Anime's evolution in lands down under” The Japan Times March 2 2020 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/03/02/general/animes-evolution-lands/
Live radio talk about superheroes with Iskandhar Razak on ABC Radio Melbourne, 5 October 2018.
Consultant for Jokiranta, Miyuki “Mad for Manga” ABC Radio National October 8 2018 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/mad-for-manga/10249100
Razak, Iskandhar “Australian cosplay competitors battle it out in national competition” ABC September 16 2018 https://youtu.be/gx0Qp_vy9A0
Harmsen, Peter “Duften af samurai” (the scent of samurai) Weekendavisen 4 November 2016.
Karvelas, Patricia “Mix-race Japanese beauty queen controversy” March 23 2015 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/mix-race-japanese-miss-universe-stirs-controversy/6342156?fb_action_ids=10152620224606856&fb_action_types=og.likes
“Cosplay, Crossplay and the Importance of Wearing the right underwear” The Conversation https://theconversation.com/cosplay-crossplay-and-the-importance-of-wearing-the-right-underwear-45045 7 August 2015
“Cosplay: Craft and Consent” Pantograph Punch http://pantograph-punch.com/video/cosplay-craft-consent-video 18 February 2015
“Explainer: What is Cosplay?” The Conversation https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-cosplay-20759 31st December 2013
“Delicate Women’s Fancies,” Asian Currents, pp. 11-13.ISSN 1449-4418. http://asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2011/asian-currents-11-03.pdf March 2011
Podcasts and Video Essays
“How manga moved West” The Detail Radio New Zealand https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018931242/how-manga-moved-west 23 Marh 2024
“Okay, Let’s GO (豪)! A Brief History of Cosplay in Australasian Popular Culture Conventions” video essay for the Japan Foundation Sydney https://youtu.be/lpL1jmLToNc 30 June 2020
“’With You’ #metoo in Japan” Asia Media and Cultural Studies Network https://youtu.be/dXEXO8xkxSk 26 May 2020
“Supernatural pop” Public talk with Adam Liaw on cosplay at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 January 2020. https://soundcloud.com/artgalleryofnsw/supernatural-pop-emerald-king
“Learn Japanese and a New World Opens” video interview for Monash University https://monash.edu.au/arts/mjlec/learn-Japanese-and-a-new-world-opens#king November 2019
Japan Foundation and La Trobe Asia Public Lecture, State Library of Victoria, November 1 2018
“How KAWAiI Invaded Downtown Tokyo”
https://soundcloud.com/asia-rising/how-kawaii-invaded-downtown-tokyo
“Unlocking the International Possibilities of Shōjo Studies”, University of Queensland, 6-7 February 2018.
“Shojo: Past, Present, Ever, and Never.”
https://soundcloud.com/uqlanguagesandcultures/unlocking-the-international-possibilities-of-shojo-studies
Invited Talks
“Aesthetic of the Male Body in Korea and Japan” online roundtable discussion, Korea Research and Engagement Centre, 24 November 2023
“Making Cosplay Costumes from Vintage Kimono” guest speech as part of Performing Arts in Contemporary Japanese Society symposium, Centre for Global Research Initiatives, University of Hyogo November 10 – 12, 2023
Gender in Japanese Popular Culture: Rethinking Masculinities and Femininities” symposium and book launch, Yuko Itatsu Laboratory, University of Tokyo, September 28 2023
“World Cosplay Summit Australia – Online QandA session” as part of Japanaroo, September 23 2023 https://japanaroo.com/program/art/world-cosplay-summit-australia-online-question-and-answer-session/
OPAC Okinawa Peace Assistance Center EPAS Exchange Program for Asian Students lecture on pop culture Sept 9 2023
“Cosplay through the ages: A brief history of dressing up in Australia” public talk as part of the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts Fancy Dress: from Tutus to Cosplay exhibition April 4 2023 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/exhibitions/fancy-dress-from-tutus-to-cosplay/
“Hidden Flowers - Depictions of sexuality in shōjo and redikomi versions of The Tale of Genji” public talk as part of the Australia Japan Foundation supported The ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series March 9 2023 https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/event/hidden-flowers-depictions-sexuality-shojo-and-redikomi-versions-tale-genji
“Celebrating Professor Carol Hayes” round table with Vera Mackie; Bruce Miller AO; Ikuko Nakane (U Melb); Katherine Seaton (La Trobe); Grady Venville (ANU) as part of the Australia Japan Foundation supported The ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series May 25 2022 https://vimeo.com/806622026
All about SHOJO COPLAY livestream event with World Cosplay Summit Australia and Maidens Sans Frontiers featuring Kim TaeYeon (WCS inc) and Lucy Fraser (UQ) March 18 2022
“Forms of the Body in Contemporary Japanese Society, Literature, and Culture” online symposium and book launch 29th May 2021
Samurai Transformed symposium, Australasian Network for Asian Art, 19 March 2021
“The Viper’s Daughter/The Demon’s Wife: Dressing as Nouhime in Sengoku Basara” – Invited paper https://www.an4aa.org/copy-of-events
Gender, Fashion and Popular Culture in Japan and Korea Symposium, with Laura Miller (Missouri St-Louis U), Masafumi Monden (UWA) and Jo Elfving-Hwang (UWA) March 26-27 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-19.
“Making the supernatural” Cosplay demonstration at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 January 2020.
“Supernatural pop” Public talk with Adam Liaw on cosplay at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 January 2020. https://soundcloud.com/artgalleryofnsw/supernatural-pop-emerald-king
“Japan Film Festival 2019 – Melbourne” Public talk following screening of Tonde Saitama: Fly me to the Saitama, Capitol Theatre, 24 November 2019.
“OBJECTively: Connecting Australia and Japan”, Australian National Museum presented by ANU, March 8 2019. https://japaninstitute.anu.edu.au/events/objectively-connecting-australia-and-japan-objects-cultural-stories-people
Kimono de asobo (Playing with Kimono) symposium, Tokai University, January 26 2019.
“Japan Film Festival 2018 - Melbourne” Public talk following screening of Manji 卍: The Goddess of Mercy, ACMI December 2 2018
Tokyo FRUiTS Exhibition tour - Melbourne October 2018-January 2019
Japan Foundation and La Trobe Asia Public Lecture, State Library of Victoria, November 1 2018
“How KAWAiI Invaded Downtown Tokyo”
https://soundcloud.com/asia-rising/how-kawaii-invaded-downtown-tokyo
Unlocking the International Possibilities of Shōjo Studies, University of Queensland, 6-7 February 2018.
“Shojo: Past, Present, Ever, and Never.”
https://soundcloud.com/uqlanguagesandcultures/unlocking-the-international-possibilities-of-shojo-studies
Asia Institute Tasmania Public Lecture, University of Tasmania, 14 November 2017.
“Tailored Translations: Translating and Transporting Cosplay Costumes Across Texts, Cultures, and Dimensions.”
NZAsia 2015 Conference held at University of Canterbury, November 28 2015.
“Post grad Workshop on Publishing Papers”
Japanese Animation Studies Association Studies Workshop, Senshu University, February 7 2015.
“On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Cosplay and Female Fandom in Australasia – question and answer session.”
Global Symposium on 2.5D Studies, YCC, February 5 2015
“On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Cosplay and Female Fandom in Australasia”
Japanese Studies in the Globalizing World, Tohoku University, January 27-28 2015
“Cosplay studies in Australaisa”
JSAA-ICJLE 2009 Conference in Sydney, July 13-19 2009.
“Post grad Workshop on Publishing Papers”