Hey, Pam

As part of the Cherry Blossom Festival, there is a siminar on "Complementing the anime marathon at the Freer Gallery is a seminar April 21 on "Manga to Anime: From Astro Boy to 'Spirited Away,' " detailing the rise of manga, or Japanese comics, from the first newspaper strips just after World War II to Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning film from 2001, which became the most successful film in Japanese history." Details here.