A Plan for Action

My anime sample size is the following three anime: One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, and Spirited Away. For One Piece and Dragon Ball Z, due to time restrictions I will be watching only the first season of each. There are 43 dubbed episodes of One Piece in its first season, and in Dragon Ball Z, there are...

Video Blogs

If only I had his skills. Cringe and enjoy this crappy rip-off of Casey Neistat.&nbs...

The Research

There are two different ways to approach my methods: through a thematic analysis, or through a content analysis. Now a thematic analysis is qualitative, whereas a content analysis is quantitative. I decided that the best way to use mixed methods, combining both a content analysis and a thematic analysis....

Looking Back (Over My Shoulder)

 We have come a far ways. One-third of our project is done (or nearly done) after we turned in our literature review. My only concern is that since I revamped my entire literature review, that new problems will have arisen. I am a little concerned about how I introduce my research gap in my literature...

Emotions

The hardest part about my research so far has been really finding the right sources and making the explicit questions between the sources and my premises. But talking with Mrs. Haag and going through the outline really helped alleviate a lot of the fear and stress. So, right now the biggest fear I...

The Question

What are the thematic differences in [X anime(s)] when analyzing the subtitled versus the dubbed version for an American audience?  Obviously, there are still some parts of the question that are missing, and it still needs some work. Currently, I feel pretty confident about this being the...

Mapping Out Our Destiny

The outline is at this link. Enjoy! Word Count: 1883 This is a map of a videogame called destiny...

8 Mile

The following is the academic conversation between three of my sources. Annie Manion is a Japanese animation expert from USC, Brian Ruh has a PhD in Communications and Culture, specializing in anime and Japanese culture, from Indiana University. Finally Eri Izawa is from MIT and he conducted an interview...

PHAROS

"Set the game ablaze, I'm an arcade fire” -Childish Gambino The literature review is an integral part of paper, it gives the reader a picture of not only what you will be talking about, but also, what the academic conversation surrounding your topic is. For my paper, specifically, I...

Singing in the Rain

Anime is a multibillion dollar industry in America. The anime fan culture in America is one of the largest subcultures in the country. Anime has definitely become a multicultural phenomenon that shows how globalization has affected the spread of media and culture around the globe. When looking...

Call Me Ishmael

Captain’s Log. Week 2. Days Adrift: 14 Ship: Holding well against the storm. Crew: Cook fell ill. First Mate now temporary cook.  Davy Jones: Hasn’t taken anyone yet.  Rescues: Found a drifter. Called himself Dobie Gray. Said he got lost in rock-n-roll.  Research: Sea below. ...

Winter Is Coming

Just to kick it off, here is a haiku: Senior year is here. Life is getting easier. Is it really?  So much action packed into one week. A new building. Another delightful year of school. An even larger number of little ones running around in the hallways. A brand new year to do...