• Anime in America

    Anime, a Japanese cartoon art form, has become so popular in America that it has grown to a $4.3 billion industry in America.

  • The Research Question

    What are the thematic differences in Japanese anime when analyzing the subtitled versus the dubbed versions of the anime for an American audience?

  • Dragon Ball Z

    Dragon Ball Z is arguably the most well known and influential anime show to ever air in the United States.

  • Spirited Away

    Spirited Away is considered to be one of the greatest animated movies ever made, Japanese or otherwise.

  • Cowboy Bebop

    Cowboy Bebop, along with Dragon Ball Z, is credited with bringing anime into mainstream American culture.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Refining the Refined

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This past week, I have mainly put off doing my research to re-write my literature review and methods. Although I improved on them a lot, I still have a few more things to do. The largest thing that I changed within my literature review was adding my sample size into the literature review. In the...

Sunday, January 22, 2017

So Far...

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I have recorded the changes in 8 different Dragon Ball Z episodes. The transcription process is going very smoothly so far. But, it is a process that has proven to be a lot more tedious than I previously thought. First, I expected to finish each episode in 1 hour, but then I realized that it takes...

Monday, January 16, 2017

Madness to the Methods

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The methods critique was quite helpful in helping me see some large, glaring holes in my methods that I hadn’t foreseen. Although there are quite a few important improvements to be made in my methods, the largest hole was my explanation for choosing my samples. I chose One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, and...
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