• 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, March 26, 2017

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

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Remember those TED talks we used to watch in classes, and still sometimes do. Those were some of the most interesting and effective speeches and presentations that I have seen. I decided to watch some TED talks and try to make my presentation as interesting as theirs. Ken Robinson's TED talk...

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Papers and Cars Getting Wrecked

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Last week was bitter-sweet: bitter in that I realized there my paper is terrible, sweet in that I have hopefully fixed most of the holes. My paper was destroyed and completely wrecked, like this car: As I had expected, most of the biggest concerns were with my results and discussion. My results...

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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BOOM! 4,996 words of pure perfection. 4,996 words of brilliance. 4,996 words of sleepless nights. 4,996 words of blood and tears. Ok—maybe not the last one—but the other three are definitely spot on. Anyways, my paper is so beautiful, so perfect, that I really don’t see any point in writing this blogpost....

Sunday, March 5, 2017

"I Missed on Purpose"

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So, we lost the Seniors v. Teachers (more like the Seniors/Juniors v. Teachers + Mr. Haag) basketball game. But at least it was fun…I guess…. Never fear, there’s always next year…oh wait. Can we make it best to three? On the bright side, I finished my results section, but it was just toooooooo...
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