Framing The Authentic Text Jonathan Wroot University of East Anglia, FTV Animation Unbound Study Day.

Framing The Authentic Text

Jonathan WrootUniversity of East Anglia, FTV

Animation Unbound Study Day

‘Anime Fans, DVDs, and the Authentic Text.’

• Article by Laurie Cubbison• Focuses on fans of anime and their

consumption of this media on DVD

DVD & Subs Vs Dubs Debate

• Not just argued over by fans on the internet• Debate highlighted in academic studies• Kayahara, 2005• O’Hagan, 2007

DVD Commentaries

• Brookey and Westerfelhaus, 2002• Deborah and Mark Parker, 2004

DVD Extras

• Behind-the-scenes/Voice Actor Interviews – 9• Audio Commentaries – for 8 episodes• 1 Interview with the Japanese Series Director

and Character Designer• Production Art Galleries – 9• Trailers – mainly for other anime shows, but

also for the first Death Note live-action film• ‘Clean’ opening and closing sequences (no credits)

• Robert A. Brookey and Robert Westerfelhaus, ‘Hiding Homoeroticism in Plain View: The Fight Club DVD as Digital Closet’, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 19:1 (2002), 21-43

• Laurie Cubbison, ‘Anime Fans, DVDs, and the Authentic Text’, The Velvet Light Trap, No.56 (2005), 45-57

• ‘Subtitles vs. Dubbing’, Archen’s Anime Page, accessed 22/01/2012, http://scythe.net/archen/info/anime/sub.html

• Matthew Kayahara, ‘The Digital Revolution: DVD Technology and the Possibilities for Audio Visual Translation Studies’, The Journal of Specialised Translation (Issue 3), accessed 22/01/2012, http://www.jostrans.org/issue03/art_kayahara.php

• Minaka O’Hagan, ‘Impact of DVD on Translation: Language Options as an Essential Add-On Feature’, Convergence, 13:2 (2007), 157-68

• Deborah Parker and Mark Parker, ‘Directors and DVD Commentary: The Specifics of Intention’, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 62:1 (2004), 13-22