Fansubbing Anime

Insights Into the ‘Butterfly Effect’ of Globalisation on Audiovisual Translation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7536618
AutoresLuis Pérez González (University of Manchester, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen14
Número4
Páginas260-277
Fecha de publicación2007-07-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPerspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09076760708669043
OpenAlexW2048363539
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas35

This article revolves around fansubbing, a subtitling-based mediation phenomenon whose emergence and consolidation in recent years has gone hand in hand with the globalisation of Japanese animated cinema. The paper begins with an overview of (i) the origins and rationale for the popularity of anime in Japan and beyond; (ii) the first attempts to localise anime into other languages; and (iii) the contribution of fansubbing to the expansion of anime fandom worldwide. The article then proceeds to delve into the organisation of the fansubbing process and outline its most distinctive practices. The final section appraises the potential for propagation of fansubbing practices within a fast-changing cultural landscape, drawing on the theoretical models that media sociology has developed to account for similar developments in the audiovisual marketplace

Aesthetics · Anime · Art · Epistemology · Fandom · Globalization · Linguistics · Media studies · Mediation · Movie theater · Phenomenon · Political science · Popularity · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Digital Games and Media · Japanese History and Culture · Law