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Anime Canon Project: Or, How To Crowdsource the Anime Community to Build a Better Future for the Fandom

I’ve been thinking about The Canon for a while. And, no, I’m not a misspelling perv. But I am a recently-graduated English major that had a large amount of books to think about over the course of four years.
Regarding the concept of a canon, I define it as the fundamental works of a type of [...]

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What Does an Alchemist Look Like? Thoughts on Design & Full Metal Alchemist 2

This is Part II of a series of thoughts on the new second season of Full Metal Alchemist. Read Part I, Seiyuu Politics: Full Metal Alchemist & Voice Actor Idolization.
This morning, I got a chance to listen to Anime Pulse’s podcast of Professor Ian Condry’s panel from Anime Boston 2008, in which he relates his [...]

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YouTube, Fansubs, and a Conflict of Copyright

[This article has been cross-posted to YouTomb.]
Fansubs: fan-produced subtitles added to original footage of foreign television programs or films.
Most commonly a practice by fans of Japanese animation, fansubs have, since the 1980s in America, allowed fans of anime to view the Japanese-language media and share it amongst friends. While technically illegal [1] in terms of [...]

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