When asked for the reasons why they fansub, the interviewees all claimed that it provides them a sense of relief or escapism from the daily routine of their lives. Despite the time, energy, and effort that fansubbing requires, fansubbing gave
[QUOTE] From Fannish masculinities in transition in anime music video fandom | Samantha Close | Transformative Works and Cultures
Just as hooking up is central to many sexual subcultures, rewatching, reworking, reviewing, and redoing are central aspects of many fannish practices. (…) This queer, fannish emphasis on the re, rather than the mix, is the place where creation and
Transformative Works and Cultures Volume #22 is out
Expect quotes from this one for the next couple of weeks! Editorial Fan engagement – TWC Editor Theory Toward a goodwill ethics of online research methods – Brittany KelleyRacebending fandoms and digital futurism – Elizabeth GillilandToward a broader recognition of the queer in the BBC’S
[QUOTE] From A brief history of fan fiction in Germany | Vera Cuntz-Leng | Transformative Works and Cultures
The significance of manga and anime in German fan fiction remains recognizable today. 29 percent of all pieces of fan fiction uploaded to FanFiktion.de and 49.5 percent of the 148,220 fan writings on Animexx are categorized as manga/anime (the latter
Transformative Works and Cultures: Vol 17 (2014)
Transformative Works and Cultures: Vol 17 (2014) acafanmom: New issue posted today, and several essays/interviews/reviews that may be of interest to people here: Redefining gender swap fan fiction: A Sherlock case study – Ann McClellan Bull in a china shop:
The censorship problems faced by anime and manga fans
For fans of manga, anime, and other Japanese media, pointing and laughing at inaccurate mass media portrayals of Japanese pop culture has been something of a sport for decades. A few weeks ago, however, things took a slightly more serious
New issue of Transformative Works and Cultures
The open access fan studies journal Transformative Works and Cultures has released another issue! The issue’s eight articles, three Symposium pieces, three interviews, and three book reviews all relate to the roles that objects play in various fan cultures. All articles:
[REQUEST] Slashfic readers from pre-2008 needed!
Hello all! I’m requesting information on the (in)visibility of slash as a way of generating angst in fanfic pre-2008. Specifically, I want to know what causes or prevents the queering of canoncially straight characters from being used as the primary
Parafanfiction and Oppositional Fandom
[P]arafanfiction…refers to a particular subset of parafictional art that claims to be fanfiction of, or some other record of, an external media object that does not actually exist. The most notable examples of this are the Homestuck Anime and Squiddles, both
[QUOTE] From Nicolle Lamerichs, The cultural dynamic of doujinshi and cosplay: Local anime fandom in Japan, USA and Europe, p169
Doujinshi are thus considered to be primary fan objects in Japan that are worthy of attention, circulation, collection and preservation. Japanese buyers are selective and seek fan texts that suit their desire and that fulfill elements of the source-texts that