Another vanishingly rare post from me on here to say that my PhD thesis has now been uploaded to the Edinburgh Research Archive! Find it here: doi.org/10.7488/era/... Images of the manga/anime had to be redacted for copyright reasons, but hopefully there is still something to take from it!

Katherine Heller@katherineh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A little celebration the fact that I am now officially Dr Katherine! 🥳 Was recently able to submit the final version of my thesis (Fan Culture and Retranslation: The Sailor Moon Franchise). Hopefully it will soon be available to read (I'll post a link here when that happens) 😊

A little celebration the fact that I am now officially Dr Katherine! 🥳 Was recently able to submit the final version of my thesis (Fan Culture and Retranslation: The Sailor Moon Franchise). Hopefully it will soon be available to read (I'll post a link here when that happens) 😊

Just about there...

Regarding Ghibli adaptations, I really like When Marnie Was There. I feel the switch to the Japanese location works well here (not sure it did quite so well in Arietty and have never read Howl) and the story lends itself well to the Ghibli style, visually and in terms of characters.

The Fandom Post@fandompost.com · 11mo ago

#30DaysOfAnimeChallenge Day 19: Best Anime Adaptation Of Non-Japanese Material

It's so cool how I can read so many kanji but only know how to write very few of them. I guess it's like how I can recognize many people's faces but wouldn't be able to picture most of them in my mind when they aren't right in front of me.

Registration for #IPCITI2025, the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting, is now OPEN!! 🎉🎉🎉 🗓️ Register before 24 October to get our special early-bird fee. 🧠 We have a packed two-day programme with plenty of opportunities to network and decompress. (1/3)

I was looking at old magazines on Mandarake and now I'm kind of obsessed with these covers of "Teen Look" from the late '60s / early '70s.

The American Manga Awards is great starting point in bringing recognition to all the folks working on the localization, ESPECIALLY freelancers. I truly believe there should be more awards & more spotlight on these folks.

Anime Herald@animeherald.com · last yr.

Happy new article day 🥰 We just went live with our coverage of the 2025 American Manga Awards by Sean Gaffney and Erica Friedman. They deliver their impressions of the event, and discuss the significance of the AMAs, with comments from industry members. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it!

So grateful to live in a world where technology has allowed me to see a photo of a Sailor Moon window display in 1996

D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · last yr.

Sailor Moon window display at Eaton's department store in downtown Toronto circa 1996, courtesy Derwin Mak and the Anime North FB group

Came across a really cool kanji for the first time today: 閂 (means bolt of a door) Can't believe I've never seen this one before.

The value of dynamic lettering in manga translation is something that has become even more clear to me over the course of my PhD research on Sailor Moon retranslations. Happy Letterer Appreciation Day!

Pat Brosseau@droog811.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, September 1st is Letterer Appreciation Day. Celebrated on Gaspar Saladino's birthday who was one of the greatest comic book letterers to ever pick up a pen. So, please appreciate the artistry of lettering which is more than just words on a comic book page.

Haven't posted here in a million years but thought I'd pop in and say that a couple of weeks ago I had my PhD viva and I passed with minor corrections!

a close up of a sailor moon cartoon character with bubbles in the background

ALT: a close up of a sailor moon cartoon character with bubbles in the background

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Call for Papers – Transnational Perspectives on Anime: A Symposium, in collaboration with Japan Foundation London Location: Lancaster University Date: July 4th 2025 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

Why was submitting my thesis kind of anticlimactic 😭

🌸 As we’re heading to the second edition of the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures, don’t hesitate to follow speakers from last year ⬇️⬇️⬇️ (I’ll be slowly adding this year’s speakers too!)✨✨✨

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LYRICS & CRAFTS: II Congreso Internacional sobre Traducción y Adaptación de Canciones para Doblaje y Teatro Musical

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Also, new this year by popular ask: an undergraduate track! We welcome undergraduate students working on fan- and fandom-related projects to present their work at the conference. For more, see: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04/11/n...

NEW - Undergraduate CFP for FSNNA 2025!

Call for Participation: Undergraduate Showcase Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2025 (virtual) October 26, 2025 Fandom REPUTATION: Influence, Power, and Capital For the fir...

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Submissions for the FSNNA 2025 #fanstudies conference are now open! Our theme this year is Reputation: Influence, Power, & Capital. 🤔Pick from: poster OR poster + talk ✍️Due: Abstract, bio, keywords ⏰Deadline: Friday, May 16 Full CFP & form here: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04/11/g...

New job at Oxford - do please share widely! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS153/a...

Associate Professor in History, 1000-1500 at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professor in History, 1000-1500 on jobs.ac.uk!

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What do you think of #subtitles? We want to hear your opinion! The UK #Subtitling #Audience 🎬 Survey is collecting information on #viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes. We would love to hear from you 😊 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...

📢📢📢 CALLING ALL PGRS 📢📢📢 Check out the #CFP for our forthcoming conference: 'Disruption, Resistance and Change in Screen Media Industries' with Keynote speaker Prof. Diane Negra! Abstracts and bio to cosmepgr@liverpool.ac.uk. Deadline Friday 18th April.

Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool@commmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

Big news from our COSME PGR centre who are launching the CFP for their Conference "Disruption, Resistance and Change in Screen Media Industries"! 🎥 May 19th, UoL Campus. Please re-share and forward to relevant people. #commsky #AcademicSky #FilmSky www.liverpool.ac.uk/communicatio... 🧵🧵🧵

Hopefully this includes the UK 🙏

Anime News Network@animenewsnetwork.com · last yr.

The new Rose of Versailles film will stream on Netflix on April 30!

This is really awesome! But did you know that this highly beloved game's out-sourced English translators were never credited for their work? The translation is attributed only to the company "Inbound Games". Credit the people who work on your game! #TranslatorsInTheCredits

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · last yr.

Yakuza 0 Director's Cut announced at Switch 2 launch

oh no! @bristoluni.bsky.social has become number 92 on The List. Slashing thei Centre for Academic Language & Development Excellent letter outlining why the uni needs the centre (how else will you *actually support* international students, not just pocket their sweet sweet fees?) &alternative routes

Save our staff at University of Bristol's Centre for Academic Language and Development (CALD)

Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost) Staff at University of Bristol have been told that devastating job cuts are planned at the Centre for Academ...

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The time has come! The Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion, the follow-up volume to our recent Looking-Glass Companion, is open! Please share widely! 🦤Full CFP here tinyurl.com/WonderlandCo... 🦤Abstract submission form here forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2... (due 15 May 2025)

I still think an anime I Capture the Castle would pop off

Anime News Network@animenewsnetwork.com · 2y ago

Chris and Coop flip through the pages of western literary anime adaptations.

This might be the worst TL advice I've ever seen. The number one thing I tell students is to look everything up all the time. Look it up in monolingual dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, corpora, thesauruses, whatever! The ability to question your own knowledge is the mark of a good translator.

Cal C@cdcubed.bsky.social · 2y ago

years ago, a native speaker on a forum declared, "you'll never make it as a professional translator if you're looking up words all the time." was ever a piece of advice so dogshit? 632 published books later, I've built a career on proving him wrong. spite as effective motivator 🤷‍♂️

Refusing to let Word correct the word "outwith" in my thesis #scotlandforever