Forum - View topicNEWS: Mechademia in December
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BrianRuh
Posts: 162 Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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The table of contents for this first issue can be found here:
http://www.mechademia.org/current/. |
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minakichan
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OK, I'm a little confused. How does one get one's hands on this? I'm really interested but kind of clueless.
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BrianRuh
Posts: 162 Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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dokool
Posts: 83 Location: Tokyo, Japan |
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Given that I wrote my senior thesis as a study of American anime fandom, I'm very curious to read Susan Napier's piece in this and see what she wrote...
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Lothar
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FYI, while Napier's article addresses anime fandom as a whole, I've heard that it's about Miyazaki fandom in particular. Given his popularity and the fact that that Miyazaki is her favorite animator, that's not too surprising or out of place.
BTW, what did you touch on in your senior thesis about anime fandom? |
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dokool
Posts: 83 Location: Tokyo, Japan |
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It was pretty much a large overview/study - basic history of anime fandom's development, chapters on the major fan-arts (fansubs, amvs, fan-fic and fan art, documentaries and parodies, conventions), discussion of the legal issues and troubles within the fandom, what the future holds, why people get involved, all sorts of stuff. My committee's begged me to find a publisher, but who knows if I can find somebody interested 
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Cowpunk
Posts: 168 Location: Oakland - near the Newtype Lab |
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I just dropped off a note to The Right Stuf suggesting they pick up this title.
If they do I suggest preordering so you get your copy quickly. |
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Mylene
 Posts: 2792 Location: Indiana |
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You're adding to a body of literature that is still in need of additional information. I'd also recommend trying to get it published if your committe thinks it is good enough. Ask for recommendations from then for journals to pursue for publication. Also, look online for journals that specialize in reports/articles done specifically by students. Quite a few of those have pretty broad topics, so something like the history of anime might be well received. I don't know any off hand (I took a few years off after my first year of grad school and am only just returning this fall), but I hope you will persue the idea. Even if you can't find someone, at least you tried. You might research Mechademia to see if they take submissions. An ideal start, don't you think? Personally, I certainly hoping to get my hands on this journal when it is released. It will be nice to see more academic discussion of one of my favorite hobbies. I'm a nerd, I admit it freely. Edit: Actually, "Mechademia solicits work not only from academics and critics but also from filmmakers, publishers, artists, and writers, so as to represent the full range of commentary available in this field. For further information, see the Call for Papers on this web site." |
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dokool
Posts: 83 Location: Tokyo, Japan |
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Yeah, I'd say so, except that my paper doesn't really fit in with their theme for Issue #2 - it would have been great for this issue, but unfortunately it flew under my radar (plus I imagine I didn't have much actual content by the time the submission deadline came around)... Oh well, I'll keep looking. Thanks for the encouragement! |
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Kalium
 Posts: 84 Location: Michigan |
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I'm going to be reading this for sure. I want to see what kind of stuff they publish so I know how to revise my paper that they rejected.
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Cloe
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 Posts: 2728 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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Yikes, how did I miss this news item? I highly encourage everyone to check out Mechademia, for all the reasons above. I've heard the papers are excellent.
Also, everyone should buy it [shameless self-promotion]to see my fiance's cover art and my own artwork in the "Anifesto" section[/shameless self-promotion]. |
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bluepita
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Thanks for the info, Brian. I have been looking forward to this, more than any other anime related item, for over a year now. Very exciting!
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BrianRuh
Posts: 162 Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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For those interested it looks like you'll be able to get Mechademia through Amazon.com. You can preorder your copy now.
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BrianRuh
Posts: 162 Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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