Tackling the subject of anime superheroes, both the graduate thesis “Superman vs. Goku: Different Cultural Values Represented in Superhero Characters in American and Japanese Comics”[1] and the widely viewed YouTube video essay How HeroAca and One Punch Man Flip the…
Tag Archive for children’s animation
Racialized Voice Acting and Transracial Voice Casting of Animated Animals
by Kara Lynn Andersen • May 27, 2019 • 7 Comments
Until now the research on race and ethnicity in animated films and cartoons has mainly taken one of two directions: critiquing racist and ethnocentric characters and stories, and calling for increased diversity, especially in children’s animated media. There have been…
“Trans”formers: Reading the Rescue Bots
by Nichola Dobson • December 15, 2016 • 3 Comments
I’ve written here before about some of the children’s animation which my son consumes and, as he gets older (he’s almost 5), we all become exposed to more sophisticated shows aimed at older children. Thankfully, many of these shows are…
Early Years Animation as Ambient Experience
by Joe Darlington • October 2, 2015 • 0 Comments
You can imagine the scene – perhaps you’re living it now – with the infant sat captivated by the shifting shapes moving on the screen and the parent behind them, busy with another task, not concentrating on the screen but…