University of Western Sydney the Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Manga and Anime in Australia by Craig Jeffrey Norris BA
University of Western Sydney The Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Manga and Anime in Australia by Craig Jeffrey Norris BA (Hons.) Doctor of Philosophy – Communication and Media 2003 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I declare that this dissertation is my own account of my research and does not incorporate work that has been submitted for another degree at any tertiary institution. I would like to thank Virginia Nightingale and Judith Snodgrass who supervised and encouraged me during the research and writing of this thesis; the care and concern of my family and Momoe Shimomura; my friends and colleagues at the University of Western Sydney (David Kelly, Susan Batho, Daniel Cunningham, Cristina Rocha, Hart Cohen, Yoshiko Howard, Zen Yipu, Selvaraj Velayutham, David Walton, Hiromi Muranaka, and Helen Johnson); my friends who share an enthusiasm for manga and anime and assisted me throughout this thesis (Daniel Baird, Tim Clarke, Michael Hill, Louise Graber, Alistair Gillies, Rebecca Jordan, Melanie and Mark Madronio, Mark Page, Komala Singh, Neil Rae, Jennifer Prough, Iain Sinclair, Amos Wong, and Ron Stewart); the local anime clubs (JAUWS, animeUNSW, SUanime, AJAS, and SAS) for their cooperation in this research; those who provided me with advice and guidance (Anthony Barrell, Drew Bickford, Craig Meathrel, Melanie Eastburn, Francis Maravillas, Masafumi Monden, Lewis Morley, Mandy Thomas, and Alison Tokita); and those who made my time in Japan so memorable and valuable to this research (Stefan and Julian Worrall, Nicolas Dufer, Olivier Fink, Michael Faul, Hiroki Fuchiwaki, Steven Jarvis, Koki Muranaka, Toshi Yanai, and Koichi Iwabuchi). I also thank Danielle Hircock for her editorial assistance. Craig Jeffrey Norris Date of submission: August 2003 ii iii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................................II LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................................
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