University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters Theses Dissertations and Theses August 2019 Localization: Fans, the New Frontier Caitlin Maroney University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2 Recommended Citation Maroney, Caitlin, "Localization: Fans, the New Frontier" (2019). Masters Theses. 811. https://doi.org/10.7275/14369440 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/811 This Open Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Localization: Fans, the New Frontier A Thesis Presented By CAITLIN CLAIRE MARONEY Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS MAY 2019 Japanese LOCALIZATION: FANS, THE NEW FRONTIER A Thesis Presented by CAITLIN CLAIRE MARONEY Approved as to style and content by: ___________________________________________ Bruce Baird, Chair ___________________________________________ Stephen Forrest, Member _______________________________ David K. Schneider, Unit Director East Asian Languages and Cultures Program Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures ________________________________________ Robert Sullivan, Chair Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures DEDICATION To my family, friends, and especially my cat. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I’d like to take the opportunity to thank all everyone who helped me with this project over the last two years. To my chair, Professor Bruce Baird for his helpful advice and push to help me finish. Additionally, to the East Asian Language Librarian, Sharon Domier, for helping me find sources in places I would have never looked.