Worn out

[algeh]

Well, the mathematical modeling contest was this past weekend. clipdude,diantha and I spent the vast majority of the weekend trying to model things to do with airline overbooking. Joy. I am so tired. I have a weekend's worth of homework to do tonight. Don't wanna. It's math. I already did math. Bleh.

I talked with my thesis prof and we decided to narrow my thesis topic since I've been having a bitch of a time getting translations for most of the anime I wanted to analyze. Now I'm just analyzing the changes in Card Captor Sakura to CardCaptors, and looking at the manga, anime and associated toys and other products. Hey, does anyone know if there was a CardCaptors calendar this year? I bought a CCS one, and it would be cool to be able to compare them. It should still be a good thesis, and there is almost nothing in the literature about anime, let alone my specific focus of changes made when dubbing for a US audience. You'd think there would be, but I really haven't found much. I worry that my thesis is going to sound too fannish unless I'm careful, though. I've pulled it off when writing about other things, like the time I wrote a semiotics paper about the covers of Tanith Lee novels. I guess I'm good at sounding intelligent about my hobbies.

I need sleep. I don't get sleep. I get to do homework for three math classes. Yippee.

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Some stuff for ya ^_~

[marmaladeboy.livejournal.com]

Just to let you know, I think there were three Card Captor Sakura calendars that came out in Japan this year, each very different. But here's a link to get the CardCaptors one: http://www.animecornerstore.com/carcarsakwal.html
And if you need articles on them butchering I can find plently online. If that isn't good enough I know that I have a magazine back home that details what they did to the series (or at least some of it, they did too much to put it all in one article :P ) but for that you would have to wait until Spring break because I don't know where it is to tell me parents to send it :P But www.animeondvd.com is good for reviews and they reviewed the 2 and 3rd DVD's of CardCaptors I believe. Here are some online comparisons, if you do decide to use them ^_^ http://no_bad_anime.tripod.com/ccs/article.html
http://www.ccsvscc.com/
http://www.cardcaptors-uncensored.com/ (this also makes reference to the toys)
And if you want more just go to www.anipike.com ^_~ Sorry if this annoyed ya more than helped ya :P

Re: Some stuff for ya ^_~

[algeh]

Thanks! I actually saw two of the CCS ones in the store where I picked mine up. I suppose I'll have to look for scans of the ones I ended up not buying. I don't have time to look at the webpages right now, but I'm sure they'll be helpful. Any and all leads are always appreciated.