An exploration of the ways in which a Japanese anime, Cowboy Bebop, constructs hegemonic heterosexuality and masculinity through certain linguistic features and how these portrayals change between the original Japanese version and the English dubbed translation. Mostly quantitative data, however, some use of qualitative data in the discussion section including script excerpts and some linguistic analysis. This paper would be useful for those interested in how Japanese to English translations of anime affect the linguistic constructions of hegemonic masculinity.
Hiramoto, M. (2013). Hey, you’re a girl?: Gendered expressions in the popular anime, Cowboy Bebop. Multilingua – Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 32(1), 51–78. https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2013-0003