Anachronistic Anarchy: A Linguistic Character Analysis of Shinichiro Watanabe’s Samurai Champloo

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Paper analyzes how linguistic tokens contribute to character design, personality, and development in the Japanese anime Samurai Champloo.

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Park, Macy 2014.

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Paper analyzes how linguistic tokens contribute to character design, personality, and development in the Japanese anime Samurai Champloo.

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Abstract: This research explores the stereotypes prevalent within the Japanese anime Samurai Champloo, while building on current role language theory and expanding my own unpublished research. Modeled after Mie Hiramoto’s study, “Hey, you’re a girl? and gendered expressions in the popular anime, Cowboy Bebop,” (2013), the focus centralizes on the usage of linguistic tokens, such as expletives, imperatives, tag-questions, and hedging, and their contributions to character personality, design, and development. Arguably, the non-normative language used allows for the success of the anachronistic setting as the origins of such speech exist in reality. Mugen, Jin, and Fuu, the three main characters, fall into gendered and stereotypical roles as governed by their language usage; Mugen embodies the tough-guy anti-hero, Jin exudes the loyal samurai, and Fuu exemplifies the role of the dependent female.

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  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2014
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Park, Macy. Anachronistic Anarchy: A Linguistic Character Analysis of Shinichiro Watanabe’s Samurai Champloo, article, 2014; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1625027/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Honors College.

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