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   From: a_nospam.b_nospam@sym_nos_p_am_atico.ca   
      
   "LawsonE"  wrote in message   
   news:r1pbe.19600$%c1.6692@fed1read05...   
   > [sorry for repost --trying to get all relevant newsgroups in one thread]   
   >   
   > I'm a beginning student of Japanese who would like to be able to follow   
   > the   
   > Japanese language version of anime by reading the transcript (its easier   
   > to   
   > translate than the spoken word, I've found). Are Japanese transcripts   
   > available? Hiragana might be easier, but I can figure out the kanji   
   > eventually if that is all that is available. Both versions would be best.   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
      
   As far as I am aware, only the series "Zipang" is currently being released   
   on R2 DVD with complete written scripts in Japanese included with the DVDs.   
   The first R2 DVD of "Mahou Shoujotai Alice" came with a script booklet, but   
   the subsequent DVDs have not and instead have come with booklets of art and   
   commentary. The R2 DVDs of Mahou Shoujotai Alice also come with subtitles in   
   Japanese, but I don't tend to watch subtitles in any language because I find   
   them distracting. Generally there is a better chance that there will be   
   subtitles in Japanese with Japanese anime movies, but it is still   
   catch-as-catch-can.   
      
   Otherwise, for the most part, anime dialog scripts are not published by the   
   anime companies, and the fan subbers tend not to share the transcriptions   
   that they create.   
      
   Good luck. (I asked the same question here around seven years ago...)   
      
   Dave Baranyi   
      
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