About this episode

Jesse Betteridge interviews Patricia Gosselin about the Nadeshiko Club and the history of anime fandom in Quebec.

We may be facing tumultuous times as a nation, but this has only helped make the bond between Anglophone and Francophone anime fans stronger than ever! Patricia Gosselin is co-founder of the Nadeshiko Club, a group of esteemed scholars and panelists who have worked hard to elevate the culture of French-Canadian anime fandom and conventions. She joins me to talk about the background of the club, the lost decade that emerged after anime disappeared from Quebec television in the 1990s and the history of Quebec dubbing reaching back to JA Lapointe in the 1960s.

People in this episode

Guest: Patricia Gosselin

Topics covered

• anime
• Quebec culture
• Franco-Anglophone relations
• dubbing history
• fandom

Keywords

• Nadeshiko Club
• French-Canadian anime
• Quebec dubbing
• anime conventions
• lost decade

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lost Anime Generation

Places: Quebec

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