Daniel E. Josephy-Hernández holds a PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Ottawa. He has taught EFL and translation (studies) in Costa Rica, Canada and China. His gender-focused dissertation explores the subtitles and the dubbing of the Kon Satoshi (1964-2010) film Perfect Blue (1997). He spent a research period (2014-2015) at Tōhoku Gakuin University in Sendai, Japan. His research concentrates mostly on gender and audiovisual translation in anime, focusing on critical analyses of hegemonic gender portrayals in the medium. He also studies the censorship and distribution of anime, including that of hentai (pornographic) anime, as well as the translation of anime dialects. In addition, he has published work on video game translation, graphic novels, translation in Wales and film censorship in Iran. He is passionate about gender issues in Japan, and speaks Japanese fluently, amongst several languages.