"LawsonE" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message 
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> [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.

What you're asking for is not impossible, but may be limited to those anime with an 
associated anime-comic.  I own anime-comics for a few episodes of Kimagure Orange 
Road OAV's and Love Hina (as well as the corresponding DVD's).  The kanji have 
furigana to aid in reading them properly.  Remember that the English subtitles are 
not a word-for-word translation, but an aid to understanding the meaning of a spoken 
sentence that can be grasped by the reader in the fraction of a second that they're 
on-screen, so there will be a difference between what you read in English versus what 
you will read/see in the Japanese anime-comic.

These are what I personally have:

Kimagure Orange Road anime kessaku-sen (Masterpiece Selection) volumes one and two 
(ISBN 4-8342-1418-4 & ISBN 4-8342-1420-6, respectively)
New Kimagure Orange Road gekijou-ban (Drama Volume) for "Summer's Beginning" (ISBN 
4-8342-1522-9)
Love Hina anime-ban #10 (which covers the X-Mas/New Years Special).
ISBN 4-06-310138-X

Good Luck in your Endeavour.

David