Comments on: Fansubbers, behold! A new challenger has appeared…

By: xXMikotoNakadaiXx

xXMikotoNakadaiXx — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:34:41 +0000

Crunchyroll? Sorry, but that seems like a strange choice to stream their shows. The video quality isn’t that bad, but the sound quality is like the videos are being heard through a metal pipe…

I’d pay for the P2P download on their site, though. Damn, smart marketing. Be cheap and get cheap quality! I don’t think the fansubbers have anything to compare their script with, since they’ll probably have no more excuses to continue fansubbing, since this is very legal and doing so sort of contradicts their holy oath of dropping an anime when its licensed (even though this technically isn’t… is it?). Actually, one excuse is that the “official” subtitles will probably suck.

(P.S. The title reminds me of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, I swear.)

By: Jiyuu

Jiyuu — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:44:46 +0000

they will offer anime for download via P2P as well from their site,
with far higher qulity (some up to 720P or even 1080P) with pay.
so its not just streaming.

By: Author

Author — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:02:07 +0000

Chou-Chun Fan of BOST has officilaly announced at AoD forums that they will translate themselves and not use whatever YouTube is going to be using. He was unequivocal, so now rumors are flying that YouTube will show raws (because YouTube is not in the translation business).

I was satisfied with translations BOST did for Keitai Shoujo. Fonts were readable; not too bit not too small, perhaps a bit on smallish side when compared with what is typically seen on R1 DVDs. If they can do the same thing fast enough, I’ll watch.

Now, why won’t BOST share their translations back with GDH for English releases in R1 and Australia? That’s an intriguing thought, but I suspect it’s not how it’s done. I’ll have to ask someone.

By: IKnight

IKnight — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:16:25 +0000

Hmm. If Europeans are permitted to play, I’ll be giving this a try, as I’m interested in Blassreiter (because it has bikes and guns and stuff).

By: nekosasu

nekosasu — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:54:00 +0000

As a translator myself, I would not do it because as you said, I do value my work, and I’d rather take some time doing it right than simply copy/adapt it off someone else’s script.

However, I can very well imagine speedsubbers (without (good) translators) would immediately take the opportunity to copy the tl, to release a fansubbed version much faster. ^^

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:44:28 +0000

Maybe it would be better if they used a service like vimeo or Hulu, actually it would be better. YouTube? IDK what they are thinking.

Speedsub era lol, I don’t know there either, but possibly. I think translators hold their work in decent regard, so they probably like doing it. Now that’s traditionally, there could be new groups to appear sporting these subs, and it probably wouldn’t be that bad compared to some of the less-appealing fansubs out there.

Cheers :)

By: Runningkid

Runningkid — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:34:15 +0000

Round 1. Ding ding ding! I guess now there is no excuse like “but it’s not available in english quickly enough” anymore =/