Comments on: Please help me with fansub recommendations.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:24:19 +0000

Casshern Sins – umai
Kurozuka – Ureshii
Yozakura Quartet – AonE
Kemeko DX – StrikeS
Hakushaku to Yousei – m33w
Gundam 00 S2 – gSS
Ga Rei Zero – AniYoshi
Michiko to Hatchin – BSS

By: miasmacloud

miasmacloud — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:19:42 +0000

Don’t get sudo’s Michiko e Hatchin, Reikai is translating it, and I know from working with him that Reikai fucking sucks at translating.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:50:33 +0000

[gSS] is one of the high quality speed subs, then Menclave, then Shinsen Subs.
Don’t ever ever get nyoron~n – 20% of their lines and grammars in the sub is rotted.

By: nililn

nililn — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:02:22 +0000

They also judge by what they think to be correct translation (literal x figurative), KARAOKE EFFECTS, softsubbed or not, oversharpened or not, upscaled or not, w/ translations notes onscreen or not…

Don’t take me wrong though, I do follow their ratings as my secondary (sometimes primary) parameter of decision, but it is nowhere near absolute. The best way I’ve found is to check the comments on some series they’ve done, read their sites and some internet drama that may be happening somewhere. Oh, Jimaku Hikaku comparisons work as well, but sometimes I am just lazy.

By: tflops

tflops — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:32:12 +0000

If you want to check ratings of the fansubs, you should check http://www.anidb.net for the ratings, people judge by its translations btw.

By: C.C.

C.C. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:21:26 +0000

Why aren’t you watching gSS for Gundam? Psh, silly Michael.

By: Tarsus

Tarsus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:53:30 +0000

do you think i can do it?
i’m quadrilingual, and i have a basic knowledge of subbing

watch me dub the great klepacki
and sub myself!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwflc9Y6U_Y

By: lolikitsune

lolikitsune — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:07:06 +0000

I watch Aero for a lot of things.

What? Bad English? I can cope. I read the internet.

Speed and consistency are the two greatest factors for my fansub picks for shows currently airing. If I want high-quality releases or high-quality translations, I’ll just wait till the show is over and DL a batch once the slow-ass elitists catch up.

By: nililn

nililn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:50:56 +0000

BSS subs for Michiko e Hatchin is quite solid, IMO, disregarding the ‘Debody of the year’ issue. (small nitpick, since I am Brazilian and pretty much had a hard laugh on this one).
I like sudo as well because of Spice and Wolf. However, the slowed down on ep. 2, and BSS is more or less the fastest. Can’t say much about the newcomers, so I am still between those two. (sticking with BSS as of today)

The rest that I watch, you don’t, but I’ll talk about them anyway:

For Chaos;Head, it’s m.3.3.w without a second thought. Though they delayed pretty much a week because of some bad BAD luck, they are up-to-date now.
About the series, I think it is quite interesting, the whole ‘delusion’ and ‘hikikomori’ themes are pretty well done. And finally, at ep. 6, things are starting to make some real sense.

And Hyakko, a quite different anime comedy. Its humor is pretty much of my taste, sometimes wacky, sometimes slice-of-life, without going through misunderstandings and the usual stuff. The characters are likeable (Torako, actually) and, as of ep. 5, is episodic. Be warned, though, your mileage may vary.
The group for it goes through Mayu-Genjo, the quickest, to SS, apparently the best. Sticking with Mayu-Genjo for now, may change to SS or one of the others when the series end.

Last, the one I look forward for the most, is the one you definitely won’t watch, as I have read: ef – a tale of melodies. Just saying that because it was quite amusing to see Chihiro get beaten on speed by Coal-Guys, and their releases aren’t half bad (for ef, at least). May change to Menclave, but their karaoke HUEG effects are getting on my nerves. (And it is one of the series which I do watch the OP/ED sequences, because they keep on changing every time…)

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:21:29 +0000

I’ll be following gSS for Gundam then. I’m terribly sorry to ilifin, mah coal brother.

Which possesses more quality: sMi or Ureshii? I’ve heard good things about both, so I’m quite unsure.

Is BSS competent enough with Michiko to Hatchin? Not that I don’t have any faith in them (I loved their subs of Gurren Lagann, but I loved sudo’s Darker than Black as well).

Haha, SHiN. Hahahaha.

Thank you, Smerpy and Cink. At least those are some things cleared up. :/