Comments on: Seriously, you’re complaining about fansubbers’ professionalism?

By: Braden

Braden — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:35:59 +0000

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By: IcyStorm

IcyStorm — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:32:12 +0000

@Nagato: If I understood Japanese, then yeah.

@Owen S: OH FUCK YOU’RE ALIVE

@The Sojourner: Zergling rush FTW?

@DrmChsr0: Times New Roman can go to hell. Georgia FTW.

@otou-san: Regardless of how exactly they put it, I’m going to understand it 99.5% of the time, so it’s really no problem for me. And I”m glad it doesn’t take a great deal of expensive equipment; then we wouldn’t have all these fansubs.

@wildarmsheero: I suppose, but I myself don’t freaking care because I’m glad they provide the fansubs. I don’t know enough Japanese to understand 95% of any episode. I’m thankful that fansubbers are doing anything.

@edo: Seems a bit more complicated than that, but I agree. Unless you were being sarcastic.

By: edo

edo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:02:20 +0000

What!? Complains against fansubbing professionalism?

This is what they get for serving the community? Sigh.

By: wildarmsheero

wildarmsheero — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:51:15 +0000

I actually agree with most of his video– too bad he’s nutjob whose attitude is just as bad as the arrogant fansubbers that he’s mocking.

But seriously, most fansubber BS is ego-driven. They try to have better karaoke and better effects than other groups just to strengthen their e-penises. The best fansub is one with softsubs and attached notes. That’s the way to do it. No ego there at all, just no-nonsense translation work.

By: otou-san

otou-san — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:29:45 +0000

Fansubbers like to say they don’t put their own spin or interpretation on things, hence the honorifics, which is great. I hate hearing “Mister Sagara” and whatnot in dubs.

I don’t sit and bitch about their grammar on my blog, I just take it on faith that Japanese and English are very different and sometimes things come out awkwardly. And I appreciate the job they do. So it can be frustrating to see TL notes like the “just deserts” one, or every time a TL note tells me to “google it.” Gives me the impression that some subbers think they’re better than us English-only viewers. I’ll stress the some, because this is a small percentage of the many many shows I’ve seen.

I didn’t watch the vid, but I can tell you that one of the main reasons why professionalism has gone away is that it no longer requires a pile of crazy equipment to make them — anyone can do it, and that can only be good for us fans.

By: DrmChsr0

DrmChsr0 — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:55:33 +0000

kabitzin: Times new Roman is a good font and you know it.

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:08:49 +0000

There be war I say. Kekekeke

By: Owen S

Owen S — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:49:47 +0000

His strawmen, they are over 9000. I’m with Kabitzin on this one, though.

By: Nagato

Nagato — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:44:34 +0000

Raws are the way to go! XD

By: IcyStorm

IcyStorm — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:55:31 +0000

@Baka-Raptor & Lelangir: Yep.

@Caitlin & Avatar: I actually have NEVER seen an actual DVD sub besides FLCL.

@Shin: All for something worthless though =P

@Setsukyie: I’m sure if he reinforced his points with better examples without exaggerating them, his argument would have been much better.

@The P-Meister: Yeah, I’m just happy that I get something.

@Corban: The thing is, I’m happy that there are even fansubs at all. Without fansubs, I sure as hell would never have got into anime.

@Sagacious1: If a fansub ever does have rather annoying font style, I either get used to it or resort to turning off the font style or something to “normalize” it.

@Kabitzin: Anime bloggers? Fonts? Heh.