How would you feel if they released fansubbed animes on DVD?

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How would you feel if they released fansubbed animes on DVD?

Post by shocker » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:02 pm

The question explains the post. How would you react if series such as "Hikaru no Go" and "Naruto", two of many animes available by fan distribution, become released on DVD or, God forbid, air on television here in the states? I'm just asking, you know.

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Post by skanks » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:05 pm

Huh???
they all eventually come out on dvd.
Surprise because its quicker, (a new found faith in comercial television if it aired)
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Post by TokyoU15 » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:43 pm

I think he means fansubs on DVD...not a legit DVD release.
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Post by skanks » Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:02 pm

if they were dvd quality and not overpriced it would be good..
saves me buying cds..
my lan bag has like 400 cds and its getting rather heavy.
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Post by FATTY_VM » Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:21 pm

Not to support warezing etc. But if the Dvd's were good quality, with the fansubs double checked (no Aj jokes about the 1= !) id be interested as long as they werent overpriced.
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Post by (NERD Studios) Arturo » Tue Apr 08, 2003 2:03 am

I just wish that domestic distributors would be willing to use some of the fansub translations out there. It's a crying shame how much the translation suffers on some releases just because the distributor goes out of their way to distance their release from its fansubs.
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Post by UncleMilo » Tue Apr 08, 2003 5:57 am

There are a lot of problems that come up with fansubs.

I think it would be a very bad idea to just releas fan subs... because I've seen some that are just so bad they're painful.

I have many friends who are professional translators for a variety of titles and they get a lot of harassment from fans who say how they translated this wrong or that wrong... and often it is the fans who are in the wrong...

sometimes it has nothing to do with the translators... sometimes it is the company they work for.

I know that one guy was instructed to rewrite his translation to remove all the exclamation marks. He couldn't begin to understand why he was given such a stupid instruction, but because he was the employee, he had to go back through his translation and remove all the exclamation marks.

If fan subbers want to have their work on official DVDs... they should seek out work for the anime companies here in the US. That's how many of the people who work in the industry now got started.

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Post by shocker » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:20 am

TokyoU15 wrote:I think he means fansubs on DVD...not a legit DVD release.
I actually did mean a legit DVD release.

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Post by mckeed » Tue Apr 08, 2003 3:45 pm

A lot of times the translation is changed, for the dubs at least, becuase the mouth flaps don't line up so they change the wording so that it doesn't look like a bad kung fu movie. Sometimes stuff like that creeps into the subs. Its all about what they think will be more marketable. Also there is a big difference between what fans think are acurate and what acutally is. Japaneese is a funny language interpretation wise. I've read some books on the subject and what has come up is that just b/c it litterally says something doesn't mean it acutally means that. I've seen literal vs. acual meaning translations. You be surprised how wierd things would sound, and I'm not talking just about wierd phrases the japaneese have. Thats another topic entirely. Remeber, many things are infered in japaneese so there are many differnet ways to translate a given piece of dialog.
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Post by Zarxrax » Tue Apr 08, 2003 4:08 pm

My and some guys have given some actual thought to doing this. Purchasing a license, selling dvds at cheaper than average price, and actually putting them out at decent rate, unlike some companies *cough ADV cough*
However the problem is in getting the money for the license, and then working out a model to make sure that you earn a profit, so you can afford to get another license :\

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