The end of fansubs?

Anlushac11 · Post by **Anlushac11** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:13 pm

Fansubs are entirely the reason I bought Mahoromatic, Evengelion, Narue No Sekai, R.O.D, R.O.D.TV, and Galaxy Angels. Its also the only reason I will buy the entire Happy Lesson and Happy Lesson Advance series.

Fansubs are the only reason I have been able to watch Mamotte Shugogetten.

I am not comfortable buying any series that I have not seen a episode or two of.

What I see happening is fansubs will be outlawed and hunted down and we will have to pay $80-$100 to get a sampler DVD with parts of different series.

Its hard to judge a series from a 30-60 sec promo.

bum · Post by **bum** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:28 pm

Anime review sites are a good place to go. And newtype offers dvd's with the first eppisode of varios new release anime doesnt it? PC Powerplay (aussie pc game mag) comes with a full anime eppisode on the demo dvd every month.

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:22 pm

I'm an arguement for both sides in this case. Fansubs are the reason I bought my collection of DBZ movies. I saw them, liked them, picked up the high quality DVDs. On the other hand, the only reason I shelled out the cash for Creast of the Stars was the fact that I couldn't find a decent fansub sourse, though I probably would have still bought it afterwards.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:47 pm

I wish to add my voice to the bunch and say that fansubs are the reason I bought Azumanga Daioh, Kare Kano, and FLCL.

Even though I know it doesn't really have to do with the main issue here.

someperson · Post by **someperson** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:04 pm

Watching Fansubs is what made me buy Last Exile.

Silly anime producers. But then there are always jerks who just download the fansubs and have no intention of actually buying the product.
Captain Obvious: Hence why anime producers dislike having their anime uploaded onto the interenet.

Kazutaka · Post by **Kazutaka** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:17 pm

I really hope they back off of fan sub's. I have purchased a legit copy of almost every anime I have ever seen fan subbed! *have a few titles that are still not released over here

and there have been a few here and there that were completly NOT what I expected and really did not care to see again.
I must say that it will be very difficult for me to purchase anything new with out the fan subs. Anime is very expensive as you all well know.... I cannot afford to just drop 100$ or more on a title with just a review to guide me. Every one's op is different and I find my ops to differ greatly from the ops of others. I don't see where the fan subbers are making or taking any money from the big production studios by doing fan subs. I agree that it is and should be viewed as a FREE promotion/advertisment that will spark intrest in a new title. I really don't hold much hope in writing or asking companies to bring new titles overhere. I am going through that right now with a manga series that they have just recently released in English (2 books for far) and the company *who will remain un-named* FINALLY emailed me back after MANY, requests to tell me that there is no scheduled release date for any of the rest of the titles. AHHHHHHH. So with out fan sub's and translations I WOULD NEVER have had this I assume, as this is my all time FAVORITE anime but by just reading the reviews and what they have done to it so far in English..... well its just a bit different shall we say.
As for this situtation and its effects on AMV's I am just hoping that they will leave us alone because I have d/l'd many AMV's that have brought me to purchase new anime for my collection. Its a wonderful way (I think) to support your favorite(s) anime and increase its support/fan base.
BTW.....
**Free advertising and publicity!! That, my friends is the American way!!

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:19 pm

In all fairness, I think they should be more concerned with shutting down the bootleggers. =/

OtakuMegane · Post by **OtakuMegane** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:30 pm

Perhaps a bit of a tangent, but what exactly does MFI produce? I don't think I've heard the name before.

Unpronounceable_Symbol · Post by **Unpronounceable_Symbol** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:30 pm

I think part of it may be that the Japanese companies want control over the translation itself and the quality thereof, so they're worried that fansubbers will screw up the anime by either translating it incorrectly or just not translating it well. I could especially see the makers of Naruto doing that, since apparently Naruto is Jesus and everyone has to get in line to worship its holy name with a $3.5trillion license.

From what I've heard, the Japanese companies can be really picky about the English translations, such as keeping the original names, despite not being properly phonetically spelled in English.

Heero_Yuy84 · Post by **Heero_Yuy84** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:34 pm

I'll be perfectly blunt...I'm pretty skeptical with a lot of anime...as such, I tend to use fansubs for previewing a lot of titles (to date, the only anime I've ever bought purely on word of mouth was Berserk...luckily, that one was worth it.)
Hell, what subs I've kept over the years, I've since made it point to start buying legitimate copies of (fansubs got me to buy DBZ movie 8, have put me on the waiting list for the Zeta Gundam boxset once it finally ships, and have had me waiting for the first sign of Nausicaa's release...)

That said, this could prove awkward for me...especially since I've learned to take word of mouth with a degree of caution ever since getting burned by EVA

Still...if that's how they want it...