I had a pretty nice conversation with these guys on their channel before I wrote this post. I didn’t even really need to tell them what was wrong. They saw my timecodes and figured it out for themselves. Good stuff.
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Fansub Review: [Doki] 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku (Episode 01)
I didn’t expect the show to be a gag-based comedy. I was hoping for actual advice on how to get laid… The show’s 12 minutes long, by the way.
Fanrip Review: [HorribleSubs] Sket Dance (Episode 01)
Sket Dance, A Channel, what’s the fucking difference? Slice of life Japanese high school comedies. … Okay, on to my sleep-deprived review.
Fansub Review: [Hatsuyuki-Tsuki] Hanasaku Iroha (Episode 01)
Like Underwater-Commie, Hayatsuki-Tsuki edited the original HorribleSubs script.
Happy note from Dark_Sage: They didn’t say “hush”! Yatta! And in fact, this review made me realize a fundamental problem with my reviews: they focus on the negative, rather than the positive.
Fansub Review: [Commie] Tiger & Bunny (Episode 01)
This was pretty well done. FlashGordon was right when he told me there weren’t too many things to complain about.
Note: I didn’t do YouSmell’s version because the font was unreadable and hardcoded. This is an assuredly better version.
Fansub Review: [Doki] Hanasaku Iroha (Episode 01)
This took me longer than I wanted to write up. Sorry ’bout that. Before I even get to the English of this review, let me tell you this: the Crunchyroll version and Doki’s version both have their good points. The English is better in the HorribleSubs release, but the karaoke and song translations provided by … Read more
Fansub Review: [UTW-Mazui] Steins;Gate
This is a combination of groups that was supposed to make me cream my pants. “Dark_Sage OMG these guys are so good they are perfect you are so shit compared to them!” is something I hear often when I tell people I don’t find either group to be the greatest thing in the world. Ah, the problems I face for not being retarded.
As a little treat for you all, I’m going to go a bit more in-depth with my analyses on this review. Let me show you how a real editor handles this shit.
Fanrip Review: [HorribleSubs] Hanasaku Iroha (Episode 01)
Note: Fuck, I really wanted to tear into the professional subbers here, but they actually did a really good job. I guess the millions the Rockefellers threw into Crunchyroll really paid off. No OP/ED because professionals don’t translate songs.
Fansub Review: [Doki] Nichijou (Episode 01)
This is a review of Doki’s Nichijou release. It’s aimed at helping you to choose which fansub group’s release to watch. EDIT: I should note that I only reviewed the English of this release. Apparently the translation had some inconsistencies with another group. This will be taken care of in a new post.