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Past L-E Projects / Re: Tsubasa Chronicle 2nd Season MASTER THREAD
« on: May 19, 2006, 06:28:29 pm »
Usually, I don't post on these kinds of forums, but having kept track of this thread for the better part of a week, I feel that "my two cents" on this heated debate is worth posting.
On the subject of "late" releases: Japanese is a difficult language. I've taken 3 semesters of it and I still can only pick up a little of what is said without subtitles. To be able to subtitle an entire episode/movie of anime, I have no doubt requires, an insane amount of work, not just in the translating, but also in the editing. What you fansubbers do is a job. And you do it for free. To be constantly barraged with less than tactful exclamations of impatience from people who watch the shows you sub is frustrating, and understandably so. What you deserve are "thank you"s and not "you're late"s.
On the subject of liking "sellout" anime: As someone who watches Tsubasa, I find offense to the notion that I am grouped with people who need a "weekly fix" of the one anime that they only watch because its popular. I had no idea it was as popular as it was until I wandered into this forum. I started watching it as soon as it began being subbed, since I had been purchasing the US Del Rey releases of the manga, and still am. Anime that I like that I can afford to purchase, namely shorter series, I purchse on DVD when it is released in the US. I own Haunted Junction, Sorcerer Hunters TV, Magic Users Club, a bit of Excel Saga, and some fragments of Sailormoon and Dragonball here and there, to name a few. Being in college, I can't afford to purchase much of anything that I would consider leisurely, but I have every intention of expanding my legal, liscened anime collection. On the internet, I watch as much anime as I can from various different sub groups, to expose myself to everything that my schedule will allow me to. Eyeshield 21 and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya are both amusing newer series that I enjoy, but at the same time, I also enjoy watching Tsubasa. While it's frustrating to see something you've been into for a long time (namely anime) become a fad for the masses, it's also frustrating to be among those masses, and to be categorized with them simply for sharing their tastes. At the same time, everyone has to start somewhere, and you can't really blame someone for realizing something is cool years after you have.
Can we all stop fighting now?
On the subject of "late" releases: Japanese is a difficult language. I've taken 3 semesters of it and I still can only pick up a little of what is said without subtitles. To be able to subtitle an entire episode/movie of anime, I have no doubt requires, an insane amount of work, not just in the translating, but also in the editing. What you fansubbers do is a job. And you do it for free. To be constantly barraged with less than tactful exclamations of impatience from people who watch the shows you sub is frustrating, and understandably so. What you deserve are "thank you"s and not "you're late"s.
On the subject of liking "sellout" anime: As someone who watches Tsubasa, I find offense to the notion that I am grouped with people who need a "weekly fix" of the one anime that they only watch because its popular. I had no idea it was as popular as it was until I wandered into this forum. I started watching it as soon as it began being subbed, since I had been purchasing the US Del Rey releases of the manga, and still am. Anime that I like that I can afford to purchase, namely shorter series, I purchse on DVD when it is released in the US. I own Haunted Junction, Sorcerer Hunters TV, Magic Users Club, a bit of Excel Saga, and some fragments of Sailormoon and Dragonball here and there, to name a few. Being in college, I can't afford to purchase much of anything that I would consider leisurely, but I have every intention of expanding my legal, liscened anime collection. On the internet, I watch as much anime as I can from various different sub groups, to expose myself to everything that my schedule will allow me to. Eyeshield 21 and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya are both amusing newer series that I enjoy, but at the same time, I also enjoy watching Tsubasa. While it's frustrating to see something you've been into for a long time (namely anime) become a fad for the masses, it's also frustrating to be among those masses, and to be categorized with them simply for sharing their tastes. At the same time, everyone has to start somewhere, and you can't really blame someone for realizing something is cool years after you have.
Can we all stop fighting now?