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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: Blood+ French Fansub ?

« on: June 04, 2006, 05:22:51 am »

We want start a new French fansub Team for only "Blood+".
We want to translate each episode quickly for the French language.

A group called "Vostfr" fansubs Blood+ into french.

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General Forum / Re: What got you started into Anime?

« on: June 02, 2006, 11:17:51 pm »

I had always liked comics and cartoons, prefering the European stories in Heavy Metal as opposed to the produce of Marvel and DC. I was at universtity at the time (well Wolverhampton Polytechnic as it was) when a friend got hold of me and told me of this Japanese cartoon that was like a movie and on a theatrical release in Europe. We had a state of the art arts cinema (Wolves Poly not me and my friend) which I was a regular at (also liking contientnal and art house cinema). I saw the anime and fell for the genre.

Is interesting you mentioning an interest in the visual arts, specially cinema.  I've always been drawn to anything visual, but my real conversion to anime (like in I squandered everything I made in DVD's and the like!) was definitely by watching  Ghost in the Machine. Talk about aesthetic pleasure!

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: POLL: Most favorite series amongst the current active (and stalled) project

« on: June 01, 2006, 05:28:44 am »

I voted for 3
1. TC because it's all about love and sacrifice plus I looove Kuropon!
2. Galaxy Express 999 because our local station only showed around 10 episodes then stopped, leaving me a taste for more
3. Captain Harlock, for the same reason as 2.

Also, thanks Tsubasa for listing all of L-E subs, I didn't know they are so many!!!!  

I will at least look at everyone of them, maybe the next time this poll is around my choices might change!

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General Forum / What got you started into Anime?

« on: May 27, 2006, 10:03:26 pm »

Hello!

I grew up in Latin America, so we get a lot of anime in the free channels (read: not cable) I used to watch Knights of the Zodiacs, Robotech (I don't know the English name), and a whole lot of others.  They all spoke with a Mexican accent (I think most of them go through Mexico for the voiceover, but I could be wrong...)

My family moved to North America and of course those shows were no longer available... Boo-hoo  !  And funsubbing... I didn't even knew it existed until last year! To think that breaking my leg and boredom made me surf more.... Wow! I'm way behind!

Cheez

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General Forum / Re: Video on History of Fansubbing starring Tofusensei on ifc.com~!

« on: May 25, 2006, 10:54:56 pm »

Never watched them? Were they ever shown on Cartoon Network?

I'm not sure, because we don't get CN here in Canada; however, if you want to check them out they are produced by Marathon which I think has its HQs in France.  Totally Spies is a US/France co-production.  I actually find this particular show quite funny... They feature the lives of 3 boy crazy teenage girls who must juggle saving the world, looking good, trying to get a boyfriend, etc... Sounds familiar? 

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General Forum / Re: Video on History of Fansubbing starring Tofusensei on ifc.com~!

« on: May 25, 2006, 04:27:11 pm »

American animation hasn't changed that much...still those round lips for females, voluptuos bodies, and queer way of walking...lolz.

I have lost faith in most American animation long ago. The bluk of it is mindless drivel mass produced for the brainless masses.

I understand the claims that you both make since a lot of the animation out there is so simplistic that anyone watching must feel their brain cells being massively zapped into oblivion, but with all due respect my point is still valid.  I was thinking about shows such as Martin Mystery or Totally Spies or the greatly defunct Cybersix who follow (at least aesthetically) the better anime out there.  Now, I don't think these shows are the greatest thing there is, but if you have ever watched them you will see what I mean...

Having said that, I would like to go back to the topic in hand which is a documentary on the History of Fansubbing... Does anyone out there know if there are any made on the subject? (not including "Tapes from the Underground"  )  or any books for that matter....  I would greatly appreciate it!

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General Forum / Re: Video on History of Fansubbing starring Tofusensei on ifc.com~!

« on: May 24, 2006, 08:46:52 pm »

I just watched the videos and found them to be 5 minutes of fun!  I wonder if they will think about making a 'real' documentary (like in more than a thirty minute run) out of it, since what it's being talked about is an incredible cultural phenomena that not only has a huge fan base, but has also deeply influenced the look of certain American animation (in my humble opinion )...
 
As with everything that changes perceptions, it has been spearheaded by a group of people who do it out of passion (some might call it obsession ) and not out for profit or to capitalize on the notion.

Thank you!

Cheez

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: Donations

« on: May 23, 2006, 09:50:26 pm »

Firstly, I would like to say how haaappy I am that Tsubasa Chronicle S2 is on!!!

Next, regarding donations... How do you go about renting a server/IRC shell? I'm willing to take the time and money to do it!

Oh! Could you please tell Tofusensei he Rules! Ahem! the rest of you people too...

------Quote Gumbaloom

However to answer your question, do we accept donations directly? The answer is NO. However if you chose to invest your money in renting a server / IRC shell from somewhere and wanted to use that shell to distro our releases we'd be more than grateful for the extra distro resources ...

------End quote