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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: Should L-E(& D-B) sub Tsubasa S3 (Tofusensei wanted dead of alive ??????)
« on: February 01, 2007, 03:02:11 am »
It's been ages since I've been to L-E and I found the above discussion interesting, if not a little disappointing. I was surprised by various members' responses to Watari's comments, which I felt were not attacking at all so the defensiveness exhibited in the responses confused me. Certainly, I understand that the internal workings of a group and their associated problems can be a hindrance or a motivation to the work of the group. And, I also understand that fansubbing is a voluntary thing. However, I don't think you should completely disregard what Watari is saying. In essence, despite its voluntary nature, you are providing us fans a service, which naturally we appreciate wholeheartedly. A service it is still and because of that quality, do you have some responsibility, not just to fans but to your colleagues and yourself. If this was truly a just a personal hobby in which the fanbase had nothing to say on the issue, then you would not be providing the torrents to the rest of us. Thankfully you do but I feel, in my obviously humble opinion, that the constructive criticism put to you was not a propos. That's all I really wanted to say. I think that it is delightful that you spend your time on the old anime, and as fan, I am personally willing to wait for the next releases. I would like to emphasize, because somehow I think that I will be slammed for stating my opinion (based on the reaction to Watari's post), that I have not nor have ever complained about the speed of your releases. My comments are not intended to even touch that subject. Period.
Now, I think that I made the poll 50-50 just now. The only reason why I said NO is because I remember how heartwrenching it was when Tofusensei disappeared and L-E had to cease fansubbing it. I don't want to see that happen again, personally. On the otherhand, fans like myself had never known of L-E until Tsubasa S2 so it might be a good PR project. I believe in the above posts a translator came forward. I don't see why S3 would have to be dependent on Tofusensei. I believe that if enough staff members show interest you can probably do it without him. On the other hand, I don't know the internal workings of the group so that's just a shot in the dark.
Well, that's my two cents anyway. Back to ye ol' grindstone.
Cheers.
Now, I think that I made the poll 50-50 just now. The only reason why I said NO is because I remember how heartwrenching it was when Tofusensei disappeared and L-E had to cease fansubbing it. I don't want to see that happen again, personally. On the otherhand, fans like myself had never known of L-E until Tsubasa S2 so it might be a good PR project. I believe in the above posts a translator came forward. I don't see why S3 would have to be dependent on Tofusensei. I believe that if enough staff members show interest you can probably do it without him. On the other hand, I don't know the internal workings of the group so that's just a shot in the dark.
Well, that's my two cents anyway. Back to ye ol' grindstone.
Cheers.
It's been awhile, admittedly, but I was thinking about what Tsubasa was saying about L-E having to drop Tsubasa Chronicles and Nana and the potential loss of fans, and then I thought, well it doesn't hurt to ask, does it? So I was wondering if L-E would consider taking on Gakuen Alice. I know it has a pretty large fan base. It's an anime from a couple of years ago and it hasn't been licensed. I know L-E would do credit to this anime. I don't know about Raws, mind you, but I assume (big assumption here) that you can still download them. I know that I am showing ignorance here, so apologies. Still, perhaps one of the powers above might consider taking on this project. 
I wish L-E still did Nana at least; I miss that one the most. *sniff* Still reading and still a L-E fan. 
Anyway, I hope whatever existing issues do get worked out to everyone's satisfaction. I'm sad that a good and happy thing will not continue but I look forward to new projects. Thanks for the fansubs.
