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I’m sure some of you have been wondering where the fuck the new episodes are at. Well here is a status update to put out the fire.
Episode 5 was delayed for a bit because of real life issues, but we are now back on track with the rest of the show. As for Episode 6 it is currently being QC’ed so expect to see 6 soon. And just in case your wondering. Episode 7 is being edited as we speak and should be at QC sometime tonight.
And now I give you a message from the TL of the show:
“Hii minna-san! I’m quite new to this whole thing, so I probably don’t know many of you yet, but to introduce myself!, I’m midsummer and I’m your translator for Sora no Woto 
I’d like to apologize for our episodes being so late lately – school and real life and all that got really hectic for me – but I’d like to assure you that things will be picking up really soon! Episodes 6 and 7 are already tled and will be out asap, and hopefully we’ll be able to continue at this pace! Yoroshiku onegaishimasu~ ^^”
Anyway enough fucking around. Here is episode 5, enjoy.
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(I wrote this a long time ago, November sometime, forgot to post it)
At the risk of making this sound like a Coalguys rant about subbing techniques (maybe they don’t do this anymore, haven’t been to their site in ages), I’d like to take a line-by-line analysis of a Crunchyroll script (script courtesy of HorribleSubs):
Butler: Do you have any questions?
Yuuto: Well if not any, everything is questionable,
Yuuto: but…what should I do right now?
Now, that’s annoying because it’s unreadable. But don’t worry, it gets better (by which I mean that it gets worse):
Touka: When I say grilled fish, I mean Ma-Iwashi (true sardine)!
Touka: Why would you use Urume-Iwashi(imitation sardine)!?
TL note time: Ma-Iwashi == Japanese sardine; Urume-Iwashi == round herring. Both ma- and urume-iwashi are of the family Clupeidae, but while the Japanese sardine is of the genus Sardinops, the round herring is of the genus Etrumeus.
But what’s important isn’t scientific classification (please tell me if I’m wrong about this, by the way — I used Wiki as my guide) — it’s the fact that there’s no reason to leave ma-iwashi untranslated and *also* put a translation next to it. Even worse is the fact that CR calls urume-iwashi “imitation sardines.” Urume-iwashi aren’t imitation sardines, any more than cod is “imitation salmon.” Okay, well, that’s a bit further off, but you get the idea. (To my idea, the appellation “imitation sardines” implies the falsity that urume-iwashi are artificially processed, like imitation crab.)
But I think the thing that made me saddest about CR’s subbing this time was this:
Touka: Wh-who are you calling an underdeveloped pet tiger!?
Crunchyroll: please hire anime fans to do your subbing, and please treat us like we’re a bit more intelligent than fifth graders. We’d appreciate it.
Oh wait, this is an anime blog isn’t it — I’m supposed to talk about the anime. Well, in this episode, Ayase Yuuto takes the stocking off of a loli and touches her **** with a long stick. My brain was pretty much on loli-overload the entire episode, so I’m not actually sure what went on. (Speaking of which, NHNH has gotten more fanservice-y since last season, hasn’t it? I guess they have to compete with crap like Kanokon and such… Shame they’re stooping so low in the name of gaining a wider audience.) Sorry, guess you’ll have to stream the episode on Crunchyroll yourself (if you’re not from the United States of Manifest Destiny, guess you’re not blessed enough to watch it on their site — I’m sure you’ll find another way 
)
[Other translation notes: Khorosho (pronounced something closer to "khuh-ru-sho") is a Russian word that means, approximately, "good" or "fine", and is a word of praise (thank you to my linguist friend who helped me on that). A zanba-tou is a big sword (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanbat%C5%8D).]
10
Jan
Im too lazy to make a legit blog post.
So here is So.Ra.No.Wo.To Episode 1
Enjoy
Edit: While I’m equally lazy too I have to hand it to Saoen to take the ball and run with this project. I’m equally thrilled to work on something new with Yuurisan, while still tackling older shows that ‘will’ get done.
So.Ra.No.Wo.To. is like a cutesy moeblob gone war, with lots of beautiful visual to boot within it’s 3rd world imaginative country name, Seize! Personally, (although I am working on it…) I will definitely keep up watching this show as much as possible to see what’ll happen next, and I hope you will too!
Edit2: Didn’t know Seize was a real city afterall! It seems the staff of Sora no Woto did some pre-prepping too! (Cuenca, Spain)
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While things aren’t always on the up and up, we all from m33w-staff, qc, and those who work underground wish you a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Years. May all things come to those who work hard and desire for a new self, goal or achievement in mind.
And it may not come to a suprise to you folks, but we probably will not pick up anything this season as well, but you never know. I, for one, will not rest until the job is done. Old or new, forgotten or stranded, I will push and pull till it is over.
Anyway, cheers to 2010!
We’ll keep you posted on any new news that may come!
