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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 
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[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)
25
Dec
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!
Complete batch torrents for Pantsu Vamp… er… Rosario + Vampire Capu2 episodes 1 through 13.
19
Oct
lol I finally finished this. Batch will be out soon when Ichigo69 bothers to do it.
Thank you list in no particular order
BiGGuY for his awesome encoding.
ThaEagle for his awesome typesetting.
euronymous for his awesome karaoke.
Ayako translators for their shitty translation.
SpiegelEiXXL for his awesome motivation (calling me a slow faggot for months).
Korokun for some more awesome motivation.
QC team (rocketreal and mattchewwu2 for the most part) for their awesome patience with this shitty show.
Reinforce`zwei for not only QC, but also spot translation checks and translation of those shitty insert songs.
I’ll say right now that it’s doubtful that anyone will muster up the effort to do DVD releases. Korokun says he’s doing it, but you know that means it’s never being released. You’ll have to live with shitty rips that KissSub was doing.
Download: Rosario + Vampire Capu2 13 (h264) - [Bittorrent | IRC]
You know, there’s something about Haruka’s personality that I don’t really like. I think it’s how she’s always saying sorry this and sorry that, and that “I’m so helpless without you, Yuuto,” blah blah blah. I understand that this show is supposed to be catering to losers who wish they had a girl who was completely submissive and dependent on them and all that, but, seriously, I get tired of it after a while.
Now, Haruna, on the other hand… is a mature, sexy lady who’s not afraid to set that lacrosse ball on fire with her well-executed shots. And that’s hot.
I’d like to note that Crunchyroll’s translation for this episode improved significantly. Good job guys, seriously.
In this exciting and slightly scandalous episode of Nogizaka Haruka’s Secret, Haruka and Yuuto… um…
(Haruka: “If you *** it ** so deep…”
Yuuto: “L-Like ****?”)
…Haruka and Yuuto attend a doujinshi fair! (TL Note: doujinshi are self-published works from amateurs and sometimes professionals primarily in the fields of manga and anime (note courtesy of CR)) Also, a couple tsundere from well-known anime make guest appearances, and… what else… Oh! You lolicons out there are going to love this episode. Just thought I’d mention that.
By the way, we all have a working understanding of Japanese sound effects, right? Koku koku.
[non-Haruka note: as a result of some poor studying choices I've made in the past couple weeks, I will not be able to work on Seto no Hanayome for the next month or so, unless I am extremely lucky. However, this does not mean the project is dropped.]
[semi-SPOILER/helpful note: "ireru" means to insert something; it can also be used in the context of coloring, to 'fill in' a space with ink or pencil or what have you.]
So, I was watching Haruka on Crunchyroll, where I have a one-year subscription, because I support the American anime licensing industry — after all, Crunchyroll has done everything we in the anime community have been asking for for years (“I’d stop watching fansubs if Japan would just give us legal subs as soon as the episode came out in Japan”, etc. etc.), and I have to respect that…
There’s a lot of steam in an onsen/rotenburo. I understand that. But it’d be nice if the steam didn’t cover the entire screen for minutes at a time.
Oh my, I’m getting ahead of myself. Anyway, in this first episode of the second season of Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Haruka and her friends (Yoshiko and Naha, and some others too) go to a hot springs to relax. Pretty typical episode, though we do have a new character (I think she’s new anyway — I didn’t finish watching the first season).
The opening and ending songs are pretty nice as well, if you’re lucky enough to know Japanese (since Crunchyroll didn’t sub the songs and all).
Also, lacrosse is the best sport ever (Haruna > Haruka).
P.S.: Sorry for the delayed blog post for episode 1. Episode 2 blog post should be very soon (within a day or two of Crunchyroll airing it).
xess edit: I love CR (This is just a screenshot of what I see from CR, not the actual video)
