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[–] [email protected] 119 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I remember the days of high quality fansubs by people who were just doing it for free because they loved it.

Those still exist and still give you a better consumer experience than these fucking dogshit streaming services.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago

Yeah, there are so many Japanese shows out there that only have subs because people liked them so much that they wanted to share them. It's basically the reason that anime and manga even became relevant in the west.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

Yeah I still rely on fansubs for all my jdramas that don’t get official releases outside Japan (which is still most of them). The quality is instantly obvious compared to machine-generated crap.

Cultural context and an understanding of tone and narrative coherence is critical for subtitles if you want to do justice to the quality of the writing in the original language.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

ML will never throw an explanation on screen because it doesn't know there needs to be one.

[–] skisnow 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah the irony of it all is that professionally subtitled shows were already inferior to fansubs, because the fansubbers were a self-selecting group of people who were fans of that show specifically. I guess Crunchyroll realized that their subs sucked anyway so why pay money for them?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Don’t forget that those fansubbers also want the watchers to get the feeling of the Japanese dubs, switching out sentences to match the voiced lines and still bring you the message, while non-fans just translate it.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Just let us buy the files DRM free. Why is that so hard? The music industry did it. The games industry did it. Why won't TV or Film?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

At this point I'm done even asking.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Some parts of the gaming industry did, the vast majority still won't provide content drm free.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Fair, but it seems the TV and Movie industry hasn't even tried at all.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Time to cancel my Crunchyroll subscription. Oh wait I don't have one, I simply torrent my series.

Seriously now. The anime fansubbing scene is one that makes me genuinely happy. It shows me there are plenty amateurs out there that are as good or better than plenty professionals like me.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Sadly the german fansubbing scene basically evaporated when simulcast became a thing. 15 years ago you got some amazing subs, with signs translated (even when moving through the screen) and cultural information shown when it was needed to understand a scene or joke

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If they could figure a way to make you pay without providing any service at all they absolutely would.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that's what landlords figure

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 days ago

And capitalism continues to ruin everything

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If anyone trusted Crunchyroll after they removed comments and reviews, it's honestly kind of their fault, as much as I hate victim blaming. They have shown who they are time and time again, it's not hard to believe them.

Though, I think anyone in this community very likely already knows exactly who they are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They removed comments and reviews yikes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Yeah, they didn't want to moderate them so they just removed the functionality entirely. The one thing that website had going for it lol

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

I think they need to step back a little and address their quality control before they try to embrace the AI bandwagon on captions/subtitles.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

They can want me to pay for it all they want, Crunchyroll has never and will never see a penny from my ass.

Shit, the last time fucking Funimation saw a penny from me was back when the DBZ orange box sets were on shelves, motherfuck Crunchroll lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As much as people hate on dubs, this one reason I’m glad I tend to focus on them. The ADR team does a great job of translating and localization. Is it word for word the same as Japanese? No, if you want that, use AI. This keeps the spirit while making sure it’s more culturally understandable.

[–] skisnow 12 points 5 days ago

Just wait, AI dubs are next

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I don't watch anime but I do dislike greedy companies. I have a couple hundred gigabytes to spare, how can I help?