Year 1 Issue 4

Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 4

January 22-28 2020

I have finally decided that in order to be as complete as possible, Arcadia Dragnet needs to also cover fansub projects for Japanese animations of a sexual nature. I will be using the colloquial term "hentai" to refer to these. Unfortunately hentai fansubs are not nearly as well-documented or -collated as other fansub projects so there is every chance my coverage will be incomplete or flawed, please bear with me. Any feedback is, as always, much appreciated!

Beginning this week, I will be including a segment called Featured Fansubs, I think its name is pretty self-explanatory. This week I would like to Pandora to Akubi, fansubbed by HRI. This anime "movie" (it's really 2 loosely-connected shorts) is a joyous callback to the mid-70s, featuring piles of goofy cameos from classic Tatsunoko shows and excellently stylish animation. I've been waiting excitedly to watch this ever since the Japanese BDs released over 2 months ago, thank you so much HRI for maing that a reality! HRI seems to be a new group led by Myaamori, one of the regular translators for PA-Subs. Hopefully this won't be the last time I get to feature their work on Arcadia Dragnet.

Contemporary Anime- Unlicensed Shows

Thanks to akemilena, Kuutei Dragons is saved! This fansubber is working on the show at a ridiculously fast rate, releasing the first 5 episodes in the last week alone. Now is definitely the right time to give this charming little show a look!

This week AnonimOT released their fansubs for the final episode of Star Twinkle Precure, Shomentoppa Subs fansubbed the third and final episode of Battle Spirits Saga Brave, and Heroku finished their work on Iya na Kao Sarenagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai 2. Other groups continued with their weekly projects: Mezashite released episode 16 of Aikatsu on Parade, BuriBuri released episode 15 of Super Shiro, Some-Stuffs released episode 10 of Pokemon 2019, Impatience subbed episode 3 of Breakers, LCE subbed episode 4 of Hentatsu TV, and an anonymous fansubber released episode 3 of Dorohedoro. Nanatsu no Taizai- Kamigami no Gekirin is being worked on by two groups, with tenshisubs releasing episode 15 and Chyuu releasing episode 13. MoyaiSubs released Kiratto Pri-chan episode 77.

Contemporary Anime- Licensed Shows

Commie Subs continues their impressive track record for scheduling consistency, released Chihayafuru Season 3 episode 15, Ace of the Diamond Act II episode 43, and Haikyuu! To The Top episode 3. GoodJobMedia on the other hand only released Toaru Kagaku no Railgun 2 episode 3 this week.  Inu released Kyokou Suiri episode 3 and Asenshi released Heya Camp episode 3. For Madoka Magica: Magia Record, YameteTomete released subs for episode 2 and Doki Fansubs released subs for episode 3. Finally, Kaleido-Flax returned from a long hiatus to release Kimetsu no Yaiba episode 22.

Unfortunately for those waiting for good-quality releases of Ishuzoku Reviewers, Okay-Subs appears to have dropped the show. A group named OWO seems to be basically taking over where Okay-Subs left off.

Classic Anime

At the beginning of the week, Orphan Fansubs released Hiatari Ryoukou! Kasumi: You Were In My Dream, and with it they have now completed fansubbing Hiatari Ryoukou. Inka-Subs also completed a project, releasing episode 2 of SD Gundam's Counterattack, and a blogger named iklone released  fansubs for the Naoya Ishikawa short Docchi mo Maid.

This week was an especially productive one for classic anime-focused fansubbers. OldCastle released Paris no isabelle episode 11, BuriBuri released Crayon Shin-chan episode 30,  ParadiseHamsubs released Jewelpet Sunshine episode 49, LonelyChaser Fansubs released Powered Armor Dorvack episode 4, NoraInuG released Moeru! Oniisan episode 13 and Time Bokan Series: Otasukeman episode 18, Johnny-englishsubs released Dream Fighter Wigman episode 10, SenritsuSubs released Mahou no Princess Minky Momo episode 4, and SubsDeLaRosa released Red Baron episode 23. SakuraCircle also released their fansubs for Fortune Quest L episode 1, although they have made it clear that they do not intend to continue with the project.

Finally, I have a project of my own I would like to show off. My friends and I at TwinStarSubs are very happy to release Kiki & Lala in- The Princess of the Cygnus Constellation, the second Kiki & Lala OVA ever to be subtitled in English. This project was a multi-month struggle for us to complete, but I'm so happy to present our finished work now and I only hope that others enjoy it.

Hentai

As I learn more about this segment of the anime fansubbing scene, this section will get more fleshed out. For now, here is what I know enough about to share. SakuraCircle is a very productive fansub group- this week they released Overflow episode 4, Fukai ni Nemuru Oujo no Abaddon episode 1, Niplheim no Karyuudo: Branded Azel episode 1, and Chii-chan Kaihatsu Nikki episode 1. Puff meanwhile is a fansubber committed to releasing higher-quality edited versions of other groups' fansubs. This week they released improved versions of Aibeya the Animation, Aikagi the Animation, and Hitozuma Life One Time Girl.

Donghua & Aeni

As the need arises, this section will sometimes discuss English fansub projects for "aeni", or Korean animation. This week episode 6 of the aeni Closers: Side Blacklambs was fansubbed by an anonymous user. In terms of donghua, sacredgold released Douluo Dalu (Soul Land) episode 88, HaxTalks released Ze Tian Ji (Way of Choices) Season 3 episode 9, and GuodongSubs released Hu Yao Xiao Hong Niang (Fox Spirit Matchmaker) Season 8 episode 9.

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Again, if fansubbing at all interests you (and especially if you can speak Japanese) please leave a comment here and I will get in touch with you. This week approximately 14 hours' worth of anime that had not been available in English beforehand was fansubbed, but this is hardly anything compared to the absolutely vast amount of anime that is still left to translate. There is always room for new interested people to join in, and so long as we can continue maintaining the cycle of hard-working fans inspiring hard work in other fans, fansubbing is certainly not dead!