Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 5
January 29 - February 4, 2020
Happy February! One month and 5 issues in, Arcadia Dragnet is now the longest-lasting blog project I have ever worked on (and no, I will never link to any of my embarrassingly-poor previous attempts). Thank you to everyone who's followed along, there is lots more to come!
For this week's Featured Fansubs, I want to discuss the Ishuzoku Reviewers situation. Funimation's decision to stop licensing this anime after episode 3 was possibly the biggest controversy in English-speaking anime fandom last month, and controversies have a tendency to drive fans to act. Episode 4 has currently been subbed by two groups, RottenSub and Judas, and in my opinion Judas' subs are superior in every way. This is, to my knowledge, the first time Judas has released an original translation for a show; the translation is thanks to Cannongerbil of CGTranslations. Hopefully Judas and Cannongerbil will continue collaborating to make this show available to English anime fans.
Contemporary Anime- Unlicensed Shows
In terms of regular weekly projects, Mezashite released episode 17 of Aikatsu on Parade, BuriBuri released episode 16 of Super Shiro, Some-Stuffs released episode 11 of Pokemon 2019, Impatience subbed episode 4 of Breakers, and anon subs released for episode 4 of Dorohedoro, MoyaiSubs released episode 78 of Kiratto Pri-chan, JapariSub released episode 14 of Chokotto Anime Kemono Friends 3, and Hoshi-no-Yume FS released episode 43 of Beyblade Burst GT. akemilena released episodes 6-9 of Kuutei Dragons, Yamanaideoneesama released episode 3 of Natsunagu!, and for Nanatsu no Taizai- Kamigami no Gekirin, tenshisubs released episode 16 and Chyuu released episode 14.
This February the newest show in the Precure franchise, Healin' Good♡Precure, began airing, and as usual there are anonymous fansubs available. Lumpstud continued their work on 2017's The Snack World, releasing episode 12. GoodJobMedia released fansubs for the PA Works-produced ad series Koitabi: True Tours Nanto, while Saizen Fansubs released subs for the Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san OVA.
Strike The Blood: Kieta Seisou-hen has been subbed by a Nyaa user named Escl, but these subs are in a very dubious state. Similarly, subs for the 4th One Punch Man 2nd Season OVA were uploaded by a user named PopeStumpy, but both their quality and their origin are suspect. Finally, for those who cannot wait to watch new episodes of Natsunagu! you can visit Mutsurini-Translations; this group also fansubs Overflow and Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki 2nd Season. The translations are... decent, but spelling and grammar errors are frequent so I would still recommend other groups / official subs over them.
Contemporary Anime- Licensed Shows
Commie Subs, again keeping perfectly on schedule, released Chihayafuru Season 3 episodes 15.5 and 16, Ace of the Diamond Act II episode 44, and Haikyuu! To The Top episode 4. GoodJobMedia released Eizouken episode 4, Inu released Kyokou Suiri episode 4, Asenshi released Heya Camp episode 4, and MapleClub released episode 1 of Bofuri. YameteTomete released episode 3 of Madoka Magica: Magia Record and Doki Fansubs released episode 5 of the same.
Classic Anime
Two long-lasting fansub projects are nearing their end: OldCastle released Paris no Isabelle episode 12, leaving only 1 episode remaining, and ParadiseHamsubs released Jewelpet Sunshine episode 50, leaving only 2 episodes remaining. ParadiseHamsubs also revamped their own subtitles for Hamtaro episode 271. BuriBuri released Crayon Shin-chan episode 31, NoraInuG released Moeru! Oniisan episode 14, STE-Subs released episode 18 of Rockman.EXE, SquareSubs released episode 18 of Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! WGP, The Skaro Hunting Society released their subs for episode 62 of Pokemon 1997, and Operation: Hoshi no Kaabii Fansubs released episode 88 of Hoshi no Kirby.
Hentai
SakuraCircle had another impressive week, releasing Overflow episode 5, Niplheim no Karyuudo: Branded Azel episode 2, Hitozuma, Mitsu to Niku episode 2, Enjo Kouhai episode 1, and Tonari no Ie no Annete-san The Animation. Puff released a higher-quality version of Chii-chan Kaihatsu Nikki episode 1, building off of SakuraCircle's subs.
Donghua
This week sacredgold's release of Douluo Dalu (Soul Land) episode 89 came out. A user named MellowJunky machine-translated the first compilation movie of Qiang Sheng Ji (Age of Gunslingers), please be aware that the translation is exceptionally poor.
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Thank you to everyone who has been viewing and sharing Arcadia Dragnet, it makes me so glad to see others appreciating my goofy little project. Any suggestions, criticisms, and other comments are always appreciated! Until next week~
I am so pumped to see Jewelpet Sunshine being almost finished! Anime for children are too rarely licensed and fansubbers drop the shows too often - though I understand that, it's a lot of work that's usually met with silence and/or complaints - which is why I try to thank fantranslators as often as possible. And I see there are people on Nyaa who comment with simple "Thanks!" - I don't think it's enough for this amount of work, but it's a good start.
ReplyDeleteAnd also! Last week I complained that I can't watch too high quality anime as my computer is broken - and just after doing that it told me there are updates and now I can :3 So, time for some HENTAIS!
Yo that's so great, I'm glad your Nvidia issues are sorted out :)
ReplyDeleteMy first experience as a fansubber was in 2018 helping SquareSubs release episodes of the children's anime Dash! Yonkuro and Yume no Crayon Oukoku. Anime made for kids are so important and good, I think it's a real shame that Western companies haven't yet properly tried to localize and market these shows, surely there's an audience for them!
Thanks for commenting again, all the best.