Year 1 Issue 8

Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 8

  February 19 - 25, 2020

Hello readers, welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet. Last week I watched the Sukeban Deka OVA purely because someone I follow on Twitter mentioned Shinji Wada's name and I'm glad I did, it's a narratively-crazy, action-packed, campy and emotionally-sincere time. Unfortunately it, like many great 80s and 90s OVAs, adapts a very small part of a very long story, and now I will spend the rest of my life wishing that a full-length adaptation was made in this style! Ah well, this is the kind of suffering you become accustomed to when delving into older obscure anime.

Oh for those of you who are interested in independent Japanese animation, I would strongly recommend you check out the animator Tarafu Otani. I found out about him via this tweet from Twitter user animegolem, his material is available on Vimeo and YouTube, I especially enjoyed his work on the music video Harmonia.

Contemporary Anime- Unlicensed

This week, BuriBuri released episode 19 of Super Shiro, Some-Stuffs released episode 14 of Pokemon 2019, Mezashite released episode 20 of Aikatsu on Parade Impatience released episode 7 of Breakers, MoyaiSubs released episodes 82 and 83 of Kiratto Pri-chan, Hoshi-no-Yume FS released episode 46 of Beyblade Burst GT, Mutsurini-Translations released episode 8 of Natsunagu!, an anon released subs for episode 7 of Dorohedoro, and episode 4 of Healin' Good♡Precure received the usual anon subs as well as fansubs done by a new group named Serenae.

Hentatsu TV episodes 5-8 have now been subbed by anons on 4chan. SNSbu fansubbed last year's Prisma Illya: Prisma Phantasm OVA. Collectr completed FFFansubs' work on Petit Gargantia.

Contemporary Anime- Licensed

Well, this was a very standard week. Commie Subs released Chihayafuru Season 3 episodes 19 and 20, Ace of the Diamond Act II episode 47, and Haikyuu! To The Top episode 7. Asenshi released Heya Camp episode 7, MapleClub released episode 4 of Bofuri, GoodJobMedia released episode 7 of Eizouken, Asakura released episodes 6 and 7 of Isekai Quartet season 2, tenshisubs released episode 19 of Nanatsu no Taizai- Kamigami no Gekirin while Chyuu released episode 16 of the same, and Judas released episode 7 of Ishuzoku Reviewers.

Classic Anime

For ongoing projects, Inka-Subs released episode 12 of Chou Kousoku Galvion, SquareSubs released episode 19 of Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! WGP, GANGO and South Wind Subs released episode 6 of Wandering Girl Nell, GANGO released episode 18 of Madou King Granzort, ToranSubs released episode 41 of Deltora Quest, and Johnny-englishsubs released episode 11 of UFO Robot Grendizer. OldCastle released fansubs for the obscure OVA Noroi no One Piece. Wisperer released episodes 8 and 9 of Princess Sara, and AnimeShinigami released episodes 43 and 44 of Saikyo Robo Daioja.

A few fansub groups released revised fansubs with small fixes: OldCastle released a batch for Paris no Isabelle, Kiteseekers and Licca Fansubs released a batch for Idol Densetsu Eriko, and peachflavored released a greatly-improved version of Panzer Dragoon.

Other

SakuraCircle again has been the main source for contemporary hentai, releasing Overflow episode 8 and Meltys Quest episode 1. The first episode of classic 80s hentai OVA Aoi Taiken was released by either an anonymous group or a group named WIP, I'm not sure.

For donghua, VersusSubs released episode 2 of Wu Liuqi Zhi Zui Qiang Fa Xing Shi (Scissor Seven), GuodongSubs released episode 9 and 10 of Hu Yao Xiao Hong Niang (Fox Spirit Matchmaker) Season 8, and MellowJunky released episode 3 of Qiang Sheng Ji (Age of Gunslingers) season 3. Many new episodes of many donghua were released on AnimeXim but I am not sure who is responsible for fansubbing them, for now I will direct you to visit there if you are interested in watching more donghua but be aware that there are many ads!

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Fansub Classifieds

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Fansub Classifieds, a new feature section of this blog where fansub groups' postings for new members will be collected and promoted. This section is still in development and any additional information or suggestions for improvement would be very appreciated!


Specter Subs recently posted a Tweet advertising for more members. This group is looking for experienced fansubbers and people who can work with vector graphics. The group specializes in working on the Yo-kai Watch anime. Please fill out this Member Application if you are interested.

South Wind Subs has been advertising for members for a long time, this group focuses on older anime. More information on the group and the roles that can be filled is available here. Please contact JohnnyChuck on MAL if you're interested in helping out.

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And that does it for another week, thank you again for reading Arcadia Dragnet, all comments / suggestions / random anime thoughts are welcome in the comments. Hope you have a good week :)