Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 14
April 1 - 7, 2020
Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet, are you all finding ways to keep well? I've been doing pretty well myself, things are a bit stressful but I'm fine. I finally watched
Rose of Versailles this year, it's every bit as excellent as people have been saying for years! (It also tangentially got me hooked on the French Republican Calendar which by the way is an incredible calendar!) I also watched
Demon City Shinjuku,
Higepiyo,
Megane na Kanojo,
eX-Driver,
Golgo 13 1983 and
Queen Bee, and the
Akuma-kun movie, and a couple days ago I picked up
Motto Ojamajo Doremi... it's so good! Incredible character writing!
Anime has been a really strong coping mechanism for me, I've always found comfort in thinking about these cartoons instead of spending brain power considering the real-life things that stress me out. Fansubbing is also a passion for me, and I'll be revealing more about what I've been up to later. Anyway, on to the list!
Contemporary Anime- Unlicensed
A new anime season always brings with it new shows that aren't being officially subtitled, but fortunately fansubbers are often there to remedy the situation!
Hoshi-no-Yume FS, fresh off finishing their subs for
Beyblade Burst GT, released episodes 1 and 2 of
Beyblade Burst Sparking, and
Mezashite continued their commitment to Aikatsu with episode 1 of the
Aikatsu on Parade ONA series.
MoyaiSubs stepped in to provide subs for episode 1 of
Mewlkedreamy, which was also subbed by a new fansubber
Lucomorya. an anon from /m/ subbed episode 1 of
Tomica Kizuna Earth Granner, Neo Ark Cradle user
RedKaZero subbed episode 1 of
Yugioh SEVENS, and the YouTube channel
Mi2 subbed episode 1 of
Gal-gaku: Hijiri Girls Square Gakuin.
In more regular news,
Some-Stuffs released episode 20 of
Pokemon 2019,
MoyaiSubs released episode 88 of Kiratto Pri-chan, Doremi Fansubs released episode 26 of Ojamajo Doremi Comedy Theatre, Lumpstud released episode 14 of The Snack World, and e
pisode 10 of Healin' Good♡Precure was subbed by Serenae and
the usual anon. A new group named
hoshiboshi-e released fansubs for episodes 3 and 4 of
Brand New Animal, extensively editing
AnimacitySubs's work from a couple weeks ago.
Two new OVAs in the
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series came out and
JoJo's Colored Adventure quickly put together subs for them.
Some-Stuffs plan to soon fansub them themselves, but this week they released a slightly improved version of their subs for Millionaire Village, now with video from the BDs.
The
Re:Zero- Frozen Bonds OVA was released, and there are fansubs available! Currently all available subs seem to be based on
SNUser's release. Finally,
wildfangboss (the new alias of scanslator Ichido Reichan) released a subbed version of the
Sumikko Gurashi movie.
Contemporary Anime- Licensed
This week
GoodJobMedia was incredibly productive, releasing subs for episode 8 of Senryuu Shoujo, episode 9 of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T, the first Ascendance of a Bookworm OVA and episode 1 of Ascendance of a Bookworm season 2. Asenshi released episode 12 of Heya Camp, Judas released episode 12 of Ishuzoku Reviewers, Kaleido-subs and μtw released episode 8 of Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia, and Doki Fansubs released episode 13 of Madoka Magica: Magia Record while YameteTomete subbed episode 6
.
Asakura put out a batch release of their work on Isekai Quartet season 2, including some touch-ups to their earlier subs. SNSbu released their own version of Houkago no Pleiades. GenmCorp released episode 1 of Initial D 5th Stage, but they do not plan to continue fansubbing the show.
For BD releases, MTBB released the first 2 volumes of Oregairu season 1 (encompassing episodes 1 - 4), Foxtrot released volumes 3 and 4 of Vinland Saga (encompassing episodes 13 - 24), Kaleido-subs and Flax Subs released volume 9 of Kimetsu no Yaiba (encompassing episodes 20 and 21), and ColdFusion released all 51 episodes of Saint Seiya Omega season 1.
Classic Anime
This week,
shiteatersubs released episode 11 of
Chikkun Takkun,
NoraInuG released episode 21 of
Moeru! Oniisan,
OldCastle released episode 5 of
Ashita e Attack,
ParadiseHamsubs released episodes 117 and 118 of
Hamtaro, and
Inka-Subs released episode 14 of
Chou Kousoku Galvion and the
Akuma-kun movie (1989). A new group named
ChuySub has begun fansubbing
Majokko Megu-chan, releasing episodes 2 - 4.
Live-eviL released an edited version of their subs for
Windaria, now timed to video from the DVD.
GutsySubs released subs timed to improved video sources for
Fly! Peek the Whale and
Cool Cool Bye.
Wisperer released episodes 17 - 28 of
Princess Sara, and
shiteatersubs put out a batch release of
Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater OVA & Movie Collection, including improved subtitles for
Go! Go! Ackman and
Savings Warrior Cashman.
April Fools lasts for 2 days in the fansubbing world, and while some of the fun releases were discussed last week, the biggest gags will be covered here!
Some-Stuffs attempted to confuse their fans by releasing episode 20 of
Pokemon (1997), while a group going simply as
duwang released joke subs for the 10th episode of
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4, transcribing lines from the infamous "Duwang" translation of the manga.
ChingKittyCat posted an "English-subbed" episode 100 of
Hoshi no Kirby that instead "translates" Kirby's sounds as existential crises and the words spoken by other characters as a series of "poyo"s. Finally, a colossal collaboration of
14 fansub groups released subs for
Tenkuu Danzai Skelter Heaven, including one set of sincere and polished subs and one joke set meant to emulate the style and jank of older fansubs.
Hentai and Donghua
This week,
SakuraCircle released episode 2 of
Shikijou Kyoudan, episode 1 of
Kyonyuu Princess Saimin, episode 1 of
Ore no Yubi de Midarero, and both episodes of
Inmou.
Puff also released episode 1 of
Kyonyuu Princess Saimin along with episodes 1 and 2 of
Shikijou Kyoudan and both episodes of
Hump Bang.
lamonae released episode 33 of
Cream Lemon.
For donghua,
VersusSubs released episode 7 of
Wu Liuqi Zhi Zui Qiang Fa Xing Shi (Scissor Seven) and
Troy released episodes 1 and 2 of
Wan Sheng Jie (All Saints Street). Other donghua fansubs can be found on
AnimeXin.
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AsperaCircle (some indulgent self-promo)
While in the future I'll have more to say here in a more formalized way, today I'd like to use this section to talk a little bit more about what I've been up to lately:
As I've mentioned in the past, I myself as a fansubber! Specifically I'm an editor, I look at translated scripts and check them for mistakes (spelling/punctuation/spacing), awkward phrasings, tone, proper line length, etc. I am currently a member of 7 groups including
shiteatersubs: their release this week of
Chikkun Takkun episode 11 was partly edited by me!
I also run my own fansub group, AsperaCircle! My group focuses on obscure, shorter projects, basically anything I or my friends run across that we are interested in. This week AsperaCircle put out releases for 2 short anime from the early 2010s-
Usagi no Mofy and
Wake Up, Tamala. You can find torrent links for them
here and
here.
Fansubbing is my favourite hobby and it's such a joy to share it with others!
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And that wraps up this week's Arcadia Dragnet. Stay safe, keep well, and best wishes.
