Spring 2011 Fansub Review Wrap-Up [Final]
Fansub Review, Website — By Dark_Sage on July 11, 2011 5:21 am
We’re now in the new season, so I’m just posting this for archival purposes, basically. Any reviews I didn’t get to may be considered dropped. You’re probably not missing anything as I did a LOT of reviews already. Anyway, enjoy.
30-Sai no Hoken Taiiku
SubDesu [Review Here]
Doki [Review Here]
My pick: Doki
SubDesu’s subs hardly resembled English.
A-Channel
Doki [Review Here]
Eve-Taku [Review Here]
HQ-Team [Will Not Review] (Dropped)
pwq [Review Here] (Dropped or delayed)
Saitei [Review Here]
SHiN-gx [Review Here]
My Pick: pwq
To be honest, you’d be good with any of these groups, but I thought pwq’s was slightly better.
Ano Hana
Ayako-Delight [Will Not Review] (Dropped)
Doki [Review Here]
Frozen [Review Here]
gg [Review Here]
Koharubi-Mango [Will Not Review] (Dropped)
m.3.3.w [Review Here]
Taka [Review Here]
UTW [Review Here]
My pick: UTW
Ao no Exorcist
Woodbridge [Will Not Review] (I’m in their group. You may blame the QC for any problems. Not my fault~)
gg [Review Here]
Chibisui-Subs [Will Not Review] (They seem to just rip other scripts and add nothing to them. Some guy on IRC was even talking about how they made their ripped scripts worse. Lol)
Hatsuyuki-Hadena [Review Here]
Kata-Subs [Review Here]
My pick: Woodbridge
I’m biased.
Astarotte no Omocha
Asuka-Subs [Review Here]
Ayakashi [Will Not Review] (I’m not sure if they do anything besides rip subs…)
ILMNW [Review Here] (Dropped)
pwq [Will Not Review]
Tonde [Will Not Review] (Dropped)
Underwater-Commie [Review Here]
My pick: Underwater-Commie
U-C’s edits don’t terribly suck. Great job.
Battle Girls – Time Paradox/Sengoku Otome
Akatsuki [Review Here] (Group dissolved)
HorribleSubs [Review Here]
Kyouki-Tsuki [Review Here]
My pick: HorribleSubs
Kyouki-Tsuki is waptarded and Akatsuki dissolved. HorribleSubs is the victor by default.
C – The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
gg [Review Here]
Doki [Review Here]
Hatsuyuki [Review Here] (Dropped)
Nutbladder [Review Here] (Dropped)
Whine-Subs [Will Not Review] (This is the whiners.pro group)
My Pick: Whine-Subs
I’m biased.
Deadman Wonderland
GotWoot [Will Not Review] (I was in this group)
HorribleSubs [Review Here] [Re-Review Incoming, cuz I heard they got worse after episode 1]
SGKK-Ruri [Review Here]
Umee [Review Here]
My pick: GotWoot
GotWoot’s slow, but I’m biased. Your best alternative is probably Umee.
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
Doki [Review Here] [Second Look]
Mazui [Review Here] [Second Look]
Underwater-Commie [Review Here] [Second Look]
GotWoot [Will Not Review] [“Second Look”] (I was in this group)
My pick: GotWoot
Notice a theme that I tend to pick out the groups that I’m in as being the best for a given series? Alternative choice: Doki.
Dog Days
Interrobang [Review Here]
Ayako [Review Here]
Chihiro [Will Not Review] Dropped
Hina-Hiryuu [Review Here]
Ruri [Review Here]
My pick: Hina-Hiryuu
H-H did a pretty good job, but their commas…
Dororon Enma-kun Meramera
gg [Review Here]
Hanasaku Iroha
Underwater-Commie [Review Here]
Hayatsuki-Tsuki [Review Here]
Doki [Review Here]
HorribleSubs [Review Here]
SHiN-gx [Review Here]
Splazm [Will Not Review] (Splazm appears to be a straight CR re-encode group)
My Pick: Underwater-Commie
I actually liked every release listed here. The differences are minute enough that you really can’t go wrong. But the best release, in my mind, is Underwater-Commie. Their English was the best.
Hen Zemi
HiNA-Wasurenai [Review Here] [Re-Review]
Interrobang [Review Here]
WhyNot? [Review Here]
My Pick: WhyNot?
WhyNot? mixes the sensible translation of IB with the decent editing of Hina. Naisu job.
Hidan no Aria
Chihiro [Review Here]
Doki [Review Here]
gg [Will Not Review] (I watched their release. It was terrible. But gg also said they’re doing it as a troll, so I didn’t review it. Avoid~)
UTW [Review Here]
My pick: UTW
They did a nice job. But I heard their episode 1 release was shit.
Highschool of the Dead OVA
Hiryuu [Review Here]
IB [Review Here]
My pick: Hiryuu
Slightly better than IB’s.
Honto ni Atta! Reibai Sensei
Interrobang [Will Not Review] (It’s a five-minute flash animation.)
My pick: Interrobang
by default.
Hoshizora e Kakeru Hoshi
Afroman [Review Here] Dropped :(
Doki-Chihiro [Review Here]
CTSS-TZM [Will Not Review] Dropped
Hatsuyuki [Review Here]
Ryuumaru [Review Here]
My pick: Ryuumaru
Fewer errors than D-C.
Hyouge Mono
Huzzah [Review Here]
My pick: Huzzah
by default.
Kaiji Season 2
Espada [Review Here]
Nutbladder [Review Here]
Triad [Review Here]
Underwater-Commie [Review Here]
My pick: Triad
Triad does their shit serious business-like.
Maria+Holic Alive
Commie [Review Here] Dropped~
HorribleSubs [Review Here]
My pick: HorribleSubs
Morita-san wa Mukuchi
Kata-Subs [Review Here]
Moshidora
Frozy [Review Here]
gg [Review Here]
My pick: Frozy
Even though their encoding is derp, their script was better.
Nana to Kaoru
ANE [Will Not Review] (Re-encode of other subs)
Bitch-Subs [Review Here]
GotWoot [No Review Incoming] (I was a QC on this, hence, biased)
Kata-Subs [Will Not Review] (cuz fuck this anime)
SubDesu [Will Not Review] (lol, SubDesu)
My pick: GotWoot
I’m biased. GotWoot’s leader kept praising BitchSubs, so go with theirs if you want. They did a pretty good job.
Naruto Shippuden Movie 4
CSS [Review Here]
HiddenSubs [Review Here]
Tsuki [Review Here]
My pick: Tsuki
Hands down.
Nichijou
Coalgirls [Review Here]
Doki [Review Here]
HorribleSubs [Will Not Review] (Reason: U-C/Coal expands on their release)
Underwater-Commie [Review Here]
My Pick: Underwater-Commie
I made a screenshot comparison post here. It appears most people thought Doki had a worse translation.
Ore-Tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
HorribleSubs [Will Not Review] (I don’t know how they could beat Shikkaku’s release…)
Shikkaku [Review Here]
lilgh0st/MSPN [Will Not Review] (Dropped)
My pick: Shikkaku
Pretty Rhythm – Aurora Dream
FFFPeeps [Review Here]
KiteSeekers-Wasurenai [Review Here]
My pick: KiteSeekers-Wasurenai
I think they cared more about this show, even though it sucks.
Seikon no Qwaser II
CTSS [Will Not Review] (Haven’t watched first season, won’t watch second. Sorry~)
Doki [Will Not Review] (Haven’t watched first season, won’t watch second. Sorry~)
Sub-Desu [Will Not Review] (Haven’t watched first season, won’t watch second. Sorry~)
Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi
Akatsuki [Will Not Review] Group’s dead
HorribleSubs [Review Incoming]
Ryuumaru [Review Here]
Sekai [Will Not Review]
Sket Dance
HorribleSubs [Review Here]
Hatsuyki [Review Here]
My pick: Hayatsuki
They did pretty well.
Showa Monogatari
Hatsuyuki-Hadena [Review Here]
Softenni/Soft Tennis
Ayako-Nishishi [Review Here] (Note: Not reviewed by Dark_Sage, so as to ensure impartiality)
Chiki [Review Here]
FFFPeeps [Review Here]
Hiryuu [Review Here]
My Pick: Ayako-Nishishi
I’m biased. Alternative choice: Hiryuu.
Steins;Gate
Commie [Review Here] (Note: I was drinking rageahol when I reviewed this)
UTW-Mazui [Review Here] (They dropped the series)
Steins;Subs [No Review Incoming] (I took a quick look at their CR-ripped script and compared it to Commie’s. It was worse.)
HorribleSubs [No Review Incoming] (Commie edits off their release, making this inferior by default.)
Splazm [No Review Incoming] (I believe they also rip from CR without any major edits.)
HorribleSubs-Remux-NFR [No Review Incoming] (CR Re-encode)
My Pick: Commie
Uhh, your only choice is pretty much Commie. They did a pretty shit job of editing, though.
Tiger & Bunny
Commie [Review Here]
YouSmell [Will Not Review] (Hardcoded fonts as small as possible. It’s not their fault, since they just ripped the stream release, but I’d wait on Commie)
The World God Only Knows II
Chihiro [Will Not Review] (I haven’t seen the first season, so I won’t be watching subs for the second.)
HorribleSubs [Will Not Review]
Time Paladin Sakura
HiNA [Review Here] [Re-Review Was Intended, but it’s too late for me to care about that]
Toriko
A-Destiny [Will Not Review] (Note: I have actually watched the episode, and it is shit.)
A-Destiny_SGKK [Review Here] [Re-Review Here]
AE-Kaen [Review Here] (Dropped)
X-Men
Commie [Review Here]
Weapon+ [Review Here]
My pick: Weapon+
They did better on error mitigation.
Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san
FFFPeeps [Review Here]
Interrobang [Review Here]
WhyNot? [Review Here]
My Pick: FFFPeeps
FFFPeeps managed to be hilarious and sensical. Good job.
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Shounen Heart [Review Here]
Oni-B [Will Not Review] (same translation base as Shounen Heart, but not as shit)
My pick: Oni-B
They both sucked, but Shounen Heart’s was worse by far.
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