Fansub Review: [Nutbladder] Kaiji Season 2 (Episode 01)

I’m really not a fan of the way Nutbladder styled the narrator’s voice in this show (“Daga! Shikashi!” becomes “But! But!!!” and there are many sentences that aren’t actually sentences – ex. “As the seasons change!”). But I can see the argument to be made for Nutbladder. In this case, I’m willing to write it … Read more

Fansub Review: [Hatsuyuki-Tsuki] Hanasaku Iroha (Episode 01)

Like Underwater-Commie, Hayatsuki-Tsuki edited the original HorribleSubs script.

Happy note from Dark_Sage: They didn’t say “hush”! Yatta! And in fact, this review made me realize a fundamental problem with my reviews: they focus on the negative, rather than the positive.

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Fansub Review: [Doki] Hanasaku Iroha (Episode 01)

This took me longer than I wanted to write up. Sorry ’bout that. Before I even get to the English of this review, let me tell you this: the Crunchyroll version and Doki’s version both have their good points. The English is better in the HorribleSubs release, but the karaoke and song translations provided by … Read more

Fansub Review: [UTW-Mazui] Steins;Gate

This is a combination of groups that was supposed to make me cream my pants. “Dark_Sage OMG these guys are so good they are perfect you are so shit compared to them!” is something I hear often when I tell people I don’t find either group to be the greatest thing in the world. Ah, the problems I face for not being retarded.

As a little treat for you all, I’m going to go a bit more in-depth with my analyses on this review. Let me show you how a real editor handles this shit.

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