Translation Face-Off: [Underwater-Commie vs. Doki] Nichijou (Episode 01)

So I got quite a bit of heat in some channels for not pointing out how different Doki’s translations of Nichijou were from Commie’s translations. Where there are differences this large, they deserve to be seen. As an editor, I can only competently speak about English quality, but I decided to post a side-by-side of the translations for Nichijou.

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Fansub Review: [Doki] Nichijou (Episode 01)

This is a review of Doki’s Nichijou release. It’s aimed at helping you to choose which fansub group’s release to watch. EDIT: I should note that I only reviewed the English of this release. Apparently the translation had some inconsistencies with another group. This will be taken care of in a new post.

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Will Sub Trailers 4 Free!!

So, I wanted to give back to the great anime community that has given me such things as SankakuComplex, BakaBT, and Crunchyroll. What better way to do this than by providing fan translations of the trailers for the upcoming season? So, uhh, yeah, I’m taking requests. They will be done under the [Superior-Subs] tag for… … Read more

Ten Reasons Why I Don't Go to Anime Club

1. Every anime now comes with a laugh track. People watching these shows laugh on cue, all the time. They will even wait until the punch-line is made in Japanese, even if they’ve already read the line before it’s vocally delivered, just so they can laugh at the same time as the other people. Awesome. … Read more

[WhyNot vs. Hatsuyuki vs. Hiryuu] Whose Freezing Should You Watch?

Please keep in mind that though I only looked at each sub for 5 minutes, there are only 50 lines of text during this time. Count up how many errors there are and divide by 50, and you’ll see the error rate for each sub. WhyNot? This comes off a comma and should therefore not … Read more