Fansubbing Panel

On the fly notes for Eirtakon Fansubbing panel in 2007

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1. Fansubbing Panel Pazuzu from SD/Inane Hybridchild from Shin-Getter CuLT from Studio ADTRW
2. Raws • Capture Card – Japanese people • Japanese version of limewire • Mega fast internets • Fansubbers source for new shows • Older shows require DVDs from Japan • Resolutions (HD modern)
3. Translation • Super hard • A lot of fun • You need to know Japanese (durr) • Unless you’re Anime-Junkies or Dattebayo • Some people do bad stuff. • VHS scripts made on a ZX Spectrum • Live-Evil are all girls • HD raws occasionally come with japanese subs
4. Editing • Making sure it doesn’t suck • Translators can’t spell, sort of autistic. • Proof reading • Most editors don’t know Japanese • Blind leading the blind. • American english is not english • Shine yer boots guv’nor
5. Encoding / Timing / Typesetting • Encoding – DivX, XviD, h264, WMV9 (the horror) Real Player (sin incarnate @ 15FPS) • Takes hours (all automatic though) • Youtube aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa • Sites that charge suck. • Never pay for fansubs. • Encoding well isn’t easy, blocks,
6. Distribution • Torrents / XDCC • Rapidshare for subtitles, for raws occasionally. • SD use Sendspace • Hosting/FTP costs are fairly high, due to the bandwidth involved. Usually requires a dedicated server, or a friend in Sweden  • Binary/Usenet (newsgroups) • A.scarywater.net are a torrent tracker for fansubbers • There’s an initial “seeding group” for
7. Cease & Desist • Subbers who continue with licensed shows get these. • Viz sent C&Ds to all subbers of Death Note • “the person who reads this C&D shall get legal battles wrought upon them” • Licensors are not all smiles und sunshine. • Fansubs quality, with video, outstrips DVD
8. Questions & Answers • One tailed shrimp = ? • Gundam 00 is being tranlated poorly by Nyoro~n who only learn Japanese from cereal boxes. • Two guys who are friends made out to be hard gay for each other by Nyoro~n. • Loveless is definintely Yaoi.