gg Fansubs Calls Out Anime News Network
Bucky Alexander Anime/Manga/Comics October 20, 2010
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I found this article hilarious, and the fact that a professional business site like “ANN“ aka Anime News Network is actually downloading illegal anime fansubs so they can get the first review is a cheap shot, but you should check what gg Fansubs had to say about this.
From gg Fansubs:
“There’s this website known as ANN, right. You might have heard of it. Anime News Network, yeah? Anyway they have a lot of supporters who like hurfing a durf about how fansubs are the cancer killing the anime industry and how those filthy “hackers” stole Oreimo episode 2 and fucked everyone over, etc etc.
Well, they also have a season preview every season, and of course the question is how they get to watch all these anime series to comment on them so soon after airing. Most of their writers explicitly state in their bios that they don’t live in Japan, so they sure aren’t watching it on TV, and there aren’t any legal alternatives for people living in the US for some of these shows. So obviously they watch fansubs, or illegally downloaded raws. If you want proof of this accusation just wander over to, for example, the associate editor Gia Manry’s preview page and take a look at the Psychic Detective Yakumo screenshot. Do you see anything suspicious? Like, subtitles? Yeah. That series isn’t licensed, so there’s your proof.”
If you guys don’t know what fansubs are, they are unofficial subs made by fans because they love anime. They translate all the anime from Japan to English for the non Japanese speaking viewers. Now you might wonder but don’t they already have official subs for those animes? Well not likely since it takes time, and money to translate especially coming from Japan. That’s why you have “gg Fansubs” who work hard on these subs so people don’t have to wait a few years to get a complete translation.
I don’t find it a bad thing since it educates people in Japanese, and also promotes it to other countries besides Japan. But the fact that “ANN” supporters considers it a “cancer” to the anime industry makes it funny.
Thanks to EJ for this article.
lol gg fansubs are assholes
they TL Note; Baka then stop putting the word idiot and just mix romanji and english. it gets really annoying and im fucking tired of their trolling while i try to watch a good anime
That is a cool story that captures exactly how I and all of my friends feel, Dan. Despite the fact that gg provides us with a free source of timely subbed anime, I too think they should tlnote things more than once as remembering one word is very difficult and they are obviously trolling to do otherwise. Sure, some people would say that gg provides you with a free source of timely subbed anime and that remembering a word or two isn’t an insane inconvenience as gg should be entitled to have fun and share in a joke or two without being considered trollsubs, but those people are baka. [tlnot: baka = idiot/idiots]