I owe so much to those old fansubs. The way they would sub the openings and endings with the Japanese, romanized Japanese, and English translation really gave me a great boost starting learning back in the day. Official localizations don't tend to do that now but it used to be common.
Plus all the translator notes explaining cultural norms and phrases that didn't really have translations. Also signs. Dear god I miss have signs get translated. It's a weird thing to miss, but it demonstrated the effort that was going into those early fansubs. Maybe I just miss the craftsmanship of it all in a world that seems determined to throw away craftsmanship.
Yeah the typesetting skills in some of those fan groups put official localizations to shame. I understand people wanting to throw money at the "official" version when there is an easy way to do so, but personally the effort and quality on official anime localizations are so piss poor compared to groups of dudes doing it for free as a passion project in their mom's basement in 2005 that it is hard for me to conclude that they deserve anything at all. Anyone who wants to support the show can buy the source material if they want; more probably goes to them than if you pay a monthly sub to Crunchyroll anyway.
i hope they also drag anime localizers and voice actors into this
I want AI generated fansubs. Feed it all the old school fansubs from the mid 2000s and have it revive that style of localization.
I owe so much to those old fansubs. The way they would sub the openings and endings with the Japanese, romanized Japanese, and English translation really gave me a great boost starting learning back in the day. Official localizations don't tend to do that now but it used to be common.
Plus all the translator notes explaining cultural norms and phrases that didn't really have translations. Also signs. Dear god I miss have signs get translated. It's a weird thing to miss, but it demonstrated the effort that was going into those early fansubs. Maybe I just miss the craftsmanship of it all in a world that seems determined to throw away craftsmanship.
Yeah the typesetting skills in some of those fan groups put official localizations to shame. I understand people wanting to throw money at the "official" version when there is an easy way to do so, but personally the effort and quality on official anime localizations are so piss poor compared to groups of dudes doing it for free as a passion project in their mom's basement in 2005 that it is hard for me to conclude that they deserve anything at all. Anyone who wants to support the show can buy the source material if they want; more probably goes to them than if you pay a monthly sub to Crunchyroll anyway.