In the sheer inanity of modern existence, where every day is a slam between the mental load of simply considering an international conspiracy of terrible people on one side and the wryly chuckling at “boop-gate” on the other…
It is sometimes nice to see the same fights show up about fansubs as always.
Ah, that takes me back. Logging into IRC channels and getting reamed because you make a joke or ask about the process. I one time asked about the process of fansubbing a series that was on a kind of on semi-pause1 and the ensuing argument out of nowhere ended up with an announcement that “despite rumors, we have not dropped this series.” No shit. I was just curious.
Ah, 2003-2004 era TV-Nihon, I kind of miss that level of jack-assed-ness. Seriously TVN folks, thank you for the memories.
超 100% means “super” in this context, as backed up by all of the hype [heh, pun], press, and most likely some official release somewhere down the road that I’m ready and willing to slap down pre-order button upon when I get the chance. As in a reference to the Super Sentai series that Gavan is “replacing.” As in the kanji used in numerous Super Sentai productions which calls-back to that meta-series name. It’s an homage. I thought it was a nice touch.
A loving handshake to a venerable series that has lasted for multiple generations of childhoods.
Still, fansubbers and fansub-fans arguing about such things is like… it’s the universe healing, you know? Something lost from my youth and taken up by a whole new generation.
- Actually, I think it was more like the series was still be subbed, but they were sharing the files via a different method? I don’t know, that was 20 damned years ago. Specifics escape me. ↩︎