User:8thSin

A little about me: I went to Japan for elementary school, and I was fluent in Japanese by the time I left Japan. After discovering D-addicts in 2004, I started watching a lot of Japanese TV programs again and started fansubbing in 2005. Even though I'm a college student now in the US, fansubbing is still a serious hobby of mine.
I hope to help more people appreciate Japanese entertainment while maintaining and improving my proficiency in Japanese.

My translation style: Although I try to make it sound as smooth as possible in English, accuracy precedes over all else for me. As long as I'm a fansubber, I would rather have the viewers pause than leaving out something or making up a whole different line as some professional translators do. For maximum accuracy, I also tend to use Wāpuro Romanization and leave out long vowels such as "Juudou" rather than "Judo" as it is commonly spelled out in the West. I would rather use Hepburn and write "Jūdō", but input is too difficult and some subtitle viewers do not support unicode.
Names are also always kept in (Family Name)_(Given Name) order, as it is used in Asian countries.

Jmovie/Dorama Reviews

DramaWiki user page: My personal reviews of Japanese movies and dorama series.

Eiga Seikatsu: Recommended Japanese movie review site, user rating distribution graph, trailers.

Yahoo! Japan Movies: Large database of user reviews.

Places to get my fansubs

Movie thread @ JPM: Maintained by me, direct downloads on rotation, direct links to all my past movie fansubs available here.

D-addicts: Duh...

kloofy.net: Asian movie SRT/SSA database.

JpopSuki: Japanese music/TV tracker.

FSC - Fantastic Super Club: FTP/Torrent.

FSS - FS Seeders: Torrent tracker. PM me for invitation: 500+ post in a forum I participate OR if we worked on a fansub project before.

Bittersweet-bun's OurHour LiveJournal community: Direct downloads, merge megaupload/divShare with HJSplit.

ADC - Asian DVD Club: DVD tracker

MiniNova, IsoHunt: From public trackers

Current/Completed Projects

As Translator:

JDrama: All downloadable from d-addicts

• • (NEW!) Galileo Zero (SP) with SARS-Fansubs Translation 100%

• Galileo with SARS-Fansubs

• Wonderful Life with SARS-Fansubs Ep6~Ep12

• Haken no Hinkaku Ep1, Ep5, Ep7, Ep8, Ep10

• Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru

• Saiyuuki

• Koi ni Ochitara (as Bahamut619)

Movies: All downloadable from JPM movie thread, FSC, FSS, OurHour, or Mininova. Subs from kLOOFy

• Tenkousei: Sayonara Anata (2007): Starring Renbutsu Misako, Morita Naoyuki.

• Little DJ -A Tale of a Little Love- (2007): Starring: Kamiki Ryuunosuke, Fukuda Mayuko

• Funuke Domo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero AKA: Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!: Starring Satou Eriko, Nagase Masatoshi, Nagasaku Hiromi.
  Winner of Yokohama Film Festival '08 (Festival Prize), Warsaw International Film Festival '07 (Free Spirit Award), multiple supporting actress awards for Nagasaku Hiromi.

• Kisaragi: Starring Oguri Shun, Yuusuke Santa Maria. Winner of Blue Ribbon Award '07 (Best Picture).

• Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai AKA: Even so, I Didn't Do It (2006): Starring Kase Ryou. Winner of Japan Academy Prize '07 (Best Supporting Actress), Blue Ribbon Award '07 (Best Director, Actor) etc

• Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku AKA: Say Hello to Him for Me, When the Time Comes: 3rd movie adaptation of Ichikawa Takuji's novels following ImaAi and TadaAi. Starring Nagasawa Masami, Yamada Takayuki

• How to Become Myself (2007): Starring Narumi Riko. Winner of Sponichi Grand Prize '07 (Best Newcomer)

• The Battery (2007)

• Dororo (2007): Starring Tsumabuki Satoshi, Shibasaki Kou

• Backdancers! (2006): Starring hiro (ex-SPEED)

• Nada Sou Sou AKA: Tears For You (2006): Starring Tsumabuki Satoshi, Nagasawa Masami.

• Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru AKA: Heavenly Forest (2006): 2nd movie adaptation of Ichikawa Takuji's novel. Starring Miyazaki Aoi, Tamaki Hiroshi

Music:

• (NEW!) Amuro Namie - WILD PV [ENG SUB] Download Link

• Ballad Lover's 15 Years of Best 15 Fan Compilation [mp3] Link, Public Link

• Aqua Timez - Niji [Karaoke PV] Backup Link

• SEAMO - Honey Honey feat AYUSE KOZUE PV [ENG SUB] Download Link

• Spontania - Sayonara... PV [ENG SUB] Download Link

• Enomoto Kurumi - Mirai Kinenbi PV [ENG SUB] Download Link

• Mizuki Nana - Astrogation PV [ENG SUB] Download Link

• Utada Hikaru - HEART STATION PV [ENG SUB] Download Link

• (NEW!) Okamura offer #11 - 2 Hour SP with EXILE [Mechaike 071006], Hardsub with EXsub, in progress: Translation 80%

• ShonanNoKaze - Junrenka (Music Station Super Live 2006)[ENG SUB] Download Link

• Amuro Namie - Baby Don't Cry [Karaoke PV] Backup Link

• Koda Kumi - Koi no Tsubomi [Karaoke PV] Backup Link

As Encoder: All downloadable from MiniNova, IsoHunt

• Tenkousei -Sayonara Anata-: Tenkousei.Sayonara.Anata.2007.Switching.Goodbye.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv (Coming soon)

• Tenten: Tenten.2007.Adrift.Tokyo.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Shaberedomo Shaberedomo: Shaberedomo.2007.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Little DJ -A Tale of a Little Love-: Little.DJ.2007.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Laundry: Laundry.2002.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Funuke Domo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero: Funuke.Show.Some.Love.You.Losers.2007.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Maiko Haaaan!! (2007): Maiko.Haaaan.2007.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007): Welcome.to.the.Quiet.Room.2007.Youkoso.DVDrip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Megane (2007): Megane.2007.DVDrip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• HERO (2007): HERO.2007.DVDrip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv, movie adaptation of the 2001 FujiTV series HERO, starring Kimura Takuya, Matsu Takako.

• Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker (2007): Ahiru.to.Kamo.no.Coin.Locker.2007.x264.AAC.RAW-8thSin.mp4

• Kisaragi (2007): Kisaragi.2007.DVDrip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai (2007): Soredemo.Boku.Wa.Yattenai.2007.Just.Didnt.Do.It.DVDrip.x264.AAC-8thSin.mp4

• Tennen Kokekko (2007): Tennen.Kokekko.2007.DVDrip.x264.AAC-8thSin.mp4

• DRIVE (2002): Drive.2002.DVDrip.x264.AAC-8thSin.mp4, SABU film, Starring Tsutsumi Shinichi

• Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu (2004): Ima.Ai.ni.Yukimasu.2007.Be.With.You.DVDrip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv, 1st movie adaptation of Ichikawa Takuji's novel, Starring Takeuchi Yuuko, Nakamura Shidou TRAILER (DivX Hardsub)

• That's Cunning! The Ultimate Mission(1996): Thats.Cunning.The.Ultimate.Mission.1996.DVDrip.XviD.AC3-8thSin.avi, Starring Yamaguchi Tatsuya, Amuro Namie

Misc. Projects

• Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu TRAILER (Hardsub)

• Saiyuuki Fanvid - Quest for a True Heart Backup link

• Ichi Rittoru no Namida Fanvid - Dedicated to Aya Backup link

Future Projects

In descending priority:

• (NEW!) Tantei Galileo Movie: Yougisha X no Kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X): Release date: Oct. 4th 2008, DVD release March 18, 2009. Adaptation of Galileo novel and dorama.

• (NEW!) Hyakuman-en to Nigamushi Onna (Bitterbug-Woman and 1 Million Yen): Starring Aoi Yuu, Moriyama Mirai

• Fuyu no Undoukai (2005 SP)

• Koda Kumi - Wish Your Happiness & Love Karaoke: Planned, consists of You, Feel, Lies, Someday PVs

• Koda Kumi - 4 hot wave Karaoke: Planned, consists of Juicy, With your smile, I'll be there, Ningyohime PVs

• (DELAYED/CANCELLED) Utada Decade Fansub Project: UTADA UNITED 2006 (Concert): Hardsub, karaoke planned, projected release date: Dec. 9, 2008

Highly Anticipated Releases

• Onpu to Konbu (The Musical Note and Kelp): DVD release: Winter 2008 (?). Starring Ikewaki Chizuru, Ichikawa Yui.

• Sweet Rain -Shinigami no Seido- (SWEET RAIN -The Policy of the Death God): DVD release: Winter 2008(?). Starring Kaneshiro Takeshi, Konishi Manami

• Junkissa Isobe (Cafe Isobe): DVD release: Spring 2009 (?). Starring Miyasako Hiroyuki, Naka Riisa.

• Hyakuman-en to Nigamushi Onna (Bitterbug-Woman and 1 Million Yen): DVD release: Spring 2009 (?). Starring Aoi Yuu, Moriyama Mirai

• Yami no Kodomotachi (Children of the Darkness): DVD release: Spring 2009 (?). Starring Eguchi Yousuke, Miyazaki Aoi, Tsumabuki Satoshi

• ICHI: DVD release: Summer 2009 (?). Starring Ayase Haruka. Female spinoff of Zatoichi (2003).

• Dororo 2: Release date: 2008(?), DVD release Spring 2009(?)

• Tantei Galileo Movie: Yougisha X no Kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X): Release date: Oct. 4th 2008, DVD release Spring 2009 (?). Adaptation of Galileo novel and dorama.

• Dororo 3: Release date: 2009(?), DVD release Spring 2010(?)