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.
As I said before in many occasions, I fansub for myself. I think it's the best way of maintaining and improving my proficiency in Japanese. I also like to share works I really enjoyed, which is another reason for me to fansub. I hope to help more people appreciate Japanese entertainment.

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 sometimes 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

My J-movie review

DramaWiki user page: My personal reviews of Japanese 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

FSC - Fantastic Super Club: Asian movie FTP/Torrent site.

D-addicts: Duh...

ADC - Asian DVD Club: Asian movie DVD tracker

kloofy.net: Asian movie SRT/SSA database.

JpopSuki: Japanese music/TV tracker.

FSS - FS Seeders: Asian movie 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 of Japanese dorama and movies, merge megaupload/divShare with HJSplit.

Movie thread @ JPM: Maintained by me, direct downloads on rotation.

MiniNova, TPB, IsoHunt: From public trackers

Current/Completed Projects

As Translator:

JDrama: All downloadable from d-addicts

• Galileo Zero (SP) with SARS-Fansubs

• 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 FSC, FSS, OurHour, or Mininova. Subs from kLOOFy

• (NEW!) Orochi: Starring Kimura Yoshino, Tanimura Mitsuki. In progress

• (NEW!) One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman: Starring Aoi Yuu, Moriyama Mirai. In progress

• (NEW!) Junkissa Isobe AKA: Cafe Isobe (2008): Starring Miyasako Hiroyuki, Naka Riisa.

• Galileo Movie: Yougisha X no Kenshin AKA: The Devotion of Suspect X (2008) with SARS-Fansubs: Starring Fukuyama Masaharu, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Matsuyuki Yasuko. Film adaptation of Galileo novel and dorama.

• Okuribito AKA: DEPARTURES (2008): Starring Motoki Masahiro, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Hirosue Ryouko.
  Winner of The 81st Academy Award (Best Foreign Language Film), Japan Academy Award '09 (Best Film, actor, director etc). Total of 28 wins & 4 nominations.

• 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! (2007): 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. Total of 9 wins & 1 nomination.

• 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 (2007): Starring Kase Ryou. Winner of Japan Academy Prize '07 (Best Supporting Actress), Blue Ribbon Award '07 (Best Director, Actor) etc. Total of 19 wins & 12 nominations.

• Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku AKA: Say Hello to Him for Me, When the Time Comes (2007): 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!) Maichi x LG Yankees - Nostalgia PV [ENG SUB]

• Amuro Namie - WILD PV [ENG SUB] Download Link

• Batch: 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

• (NEW!) Tokyo Sonata: Tokyo.Sonata.2008.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv Awaiting official ENG sub, mid-June.

• (NEW!) Orochi: Orochi.2008.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv In progress

• (NEW!) One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman: Million.Yen.Nigamushi.Woman.20 08.DVDrip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv In progress

• (NEW!) Paco and the Magical Picture Book: Paco.Magical.Picture.Book.2008.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin[ENG_Shadowlord666].mkv

• (NEW!) Jun Kissa Isobe: Cafe.Isobe.2008.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• (NEW!) Okuribito: Okuribito.Departures.2008.JPN.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv

• Batch: Must-See Japanese Movies of 2007 8thSin

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

• 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!) Must-See Japanese Movies of 2008 [8thSin]: Titles: Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge, DEPARTURES, Ikigami, Cyborg Girl, TOKYO SONATA, Paco and the Magical Picture Book, Gachi Boy, One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman, Climber's High, Achilles and the Tortoise, Devotion of Suspect X, Orochi, Seppun, Kaabe, Sweet Rain OR Tengoku wa Mada Tooku OR Akifukaki

• Fuyu no Undoukai (2005 SP)

• (NEW!) Secret 5-year Anniversary Dorama Project: 2010.08.10

• (NEW!) Secret 5-year Anniversary Movie Project: 2010.08.10

• (NEW!) Secret 5-year Anniversary Music Project: 2010.08.10

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

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

• (NEW!) Aoi Tori: DVD release: July 24. Starring Abe Hiroshi, Itou Ayumi.

• (NEW!) ZEN: DVD release: Fall 2009 (?). Starring Nakamura Kantarou, Uchida Yuki, Fujiwara Tatsuya.

• (NEW!) GOEMON: DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Starring Eguchi Yousuke, Oosawa Takao, Hirosue Ryouko, other STAR-STUDDED CAST.

• (NEW!) Oppai-Volley AKA: Titties Volleyball: DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Starring Ayase Haruka.

• (NEW!) Akifukaki: DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Starring Yashima Norito, Satou Eriko.

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

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