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<b>A little about me</b>: 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.
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<b>A little about me</b>: I learned Japanese in elementary school, and I was fluent 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.
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<br>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.
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<br>Due to weak dorama in the recent years, I have shifted to Japanese movies, also because I can work on my own flexible schedule rather than having to meet a deadline every week.
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<br><br><b>My translation style</b>: 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.
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<br>As I said before in many occasions, I fansub for myself. It's the best way of maintaining and improving my proficiency in Japanese. Also, I want to share works I really enjoyed. Many Japanese movies and doramas come without English subtitles, so I hope my fansubbing efforts will open the road for others to enjoy the fine media that I was able to discover.
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<br>Names are also always kept in (Family Name)_(Given Name) order, as it is used in Asian countries.<br><br>
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<br><br><b>My translation style</b>: Although I try to make all dialogues 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 to meet the strict length guidelines.
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Well-established romanizations such as "Tokyo" will be kept, but for maximum accuracy, I tend to use Wāpuro Romanization and leave out long vowels for lesser known romanization of names such as "Satou" rather than "Sato" or "Satoh" as it's commonly and falsely romanized in the West. Personally, I would rather use Hepburn and write "Satō", but input is too difficult and some subtitle viewers do not support unicode.
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<br>Names are always kept in (Family Name)_(Given Name) order in accordance with Asian formats.<br><br>
 
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*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1144809/ Orochi]''': Starring Kimura Yoshino, Tanimura Mitsuki.
 
*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1144809/ Orochi]''': Starring Kimura Yoshino, Tanimura Mitsuki.
  
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*'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077094/ One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman]''': Starring Aoi Yuu, Moriyama Mirai. <font color ="green">In progress</font>
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*'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077094/ One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman]''': Starring Aoi Yuu, Moriyama Mirai.
  
 
*'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233481/ Junkissa Isobe ''AKA: Cafe Isobe'']''' (2008): Starring Miyasako Hiroyuki, Naka Riisa.
 
*'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233481/ Junkissa Isobe ''AKA: Cafe Isobe'']''' (2008): Starring Miyasako Hiroyuki, Naka Riisa.
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<font color="blue"><b><u>As Encoder:</u></b></font color> <font color="purple">All downloadable from
 
<font color="blue"><b><u>As Encoder:</u></b></font color> <font color="purple">All downloadable from
 
[http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=8thsin MiniNova], [http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=8thsin IsoHunt]</font>
 
[http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=8thsin MiniNova], [http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=8thsin IsoHunt]</font>
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*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156470/ Zen]''': Zen.2009.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.RAW.mkv
  
 
*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313163/ Yomei]''': RAW.Yomei.2009.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv
 
*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313163/ Yomei]''': RAW.Yomei.2009.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv
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*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://deardoctor.jp/ Dear Doctor]''': DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Starring Shoufukutei Tsurube, Eita.
 
*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://deardoctor.jp/ Dear Doctor]''': DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Starring Shoufukutei Tsurube, Eita.
  
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*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://www.ikeboku.jp/ Ike-chan to Boku AKA: AKA: ''Ike-chan and I'']''': DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Aoi Yuu (Voice), Fukasawa Arashi.
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*<font color="red">(NEW!) </font>'''[http://www.ikeboku.jp/ Ike-chan to Boku AKA: ''Ike-chan and I'']''': DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Aoi Yuu (Voice), Fukasawa Arashi.
  
 
*'''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0974009/ Dororo 2]''': Release date:(?), DVD release(?)
 
*'''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0974009/ Dororo 2]''': Release date:(?), DVD release(?)
  
 
*'''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0974010/ Dororo 3]''': Release date:(?), DVD release(?)
 
*'''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0974010/ Dororo 3]''': Release date:(?), DVD release(?)

Revision as of 17:07, 15 July 2009

A little about me: I learned Japanese in elementary school, and I was fluent 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.
Due to weak dorama in the recent years, I have shifted to Japanese movies, also because I can work on my own flexible schedule rather than having to meet a deadline every week.
As I said before in many occasions, I fansub for myself. It's the best way of maintaining and improving my proficiency in Japanese. Also, I want to share works I really enjoyed. Many Japanese movies and doramas come without English subtitles, so I hope my fansubbing efforts will open the road for others to enjoy the fine media that I was able to discover.

My translation style: Although I try to make all dialogues 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 to meet the strict length guidelines. Well-established romanizations such as "Tokyo" will be kept, but for maximum accuracy, I tend to use Wāpuro Romanization and leave out long vowels for lesser known romanization of names such as "Satou" rather than "Sato" or "Satoh" as it's commonly and falsely romanized in the West. Personally, I would rather use Hepburn and write "Satō", but input is too difficult and some subtitle viewers do not support unicode.
Names are always kept in (Family Name)_(Given Name) order in accordance with Asian formats.


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


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

  • (NEW!) Climber's High: Starring Tsunami Shinichi, Sakai Masato. In progress
  • (NEW!) Orochi: Starring Kimura Yoshino, Tanimura Mitsuki.
  • 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.
  • Kisaragi: Starring Oguri Shun, Yuusuke Santa Maria. Winner of Blue Ribbon Award '07 (Best Picture).
  • How to Become Myself (2007): Starring Narumi Riko. Winner of Sponichi Grand Prize '07 (Best Newcomer)
  • Dororo (2007): Starring Tsumabuki Satoshi, Shibasaki Kou



Music:

  • (NEW!) Maichi x LG Yankees - Nostalgia PV [ENG SUB]
  • Batch: Ballad Lover's 15 Years of Best 15 Fan Compilation [mp3] Link, Public 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


As Encoder: All downloadable from MiniNova, IsoHunt

  • (NEW!) Zen: Zen.2009.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.RAW.mkv
  • (NEW!) Yomei: RAW.Yomei.2009.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv
  • (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
  • Okuribito: Okuribito.Departures.2008.JPN.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv
  • Tenten: Tenten.2007.Adrift.Tokyo.DVDRip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv
  • Laundry: Laundry.2002.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.
  • Kisaragi (2007): Kisaragi.2007.DVDrip.x264.AC3-8thSin.mkv
  • DRIVE (2002): Drive.2002.DVDrip.x264.AAC-8thSin.mp4, SABU film, Starring Tsutsumi Shinichi



Misc. Projects



Future Projects

In descending priority:

  • (NEW!) Must-See Japanese Movies of 2008 [8thSin]: Titles (Tentative): Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge, DEPARTURES, Ikigami, Cyborg Girl, TOKYO SONATA, Paco and the Magical Picture Book, Climber's High, Gachi Boy, One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman, Achilles and the Tortoise, Devotion of Suspect X, Orochi, Seppun, K-20, Sweet Rain OR Aoi Tori OR Kaabe
  • (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

  • Aoi Tori: DVD release: July 24. Starring Abe Hiroshi, Itou Ayumi.
  • GOEMON: DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Starring Eguchi Yousuke, Oosawa Takao, Hirosue Ryouko, other STAR-STUDDED CAST.
  • (NEW!) Dear Doctor: DVD release: Spring 2010 (?). Starring Shoufukutei Tsurube, Eita.
  • Dororo 2: Release date:(?), DVD release(?)
  • Dororo 3: Release date:(?), DVD release(?)
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