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NEWS: Funimation Announces Fall English Dub Line-Up

No Brave Witches so I don't care

Is there something wrong with Funimation subs? How does it compare to Crunchyroll? Actually I know CR subs differ between certain anime titles. Ones in yellow text I find lazy written but white ones seem better to read.

But to be honest, I prefer fansubs over anything else. They are much closer to the original Japanese with their own spin on it. Most of the time they do a pretty good job I think. If only CR tried hard enough.

Hate to break it to you, but that is factually incorrect. Professionally done subs by CR and Funi are going to be much better quality the vast majority of the time. Plus, they have the advantage of being able to communicate with the Japanese rights holders for the most accurate interpretation of names, locations, and literally everything else. The idea that fansubs are more "pure", or whatever, is super antiquated and false.

relyat08 wrote:

Hate to break it to you, but that is factually incorrect. Professionally done subs by CR and Funi are going to be much better quality the vast majority of the time. Plus, they have the advantage of being able to communicate with the Japanese rights holders for the most accurate interpretation of names, locations, and literally everything else. The idea that fansubs are more "pure", or whatever, is super antiquated and false.

I'd add that during the decade or so after the average anime fan's internet connections got fast enough to make fansubs widely accessible, but before US companies began simulcasting shows right after they aired in Japan, there was a massive gap between the release of online fansubs and the release of the official translation. In many cases, fans got so used to the way that things were translated in the fansub that they viewed differences between the fansub and the official translation as the fansub being "more faithful" to the original Japanese, when in many cases, the Japanese rights holders themselves were responsible for specific translation choices. It's easy to see how this contributed to the widespread idea that the fansubs contained better translations.

91 Days was made to be watched in English. Very excited for that.

Also very happy to see Drifters getting a broadcast dub. Hope it can live up to Hellsing's dub.

CR subs are soft-subbed, which means they aren't merged directly into the video.

The F-word in Japanese is literally the F-word in English. You could use くそ, but that's far too weak.

My heart goes out to the poor women cast to dub Keijo.

I'd add that during the decade or so after the average anime fan's internet connections got fast enough to make fansubs widely accessible, but before US companies began simulcasting shows right after they aired in Japan, there was a massive gap between the release of online fansubs and the release of the official translation. In many cases, fans got so used to the way that things were translated in the fansub that they viewed differences between the fansub and the official translation as the fansub being "more faithful" to the original Japanese, when in many cases, the Japanese rights holders themselves were responsible for specific translation choices. It's easy to see how this contributed to the widespread idea that the fansubs contained better translations.