The few, The proud, The fansubbers

I’m posting today to discuss what has come apparent to me from stumbling upon small articles and from what friends have said on “fansubbing” or fan subtitling.

 Even though most fansubbing groups don’t make a profit from subbing , very commonly, anime titles and usually stop fansubbing a title after it’s been licensed in the US. Although, some groups continue fansubbing and thats where the tranquil friendship between fansubbers and “suits” is cut off. To an extent. It’s been a debate since the start of fansubbing on whether it is truly a dirty and illegal act to continue the operation or if it is helping the anime industry in the US.

The licensed side of the story…

This side of the debate believe that , like said before, fansubbing is completely fine until it crosses marks with a licensed title. So in simple terms,  If it’s licensed the fansubbers need to keep their dirty hands off it.

The Fansubbers side of the story…

With fansubbers it’s quite different. They see that if a title is licensed it’s okay to “help” the industry by giving the internet viewers a sample of what it’s like so they can go by their opinion on whether it’s good or not. (Rather than the, usually, unbiased thoughts of reviewers).

  I , myself, being a proud supporter of fansubbers do think on their side of the debate although I do understand, in some terms, the thoughts of the other side. They need profits, it’s how a business works, if they don’t get profits they’ll close and go bankrupt. Even though the fansubbers are trying to , really, help the industry they can’t know what everyones intentions are going to be after getting their hands on the episodes. So , for example, someone could honestly be downloading and episode or two to see if they’ll like the anime but other people will by all means download them and , in some way, get them onto CD’s. Although that side isn’t all bad, some people may just want to archive while others, unfortunately, would probably try making a profit off of it through “pirated anime merchandise”.

Pirated anime merchandise is usually when either A. small companies or B. people who want to make a profit on eBay create or download anime title goods that aren’t the real thing or , in the case of downloading, isn’t legally selling off DVD’s that won’t have all the features of the real deal , usually, for the same price as the real thing. I won’t get to much into detail on that. (Thats why we have google..or one reason atleast.)

All in all fansubbing can go either way in someones eyes but I wrote this to try and give fansubbers some justice in their cause to subtitle anime for us, the otaku community. And also to try and shift your view on it from bad to good or to neutral.

Until next time

-Kiba Inu (Lifeslilreviewer)

Mario Kart..Wii~!

The one game that was easily predicted by the main audience, (Nintendo fans), to be coming to the Wii eventually has finally been shown to the public just recently at one of the biggest events in the gaming industry, E3.

Nintendo stated that during the first few months of release a specially made steering wheel will be packed in with the game. Generally, the same idea that Excite Truck creators had for their racing game. The only difference is that Nintendo has put much more effort into the design to upgrade the gameplay to the next level , or so it should.

This is the only picture I could find featuring the new steering wheel for MKW (Mario Kart Wii).

It’s due to come out November 26th or so Fils- Aime stated. It’ll bring along a fresh look on Mario Kart and it’ll also be the first Mario Kart single-driver game to hit the next gen and last gen console.

Now, a look at the controller that I am talking so much about. It’ll feature a button in the back (to the left) that, I expect, when pushed will push the B button which’ll be used for drifting. The WiiMote will just pop into the inner frame like the other steering wheel made earlier in the Wii’s infancy. It’ll have a more realistic steering wheel look to and , I expect, it’ll also feel like the real deal. the whole control setup is still unknown as of now but will , most likely, be revealed in the near future.

And that seems to wrap up this preview that I ever so much wanted to present to the public if you weren’t able to check out E3 via G4 or elsewhere. ^-^ Thanks for reading.

IdolM@st3r Xenoglossia

I’m here today to talk , exclusively, to you on the new anime that I have just very recently started watching , or as others might say it, got hooked on. An anime with cute girls (maybe not Mo3 level but..eh), Mechs , and an interesting story. I currently have two episodes going on 3. But anyway, to the main summary of this anime now.

Generally, It’s about these auditions for something called “IdolM@ster” that has been getting big with the girls of Japan. But then it turns out to be much more (Hint: Something to do with Giant Robots). With cute voices to lead the way of the characters , nothing can go wrong now! (>:D). Haruka is the the main focus of the characters and probably the most innocent looking one out of the bunch. >_> ((I’m looking at you angry penguin girl..er..idol…lady..))

Like I said…A-angry penguin girl……0_0

Awww…how cute. ((I think she likes her *wink, wink*))

_ The emerald eyes of our blazing protagonist…!

It makes you wonder what they pumped her with…0_o

I get the whole ring of iPhone nano…>_>

Haruka’s first acquaintance/friend throughout this journey of hers…to..er..Giant Robot..world..?

The same beautiful emeralds..accept…a wink of either A. Mortal peril or B. Extreme embarassment.

Thats all for my preview to keep you up to date on what is in my download quota! Thanks for reading!

currently listening to: “This is love”- Utada Hikaru

iPhone hype finally (really..I think) dead

The iPhone hype that has been spamming over the RSS feeds is finally starting to come to a close as the iPhone has been out for over a week and the truth is coming out. This is not to say that there isn’t still a whole bunch of posts talking about the iPhone and it’s features throughout other blogs , and in some cases, websites.

 I don’t own one and I don’t plan on owning one until they get their act together in certain areas. The iPhone is generally an iPod with a touch screen, camera, internet, and communication technology packed into it. Nothing more, nothing less.

     Through my eyes, and through many others, I think that the iPhone will get some upgrades before the year is up. Since Apple is getting alot of opinions on letting third party application groups put their software on their hardware.