
Funimation is suing 1337 anime pirates for pirating a pirate anime.
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The producers of Fractale have reportedly forced Funimation to pull the English language simulcast until they completely wipe out the wicked scourge of fansubbing.
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2ch’s indignant reaction to the equally indignant response of Sankaku Complex users to 2ch’s criticism of fansubbing is presented below, and will likely provide as much amusement as it does insight.
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2ch’s reaction to fansubbers who excuse their illegal acts by saying they are “supporting the anime industry” and blame the situation on the industry for not providing anime quickly enough is to denounce them for their brazen hypocrisy.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jul 28, 2010 17:31 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Copyright, Crime, Fansubbing, Internet, Sankaku Complex, Sites, Translation, USA

The reaction of Sankaku Complex users to the scathing comments of 2ch on the recent closure of One Manga has found its way back to 2ch and incited an even more biting response.
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2ch’s usual scathing response lends some insight as to how the closure of the world’s biggest manga piracy site sits with Japanese manga fans.
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More examples of profound anime sub failure, whether fansub, official or merely taken brutally out of context, abound in this gallery:
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Yet more moments of legendary fansub quality are collected below, demonstrating that the adage “you get what you pay for” is often true in the most painful of ways.
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Some of the most egregious examples of failed attempts at fansubbing are collected below, demonstrating quality control is often not foremost in the minds of those attempting such translations…
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The uncensored DVD version of the famed nopan pantsu swapping episode of pantsu nonsense anime cum martial drama Strike Witches has received most unusual fan-added “extra uncensorship”:
Not satisfied with the barest of censorship, a video editing master has seen fit to painstakingly remove what scant modesty those convenient foreground objects or soap bubbles afforded the witches, with the result that fully paipan uncensored witch action ensues.
Just what is meant by fully uncensored you can see in great detail in the below comparisons:
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Long time Naruto fansubbing group Dattebayo, whose torrent releases are downloaded hundreds of thousands of times each week, has announced that it will cease fansubbing Naruto come January.
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Hated Singapore anime licensor Odex continues its crusade against torrent using anime downloaders in Singapore, with its most recent move being to enlist the help of a number of Japanese studios to take legal action against a few downloaders who declined to roll over and pay a settlement.
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