April Fools! And Happy Birthday UTW!

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Yeah. >_< I think I got most of ya (even if it was only for a moment)?

Though, everything I said in that post is actually true, except for the part about us hibernating. Many of us are indeed becoming increasingly occupied with IRL stuff, and I really don’t know how much longer we’ll last, but we’ll be here for another season or two at least.
That being said, we will be dropping Nichijou. CR subs as of late really aren’t anything to complain about, and unlike FUNi’d shows they’re simulcasted at 720p as well. Put simply, there’s little to no reason for us to re-translate shows that are legally and perfectly well-subbed when we could be doing something else. That being said, nothing’s stopping the rest of the staff from doing their own side projects using CR subs (like __ar is currently doing with Gosick); ideas are already being tossed around in the staff room.
“If you’re not hibernating, then what will you be doing”, you ask? The one show we know we’ll be doing for sure is Steins;Gate, and it will be a joint with our buddies at Mazui. Yep, we had so much fun working together on Index II that we’re teaming up again for another 2-cour show. Turnaround for this project will be slightly longer, however, due to IRL schedules (I estimate ~10 hours after air). We will also probably be picking up another show or two as a solo group; as for what they might be, you’ll find out when (and if) we release them.
Switching gears… I mentioned in the April Fool’s post that Spring 2011 would mark our having been around for one year. Turns out we made our first solo release exactly one year ago on April 2nd, 2010 (according to my logs anyway). Which means…

…UTW is officially a year old! Happy 1st birthday!
I’m a pathetic otaku/weaboo and couldn’t come up with any 2D character that has the same birthday as UTW, so we’re having everyone’s favorite Vocaloid Hatsune Miku wish us happy birthday instead. If you guys happen to know of any 2D characters with their birthday on April 2nd, though, please do let us know by leaving a comment.
Sorry if we ruined your day yesterday with the “announcement”, and too bad for you if you wanted to see us gone from the face of this earth. But for now, let us wish UTW a happy first birthday and look forward to a fulfilling new season of anime!

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99 Replies to “April Fools! And Happy Birthday UTW!”

  4. That was such a heart melting monologue there 😀 .. but I’m sure Hatsune Miku got the grasp and is wishing UTW happy 1st birthday along with me and many others ofc ^^
    P.S. Don’t you dare disappearing from the face of Earth!

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  6. On a quick search you have…
    Hidan (Apr. 2) – Naruto
    Hotohori (Apr. 2) – Fushigi Yuugi
    Masaru Daimon (Apr. 2) – Digimon Savers
    Akutsu Jin (Apr. 2) – Prince of Tennis
    Ibu Shinji (Apr. 2) – Prince of Tennis
    Takekura “Musashi” Gen (Apr. 2) – Eyeshield 21
    So noone interesting. However my mom shares birthday with lelouch. Awesome isn’t it?
    Anyways, HA, I knew it was an april fool’s joke. Though I did fell for it for a second. Glad to hear you’ll be still subbing for some more time.

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  9. You just forgot one thing, not everyone can watch in CR and Funimation. In some countries there are restriction so they can’t really watch them.

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  11. Happy birthday UTW!
    Really glad to see another fabuluous Mazui-UTW joint, especially for Steins;Gate.

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  13. Happy first brithday, UTW!
    I have to say, I am a sad panda @ UTW dropping Nichijou though. If Kore wa Zombie Desu ka was anything to go by, Crunchyroll certainly isn’t as good as you make them out to be. And UTW is basically guaranteed excellent quality.

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  21. Facking knew it.
    Though I would’ve felt bad if it turned out to be true. Happy anniversary. NowwheresthatAmagamiBD?

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  23. happy birthday UTW i’m glad that there is another great fansub group like you.
    and you are one of the greatest fansubber of anime.
    thanks for being there making subs for all anime fans.

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  28. Happy Birthday UTW, thanks for being the best of the best.
    I’m glad to hear you are doing another project with Mazui (Who was my first favourite group until you guys took over).

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  38. HAAPI BASUDEI!!!
    so you guys will subbing steins;gate
    this must be steins;gate choice too
    good luck then
    EL – PSY – CONGLUE

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  40. Well, I had my suspicions it was April Fools from the start just because of the date, naturally, but what REALLY sealed it for me personally was this line: “Kusion (Timer/Editor/Bitch) has his waifu Mikoto to cater to (we all know how much attention she demands)”
    The number of people who still took it seriously tells me that almost nobody actually read the post thoroughly, and just skimmed it at most.

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  47. Happy Birthday, UTW!!! ^^
    Steins;Gate, huh? So happy that you guys are going to do it. I’m so looking forward to it. 😀

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  50. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! hehehe… too funny… nice to see that you guys won’t be hibernating! the rest of that, it was just too shocking I couldn’t even THINK it was a ruse for April Fools! HANG IN THERE, UTW! WE NEED YOU!

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  54. Like I said before, I knew that post was fake right from the get-go 😀
    Happy birthday UTW 🙂

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  55. April 2 Hotohori (Fushigi Yuugi)
    April 2 Ryou Hayakawa (Princess Nine)
    April 2 Jaime Hoshino (Baldios)
    April 2 Shinji Aku (Prince of Tennis)
    April 2 Kanae Ootori (Shoujo Kakumei Utena)
    April 2 Tenma Morimura (Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de)
    April 2 Xianghua (Soul Calibur)
    April 2 Mami Kingetsu (voice actor) Miharu (Gasaraki), Shiori Fujisaki (Tokimeki Memorial), Izumi (Princess Nine)
    April 2 Sanae Miyuki (voice actor) Botan (Yu Yu Hakusho), Mint (Mospeada), Shammy (Macross)
    April 2 Daisuke Namikawa (voice actor) Elk (Arc the Lad), Aoi (Kerokero Chime)

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  56. Wow, glad to hear it was only an April Fool’s joke. glad ur not hibernating like Eclipse, who subbed the first Index and made me think: “Are all fansubbers that sub Index suddenly hibernating?!”

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  59. SO EPIC SO EPIC SO EPIC SO EPIC THE LAST EPISODE OF INDEX ive benn watching over since the first episode of first season, i never tougth this day would come, i ll surely smoke 12038120939 cigarretes until a season 3 come to lead my life again,till there ill be conformed with GOSICK. Ah,, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY UTW my best wishes for you, and dont make my a nonsende by stop fansubing, you ´re so fast it ends airing in japan then i go to utw intantly do download my epsss onegai dont stop..
    my Best regards to you

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  67. miku isnt my favourite vocaloid, its gumi^^
    oh, steins;gate will be a joint with mazui? awesome! will you also do the DVD’s? im asking cuz the 9th DVD will have a special/OVA , or so i heard~

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  70. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And yeah, you guys…… love this too much. Oh and FUNIMATION? Really? Fucking really? They steal fansub translations. Come on guys.

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  71. just saw your new banner, and its nice. but i do have one thing to say f/sn related:
    *readies rho aias* ILYA IS BETTERRRRRRR^^

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  72. Hmph, it’s not like I got tricked by that announcement. It’s not like I care what you do anyways *looks away*

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  74. WOOO Happy birthday UTW. and that banner with rin… oh so full of awesomeness.
    Tohsaka Rin FTW.

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  77. nope not even for a moment. only one troll got me on one blog(and only coz i was downloading at 4am to leach some free Internet before the reset) and i liked it any way. still HAPPY B-DAY!!

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  79. who’s making new banner?
    why u’re so cruel with Saber?????????
    =============>
    happy birthday UTW. it’s nice to know that i can still see u next time 😉

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  83. The people who get suckered by April Fools are the ones who aren’t cool enough to be planning their own shenanigans. Every April 1st, enjoy dropping by all my favorite sites in the morning and seeing what absurdity they’ve cooked up. For my part, I run a Touhou remix radio show on Fridays, and last week I played My Little Pony stuff instead.
    Happy Birthday, UTW.

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  84. Happy late birthday to UTW. keep up doing the best release for your chosen shows.
    anyways, not subbing Hanasaku Iroha?

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  91. T_T I was had. So bad.
    Best. Fansubs. Ever.
    Friggin’…love you all…and
    HRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG SABERRRRRRRRRRRR

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  93. @Bonzai Actually, they had permission from CR (who did the subbing in the first place). All they did was steal the styling of the group which illegally stole CR subs. I guess its kind of like “you steal my animu and i’ll steal yours”.

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  94. Happy birthday UTW! Yes, I know I’m 2 days late, but my wishes are heartfelt just the same. 😛
    And my vote for mascot is Xianghua, she’s tsundere enough, even though she’s not a proper anime character. As an alternative, Kanae Ootori (Shoujo Kakumei Utena): great show, even if she’s just a minor (micro) character.

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  97. The banner makes me want to put “…in bed” after “…with Rin~”
    But yes, Happy Birthday. (Now pretty belated. lol)

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