Today marks the day UTW officially turns two years old!
UTW has come a long, long way since its creation, and it is the industriousness of the staff and your enduring and enthusiastic support over the years that keeps UTW going day by day. Thank you all, staff and fans alike, for making UTW what it is today!
To celebrate the occasion, I figured I’d share a few statistics pertaining to what we’ve achieved these past two years:
- We’ve subbed 16 complete weekly series (excluding 6 movies and 3 OVAs/OVA series), which is about 2 per season.
- That’s 270 separate full-length episodes (excluding movies and including OVAs and episodes of ongoing series), which is about 33 per season.
- Our release file count currently sits at 737, which is about 92 per season.
- We’ve released 346GB worth of anime, which is about 43GB per season.
- The current number of active staff is 8. We’ve never had more than that, either.
Those numbers probably pale in comparison to older and/or bigger groups, but it’s pretty incredible to think that we’ve come so far having just subbed 16 complete TV series with such a small staff. I believe it speaks volumes about how we work and the values we represent.
None of us were free or bored enough to set up some elaborate April Fool’s joke yesterday, so I guess that’s unfortunate for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing. I was also going to announce our Spring 2012 plans in this post, but we’ve decided to wait a little longer to see how things play out; we’ll probably make the announcement in 2-3 days.
Here’s to another year! Happy 2nd Birthday, UTW!
Congrats! I’ve always enjoyed your releases π
Happy Birthday, UTW staff!
A drink to more and more wonderful seasons ahead!
happy birthday!
happy birthday! UTW FTW!
Happy birthday UTW! I remember the april fools post last year, i actually fell for that one. cuz it would suck if my favorite sub group actually shut down!
Happy birthday UTW. So…. any plans for the incoming season?
Happy Birthday and I love that picture
Happy birthday! Coincidentally it’s my own birthday. Yay to us.
UTW = best TW
Congrats UTW!
π
Congratulations! =D
I’ll be looking forward for the years to come.
congratz!!! thanks for always providing such quality subs, we love u all~~~
PS: that pic Q.Q
Congratulations with you 2nd B-Day!!!
I wash you all another super awesome year!
UTW = Ultimate Translation Works!!!
UTW4EVER!!!
Happy birthday UTW! I can’t wait to see the series you’re subbing next.
Keep up the good work!
Happy Birthday, UTW!
Well done! Keep up awesome job!
Good luck with next series! Whatever it is.(What is it?:P)
Well happy birthday to UTW! It’s certainly always fun when you look back in the past. I only but wish I could give something to celebrate the anniversary of UTW. For now, I’ll just congratulate you guys and hope you guys will continue to do what you do best and know that we’re grateful for what you have done.
Happy Birthday o’ UTW~
Keep up the good work, nice to have your releases here~
Tanjoubi Omedetou~!
Good job with your releases until now.
Please consider subbing Medaka Box! =D
Congratulations, and heres to many more successful years to come.
happy birthday!
What are you guyz subbing this season?
They’re subbing Fate/Zero Part 2, of course!
tanjoubi omedetou~!
jormungand
<3
Now I want to join UTW just to make it nine XD . Too bad my internet speed is too slow to even reasonably download anything this past season.
Regardless, GRATS!
Congratulation and Happy Birthday UTW !
You’re my no. 1 fansub! ^w^
Looking forward to your spring release~
Considering sub Accel World or Natsuiro Kiseki?
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday UTW
Happy birthday to you
Congratulations, everyone at UTW π your work is epic, I’m so glad I found your group π you’re among the best subbers out there!!
I am also fascinated by your tastes, actually. I originally found the website while looking for Fate/Zero, yet I’ve already watched all of Amagami, Yosuga no Sora, Gosick and Angel beats and I’m in the middle of The Idolm@ster π
The shows you pick are fantastic π thanks for letting us watch them, and above all, thanks for your hard work!!
Ahhh, add CubexCursedxCurious to the watched list π I dunno how I forgot about it.
Happy Birthday UTW! Your fansubs are great, and I look forward to your work every season.
Keep up the good work. Here’s to another year.
YEAH! GO UTW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! π
I raise a cup to your health and the group’s health. To many more seasons and shows. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, UTW. Right now, you’re one of the best subbing groups on the internet.
…Gotta admit that I first thought this was a late 1. April joke. Sorry.
>Iri, Kiritsugu, Shirou, Illya and Archer will never sit at a dinner table together as a family
;_;
γγγγγηΎγγγ§γ¨γγγγγΎγ οΌ:)
Happy Birthday UTW. π
Hell yeah!
Happy Birthday guys!
Happy Birthday UTW .Continue your amazing work : ) .
Happy Birthday! Hope you stay with us long time π haha
wow happy 2nd birthday UTW!
thanks for your awesome quality releases! cannot wait for your future projects ^^
Happy birthday UTW
Happy 2nd birthday UTW! π Looking forward again to your future works. UTW d best!~
Happy Birthday Guys, hope you guys are going to keep going with the good releases.
heppy birthday fellas, here’s to you, and to many more π
happy birthday UTW, and thanks for all the releases you guys have done so far, definitely enjoyed them π
Ξ₯ΞΏu guys are the best! May you continue doing what you love forever ^^
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday & wish you all the best!…
happy birthday UTW, i enjoyed your works much better than any subber out there, keep on working lads!
which spring anime will you take except F/Z guys ?
Congratulations, my venerated UTW. You guys are by far the greatest! Hope you’ll be fine and thank you for everything, you gave to us. Your work should be bemedalled.Okay, enough talk, but I’m really serious about this. Cheers!
Hot damn. Happy birthday. You guys are my favorite subbing group of all time. Your work is very appreciated. I hope you guys do something fun! Drink a cold one for me. π
Congratulations guys.
We can see that these past two years, your whole life was Unlimited Translations Works.
Indeed, congratulations guys!
I hope you do get the time to celebrate a bit, at least. Though nothing marks an anniversary better than drinking ’till you forget what your celebrating.
You’ve done a hell of a job over these two years, and here’s to quite a few more.
Keep it up! Cheers!
happy birthday!!
The greatest fansub group in the world… that’s you guys!
happy birthday UTW
Ξ₯ΞΏu guys are the best!
Thank you guys for the hardwork subbing this 2 years! π
Happy Birthday UTW,
The best group ever!
Congrats on your second year, on your future plans note, I strongly reccomend the new Lupin III series. Is begins airing on April 4th, was there when they were showing it off at the expo in Tokyo… Looks very exciting
Happy birthday and may you last at least for another 2 years of AWESOME work!
Happy birthday! Thanks for all the hardwork!
Happy birthday guys! Keep up the good work.
Time to celebrate with an internet sized pie. Or was it cake? Ah fuck it, to hell with the food, grab a 6 pack and start shotgunning!
You guys are the only subbing group I’ve had as one of my google most visited sites on my homepage.
I don’t know why but it just is.
Love you guys! Keep up the awesomeness!
Happy birthday! Congrats on being two years old!
This is the group that I appreciate the most. IIRC, UTW have rarely, or not at all, been involved in any fansubbing drama. You guys have kept subbing for us without complaints, so keep up the excellent work.
Cheers, excellent work those past two years.
Looking forward to season 2 of Fate/Zero.
Happy birthday UTW. <3333
Best fansub group ever.
UTW = best sub group around.
CONGURRRRATULATIONS!
Happy birthday!
I ended up watching some anime I might have skipped because you started subbing them and I didn’t regret it. Continue being awesome π
Happy Birthday from me and my friends too! Thank you so much for all your awesome work these past two years!
Please go on and stay as cool as you have been guys! :-3
Been following you guys ever since you started on Angel Beats!. Thank you very much and please keep on keeping on!
Happy birthday! Thanks for all the good moments you give to us
Happy Birthday UTW!
Thanks for all those great series, I hope you’ll stay with us forever.
Congratulations, truly the best sub ground currently around.
now gimme my F/Z BD batch >:(
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! you guys are awesome! one of the best, if not the best sub group out there!
That image is almost enough to make me cry. ;_; Why can’t an Emiya ever be happy?
Oh well, on a happier note: Happy birthday and congratulations!
Happy birthday and a huge THANK YOU! π
Happy Birthday, hope you guyz sub Accel World besides Fate ZERO.
Happy birthday!
Really love and appriciate the work and effort you put into subbing.
I am really greatful for it. Thanks to all of you in UTW.
Happy Birthday! You guys rock!
“Your cake is tasteless and misguided, Emiya Shirou.”
“Baking cake for the people you love… are you saying that ideal is worthless?!”
“THIS MEAL WILL END IT! UNLIMITED BREAD WORKS!”
“I… I’M NOT….. WRONG!”
Arigatou! You’re my favourites! <3
Happy birthday, UTW! It’s nice to see how things are going well with you π
By far my favorite sub group.
Happy birthday UTW, hope you have plenty more in the future, and thanks for the quality work!
Stayed with you guys since the beginning.
hell your subs were the whole reason i started watching anime. (on a regular basis)
it all started with evangelion 2.22 you can (not) advance.
loved evangelion stuff so i downloaded your subs and it all went from there.
happy birthday guys
Happy Birthday UTW! thank u for bringing us quality releases!
To all UTW members,
Thank you so much for your releases. Big thanks!
-Kyaw
And also, Happy Birthday, UTW. ^_^
Happy Birthday UTW. Here’s to many more years of top quality subs!!
Thank you for all your hard work! If it wasn’t for you guys I don’t think I would have watched some awesome shows.
Bon Anniversaire UTW! Here’s to another year of good anime done right. *Holds up Glass of Champagne*
This is probably gonna get buried among the avalanche of comments, but I just wanted to take the chance to give you guys my congratulations on reaching your second year of activity, and thank you for the gigantic amounts of fun you’ve provided me with the stuff you’ve subbed.
Long live UTW, and may we all be together to share many more of these. =)
Happy birthday, UTW fansub!
I am looking forward for FZ season II.
Hehe.
Happy birthday UTW! I was introduced to this site by a friend who introduced me to Fate/Zero. Thanks for the quality translations and timely uploads! Amazing job. Thanks for all your hard work and congratulations on your success!
You guys are so retarded that I cannot but say I love you guys! Thank you for two years of anime!
Happy Birthday and thanks a lot for your hard work!
Happy Birthday UTW thanks for bringing us the great quality
Happy Birthday UTW! you guys are by far one of the best fansubbers i’ve ever seen! thanks for your efforts!
on another note, it’s amami haruka’s birthday today
Happy 2nd anniversary! Your work is simply awesome, and only keeps getting better. Thanks for all the great series and subs!
Happy birthday UTW! Thank you for all the wonderful subs & I’ll continue to stick with you for the many more years to come.
Happy Birthday UTW and please sub many shows with this quality or better for years to come π
Happy birthday guys and thanks for keeping my pants wet for 2 years now. Keep em coming!
Happy birthday UTW and thank for your works.
Quality is more important than numbers alone. And in that regard, I find you guys to be the best out there^^ But even in terms of numbers that’s still quite an accomplishment.
Happy 2nd Birthday, UTW!
Indeed, happy birthday and many thanks! In my book you rank with the past masters of subbing, Eclipse.
I’m a fansubber, as some of you may heard of this name “Diogo4D” before and I tried to follow every project UTW has done because of their quality and dedication to what they do.
My very first project wasn’t from UTW, actually (it was from SFW) but one of my first translation of anime was B Gata H Kei from this guys.
I have worked almost with all fansubs out there (SFW, gg, Commie, Doki, Underwater, GotWoot, Mazui, WhyNot, Oyatsu…) and have known what they actually have “inside the script” and UTW was always the best I could get.
I seriously hope you guys stick with us the longer you can even if you release one single anime per season.
Every time I need help in Japanese or English I go to IRC of UTW and they always help me.
So, thank you for everything and I hope I can translate your subs to my portuguese peeps for another year.
Not only their quality and dedication, but also politeness. Though I didn’t watch every single anime that UTW released, I like to visit this site, simply because they are very polite, unlike many other fansubbers. Happy Birthday UTW, looking forward into Fate/Zero season 2 =).
Yeah, Caoimhin, you are right about that.
Nowadays fansubbing world looks like the Lord of the Rings World.
Trolls from one side, heroes from the other.
Making some jokes is good, of course. Trolling here and there can be fun.
But a fansub that makes their sogan the “trolliness” starts to get boring.
And may the Light of the Gods shine upon you, my brave fellowship!
Happy Birthday, faggots. Congrats on turning 2 and kicking so much ass at such young age.
Happy birthday, UTW, and thanks for all the subs. I hope you guys continue to bring your quality subs to the community for a long time to come.
Happy Birthday UTW, Thanks for all the great subs you’ve given us and I hope your group can continue on and sub more shows in the future :). You fags are the best!
2 years, huh. First time I heard about you was when you translated F/SN: UBW, I guess. That was awesome. After that, you kept translating one anime after another and almost all of them were awesome (Angel Beats, Amagami, Gosick, Kamisama, Yosuga, Fate/Zero).
I look forward your next releases! You’ve got my vote!
Happy Birthday UTW! Thank you for all, you guys are awesome =)
Happy Happy birthday <3 π
thank you guys for the great stuff youΒ΄re working on!
iΒ΄ll cheer you on for the next years! π
Back in my day, UTW was subbing B Gata H Kei! NOW look what’s happening!
Happy birthday sir. Also thanks for subbing im@s, no im@s no life.
Woa, it’s been two years already. 2010 I remember this year.
Angel Beats, Mayoi Neko, Working, HOTD and a lot to do in Uni! What days!
And before someone misinterpret the list I’m remembering the animes of that season, not what utw did specially.
Dunno when I came here first, but at some point I bookmarked the site.
Good work and keep it for as long as you can and think it’s worth, also don’t forget to live your lives. After all mixing fansubbing and higher education can be tricky.
Long live for you guys!
Viva Anime !
Whoa, 2 years now?!?! It’s been a nice ride so far, good work UTW!!!
UTW FTW!!
Happy Birthday UTW!!!
I have always enjoyed your work (top-quality in my opinion), and I hope to be able to do so for many more seasons.
Here’s to another year of fansubs by UTW!!!γ^β½^
Amazing work guys! I’ve followed almost all your releases, and you’ve become one of my most trusted fansubbers. Looking forward to many more years of great entertainment from you guys!
SAKAMICHI NO APOLLON
DO IT!
Thanks for always being there for us:]
Happy birthday
Happy Birthday UTW, 2 years ago good fansubs didnt exist, then you came on the scene and changed that. Kudos π
/butt kissing
Seriously though, good job on 2 years of quality fansubs. No one else can match you π
Happy Birthday UTW. i’ve enjoy the past two years with you guy and i will always will be. Keep up the good work. -w-b
A bit late, but happy birthday!
Happy B-day UTW, ur my fav subgroup since Angel Beats and I hope you pick up acchi kocchi among others π
Grats.
happy birthday!!
It seems like such a sort time since I first saw UTW set up. An’ yet, it’s come a long way with great quality subs.
Wow, nice work, I would love to join, if I knew Japanese >->. Seriously though, keep it up…I mean, I don’t currently watch any animes you’re subbing, but I’m sure I get back to you guys some time, I’m just picky with my anime :/.
Thank you for all your hard work, staff of UTW, and congratulations on the stellar accomplishments of your team.
Happy Birthday, guys!
I don’t even watch subs but I still love checking in to see what’s up. Keep up the awesome work! You’re one of the reasons fansubbing still exists π
Happy (belated) birthday !
Thanks for the great works !
When I play it on Media Player Classic with the CCCP plug in, it doesn’t play any sound at all.
Gah, shoot I posted the above on the wrong place, I wonder if I can delete it?
happy birthday utw and thnx for subing from iran :3