Oh, before I forget. I’ll make this short.
New Series
Minami-ke Tadaima
Puchimasu! (as Chibiki)
Ongoing Series
Shinsekai Yori
Little Busters! (as UTW-Mazui)
There’s another series we’re looking at, but big question mark about picking it up. We were looking at Sasami-san@Gambaranai, but we weren’t able to schedule our lives around it.
P.S.: It’s a new year and all, so we will be switching from XviD to H.264 480p 8-bit for our compatibility releases for new projects from now on. However, the compatibility releases for Shinsekai Yori will still be encoded using XviD for consistency.
Winter 2013 Plans
From the New World – 14
If only real life lesbians were this hot.
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Sorry about the late release, but several things just sorta fell flat this week and QC ended up taking a while.
It’s yet another brilliant episode, though, so I hope you enjoy it!
Nekomonogatari Black
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Here you go: the full Nekomonogatari Black release! This release would not have been possible without the enormous effort and time put in from everyone in the team, but __ar, who practically killed himself typesetting these past two days, deserves special mention.
Some comments from the staff:
ar (Typesetter/Encoder/GuyWhoStartedThisHell): Tsubasacat is too lovely~ Also fuck SHAFT and their shaking text.
Ulrezaj (Translator/Editor): Wait, we’re not doing the next season of this too are we? D:
Raze (Translator/TLC/Editor/QC): TIME TO GO BACK TO HAVING A LIF— shiiiiit I still have F/Z Blurays to do.
fotc (Translator/TLC): Kuroneko = mai❤waifu. Kobato = mai❤imouto.
Moshiburner (Translator/QC/Mascot): Wait, I’m a mascot now? Uhh…good shyow. meow.
Sutai (Typesetter): Nadeko the best.
Sindalf (Timer): Coming soon…
archdeco (Timer): Needs more Senjougahara.
fnord (OP Translation/ED Kara): I like -monogatari.
And that’s it! It’s been a crazily intense past couple days subbing this show, and I hope you enjoy our work! I’ll probably announce our next season plans soon.
P.S.: We decided to release the whole thing in its entirety to avoid the issues that would stem from releasing two files, having to fix the audio issue in the first, having to come up with some magical way to help you guys join the two together etc. It does mean our earlier release is now redundant, but it’s the saner strategy to go with.
Nisemonogatari BD – 02
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Aye so here is Episode 2, and we’ll try and get some more episodes released (if possible) in the next couple of weeks. Raze’s priority is on Fate/Zero, so after he’s finished that he might have some time to work on this show some more before he goes back to University.
Also there was some hurfing about banding in ep01 by certain people compared to another groups release which was covered in grain (which hides some of the banding). The problem lies in how Shaft handled the gradients (and most likely doing some silly resizing practices), and while this has already been debanded heavily, some gradients just can’t be fixed that easily. I really don’t have the time nowadays to be scene-filtering and creating hand-made masks every time stuff like this occurs and can’t just be easily fixed, so if some people aren’t happy without it being covered in grain (see: f3kdb) to hide the banding, feel free to grab the other group’s release. Please note that if I took that route, I would also need to raise the bitrate even higher to make it look acceptable in my eyes, because that’s just how it is.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica BD – 01-12
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Uh so where to start. This wouldn’t have been possible without everybody involved since the project first started as a yesy BD release and up until now when it became a UTW side project pretty much.
The story goes that it was first started by my bro goof who then had RL shit come up, and I took lead on the project with EighthSin as my right hand man, who put a ton of time and effort into translating this nearly from scratch. I asked Kusion to help edit and he managed to stall it for 10 months (like a boss~), and then Xythar came on board to help out with the editing and gave Kusion the kick in the ass he needed to finish stuff up!
So a huge thanks goes out to EighthSin, Kusion, Xythar, Raze, fnord, Daiz, Tormaid and also to the original guys involved: Desolo, KingArthur, sportsrmyname, goof, and anybody I forgot. Also thanks to the Pixiv artist for this awesome pic~
Also this was encoded from the Italian BDs and it’s finally done so yay. We all really enjoyed this series, so having a chance to work on it ex-TV was nice, and hopefully we’ve done a job worthy of this show.
Merry Christmas guys, and hope you enjoy this present (it just somehow worked out like this!).
Sword Art Online – 25 (END)
Best character in the middle.
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Joint with GotWoot Fansubs.
The release of this episode concludes the SAO project! Over the past six months, we’ve followed the adventures of Kirito and Co. (or should I say Harem instead?) through two game worlds and four volumes of the LNs, and this is where we say goodbye to the series, right before Christmas.
My feelings towards this anime are mixed. I really did enjoy Volume 1 of the LNs and had high hopes for the series initially, but I can’t say I liked many of the directing decisions the studio made as the series progressed. In particular, all the sweet, little things that made Book 1 wonderfully romantic were left out. I never really liked the ALO arc either, but I suppose it makes sense to end it there.
Now that I’ve had my say, here are comments from the other staff!
kokujin-kun (Translator): A-1 Pictures, lrn2 English
Isakasan (Timer): I enjoyed it, aside from the action scenes it wasn’t too bad. The adaptation was done really well even if that meant making ALO so dull. Just like the novels! It was great working with UTW and the rest of the team regardless. Thanks to everyone for making this so enjoyable.
Justaway (Typesetter): Coming soon…
ar (Encoder, Backup Typesetter): Working on this show was a pain cause I didn’t enjoy it, but I had fun working with the guys none the less. Boobs would have made it better, but there wasn’t any so I rest my case.
Spoggerific (QC): Surprising how fast half a year passes. It’s a little cliche, but it seems like it was only yesterday when we started on the first episode. I liked the SAO arc a lot more than ALO, but at least that brought us Suguha, The Best Imouto. I hope there’s a second season just so ar has to work on this show some more.
thecowgoesmoo (QC): Thank you to everyone on staff for having enough patience to deal with my slow, obsessive self. I think SAO tried to do both too much and too little with the time it had, but in the end it turned out okay, right?
I handled the TLC, editing, QC, and anything that needed doing when people disappeared on me (such as timing and ad hoc typesetting. Shit sucked).
killazys, Sapphi, KmE, fgghjjkll, Bungles, msm595, and sangofe all helped out at some point or another… yeah, we had a lot of random fill-ins.
I think we’re doing the BDs, but they’re admittedly low priority. Don’t expect anything soon.
We hope you enjoyed the series and our work, and hope you’ll stick with us for future series! Thank you all for your continued support throughout!
Little Hustlers! – 12
EN! JO! KOU! SAI! EN! JO! KOU! SAI! EN! JO! KOU! SAI!
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We at UTW and Mazui are proud to present you with your weekly dose of NTR.
Just look at that NTR face. Delicious.
From the New World – 13
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The world didn’t end as planned, so I guess there’s subbing to be done!
Shinsekai Yori will be on break next week; episode 14 will air on January 4th, 2013.
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! – 12
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“Long have I sat on Lyfjaberg here,
Awaiting thee day by day;
And now I have what I ever hoped,
For here thou art come to my hall.”
Joined are we in Bilskirnir by fair maidens.
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Well, what can I say? That was quite the ride.
I had fun turning these posts into a relapse to my own eighth-grade syndrome days with excerpts from the Poetic Edda. It feels like forever since I went through that last. I hope you had fun reading them. For most weeks, the posts on the UTW and rori sites were different, with a theme to match the episode, often a conversation. Might be fun to go back and check what they were. If they inspire an interest in Norse Mythology in you, even better.
But “relapse” might not be the right word. I never really got over my eighth-grade syndrome. My colleagues and co-workers think I’m insane when I suddenly act out a scene, do some improv, make references to Norse mythology, or any of my other strange mannerisms.
No one gets over eighth-grade syndrome. We live it all our lives. We enjoy it all our lives.
A word of advice for the young ones in the audience: You still have time to get infected. Do it, and never let your life be boring.
And now, a few words from our staff:
yoji (TLC): Thanks for sticking with us on the search for the Unseen Horizon. I shall leave you with these words: Reality, be rent! Synapse, break! Vanishment, this world!
Ioryogi (Editing): There was rarely a dull moment in the show. Week after week, Kyoto Animation gave us characters that were fun to watch and, more importantly, very easy to sexualize. Honestly, Comiket 83 can’t come soon enough.
Sutai (Typesetting): This show just proves that the best girl never wins. A moment of silence for Nibutani.
Bungles (Typesetting): I have no idea what this show is about.
archdeco (Timing): Here we are, at the last station. I must say I really enjoyed the show, but that’s not surprising. After all, it’s KyoAni. What could go wrong? Here’s to the second season. But before that, there’ll be some additional BD only specials. See ya till then. Thanks to the whole team, especially fotc and Ioryogi. P.S. Special thanks to gg. With or without you, we would’ve subbed this show.
Kusion (QC): what the fuck yuuta
Raze (QC): I had fun following Chuu2, though my involvement in the project has been limited to quick QC passes for the middle few episodes or so due to this show airing during the week. Props go to the team for doing a great job, and thanks go to you for choosing us for this series!
Rem (QC): Dekomori best girl.
Daiz (Encoding): This series is 2chuu4me
Thank you for watching to the Final Vanishment. And yes, it is actually “Vanishment”.
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C³ – Cube×Cursed×Curious – OVA
Don’t worry, I’m just as bad with the Rubik’s Cube.
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So the time has finally come to complete your archive with us… if you’ve been waiting, that is. We kind of just forgot about it a lot throughout the year.
I’m not Moshi, so I can’t really rant on and on about it, but enjoy the glorious 1080p of Fear-chan!
Dammit, where the hell’s Moshi?