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TimeRanger 05 released

TimePink

Yes, this is a different picture than the one I used for episode one, shut up D:

I could probably use some TimeRanger pics for the front page if anyone feels like donating any.

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Mirai Sentai TimeRanger 03 released


Man, that picture looks familiar to me somehow.

So the first new TimeRanger in years has been released.

From here on zeldAIS will be taking over for the translation. Also, the splash was made by Lunagel, who was humble enough to not credit herself in the pic. I hope you enjoy the little easter egg in the release as well.

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It's the Internet, people

Rainbows and love and kisses
So over the past, let's say week, we've been getting weird visits from people who come to our channel to check our group out to check out our people. I think any reasonable person would go, "That's weird..." right?

I mean, I can understand it if people don't like the way we translate certain things or don't like the way we encode our videos. Those guys are probably just not our target audience. Which is fine, right? There's really no real way to please everyone. But the folks who have been coming have been acting like they were visiting a den of the insane to see if one of us would lurch at them and snap at their nose.

As far as our fansubber to public relation goes, I see it as, "We put out Japanese shows with subtitles, you guys download and watch them." And that's kind of it. Regardless of who compose of our staff, we're all pretty much dedicated to doing a pretty good job at that. Regarding who are staff our and what our personalities are like, I don't know what people are saying about us, but if it's something that questions our morals or our character, I just don't see it as being true? How well does the person who you're listening to know us anyway?

It's great if guys come in, chat with us for a bit, see that we're just regular dudes and dudettes just like any other people, but I'm concerned that there are people who take what's being said at face value and just assuming it to be true.

Not to sound cynical or anything, but aren't there people out there who would benefit from libeling us, thus pushing people toward their friend's sites or whatever? You just have to look at your source material and think about things like "How does what they're saying benefit them?" "What biases are inherit in their opinion?" "How true does the information sound? Does it sound like he's had any real interaction with the staff?" "Does this really matter for my toku/anime watching experience?" and of course "Is this guy I'm listening to an asshole, insane, a jerk, an Internet troll, a rumor monger, or something of the like and should I really care what he's saying?"

Basically: We put out fansubs. If you like it, great. If you don't, that's fine too. And we're just regular people and fans of these shows just like you guys are. It should be no surprise that not everything you hear on the Internet is true.

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Last Goseiger Batch HD released

Constellations
And so the Gosei Angels completed their mission and returned back to the stars.

Mirai Sentai TimeRanger 02 version 2 released

Hmm this picture reminds me of something

Two, two! Case 2.02! Hmm, this picture reminds me of something. This episode's splash by Lunagel. Great!

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Kamen Rider Agito 01 released and splash requested

Kamen Rider Genealogy

That's episode one..

So it's the same deal with TimeRanger. I could really use some splashes for Agito as well. For TimeRanger, please make the resolution 640x480. For Agito, the encodes will be 720x404. If you want to future proof it, maybe make it 1280x720. E-mail them to me or post them on the forum thread would be best.

OOO 13-19 and Movie Core HD released

Birth

I guess he's calling her Anko. Don't know who she is.

Edit from KR Fia and a couple other people:

She's Sakura Kyouko (佐倉京子) fromPuella Magi Madoka Magica. Before her debut in the series, fans used to mispronounce her name as "Anko" instead of "Kyouko".

Time 01 released again again

TimePink

Time 01 version 3. In case you didn't see my post earlier, I wasn't satisfied with the quality of the version 2 encode. I've been experimenting with filters all week and this is what I've come up with. I think this is much better and that you should delete our previous versions.

Some of you may be wondering why you should get this version instead of the ones we released 5 years ago. This version has a better translator. There's a better QC standard now. We have Ais' awesome typesetting. Plus they will fit in better with the rest of the episodes when we get to them.

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TimeRanger 01 version 3 coming

So I've been experimenting with different filters over the week, and I think I've found a better way of dealing with those crappy old Toei DVDs. The gist of it is, a new version of Time 1 is forthcoming and it should look better than the one I released earlier this week.

I'm sure this is more intricate than most of you care to know, but compared to the newer DVDs like Zyu or Dai, the early Toei DVDs release before 2002ish were really awful to deal with. It'd use these awful interlacing techniques or with Kuuga, the whole TV series was letterboxed. It's just a pain in the ass.

Blu-rays are pretty awesome to encode by comparison. But not everything comes out on Blu-ray. Anyway, enough griping about stuff. Back to work. Back to work.

Kamen Rider OOO 45 SD released

Tajador

OOO 45

Edit, if you like this picture, check out some of the other work this artist has done.

Gokko ごっこ (n-suf) something done together, game of make-believe
No kanji this time, which is unusual. You'll usually hear this as stuff like "Mama gokko" which would be the equivalent of "playing house".

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Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger 24 SD and ED 2 released

GokaiRed

Oh good, I was worried that the current generation of Sentai writers weren't doing enough drugs

Senden 宣伝 【せんでん】 (n,vs) propaganda, publicity, (P)
Just in case the episode doesn't beat the word into you already. By the way, the den is the same as in densetsu/legend (伝説 ) or gaiden/side story. (Ninja Gaiden 忍者外伝)

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ZyuRanger 10 released

DaiZyuJin
I summon DaiZyuJin in attack mode! And that's 20% done for ZyuRanger, not too shabby for half a year's work.

But man, what an unfortunate DVD/Blu-Ray release schedule. Japan usually releases stuff in the last third of the month. So we've got Eternal and Precure DX 3 from last month. But for some reason they released the August stuff the first week. So now there's All Riders Net Movies, Garo movie, and stuff going on as well. And next month there's Kiba and the DC for OOO/W. Crazy! I think the OOO hyper battle video should be coming out soon too.

Remember when a series was just a TV series, a movie, and a hyper battle video? When did everything become so complicated?

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Mirai Sentai TimeRanger 01 version 2 released

Married once

Fixed up translation, better encode. Time 01 is rereleased. If you've enjoyed seeing Ais effects in Gokai, then watch them in the actual series here. This new version has been a long time coming.

By the way, did you know that at one time, TimePink and Gills was married?

So I'm basically releasing this before the rest of Zyu because I want to gather more splash pics for it. If you're an artist or something, maybe consider putting one together for us? Just needs to be 640x480 and have #TV-Nihon somewhere in there. As well as the artist's name.

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