The hell else am I supposed to do? It's midnight where I live, there's literally nothing else to do. I'm blogging here. Why? Well, aside from randall being a slave driver, I'm bored.
Therefore, I reach out to those of you that reply to entertain me.
Toyu-chama The goggles do nothing! Serious, my eyes are failing me =/
Sin no Aria >< I almost feel sorry for you. Now all you need to do is clone randall and you won't be bored >< Wait... two randall... three ... I'll be silent now.
My gawd!!! - randall - 2008-05-12 04:15:28
Firstly, thank you Pioszak for donating to us.
Secondly, I got full marks for one of my school assignment :D :D
DaVince Methinks you should set some news post categories so people can choose to browse through only "Hi im talking lol" posts or only through "these are released!" posts if they like...
Wapanese Students Sux Welcome to the internet, fag.
boondoggler #3 can't be ALL bad...
Sin no Aria ... Third one can be fun... depending on why. I remember the old days when there were all-night anime and gaming parties. I barely slept ><.
Creaccespar Hi.
Very interesting site!
Thanks!
Teaching is...... - psych - 2008-05-10 23:24:03
I just finished my first week of teaching prac. The whole week was spent teaching primary school kids music.
I took a year 1 class the other day, and when I said 'form a circle', one girl came up and attached herself to my leg. I had to tell her 'no, no, we don't need to hug to form a circle, just make a circle'.
Toyu-chama My girlfriend is... but I doubt she has time to help y'all =/
Sin no Aria I'm not a "Pro" in C++. However, I do know a bit (I'm more used to basic and I still mess up and use basic commands instead of C++ commands ><)
Sin no Aria Oops... my bad ><
Djfrenkios Hello , chto eto za forum takoij?
intersnio tut u vas
What, you say? - dowhatnow - 2008-05-09 01:34:28
The blog is a lie.
The blog is a lie.
The blog is a lie.
The blog is a lie.
Thezzbiszz Congratulation!!! Ayu (Do I need to say "In b4 Suiton" like Menclave site) :)):))
martino Please don't drag that ret***** stuff into here. Thank you.
Anonymous Congratulations on reaching your goal. Now where are mah subs?!!!
Oh, in case you didn't know, Baccano 15 is out.
Hint hint...
ToxicCookie Anonymous, kindly get stuffed, things are released when they're done, I'm sure the members of this groups have stated that so many times that they mumble it in their sleep.
r0b3rt Huh, WTF?
Qwerty Can I have my higurashi now plox?
Baccano 07 DVD released! - randall - 2008-04-15 14:23:39
Moar Baccano in DVD versions! ^_^
Hopefully Baccano 08 DVD will be ready soon :D
By the way, thanks to Matthew, Brian, Chris and Joshua who chipped in and sent the donation bar to 82% !!! It has been many months since we last saw an almost full orange bar.
Kudos to all Ayu fans who supported us too!
We are looking for Japanese translators and typesetters. Please help us to spread the word around or recommend to us if you know of any. Either contact us through the contact form or hop on to #Ayu-Recruits and msg one of the OPs there.
someguy I really would love to help with some translation or something else, but i fear i cant help you with it.
I hope i can support you people with dl and watching and saying i enjoyed it very much. Thanks for all your hard work for bringing us ungratefully people this.
Mogambo Jah bless - u guys did such a nice job on Baccano! in the 1st place and the dvd eps are even sweeter. Thank you, since this series is possibly even better than Death Note (and definitely funnier!)
cyruz Can't donate, I'm almost in the red this month. >_> Glad there are some others who can though. Thanks for the Baccano! release. :D
DaVince Baccano! Yesss! :)
Oh yeah, congratulations on the almost full donations bar!
JokesFunnn How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?
His lips are moving.
Avalanche Since you folks are doing the DVD, does this mean that you'll also release the 3 episode specials? *hopeful*
martino If you can read and scroll down with your mouse/keyboard then you should know the answer already. And I won't be repeating myself.
CP Thanks, guys - grateful as always! Donations will come now & then...
Avalanche Ahh.. I saw that now. Thanks for doing them then! ^_^
Minami-ke ep 11 out - [P]ako - 2008-04-13 22:43:34
Two episodes left, the next one should be ready in 2 or 3 days. Just don't hold your breath for it.
suiton OMG. Do you guys play in the "in b4 suiton" thing like at the [Menclave] site?!
>_>
Anyway, great job releasing Minami-ke 11! I wasn't expecting it!
Marek Thank you!
And suiton - we're everywhere! :P
randall We need TRANSLATORS AND TYPESETTERS!!!!!!!!!
ToxicCookie Wow, that last post=Random Word Generator, or Babelfish translator.XD
Thanks to Ayu for sticking with this series, it's my favorite of last season. It's too bad I can't translate or typeset since I'd love to help out, keep up the good work.
r0b3rt "Cannot render the file"! Is it me or my comp who's faulty somehow? :< You know anything about it, or should I just do a redownload?
r0b3rt Oh, wait, I know what's wrong now. My mistake, sorry!
April 2008! - randall - 2008-04-04 19:43:50
It's the month of April 2008!
That marks our 4th year in fansubbing! ^_^
Donation bar is updated to April.
Edit: Please do not donate any amount below $1, as PayPal charges a fee for each donation. Someone just donated $0.28 and PayPal eats up every single bit of that $0.28 as the fees :(
Edit: Thank you Robin for the donation. Everyone thank him now. We are still a little far from our target though.
suiton Here's to another great year of fansubs by you guys!
eMDee congratulations on 4 years! amazing how anime has changed in that time, eh?
50119 Congratulations!
r0b3rt *Clappy-clappy hands*
KinzMo Congratulations on your fourth year fan subbing!
laharl congratulations!!!
DaVince 4 years, and subbed this much? You guys really ARE awesome! Congraturations!
Loliko *donates 10 yen*
mkvfreak Wow,'s true that Ayu has been around for 4 years. That was when ayu actually subbed 1 of my favourite series, Hani Hani: Operation Sanctuary. I still liked that anime very much. Congratulations for the 4th aniversary.
thezzbiszz Thanks Robin for your donation and Ayu for your hardwork after 4 years fansubbing
Toyu-chama I say it's not laziness! However, I do feel sluggish. Kinda hungry too. Ah well, back to work o.o;
PEM poor toyu :(
cyruz Doesn't seem like I can donate this month. But please try to keep your hard work up, guys!
50119 Nice, I've been waiting for this, the food is better when you're hungry ^^. Ayu's releases are worth waiting for, so just continue your laziness we leechers won't mind.
Gothiclass Yay, been waiting for these!! keep up the great work, if you were wondering who the second person to donate that was me (Fraser)
m/ ^-^ m/
arcanes Awesome! thanks for the release guys.
Marek Thank you! :)
DaVince Okay then, I donated a bit. Keep it up! :)
DesoNoto Thanks for the new episodes! :D
randall Thank you Vaccaro and Beers for donating :D
eMDee I dropped 18 monies for ya guys. Keep up the good work! ABSOLUTELY worth the wait :)
50119 uhm... was it my eye or did you have a new typesetter for these eps?
randall Thank you eMDee :D
r0b3rt Two episodes! URESHIIIIII!!! *squeals like a little J-fangirl* Really glad you're still on track, Ayu team.
goomuloo I'm Paul from Canada, a retired Author. I've only been at this about 4
months now, and I've hit the ground running. I'm only really getting around
to visiting all the forums now. I still have a lot to learn but I'm getting
there.
All the best,
Paul
laharl As usual, we are still looking for new staff. what are you needing?
randall @goomuloo: Welcome to Ayu, Paul :D
@laharl: Japanese translators definitely, website GFX designer and AFX/TSer
Jourgenz It's test.
I could't post a message...
laharl I might be able to do the Japanese translator part. I have been studying Japanese for about 3 or 4 years. I can read it well but I can't speak it to well. When I watch anime I fell like I can only get only around 80% of what they say. so I don't know if you want my help. I am trying to get better.
randall @laharl: sure, you can actually improve your Japanese by working with one of our translators as well. If you're interested, do hop on to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and poke YoshiZumi
suiton Thanks so much for Minami-ke!
Baccano! 06 DVD - [P]ako - 2008-03-25 23:09:55
Here you have more Baccano! while we hunt down Orochitux. He has some QCs to do before we could release more stuff.
And also we need more staff. If you think you can help, please, join #ayu-recruits@irc.rizon.net and ask an OP.
Moi.
martino's edit: OK, so the corrected version is out, where the CRC should be 88AC6711. If you have downloaded the corrupt file, then you can just torrent the new one over it and let it overwrite the corrupted blocks, thus saving you from having to download those 233MB again.
Also for those wondering, 14 is being worked on, and will be released when it is ready. Therefore stop whining. Thanks.
thezzbiszz What is "14"? I can't get it...Btw, I'm still download your Baccano, keep up your good work :D/
CP 14 = a special of some kind I think - newly aired.
Thanks for the up!
Susan "14" is actually the first episode on an OVA, isn't it? Or extra episodes only released to DVD.
Thanks for the update! I was pretty sure that you guys were working on it, but it's nice to know for sure. =D Take your time! It'd be cool, even, if you guys released it after you finished the DVD eps.
DesoNoto Thanks for another episode. Maybe I should watch this since mostly everyone says it's amazing. :P
Arc Hmm, what kind of recruits are you looking for? Just translators and typesetters or other things?
DarkStar episode 14 is the ova released straight onto dvd and continuing the story i believe. probably have to wait for the other 2 to be released before they can start working on them tho
Yes. You're not seeing stars. Here's episode ten of Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny.
Kudos to those who waited for us or who are going to archive our copy :D
-Updated donation bar to reflect March. Thanks to Aguayo for being the first donor in March. But today is 13 March :(
Darc woot 1st comment!!!!!!! any way thanx for the release great work eh> a question can people seed the previous eps to ikkitousen DD >.< having a hard time getten them thanx
OEE Thanks.
thezzbiszz Thanks, although the show is finish long ago but I still want your release :)
suiton Great to see that you guys are being more active with releases.
-- suiton
LK Just wanted to say thanks for the Rec fansub! :D
suiton Rec?
That was a long time ago. A very long time.
O_O
randall Thank you Fraser for donating.
Philo Why do they keep targeting anime sites?
Anyway good thing Ayu is up and running again.
ToTaFTW I bet those ppl that voted for "Not at all" must be guys :o
fulgore i have a question ,the version of ikkitousen dd that u guys are subbing is the tv ver. or the dvd ver.? just wondering...nice to see u guys up again and keep up the great work u guys do =).
[P]ako It's the TeeVee version. We won't be doing the DeeVeeDee rips of it because it will mean more delays (like there are not enough delays already).
Baccano! DVD Episode 05 - randall - 2008-03-12 14:25:55
Another release. Bacano DVD 05. Grab them from the usual places.
We are also recruiting for the following positions:
- Japanese to English Translators
- Typesetters (SSA/ASS/AFX)
If you are keen, kindly proceed to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net for more details. Thanks.
joe fuck yes, your the best group ever!
awesome guys.
lookin forward to higurashi!
anon so.. wut about 14? T_T
CP He, thanks! I'm holding back on the series until you've released all in DVD; then I'll have a frenzy ;-)
anon#2 Yes, please tell me Episode 14 is in the plans. Pretty, pretty please.
Byayoi Please, please, tell us that you'll listen to anon#2, and that you'll sub episode 14.
Pretty please with sugar on top.
:D
me yes, they have already told you they are :P
just wait for it to come out
on a side note, great work on baccano, ayu
eagerly waiting for episodes 14 to 16
Anonymous Glad to see you guys back in action. And thanks for the ep.5 release. Been looking forward to it.
Now get to work on ep. 14 you lazy bums!
DesoNoto Since I'm only going to watch the DVD releases, this is great. Keep up the awesome work! ;D
Daigelmir umm ... what's the difference between the dvd ver and the tv ver again??
VAXVA it should be faster man, i thought DVD5 is Volume5... which contains ep14... who know it only episode 5.... eagerly waiting for that episode 14, keep it up... just 1 days enough to sync those tvrip episode subtitle to dvd.. so please jump work to ep14, and work on ep14 onegai~
Juggen @Ayu
Thx for more DVDs. Baccano was awesome.
@Rest
GTFO, u ungrateful bastards.
Maybe they want to finish their DVD-releases in order.
Anyways, it's up to them and not u what they will and won't do...
anon suck up to them... good job
you won 1 free internets
NOW GO SUCK MORE!
Juggen Not really, I'm just tired of reading whining all the time from people with nothing better to do with their pathetic lifes.
kthxbye
DesoNoto @Juggen
Ditto. Those people make me sick. :(
martino 14 will be released when it is done. Go read the Release Schedule to kill some time until then... And don't tell us what to give priority, and how long it takes us to do something, mainly if you know jack about fansubbing.
jigsawdid hi ^__^ i'm currently following your baccano DVD releases and was wondering what font did you use on 'ayu presents baccano'. i've tried to search it but couldn't find anything related to it. thansk for all your ard work producing these pearls ^__^
martino You won't find that font anywhere, unless our typesetter who created it decides to publish it.
jigsawdid well, thanks anyway ^_^ at least i won't be spending any more time looking for it. keep up the good work ^_^
DaVince Baccano! is awesome. Keep up the good work, folks! Can't wait for the next release. :)
We are alive yet again ^_^ - randall - 2008-03-03 07:42:28
Server problems after problems. Enough said. Here's Minami-ke 08.
Grab torrents from torrents page or hop on to our IRC channel to grab it from XDCC bots.
Our donation bar reads February with 25.16% but it is March now. ~_~
psych The rest of the series is pretty much done. We're just waiting on our typesetter, who is quite busy at the moment.
Marek Yay, finally more Minami-ke! :)
PEM i'm happy to see you guys are still alive.
joe awesome, great work guys!
ToxicCookie God, thy name is Ayu, thanks again team!
DesoNoto Thanks for yet another episode. :P
KH Another awesome work from Ayu, thank you. Try not to ruin everyone's mood but I think you guys missed one simple line around 21:18... Other than that, you guys are the greatest. Keep it up, Ayu!
Comoje Thanks Ayu, nice job!
psych KH: the line should be 'Everyone...'.
r0b3rt It lives, and it delivers! We truly are not worthy. Thanks much, Ayu!
Sin no Aria ... 25.16.. percent? Did the bar not update or did you guys really not get donations? 0_o
randall The donation bar is updated to date.
Skittles so....what happened to Votoms?
Sin no Aria 0_o If that is up to date... 0_o ... You guys didn't get any donations? 0_o .
[P]ako @Skittles, no translator == no subtitles. He just went missing and when his nick registration dropped, we decided to cancel the project. Sorry. Shit happens.
suiton Cancel the project? What project are you talking about??
Toyu-chama @suiton
[P]ako is talking about Votoms OVA.
suiton Well that's a sigh of relief. I was thinking that maybe "that" series was Minami-ke or Minami-ke Okawari.
Anyway, keep up the great work and thanks (again) for Minami-ke Episode 08.
suiton If I have extra money (even a few dollars), I will donate to you guys!
=)
Sin no Aria I'm sure we'd all donate if we had money >< Is anonymous up now? Banks are closed on weekends, but still ><
randall just leave a msg in the comments section if u wish to remain anonymous.
propertyarchives Hi
I am a new member here. I am from the US and am 25 years old. I am here to
share my experiences and gain from your expertise.
Kai I didn't realize the one missing line when I first watched it as it was totally insignificant, but since it was mentioned I wanted to go add it myself. I then saw in aegis in the line before that it says in comments mode "***MISSING LINE: 'Everyone....' COMES AFTER THIS***". :OOO
sehiara Hi, I am a newbie to this community and I am John from US by the way and
looking forward to meeting everyone!
Revival from the dead! - randall - 2008-02-21 01:29:39
We revived! Server-wise. Why it took so long? Simply because there are useless techs who ate money from us but didn't know how to get things fixed. Not one, not two, many techs/companies -_- Waste of money seriously. Sigh
Anyway, things should be up as normal as it can be.
Torrents and the tracker are working as usual, so just run your torrent again to get it working.
While the server was down, all our fansub work was put on halt as well, so now we shall get back on our foot again, give us some time, it's a busy period for most of us now.
Sin no Aria At least it is back now. Still, it was surprising to see it down again. And I saw a Fedora Core page instead of Ayu-Anime earlier 0_o . Does Ayu use a linux server? Usually linux servers are good... then again... garbage in, garbage out...
Marek Welcome back! Don't worry, we can wait, otherwise we wouldn't be here. Your quality is worth it!
HentaiMaster Most of the stuff are symlinked from the old installation including the fedora error page. Screw fedora. The machine is no longer running FC.
cyruz Keep it up guys! It wouldn't be the same without you.
CP Hey, I was worried you quit! Glad you're alive...
PEM hooray.
Virtual_ManPL I was worried too! But good that You come back to live ;)
Philo Sorry to hear youre having problems, can we get a status on your current works?
thezzbiszz Yahoo!!! you are back, that's a great news
50119 glad to hear that, ayu's my fav group ^^
firecat waai, ayu <3
randall Status on our work. Sure, cuz we just lost stuff on our fansub ftp. So, we need to get people to upload raws/scripts again. More delays :(
Virtual_ManPL But glad that AYU-Team is alive ;)
JRL Will you be doing the Baccano DVD episodes?
martino As long as I don't drop dead and kami gets his ass to work, yes.
Mute Woot!
glad u guys are back!
i was beginning to wonder..
Darc wellcome back to the living i missed you all
joe awesome, you guys are alive and kicking. Ill wait forever for your realeases.
But some higurashi dvds would still be awesome.
noth Welcome back
Any chances for some Gayagu Manga Biyori 2, since 3rd season is about to begin?
Maro Welcome back! I've been wondering if you will release the rest of Higurashi 2. Or are there still no raws available?
[P]ako Re: Higurashi 2 DVDs, we will release more of them. Edge needs to get his arse in gear. Also he is about to start uni soon.
Re: Gyagu Manga... well, YoshiZumi is very special about it. He knows he ought to finish it.
IasasaI D'oh! Ayu has died! Long live Ayu! [or words to that effect] Without any pressure, keep up the good work!
Skittles shouldn't you finish the season before releasing the dvds?
[P]ako @Skittles, uh, we were *like* caught by the DVD releases (Vol 6 eps. 11-12 was released a week ago). So, it's kind of pointless to keep doing the TV version, we are switching to DVD.
joe wow, never thought you would really answer my question, i hope i was not annoying you with it. dont wanne bitch or something. Thanks for the status info. Well dvds are superior to tv versions, so its only natural.
you guys are the best lol
Bob790 Good to have you back among the living.
Lenkapuppia Hello , im new here, my name is Lenkaa , i have been reading your site for long
, a very nice community :)
Seerodide rosie@triad29.com
rosieponder@verizon.net
Not only do they try to rip you off, they send your email out and you get a ton of junk mail.
Minami-ke 7 - jongu - 2008-01-24 00:11:11
And who says we are not releasing! First one after the New Year break!
Zan Yay!! I love the quality and the greater picture clarity is definitely worth the wait.
ToxicCookie Win, thanks guys, your work is always worth the wait.
Comoje I agree with Zan and ToxicCookie, thanks Ayu!
Marek Yay, thank you! :)
Mogambo It has to be said... Minami-ke requires a lighter touch than most fansubbers are capable of. Thanks Ayu!
Yan Cool. A big thanks to you guys!!!
Santa Thanks for the release.
Bero Thud Waaaay better than ... anyone else.
guardian Same as Zan. Didn't even think of watching any of the other groups releases. Will wait till you guys release it
WillTRiker Thanks for the release from me as well.
Question if I may. I just noticed (can't believe I missed it) that there is a kind of 2nd season of Minami-ke called Minami-ke Okawari. Any chance you'll be doing that one also?
r0b3rt Quite muchly appreciated.
suiton Watched Episode 07 a few times today!
+)
DesoNoto Is this for real. I'm dreaming! Thanks so much!
Toyu-chama @WillTRiker Okawari will be delayed until season 1 is finished. As far as I can tell, Okawari will also become part of the Ayu projects. We are doing the best we can to give the Ayu goodness to enjoy with your family and friends. Enjoy Ep 7 ^^
Darc ty for the release of minami ke guys great work keep it up
Sovran Great release as always, Ayu the BEST! ^_^
WillTRiker Woot!, that's good to hear Toyu-chama and ofcourse I understand that you're finishing up season 1 first. I'll be keeping an eye on you guys.
suiton Oh, and was that poll question even necessary?
Come on, [Ayu]. I'm sure you guys are fully aware of how many "loyals" fans out there are waiting for more Minami-ke goodness from you guys.
=)
Virtual_ManPL Thx AYU TEAM !!!
Always the best quality !!!
I'm, waiting for your releasing Okawari too xD
dagh When it comes to Ayu, it's worth the wait, even if other groups starts to release DVD versions. Ayu beats that quality with normal raws anyway XD
Localhost Good stuff. High quality translation and video. Much better then some groups who like to purposely mistranslate for "lulz"
mousse Très bien!! ^^
Nick Much thanks. As others have stated, I am very grateful you guys are doing high quality fansubs and not the goofy 4chan/wapanese/kiddie job a certain other group did on this series.
Philo lol Nick, "4chan/wapanese/kiddie job" that was awesome. The voiceover on the last episode took the cake, it ruined the whole episode for me. AYU is superior in many ways! thanks AYU!
Huhu Philo, are you honestly upset with a dub over the warning message at the start? If you are LOL
ToxicCookie He must have thought it was a really important part of the show.XD Ayako is really not all that bad, they're alot better then some groups out there, not this one, but hell, who is?
Philo It´s not that i got upset, it just sucked really, the subbing was great but i couldn't get that voice out of my head, i wanted to punch pillow covers filled with bunnies.
Nick Agreed with Philo. Anyone who ends a comment with 'If you are LOL' strikes me as the immature type of person that would enjoy that sort of shit to begin with. While Ayako did do an overall good job, its also very obvious that their subbing is not very literal at all times, where as Ayu has done a very good job in that respect. Personally, I could live with the retarded fake soft subs on the first N episodes, but actually modifying the the audio track? And I believe those episodes in which they did had over all slightly lower quality audio as it was rencoded. (Just slightly less dynamic range)
Philo Temper with the Audio!? that should be a huge taboo for fansubbers. Ayako does some goofy stuff and most of them are kind of funny, and a lot of them are inside jokes, theres nothing wrong with that, but tempering with the content such as Audio, thats just wrong, i know that the opening is the same in all of the episodes, and that it really doesnt matter, but its still part of the episode. Its as if, i were a fansuber and i sing the opening change the audio track and add my voice during the opening, it would not be funny but it would ruin it for you, plus i sing pretty bad, it would be disastrous. anyway, were getting off-topic, Ayu thanks for minami-ke in adult quality.
Toyu-chama Ooooh Adult quality. That sounds kinda naughty~ :3
Fukt Logik Man, all they did was dub over the opening warning to stay three meters from the T.V, it's not like they did something to the actual episode, if you didn't understand the message the first 11 times, then you are beyond help. But yeah, I found the dub messages from the final two eps less than funny, however the previous 10 mistranslations of the warning were epically funny.
Hentaimaster Testing database.
Bacano! ep 04 DVD - [P]ako - 2008-01-19 16:09:24
I know things are going slow on our end, some members of our staff are on vacations, for example. But we are working. All of you know what Baccano is about, so there is no reason for me say anything about this episode (like I had done that with any series). So...
CP Thanks guys, saving these for a back to back watch ;-)
DesoNoto Yay, I'll archive these. I think I should finally start to watch this because I've heard so much good stuff about it. Thanks so much and hope everyone who is on vacation is having a good time! :D
Xiayohen Just to let you guys know there are some leechers, like me, who truly appreciate what you guys do for us by subbing these animations with high quality. Many thanks!
Thorn nice release guys keep up the good work =/ hope you have a productive year
cyruz Yay, time to rewatch. Thanks a lot for the release!
psych ... and I'm back. I've been home less than 24 hours, but I'm getting stuck into Minami-ke right now.
For those wondering, Okawari is well in the works, with TLs for the first ep done and the 2nd in progress.
Virtual_ManPL Thx4this, AYU TEAM !!!
@psych: Many ppl waiting for Minami-ke Okawari ;)
ToxicCookie Please disregard the idiotic comment, MOST of us are very grateful for what you do, and I for one don't care how you go about it, or how long it takes. Thanks for your continued hard work.
r0b3rt ...You can't finish something before starting it. That's illogical. :/
Boomy @rob3rt finish the first season before starting the second one
[P]ako @Boomy, the translator is just translating the second season. He's done with S1... there is nothing wrong with getting some work done, am I right?
thezzbiszz Yeah!!! That mean all 13 Eps in SS1 already translated and now waiting to encode and typesetting...But we have to wait right?
r0b3rt I knew what you meant. I just enjoy being difficult. ;p
[5]0119 Good to hear the news. It's worth waiting for quality releases so just take you time.
R Are you guys planning on releasing subs of the Baccano! DVD Special episodes as well??
Minami-ke 6 - psych - 2008-01-05 06:12:48
After much, much, much delay, we bring you Minami-ke ep 6. I can't remember what it's about (that's an indication of how long ago I worked on it <__< )
2 more episodes should follow, but for eps 9 onwards, you guys will need to wait until the 21st of January, the day after I get home from holiday =D
mousse *WAI WAI*
I was so hoping you guys would finish this project, thank you!! <3
r0b3rt Yippee! Thank goodness I didn't have to turn to Ayako to get this series...
cyruz Awesome, thanks for your hard work!
B-Kun Alright! I though that I would have to go Ayako to get the rest of this series! Thanks!
Macca I too am relieved I don't have to turn to Ayako for this.
Appreciate the effort, two more episodes before your return on the 21st should be perfectly fine...
One question though:
I'm guessing you won't start with the other version of Minami-ke until you finished this one, or am I wrong?
psych We COULD get started on it, but it's unlikely that we'd release any episodes of Okawari before this series is done.
Kai that's coo
i wouldn't want to watch the 2nd season before finishing the first anyway.
suiton Hey! Thanks!!
This was unexpected considering how long it has been. But I'm glad you guys released it! Thanks so much! Keep up the great work, and of course, I will seed the file for a while.
.tomi Why was the website down?~~
Santa Way to go, Ayu! Thanks for the release.
desu Okawari isnt the 2nd season right? It's just another version, right? That's what I heard anyway...
suiton Minami-ke: Okawari is a retake on the Minami-ke anime series.
suiton * Sorry for the double post. No edit button here.
"2 more episodes should follow, but for eps 9 onwards, you guys will need to wait until the 21st of January, the day after I get home from holiday =D"
Good to hear that 2 more episodes will be flying in soon, but bad news that 9~13 will need more waiting
T_T
I don't mind though. [Ayu] does the best job out of the groups doing/did this series.
Darc thats because [Ayu] are pros have a awsome holliday!!!!!!!! ty for the release!!!!
fraubau definitely worth the wait.thanks for this!
suiton Wow! I just saw the RAW episode 01 for Minami-ke Okawari and I have to say that it looks promising. The animation looks better, the music different but I think I'll like it, and the ecchi was awesome...it's all over the place!
It just makes me that much more anxious to see 7+ for Minami-ke and then Minami-ke Okawari.
=)
[P]ako @ .tomi, some weird stuff between the onboard RAID controller and the OS. Oh, and some dead drive and a DOA replacement. :x
Marek Thank you! :)
[5]0119 Thanks, and have a great holiday!
suiton Uh oh...Advertisements/spam??
Sin no Aria Why did someone post an ad here? -_-
[P]ako The spam is gone. Let's go back to the anime.
suiton Nice one [P]ako!
=)
antigod amazing serie you all just gotta see it!!! i saw it all the way to the last eppisode and i loved it!!!
Teveburge I'm sorry if this is off-topic, but I need some feedback. Do you think extended auto warranties a good deal?
Thanks in advance for your input.
ToxicCookie Wow, random comment is random, seek advice elsewhere this is where we stroke Ayu's ego by telling them how great they are, which is entirely true.
Thanks for the subs Ayu, great as always, did I mention great?
Skittles i luzled because this anime is already in it's second season
psych I 'luzled' because someone fails at using the English language and believes that Okawari is a second season.
Anon looking forward to your releases, the Ayako subs are full of mistakes >_>
Skittles @psych i lulzed because it's bascially the same thing
suiton It's not the same thing. It's very similar in tone, but the animation is different (a little), the OP and ED is different...but the stories are very similar in style.
ToxicCookie Either way more Minami-ke is a good thing, and now that Ayako has dropped it due to lack of a translator for the project Ayu is currently the only hope, even though I would have been archiving your releases in the first place, but it still means no subbed Okawari until Ayu finishes the first season.
thezzbiszz Ayako just Dropped the next Season of Minami-ke (Minami-ke Okiwari) So when you guys finish subbing Minami-ke, will you guys sub Minami-ke Okiwari also? I hope the answer is Yes, now matter how long I have to wait until you finish the first season :)
Toyu-chama Since no one has answered the last question, I will XD. Yes, Okawari will be on hold until Season 1 is done. Everyone is putting in their best effort to make the Ayu high quality releases of Season 1. I'm sorry to hear that Ayako dropped Okawari, but you can rest assured that we will be working on it as soon as Season 1 is finished. LOLI-SHOTA PUNCH~!
anon in february you mean?
suiton @anon
Um, no? [Ayu] finish today or even tomorrow. Whenever they finish, they will release it. It could as well as be Februrary or maybe March, April, May, June, etc.
@Toyu-chama
Thanks for the update. I'm glad that [Ayu] has plans on doing Okawari as well.
Sin no Aria One way or another, I think all of us are looking forward to Ayu's releases. I went to my local store to get a second box and Vol 1 of Higurashi... They sold their other copy... And the store is closed now T_T. Now it will be harder to get anime... And say, what is Minami-ke like? I've been curious but haven't had time to check it out. Anyone got a quick synopsis? (I might have asked this before, but my memory is kinda...)
suiton Stop being lazy and go look it up at AnimeNewsNetwork.com
Sin no Aria Sorry, perhaps I should have been more clear with my words. I already read the info on ANN and AniDB. However, I was more wondering of whether it was like Azumanga Daioh, Lucky Star, or any other series or if it was completely different. I'll probably watch it anyways since I like Ayu's subs, but I just need some help prioritizing.
ToxicCookie Christ man it's 250MB and 20 min of your time, just watch it. No one can tell you what you'll like, but IMO, yes it's good lighthearted humor.
Sin no Aria -_- What happens when your HDDs only have 10 mb left total.. It isn't like I can DL it right away. Not until I get a new HDD. Which is why I need to prioritize and figure out if I want to watch something now or not. I have my reasons for not doing certain things. Just forget I said anything, I'll see if I can find anyone offline that is willing to actually give an explanation.
desu Minami-ke is Minami-ke
End of story.
Loliko If you bother to respond, suiton, you may as well give a 1-2 sentence summary. Anyway, Minami-ke is about 3 sisters who happen to share the same last name (Minami lulz). Lots of lols, lots of loli, and even some soft yuri (PUSH FOR IT!!). By lots of lols I really do mean lots of lols.
Loliko Oh, if you want comparisons... it lacks Lucky Star's randomness and references, but not nearly as funny as the first half of Azumanga. Imagine a slice-of-life anime with lots of hilarity thrown in. Lots of delicious flat chest, if you're into that. As w/ all animu, watch the first episode or so -- works especially well in Minami-ke's case because the series starts with a BANG~!
First Release of the Year - randall - 2008-01-04 05:45:59
cyruz Good to see the site back up. Happy New Year, Ayu folks.
thezzbiszz What a surprise!!! Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny Ep 9
Btw, Happy New Year, It's good to see that you guys return.
Sin no Aria Hmmm... I didn't finish the first season. Do I need to finish the first season to understand DD? Or is it one of those where the second season and the first season can be stand alone seasons?
monkey Randall is a buttmonkey =p
[5]0119 ecchi series to start a new year - nice XD
kira80 Happy to see you're still subbing this because you're the best group for this show. Keep up the good work, it's much appreciated !
Ok, that didn't really go quite how I was hoping it would. Sorry about the downtime, kids. We had some extended issues with our service providers, but everything appears to be straightened out and should be more or less stable for the new year. Everyone knows we're slow, so it's not like you missed anything other than nothing getting released for two weeks. Just because you didn't see anything here doesn't mean we weren't working though! We've got some releases that are just about finished up and we'll be sending them your way in the next few days, barring further unforeseen idiocy. Akeome!
Lowlightt Just worried about you guys. We like the reassurance of the website being up, with it down for so long some of us start thinking evil thoughts at the work place.
Sin no Aria Heh, I figured that was the problem. Well, hope there won't be too many more of these crazy downtimes. After all, I enjoy looking at this website every day >_<
ToxicCookie Good to see the site is up and running again, I wasn't too worried though since a staff member was kind enough to let me know what was going on when I dropped by the IRC.
CP I was starting to ask around if someone knew if you were still around ;-)
Macca 3rd season of Jigoku Shoujo was announced while the site was down. Kinda surprising to me, to say the least...
Marek Welcome back! :)
r0b3rt They're back! Oh, I've been so worried about you! :( Are you guys all right? Want a cup of coffee?
martino We want TRANSLATORS. That's what we need... ;_;
[5]0119 glad the site is up again
suiton I kind of figured that it was a server issue. People were going crazy thinking that you guys disbanded or something like that. It's great to see that the site is finally back up.
ToTaFTW Woo servers up :3
You guys planning any new series for the new year?
eMDee I almost started downloading from other groups doing the same projects >_> welcome back online ¦°3
Kai i'd rather they finish the current series as i'm anticipating to watch them.
and i've been checking the site regularly to see if it was up again :O
you know, if sites go down, people imagine things.
suiton @ Kai
I agree. I'd much rather [Ayu] finish up the projects they've been doing thus far, and then start new ones. I'm interested in Minami-ke as well as the new one (it's a re-take of the anime), titled "Minami-ke: Okawari"...
Silver Mine okaerinasai.. ^_^
Amyante Heh, good to see the site back up again. At first, i thought it was just me because the irc channel didn't mention anything about it, but good to know everything's back to normal again. Looking forward to those new releases you planned! ^_^
Darc yattaa!! was worried also i asked around alot ^_^ just happy to see ayu back up realy a S3 of jigoku shoujo omg cant wait
baka~ i really thought you guys went bye bye for good :'(
yukata TT_TT
Loliko "I'd much rather [Ayu] finish up the projects they've been doing thus far, and then start new ones."
<Opinion> duly noted.
"People were going crazy thinking that you guys disbanded or something like that."
If only we had those kinds of people in Ayu... *sigh*
Philo lol, my first thought was "Holy Shit! The FBI is on to us!" but now that i know the reason i can finally sleep... thanks Ayu, looking forward to your next works... and sleep
Baccano! DVD ep. 03 out - [P]ako - 2007-12-18 20:21:19
Headswabby Oh God. Sex me gently. Thank you very much for this show. You guys all rock!
suiton wow~ the end of another great series!
great job releasing this episode only 2 days after the one before!!
=)
Leon-Gun Even though this season saw the show turned slowly from a light-hearted and funny yet interesting show to a total fanservice with no content one, I got to commend you on the excelent quality of your subs. You guys do rock.
Loliko Moar like... light-hearted and funny --> zomg drama --> plotless fanservice --> plotless drama (is that possible?!!)
thezzbiszz Yeah! The fianl episode of ZnT.Thank you, I love to see your next series you are going to sub
Skittles YEAH now only 6 months until the next season....
Lowlightt Thanks for the episode woot.
gngn thanx for the last episode. your quality rocks! although i think i'll never rewatch this series again. how could they ruine the whole interesting plot? they should change the director for the 3'thrd season. if there will be one
Skittles @gngn no because i'm so tired of that bittersweet bullshit
Philo ZnT and Proper Football FTW!
Thanks Ayu, as always.
Philo fairy?? WTF?? that was random.
Miro What? No volleyball?
My predictions for the next season of ZnT: Luise uses a bigger whip; nothing else changes!
Darc well one can only hope so and wrap the plot more tightly and more thrilling and throw in somthing new woot thanx for the release
Winn Thank you very very much. I've downloaded them all from you guys and believe it or not I still havn't got around to watch it yet :P anyway I am looking forward to it. Thanks again
r0b3rt What? There's no such thing as "bad" fanservice!! D: Well, I've loved this series, for one. I love the drama, and I love all the awkward situations...although yes, it got a bit predictable in the end. But, that's not the subbers' fault. 10X AYU
Virtual_ManPL Good work AYU TEAM !!!
Big thx for subbing this great anime ];->
dodoecchi thanks a lot for your hard work! but shit the hero didn't die!! ;_;
Silver Mine Thank you for the great releases as always.. ^^; And I will surely miss these flat chested actions.. :3 A season 3 you say.. I like some more details about it pleases..
James W Thanks a lot! Is there going to be another season and if so will you guys sub it?
Raziel666 Thanks Ayu for the completion of another series. Your job was excellent in all aspects! Keep the releases comin'! ;)
Kiwi Thank you for another great series done! :). Looking forward to your other project "Minami" and other future projects as well :).
Anima @Philo: This where the second season fails! That "fairy" plays an important role in the novel. She even joins the magic academy at one point! Now how was that novel spoiler for you? :P
r0b3rt If that's the case, I kinda think we haven't seen the rest of her. I'm sure they've planned ahead with this.
baka~ FINALLY!! T_T seeding time!! XD
overall, this anime reminds me of SnS with hecate the fairy, yuji as saito, shana as louise, and henrietta as kazumi
hope there's a season 3 XD
FreeStoring hay!!
good project :)
senks :)
Leon-Gun @r0b3rt: I agree there...but like I said before, it better have some actual content this time. I'm sick and tired of forced harem humor. I can rewatch Season 1 once or twice, something I probably won't ever do with Season 2.
ToTaFTW I smell a season 3 :P
Anima @r0b3rt: Of course you haven't seen the end of it! :P this season stopped at novel 8 IIRC (although vert messed up) and so far we have 12 novels and it's an ongoing novels. A 3rd season is a most likely but given the poor S2, I hope they wont allow that lousy director to make the third one (if any).
Philo I hope the next season has more of that fairy... if you know what i mean?
Anima Well, if you mean you want more big breasts jokes, then I sure do hope it will NOT be the case.
Darc yes i agree that harem humor can only go so far and it gets really old
Sin no Aria Say, which season is this? I haven't had time to keep up with this series yet and I figured that I'd ask now.
ToxicCookie It's the second season.
Sin no Aria I guess then it is time to DL the replacement >_< I've had a version from another group, don't know which, but haven't watched it yet. Too bad I won't be able to DL for another week.... T_T
(And on a side note, thanks for taking me off the list and thanks for putting out the good series.)
baka~ just curious, would you guys, by any chance, be releasing a DVD compilation of ZnT II?
Lil'E From 16:26-17:39... Badass, dramatic action. Saito, you are no pussy like Yuji from Shakugan no Shana.
Leon-Gun In that I agree. It's too bad they pussied out Saito this series with his talk about no killing in ANY situation. I liked the old Saito who knew when fighting and killing was inevitable and didn't spout so much idealistic crap.
Macca Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Season 3 announced (source:ANN).
Wonder what they'll cover in this new season, since the content from the original Question & Answer games have already been covered in the first two seasons...
Maybe the PS2-exclusive arcs or "Higurashi Rei"...
Darc wow really yer they pussyied saito up a little too much. deaths on a battle field are inevitable
ToxicCookie Yes, it's too bad he couldn't just revel in the gore like Alucard, or someone who's not a total pussy with bullshit ideals.
Lil'E OSHYT!? A third season <3. I thought this was going to be another Jigoku Shoujo for me. How I miss that anime...
Skittles what a god damn hypocrite
ReiffZera
He told me that if a car has been in an accident and worked on you will be able to detect a slight change in color from a painted over area that was damaged.
Oh shit Oh wait, if there is a 3de season, that must mean they are planning to license the 2nd season soon. Because they have already licensed the first, so why wouldn't they hurry and license the 2nd?
Darc i dont think its licensed at all yet in America
ToxicCookie Yes it is licensed, and the third season has recently been announced.....W00T!!
baka~ hmm i was wondering if somebody else experienced this but whenever i would watch ZnT II episode, there are times when the audio would go ahead of the animation. i watched some previous anime that i DLed on ayu (for comparison) and they played smoothly... so... does anyone have an answer for this BTW?
(FYI, i've been using combined community codec pack ever since when it comes to watching anime)
Helic just saw on animenewsnetwork that a season 3 is comming soon
Inugami @Leon-Gun: Saito was practically against the idea of the aristocrats' view of fighting for honor. However, he was for fighting for something of true worth (love, things you belive in). @baka~: Your computer might have desynced because of slow computing power or overheating. Sometimes with softsubs of high quality my laptop (it's about 2 years old) will desync the audio, video, and/or subtitle. I don't think it would happen on modern hardware.
baka~ so it means that my hardware is reaching its limits... ah crap X_X
thanks for the advice
antigod well baka for a few dollars you can get an serial ata harddrive very cheap ^.^
baka~ the idea is nice but they cost much more from where i came from... and i guess its only the vid card X_X
Zero no Tsukaima - Futatsuki no Kishi ep 11 out! - [P]ako - 2007-12-08 20:14:48
Yup. It's not a dream, it's done, it's approved by our QC'ers and it's now out. Distribution was made possible by Jakkarth, after he fixed some issues with the server (we love you man). There still are things left to sort out but none of them will interrupt our work.