Tsubomi Zombie release!... omg
Will be waiting for next zombie release in 2011.
i thanks guys and girls!
FuktLogik Holy shit on a stick, a release!
sonikku10 Yes, A release! and I JUST started watching this series today! Looking forward to the next zombie release.
Rawr That's right mother fuckers.
All these years and you keep on truckin
arc Keep it on guys! I know you will finish it!
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - DVD - ep. 14 is out - [P]ako - 2011-01-02 22:07:11
Let's start the new year with a long awaited release... What? You haven't been waiting for more Higurashi? Are you kidding me? Oh well, your loss.
I know you will ask and I will answer you ahead of your questions. The release proves we are still alive, as a group, that is. We will finish the series, just don't expect us to be faster than an old and decrepit sloth. Our deadline to finishing the fansubbing of the series is set to any time before 2012, when according to the Mayan calendar the world will come to an end. Finally, any further delays should be blamed to Jakkarth.
kojika Some of us can still be counted amongst the faithful.
Happy New Year
undine Haha, nice one! ^^
Happy New Year, I still haven't given up on a full revival yet ;)
naaget Thanks, Ayu, I appreciate the effort. :)
MagusHrist Yay Ayu is still alive! Will this episode be uploaded to a bot at some point?
LinkSword Well, that's good to know (that you're not dead, I mean).
May I ask if there's any chance for Gag Manga Biyori 2 to be finished, too?
Anonymous Sin Woot. Been a while since I went here. Nice to see Higurashi released again.
Coder Long live Ayu!
KuroxShiro Great to know that you guys are still alive, and thanks for the release!
FuktLogik Okay, it's been 6 months. Can we has another episode?
Higu 12 and 13! - jakkarth - 2010-04-09 07:00:12
Heh, just kidding about the porn.
Once again, it is April 9th, and that's a special day for us here at Ayu. One snowy summer day back in 2004, a few geeks with no social lives banded together to translate... something. And that April evening, Ayu was born, with a dedication to being the first group to get subs out the door even if they sucked. We've come a long way since then. Now our subs suck and are slow!
And, since we've died as a group now, you can consider all releases henceforth to be zombie releases. Thanks for flying Ayu!
LinkSword Your subs are slow? Surely sure. They suck? Not at all, they're great!
Looking roflward for the zombie comeback! ^^
thecat Zombie subs suck out your brain. D:
Rarayn Ayu always seemed like a quality group to me, even if you're not exactly the fastest one around.
Oh btw, I was wondering; since you're subbing the Kai DVDs, will you also be subbing the short specials that come with them at any point?
skyhack ??!!
Thanks!
jaret hey! so sad you say you've died as a group. Your subs really were one of the best around.
sin no aria Time to send the T-Virus, kays?
Nfshacker You kidding me...your subs SUC**rrrrmmm AMAZING!..lol i always consider you guys to be a quality Group!......and thanx for the Higurashi release!...keep it up!!!
sin no aria HIGURASHI! *Worships Ayu*
Thorn Ayu is still one of the best groups out there even if its slow its worth the wait xD
sin no aria I have to agree with thorn. I've been waiting a while because ayu has the best quality that I can find.
Nuwisha Your subs suck so much that i've been waiting for like a year and a half to start watching Higurashi Kai in fear to be stalled in the middle and not be able to see what happes next !
Nuwisha ... so in the meantime I watch unsubbed porn exclusively.
AHLMW despite what your poll shows in the left column you guys should probably pick up 1 or 2 new shows from upcoming seasons. anime that are currently airing will increase visitors to the syt since no one knows at the start of a season who's gonna release the best version of an anime.
If you guys do pick a new show to do please consider Romance of the Three Kingdoms cause every other group is avoiding it.
Relax No matter how long the wait is, the quality you guys provide is unbeatable. I believe that waiting for for Jigoku Shoujo from you guys is worth it, no matter how long it is going to take. :D
Yanna well guess i got it wrong big fan
Silencer Ayu-Anime, the slowest High Quality fan subbing group in the world. :7 You really should either get up your asses, get new staff, finish projects and start up some new ones after that to get new attention from people, or just drop everything alltogether and quit the scene. I cannot take watching this eternal struggle. Fucking hell.
Thanks for the Higurashi Kai 12 and 13. When you reach 24 I'll gladly use your releases for archiving.
firepixiedarien Thanks for the release
Coder Ayu are great! I have been trying to finish subbing Shounan Jun`ai-gumi episode 5 for about two years now and am about half way through...
TDS Thanks for all your hard work on REC (happened to check that just now) and some of your other stuff :)
Quality and subs are almost always great, but yea you seem to drop a few projects and not complete them.
Looks like you just need people who feel like doing something is all :)
why not try nyaa?
i see groups asking for staff there on their chat
anyways, best of luck and hope to see somtething from you again
xoxo :)
predator_X hey i cant understand what happened to this site and what is the purpose of this site?
zl Just put a "We're dead"-page here already.
lagreegof Very nicce!
DaVince predator_X: the purpose of this site was to provide fan-made subtitle translations for certain anime. They seem totally dead now, though.
Argh, Gyagu Manga Biyori! How I wish to see thee finished. Also please seed that stuff, people, it seems I'm the only one doing that.
Translators Needed for PORN! - randall - 2010-03-27 23:19:38
If you are a Japanese to English translator and you are sincere in wanting to help revive Ayu once again, please kindly contact us at #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net or use the Contact Us form and write to us.
We only seek for committed and reliable translators who are really keen in helping us bring high quality subbed animes to the non-speaking Japanese audience out there.
As part of our efforts to bring new staff and interest to our group, we're switching from subbing regular series to doing porn exclusively! Suggest your favorite H-series in the comments below! We're dropping all existing projects to put our full resources behind this new initiative!
Please help to spread the message out there if you wish to see us make a comeback soon! Finally, the high-quality translations you've come to expect from Ayu with the best lolis Japan has to offer!
Sandy Wich's Boy You suck. Give us more Gag Manga Biyori!
Thorn is this a joke? i dont under stand lool but good luck with the porn
sin no aria Joke... right? I just checked back from a long month of work and saw...
LinkS Too bad, this page is so dead now... Not even an April Fools' joke is funny.
skyhack You only need three lines for porn...
1. Hi, I'm ______
2. You're cute!
3. Ahh... Oooo... etc.
Your post is a few days early.
potato GAG MANGA!!
Happy New Year 2010 from Ayu Staff - randall - 2009-12-31 11:35:44
On behalf of the entire Ayu team, I would like to wish all of our fans and anime lovers a Happy New Year 2010. Thank you for your loyalty and support and let's hope we will be able to get a translator to pick up new shows in 2010!
Link Sword It'd be better if you'd finish GMB2 rahter thant pick up new shows for now...
hotaru1710 I like anime Jigoku shoujo a lot. Could you finish Jigoku shoujo Mitsuganae soon? I have been waiting it for a long time. Thanks so much
FireElemental HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOOOOO!!! ^^
Sandy Wich's Boy Happyh new year.
I agree with Link Sword, please finish GMB2 before picking up any new shows.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD ep. 11 - [P]ako - 2009-10-14 19:11:22
What is this? A public release? Yes, it is. I can't believe it! Oh wait... I should've known about it... like I work for the fansub and shit. *sigh*
Enjoy while it's hot.
--Th3 5t4ff
J Any sign of seeing some JS Mitsuganae episodes in the near future?
janatron still fansubbing? been ages since your last release
hellbent ALWAYS BET ON AYU!
haruhi "Oba kara mamotta Satoshi" means Satoshi who protected you from your aunt, not stupid Satoshi :/
sin no aria Gogo Ayu rangers! Mighty fansubbing Ayu rangers!
thecat Ayu~~~~
:D
bloodhunterr banbanzai ayu.
skyhack I check by here every six months just to be sure...
Balrog any idea of when you're gonna release the rest?
George Where do you get the DVD Raws for these episodes? I can't find them anywhere on IRC or torrent, or even Japanese R2 DVD's...
lex when will Ayu make subtitle for minami-ke okaeri?
You made for ss1 & ss2
i hope Ayu to make sub for ss3
Key Well lex,the great folks at ayu did kind of mention that they did not plan on taking on Okaeri.
"We're slow enough on the shows that are actually interesting, funny, and not drawn like shit kthx."
It's actually a few posts down if you cared to look...
Hoshin Yeah... I betted on Ayu to see Shigoku Shoujo... and I'm still waiting... got any date? or... month when I'll see the next episode?
While you wait... - jakkarth - 2009-09-27 14:17:42
Yeah, we go a long time between releases. As such, most people who rely on us for entertainment value are bored a lot of the time. I just came across this site, so I figured I'd share. Sure, it's not anime, but it passes the time, right? More anime will be coming your way before the next ice age (probably).
suiton Ayu..still fansubbing? I thought you guys disbanded or something. Nothing you guys currently are subbing/subbed interest me right now. Hopefully that'll change. Get some more staff members.
Question Are you still doing higurashi?
Minami-ke Okawari 13 - END - jakkarth - 2009-09-06 09:32:28
Yet another release from SlowYu. We have been working on this project for so long that I don't even remember the first episodes anymore. The OP theme from the first season makes a reappearance in this episode, and all of the various plot lines are brought neatly to a unified conclusion! Then Spock beams down and Chiaki is exposed as a Klingon spy when the tribbles attack her in a giant pile of fuzzy purring. Kana lights the kitchen on fire! Mako-chan decides to cross-dress full time! Hosaka leaves Japan in search of enlightenment!
Only some of that is true, but probably not the parts you expect! Enjoy this final release of Minami-ke Okawari! We've enjoyed bringing it to you.
We'd also like to announce at this point that we're not going to do Minami-ke Okaeri (aka season 3). We're slow enough on the shows that are actually interesting, funny, and not drawn like shit kthx.
J So are going to see any Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae in the next couple of months?
CP OMG. Thanks so very much for compleating the show!
Marek Ah damn, have to find someone else for the third season, then. If I care enough. Now my only hope left is that at least the bit about the first season OP theme was true... :D
randall Now, if you notice, we have THREE ongoing projects and we intend to finish them as well. Give us some TLers and you will jolly well see us finish them very soon :D
Jonsy Needs more Higurashi and everyones favorite Hell girl.
Anonymous ty for finishin`
Nuwisha Thanks for completing the show, it was worth the wait (fuck Ayako!) It would be nice to have a full batch torrent.
<br><br /> Have to agree, you guys should focus more on series that is actually interesting, funny, and not draw like shit for example Minami-ke (aka first season) which was magnificence.
ANIKI Thanx 4 finishing at least the 2nd season, yeah it is best to katch up with shows that are in more need. Keep Up the good hard slow work this group does. ANY WHO... JAANA~
Yukino damn you
I've waited ages for your release and now I want the 3rd season damn damn damn
:'(
jmaeshawn Aw... What happened to "We won't just quit, we'll keep on fighting till the end."
This isn't the end of Minami-ke, you know... You should hold true to your word and finish it! :)
Please~~~ ^_^
suiton hm, so you guys actually finished this but you're not doing okaeri?
doesn't matter. i kinda gave up on the minami anime series.
Yukino you gave up?!!
lol Minami-ke is my favorite Anime of all ~100 I've watched.
grateful>.< ooh been waiting for this. thanks a mil. now if there's a 3rd season Okaeri i'd be even more grateful>.<
ANIKI Just cause the art sux doesn't mean the randomness is. I just like the randomness in this series and Chiaki-Sama is just to funny to not watch. Well I will keep an eye out in case the group changes their mind to sub that and the OVA... JAANA~
.tomi Kanpai! :D
sin no aria I guess that means we have to find a different group. But at least they finished this one. That is something to be happy about.
ashlee123 is there going to be a dvd or bluray version?
wat Is there something we can use to check the integrity of the files? Like a PAR, SFV, or MD5 or something?
jakkarth We generally include the file's CRC in the filename so that you can verify your downloads.
tatsujin what seems to be the problem? ... low on staff?
[P]ako Low on staff, low on motivation. WoW? I doubt.
Sin no Aria OMG! A release not dedicated to Suiton? Suiton has lost his +10 to being epic. Everyone, we need to make cookies and hugs for the Ayu staff. Give them some motivation and love.
CP Thanks as usual!
Cyber That's the spirit! Unlike "Good and experienced xxx are almost scarce, we've spent all donations on pron and now we'll quit" whining a while ago. Looks like Ayu have some balls after all.
Remember that new staff members won't just come by themselves, you have to look for them actively, and I'm glad that you know this. So I'll just wish you good luck since you already know what to do.
WillTRiker Yatta. Only one more to go. Probably been asked before, but will you be doing the OAV as well? I'd like it if I could the entire series done by Ayu. Domo arrigatou for the release.
Suiton I'm beginning to think that I'm a gay shit. Please help me.
suiton wow. thanks! you guys are still doing this? are you gonna do okaeri then?
Nisc Thanks!
Sin no Aria two new updates while my computer was down... T_T sigh.. now I have to re-grab everything.
Sin no Aria And as usual, lots of loves and thanks for Ayu who pushes on for us despite all insanity
suiton In case you guys were wondering what happened to me, my laptop (been using for 4.5 years) died on me early last week.
So I haven't had a computer to myself.
I've been restricted to pretty much a family desktop computer when I'm alone at home or if I have time.
>_<
So~
Naturally, I'm saving up as much money as I can as quickly as I can to buy a new computer.
GRR. I at least want a new desktop with a Core 2 Quad, about 2 GB RAM at least, and a 512 MB graphics cards so I can run StarCraft II when it comes out later and watch 1080p fansubs.
Sin no Aria Lol, that almost happened to me. >_< Luckily, I have backup computers. (Go figure that I'd have like ten backup computers)
Zero 2 GB of ram... you should get at least 4 GB and install a x64 OS...
Gyagu Manga Biyori S2 07 - randall - 2009-07-05 22:21:25
Kudos to the Gyagu team for getting another episode out.
Anyhow, it's JULY!!!! A brand new month. Do help to donate if you can. Thanks!
janet Wow. Thanks. I thought this fansub group had quit fansubbing. Would it be possible for you to release more episodes of the Minami-ke series any time soon? Thank you.
nettles Wow! I was not expecting this! Gag series, banzai! Thank you so much for releasing it, I hope to see more in the future! <3
zhuzhu8376 Thanks!!! Hope you guys will be more active like last time
bugley Thank you so much for this
randall minami ke is coming sooN!!! really!
Rob Thanks a lot guys!
I have been waiting for this!
KeFFi Thanks more gyagu <3 hope ya sub the rest in the near future
Fronzel Finally! You don't show this one enough love. And it's so short!
randall this series is real hard to TS that is why it is taking much longer than usual :D
Frow Oh, thank you for the new chapter!!
Btw, I have recently sent an e-mail about a request to Ayu anime (releated about gyagu manga biyori). I will be grateful if you could read and answer my e-mail please, thanks =3
janat Oh and are you going to finish the third season?
CP Thanks a lot, fellas!
Anon Thanks!
Like see you again in 2010 for episode 11.
Yenjjiz Awsum ... i've waited so long for your great releases :)
i'd give you 2000 stars in the sky for this release ... but im not sure that i'm allowed to do so ;)
Thanks alot mates! :)
sin no aria No way! A new release! Lolololol. Anyone get the strange feeling that Ayu is releasing faster than before?
tarutaru YAY 2 more EPS or was it 3 LOL cya in 2010
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD ep 10 out - [P]ako - 2009-06-11 19:41:51
some fag So, an episode every two months? Might be finished sometime in 2011?
Slowsubbing the Ayu way. :D
TaruTaru XD woooo higukai! told u fred! ayu lives!
Ghaadh Uso da!!
im gay im gay
saed Thank You!
sin no aria Yay~!
Amido guys it's a question about Jigoku Shoujo Mitsu
what is the name of the sound track when Ai come out of the cocoon thing?
I want to download it so can any one tell what's it's name?
Anonymous Is this softsubbed? If so, when do Ayu Higurashi Kai episodes stop being hardsubbed?
Renaaa~ How about we be appreciative that she is bothering to put these episodes out? If you don't like it, then get over it. She's doing the best she possibly can!
Thanks Ayu!! =D
JSM 09 - randall - 2009-05-07 17:37:53
Here it is. Episode 09 for Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae. Grab them from our usual bots at #Ayu @ irc.rizon.net or grab the torrent.
We need a translator for this series as the translator from StaticSubs, whom we joint with, bailed out. If you think you can help us, please hop on to IRC and message randall or [P]ako. Thanks.
Donation bar has been reset to 0% even though we didn't hit our target last month too. It's been a long while since we hit the target too.
sin no aria I'd help if it wasn't for the hard times x.x I'm burning through savings to pay for rent.
Thorn help them out peoples! id donate but -__- i got hot with a 150k power billmust be a mistake lol and hit with a ton a bills at onces beside that
thanks fot JSM 9 i enjoyed it
fri Now everyone will post "I'd donate, but I can't atm".
randall donations are just a subtopic. the main point is to help us advertise or help us find a translator for JSM or a typesetter for Gyagu S2 :D
Minami-ke Okawari ep. 09 out - [P]ako - 2009-04-21 19:46:55
Don't rub your eyes so hard. It's not a joke, nor some belated April 1st ayu-styled joke. The episode is done and out.
hellbent slowly but steady you are getting there. Really hoping you would only concentrate on Jigoku Shoujo and Higurashi.
TheBeard Thank you very much! Even if the releases are slow, the quality is good enough that I'm willing to wait.
CP Thanks a lot, fellas!
JimBond007 Keep the hard work. That's it. I really dun care you're slow. It's better than nothing.
suiton WHOA!!!!
suiton In regards to Minami-ke, are you guys going to complete Okawari and then continue with Okaeri?
jakkarth Okawari is coming. Okaeri is shit, we will most likely not be doing it. Note this isn't definitive, stay tuned for a news post once Okawari is done kthx.
suiton That's not very reassuring but I'm glad that you guys plan on finishing Okawari at least. I really hope that Okaeri is also done.
sin no aria The episode is a lie! But it is good anyways !
skyhack sin and suiton. Feels like old times.
Thanks for the release!
Amido jigoku shoujo's not finished yet
I'm waiting for it for a long time now
Please finish it fast
Pinny I really love the work you guys have done so far with Minami-ke Okawari and hope you have intentions of finishing the series. Keep up the great work!
dope +9001
now where is the remaining releases? >:0
joe I would like to help you people out, but i got no skills in anything that you need and neither money.
kagura OMG yhank you!!!
RECfans HEY!!!!To those who watched REC, pls support me.. We must tell ayu-anime.com about REC season 2....about REC, it is the most romantic anime for me... if you don't believe, watch it.... Contact ayu-anime.com and support REC season 2....
the who???? Hey!!! Randall and those staffers. pls make season 2 of REC.like matthew33695 told us. we are fans of it.pls make the chapter 2-9 of REC, if it is true. But in onemanga there are 30 more chapters and there is 10+ more chapters to be added up. Pls, make the season 2 of REC. And we will tell to the whole world about your website. Thanks, please post your comments about my comments here.
ONDA AKA UMAI-KI
ONDA AKA MUSHI MUSHI.SOMEONE SHOUT OUT IN ZOMGANIME. HAHA^_^. HE SAID SUPPORT HIM OR HER.THEN I LOOK AT ONEMANGA AND I BECAME HAPPY. REC HAS MANY PART OF REC. WOW. WE LOVE MATSUMARU-KUN FUMIHIDA AND ONDA AKA. HMMM AND EVEN NEKO-KI. HAHA, GOT IT! RANDALL IS GOOD EIH!
buyxanaxfgi he he he
ONDA AKA HEY HEY. I LOVE REC, PLEASE MAKE THE SEASON 2. AND LIKE WHAT THEY'VE SAID FROM THE TOP, REC MAYBE OR WILL BE THE MOST ROMANTIC ANIME FOR US. AHEM. UMAI-KI!
HUH? Hmm...REC pls...your story is more beautiful than in the manga so pls make another season of REC huhu
buyxanaxfgh he he he
buyxanaxvbn interesting facts
jakkarth OK look, there is no confirmed second season of REC, so shut up kthx.
suiton How about more Minami-ke Okawari and continue with Minami-ke Okaeri?
jakkarth Okawari is coming. Okaeri is shit, we will most likely not be doing it. Note this isn't definitive, stay tuned for a news post once Okawari is done kthx.
Gaignun Jr. .....SHUT A F**K UP WITH TELLING THEM TO RELEASE NEW SEASONS!!!! They have it hard already with keeping up to date and the WEBSITE ONLINE!! If it going well with the website then maybe they releasing more.
suiton /me slaps Gaignun Jr. with a large poisonous spiky suiton branded fish
randall i see many many caps on many many posts. lol. guys relax :D
anon32 If you would look three news posts down, I think you will find the reason none of us want to do any new shows.
suiton @anon32...That makes no sense because that "3 new posts down" thing said that all projects were dropped, yet we got another episode of JSM.
Hapalapa @Suiton l2read
"Even if we disbanded I don't think any of our members would realize it. We'd still just slave away over the anime, releasing an episode a month just like we always have."
Amido recently your subbing is so slow.unlike in the past.can you please fix that?
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ep. 09 DVD out! - [P]ako - 2009-04-06 18:29:19
As you can see, we are still alive and kicking. Or breathing. Or just showing some kind of signal we haven't crossed the retirement line yet. Anyway, we bring you Higurashi S2 ep 09 (in short) for your enjoyment.
Happy leech
PS We still need recruits and donations and pr0n and... cookies!! Don't forget them, girl scout cookies preferred.
suiton I thought so. For those who thought that Ayu was being serious. Come on...Yea it was a few days late, but Ayu is always "a few days late" with everything these days.
niceboat i knew it was a late joke. idk why everyone believe theyre gone.
mike211 thank god it was a joke
zerif You guys are good people. Thanks for putting in the effort to put out outstanding releases. I for one don't mind that you're always "late".
tarutaru XD wooot nice only15 to go
eMDee fdsdfs. Everything else is dying these days so I got scurred. Hell, I'd work for Ayu but I don't know how to do anything and I doubt even if I could I wouldn't measure up to Ayu standards.
gf thank god it was a joke tnx guys
Silencer ONLY THREE THINGS TO SAY HERE! 1. I was so afraid I shit my pants! 2. Fuck you! 3. Thanks for the release! 4. I love you guys! 5. Download the new release now. 6. If you find mathematical inproprieties in this comment you may take and keep them.
Gaignun Jr. 3 things while i read 6 but who the hell cares. good job for keeping head cool and releasing the anime :D
sin no aria <3 . Ayu anime, where time has slowed to a crawl.
janatron pr0n + money? Who pays for pr0n anyway?
FuktLogik Slowly but surely my Higu Kai archive is growing. Thanks guys.
cheapcarsauctions Hello to all ! Great site. I am new here greetings to all from Poland.
seizedcarautos Hello to all ! Great site. I am new here greetings to all from Poland.
seizedcarautos Hello to all ! Great site. I am new here greetings to all from Poland.
the who??? Hey!!! Randall and those staffers. pls make season 2 of REC.like matthew33695 told us. we are fans of it.pls make the chapter 2-9 of REC, if it is true. But in onemanga there are 30 more chapters and there is 10+ more chapters to be added up. Pls, make the season 2 of REC. And we will tell to the whole world about your website. Thanks, please post your comments about my comments here.
ONDA AKA HEY HEY. I LOVE REC, PLEASE MAKE THE SEASON 2. AND LIKE WHAT THEY'VE SAID FROM THE TOP, REC MAYBE OR WILL BE THE MOST ROMANTIC ANIME FOR US. AHEM. UMAI-KI!
TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T WATCH REC YET. YOUR SUCH A LOSER, WAHAHA! ^_^ REC IS VERY ROMANTIC. THE MOST CUTEST ROMATIC ANIME. AHA! UMAI-KI! MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY NAME INTO NEKO-KI. WE LOVE YOU ALL
Lakitu I loved your subs for higurashi no naku koro ni and I've decided to wait for your subs before watching kai.
Keep up the good work :-D
Ayu's Last Release?! - randall - 2009-04-04 21:46:56
Minami Okawari Episode 08 will be our last release?! before we disband/shutdown/close down Ayu permanently and/or dedicate ourselves full time to pr0n and DFC.
Few contributing factors:
a. Good and motivated translators are almost scarce.
2. Good and motivated timers are almost scarce.
d. Good and motivated typesetters are almost scarce.
8. Good and motivated editors are almost scarce.
%. Donations are all spent on pr0n and DFC.
Three. #Ayu @ irc.rizon.net is a complete set of steak knives for only $19.95!*
4. Good and non-spam comments for news post on our website are outweighed by the awesomeness of the bots who leave us so many great stories about how anime has touched their lives and lead them to purchase large amounts of pr0n and DFC for their friends and families.
What will change our minds? Well, that assumes that we have minds, which as we all know is utter bollox. Even if we disbanded I don't think any of our members would realize it. We'd still just slave away over the anime, releasing an episode a month just like we always have.
Don't remove us from your bookmarks and rss feed readers just yet! At this rate we may make a comeback!
[edited 2009-04-04 21:47:23 to increase funniness content by 628%. Beware the LHC!]
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goofball "5. Donations are totally non-existent"
The average person will not donate to a group that subs a show slower than other groups. Setting targets? Why do you pay for bots and shit ... nvm I'm not going into it. God speed though.
sahgey I must praise you guys for sticking around for this long. I really enjoyed your releases such as umisho and minami-ke(1st season). but after that ayu just fell off the map and was forever lost in the forgotten fansub groups. well best of luck to you guys
rawr well you guys had a good run, what happens to your joint projects?
Traversy Yeah, gonna have to agree with sahgey, really liked your releases, first choice fansub for everything, until well... you know...
tatsujin guess its over for ayu. at least start over with 1 translator and a set of devoted people. i don't know how eclipse works, go and ask them how they work their things. i'd love to see more ayu stuff. ;/ <3 ayu!
FuktLogik I can understand the first 5, but you also expect people to shower you with praise in your comments section (Despite being an entire season behind) and lurk in your channel? I thought you guys subbed because you were fans of anime, not for leecher praise. Oh well, I for one have come and thanked you for almost every release I have downloaded from here. Nothing good lasts forever, thanks for everything, Ayu. It was nice while it lasted.
mecmax subbing community will have lost a respectable group. yous guys have been doing some great work.
nick And nothing of value was lost
Kupop Too bad. I really liked your Rozen Mainden fansubs and... well... actually, that's about all that I liked. Best of luck to all of you.
Low_gan Sorry to hear thats it for u guys, really liked your work. Thanks for taking time out of your lives to provide us with quality fansubs at no charge. If ppl showed more appreciation for this free service you have been providing, maybe things would not be as they are now. Good luck with whatever u end up doing, you have my thanks.
Flonne {high severity, editing/typo : comment 9 : "Mainden" should be "Maiden"}
I fully agree with Kupop: the way you handled that series' releases proved that Ayu is able to assemble a team stonger than any other. I wish you well on your post-subbing endeavours.
Kupop Ayu's Last Release KuC file
(comment 11 - line 5: endeavours -> endeavors; American English, Flonne! It's an American English group! Might be a tad too cavalier. Not conversational enough.)
eMDee Ah well... I loved nearly all of Ayu's releases and I'll treasure all that I've archived with your guys' name on it. Thanks for all the goodies over the years. I gave back too, but looks like I was just one of few.
Flonne {low severity, content presentation : comment 12 : We should probably leave it as is, but add a note. Something like "[Editor's note: Canadians are ninnies who need to insert 'u's in words to make themselves feel special.]" It's up to you, though; I'm fine with changing it as long as we keep everything consistent.}
....... This blows....crap groups like chihiro flourish while a great group like ayu falls apart. That being said I've got all your releases and loved them over the years. You could take forever to release and I would wait for them. Thanks again for all the hard work.
Rei_Battlecake I fully agree with ".......". Till Minami-ke season 2 Ayu always was one of the best fansub groups and for people for whom quality _does_ matter always first choice over groups like chihiro, coal guys or even ayako and such shit. Well then. It was a shame when the quality dropped so dramatically at minami-ke season 2 but still you were better than all the crappy other groups that subbed it and that was and still is a reason to wait for you guys, at least for me... well sadly i'll probably never be able to see the end of minami-ke 'cause i refuse to watch crappy subs like ayako and the likes...
Cyber1 Losers.
"Good and motivated * are almost scarce." -> fire out your recruiter, s/he fails hard (and it should be made a month ago if group's in crisis now).
"Donations are all spent on pr0n and DFC." - so you went bankrupt? Serves you right with such attitude.
Spam comments as group's disband factor? Don't make me laugh.
Stop making excuses already, it ruins your reputation. Tell us frankly: "We're bored, lazy and lack motivation. Dismissed." If not, close down everything that requires money, use captcha on site, use megaupload etc. for internal transfers.. There always is a way if there's will. That yours 'staff' page is, what, a list of impotents?
CP Well, if you really disband you will be missed. Thanks for all your work!
Fansub Marketing Research Team Dear Ayu peeps,
you forgot some points on your list:
0. Nobody's interested in you or cares what you do. Not even we come here when you release something.
9. The standard of the comments is way too low. Needs more quality comments along the lines of "no, u".
4. You need to get your priorities sorted out. Who needs quality? Speed is all that matters for the leeching monkeys on drugs. We suggest you skip QC and such. Skip capitalisation and punctuation while you're at it, because that makes you type 0.1% faster. Also just do 1-pass encodes at 512kbps because that cuts down on encoding and uploading time. Remember to swap "you're" and "your" wherever possible because otherwise your not "in" and "hip".
1. Nobody donates because the donation button is too small. It needs to be about six times as large while blinking at 23.976 fps. It also needs to be heart-shaped because that will make people believe that donating will raise their chances for successfull dates.
Yours sincerely,
Fansub Marketing Research Team
(to be founded tomorrow or the year after)
O.B. Laden LOL, hacked. Nothing better than a cup of e-drama to start my lazy sunday.
Niceboat hmmm. i guess this one is a belated April fool's joke by Ayu. i dont believe they would and say this is a late joke. nice one from ayu's staff.
JimBond007 I don't think it's a late April Fool CP. IMO, they're serious about closing down their fansub group. Anyway, I really like your works. Of course, I kinda a little sad to hear this bad news but I wish for all Ayu members the best thing for laters. We'll miss you.
A random faggot If it's a joke then well played. If not then it's a shame to see it happen since you provided awesome subs for many shows over the years and I'm grateful for that.
LionPaws "Fansub Marketing Research Team"
If it's all about speed rather than quality, then I'll prefer buying the DVD's from Funimation rather than watching it for free from shity subbers lie those in Chihiro
Maciste I prefer quality over speed/crappy encodes. Therefore, it's sad that you guys wanna disband. Yeah, sure, if the leechers desperately want to find something to argue about, there will always be a "reason" (e.g. speed).
Mature watchers know the real deal though and really did appreciate your work, don't worry. Good luck with whatever you people are going to do now! Bye and thanks!
tarutaru X.X what you niggers talken bout ayu's subs are better then legit subs! plus i love the fonts xD and randall's posts some times xD p]ako ftw!
FMRT LionPaws: The whole thing was obviously a satire. Things like the 0.1% speed gain should've given it away. Quality should not be underestimated. That's what Ayu's fans like: The quality, because just doing it quickly doesn't cut it.
sin no aria x.x I will miss Ayu D:
Nickname I prefer quality too but when a group is months late then not because they worked from nine to five all the time to put "quality" into their releases. Long delays -> loss of interest -> quality suffers
suiton @Nickname...Not always. And yes, Ayu has not been releasing in a while, but you know, I am willing to wait as long as it takes, as long as Ayu finishes.
jakkarth Sigh, we hit 30 comments. There goes my retirement.
Silencer Now we have 50% of the people thinking it's just a hoax all together and you're pulling our legs and the other 50% of the people dead-sad, thinking it's all over.
So...
Shut down Ayu -> 50% drama and 50% consternation.
Not shut down Ayu -> 50% relief and 50% hatemail.
Whatever you do, here there be [-]dragons[/-] commotion.
Isn't that enough to make you happy??
|:c(
niceboat look at the numbering of the reasons. it has random numbering.. which only it means not real.
Silencer I thought so as well first, but then I thought of how they don't take the whole subbing as much as serious fucking business as other subbing-groups do (delaaaaaaays between releases) and that that randomness with the numbering might be part of a self-ironic dramatic humiliating despite of them. No shit. Say what?
the who??? Hey!!! Randall and those staffers. pls make season 2 of REC.like matthew33695 told us. we are fans of it.pls make the chapter 2-9 of REC, if it is true. But in onemanga there are 30 more chapters and there is 10+ more chapters to be added up. Pls, make the season 2 of REC. And we will tell to the whole world about your website. Thanks, please post your comments about my comments here.
ONDA AKA HEY HEY. I LOVE REC, PLEASE MAKE THE SEASON 2. AND LIKE WHAT THEY'VE SAID FROM THE TOP, REC MAYBE OR WILL BE THE MOST ROMANTIC ANIME FOR US. AHEM. UMAI-KI! TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T WATCH REC YET. YOUR SUCH A LOSER, WAHAHA! ^_^ REC IS VERY ROMANTIC. THE MOST CUTEST ROMATIC ANIME. AHA! UMAI-KI! MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY NAME INTO NEKO-KI. WE LOVE YOU ALL
JSM 07 - randall - 2009-03-18 21:40:35
As you know, we have almost 3 weeks of downtime previously as we had to fix some hardware stuff on the server. More money spent :(
Anyhow, so here is the next release for Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae, episode 07!
We are also looking for translators and typesetters to help us with our current projects. Please join #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and help out if you can. Thanks.
Music_Mp3_prefFlieree Hello to all :) I can’t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Help me, please
jakkarth Our RSS feed shows our releases only, not our news posts. As such, if you load it up in your rss reader it probably won't make a whole lot of sense. Good luck!
Suiton In b4 only release in February 2009
janatron I hope that Ayu is gracious enough to complete these series...Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae, Minami-ke Okawari, and Minami-ke Okaeri.
=D
M911 ^ I second that, and Hopefully they Decide to do Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei as well. Thanks for the all your Releases
FireElemental THANKS sooo much I <3 this show and am so glad i can pick it up here, i watched ayu for the last 2 seasons!
sin no aria We should wait for them to finish Kai first before we pray for any more Higurashi x.x . But they've been giving us a lot, so we should just stay patient and enjoy what they have given us :3
marshmallows inafterjanatronakasuiton
cyruz What the fuck, how did I miss this. Thanks a lot!
skyhack Thank you.
Mariusss What are you think about the Oscar 2009? Why this is stupid indian movie won to various nominations!??? I'm dissapointed!
I think Benjamin Button was the best!
What you think?
desu Hey, what do you know, suiton was right for once.
Yaports Gut thanks !
suiton So the site finally comes back online. Oh and look what we have here, a spam-bot post by "rrruulrr".
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD ep 08 is out! - randall - 2009-01-30 02:51:18
Okay... more killings!
I'm tired and brain cells are dead. So just grab the episode and watch.
janatron Wow. It's great that Ayu has been very active with releases lately. Thank you so much!
sin no aria lol, epic :3 . I wonder whether Ayu will release something when Valentines day comes around. Minami-ke would've been perfect, but... since they already gave us that... We should all watch Minami-ke for valentines~! :3
Anyways, much thanks for ze epic episodes
jongu higurashi no fukking boring ni YEAH~!
Silencer Higurashi yaaay! :o)
First two DVD-release episodes are 175 MB mp4 files the others are 230 MB mkv files. Assuming the mkv files have a higher bitrate (=higher quality), I'm wondering if there is a chance in hell to get the first episodes in that format as well? I like unity. *beg* Oh and evidently, you rock either way. :D
Baccano DVD 01-13 BATCH - randall - 2009-01-24 23:16:06
So here it is. The batch torrent for Baccano DVD releases.
I urge all of you to GET IT NOW because we will be removing it as soon as Funimation releases their first DVD release on this series.
HK-47 Does this mean you won't be doing the DVD-only episodes?
In any case, thanks for doing such a great job subbing this series.
wat No dvd-only episodes by Ayu? Well damn it. I blame janatron!
wat that aside, thank you very much for subbing Baccano! and taking the extra trouble to redo it completely from dvd source. awesome show, I enjoyed it and your subs very much.
janatron @wat...Why is it my fault that the Baccano DVD-only episodes are not being done by Ayu? Are you forgetting that these are fansubs that we are getting for free? I think you should be happy that Ayu has released even 1 episode of the Baccano DVD episodes.
Gaignun Jr. i do give janatron a point in that. we should be very thanksfull that they sub it for us.
terra thanks for the batch torrent. and thanks for trying to release the extra's before the 27th.
Sapfir Give the reference on rss the channel please
janatron=suiton!? suiton stop changing nicknames like shirts. Your style of writing is unique and anybody could tell it's you after a couple of posts. Go away, get a life and enjoy your Mushishi batch... >_>
janatron Who is suiton? What is a Mushishi batch?
Gaignun Jr. say... about the donation bar.
its 100% full.
janatron So if I'm understanding it correctly, someone must have donated a large sum of money for Ayu? That is indeed great news. Maybe we can now see Minami-ke Okawari finish and then continue with Minami-ke Okaeri. Oh, and I hope that Jigoku Shoujo Mutsuganae is also completed. Please keep up the hard work Ayu. I really appreciate your fansub releases. Thanks you!
keywordelite Hi ! This Page is very cool. Greetings from Chile.
Santa Give the reference on rss the channel please
jakkarth It is against Ayu policy to Give the reference on rss the channel please, even if you change your nick. Sorry for this inconvenience.
sin no aria Assuming "Santa" is asking for what I think s/he is, if it is Licensed, it is Licensed. Enough said.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD ep 07 is out! - [P]ako - 2009-01-24 10:55:17
All right, I don't want to write much for a release post. So, go grab the torrent and enjoy the episode.
janatron Wow! I was wondering what happened to this Project. Thank you so much for continuing work on this. Also, Minami-ke Okawari is still being worked on correct? I really hope so. Thanks again!
[P]ako Whatever is on the current project list, it's being worked on.
janatron Thank you for that information. That clears things up. However, I notice that a series called Baccano DVD has 13 out of 13 episodes released yet it is still kept in the Current section of the Project list. Why is that? Are there any extra DVD only type of episodes being worked on?
[P]ako Janatron, there are extra episodes. Though, we doubt we will ever release them as Jan. 27th is the release date for the first R1 DVD of the series.
janatron Hi again! Thank you so much for release episode 7 of Minami-ke Okawar. ...jakkarth...Thank you for replying back to my question. I really do hope that in the near and coming future, Ayu will be able to finish Minami-ke Okawari and continue with Minami-ke Okaeri. Thank you so much.
sin no aria dot woot! And almost perfectly timed for chinese new years! Aside from moon watching, i guess I'll watch more anime then XD Thanks Ayu staff~! :3
shirilover I found an iso for Vol. 5 on PD; though, I don't know if it's the same as the archived version you referenced.
file BACCANO_05.iso ãƒãƒƒã‚«ãƒ¼ãƒŽ05 4,659,415,040 a103aedf0a507e436d74ed9fd6cb989b094d02b6c83ef75a54d08db156480d87
[P]ako That should be the ISO we are looking for.
randall shirilover, are u able to get that?
shirilover Yes, I have it now.
randall shirilover, are u able to hop on irc? PM me or Pako pls. thanks :D
randall We've got the DVDISO from Exias. Thanks to him. Support his radio @ http://exinet.co.uk:14000/live.nsv.m3u
Drax Sweet, does this mean you guys are doing eps 14, 15, and 16?
janatron Hey what's up? I just wanted to stop by and say hello. Oh, and I had one question. Do you guys plan on doing Minami-ke Okaeri? I hope you guys do because I love your releases of the Minami-ke series.
wat *cheers Ayu on*
janatron It has been a few days since I had made my post. I would appreciate if someone from the Ayu staff would reply back. I really do hope that Minami-ke Okaeri is also eventually worked on by Ayu.
jakkarth Hi janatron! I'm jakkarth, and I'm on staff here at Ayu. Instead of QC'ing the next episode of Minami-ke Okawari, I am instead sitting here typing up this reply to you. If we decide to sub the next edition of Minami-ke, we will be announcing it here, on our website. Since there's always a chance we'll sub it in the future, we can't really say "no, we're not going to sub it," because we might sub it later and all the people who saw "no" would miss out on a great high-quality anime release from Ayu. So to answer your original question, we do not have any plans one way or the other at this point in time. For more infomration on this topic and the closely related leecher question "when will the next episode be release?!" please see the Release Schedule link above. Thanks for flying Ayu!
Baccano! DVD ep. 13 draussen! - [P]ako - 2009-01-12 19:43:59
I told ya, it was around the corner. Did you believe me? I bet you did not. Now I hate you, the lot of you.
alichino Thank you!! Hope you can do the extra episodes, but if not, that's ok. You guys are the best!!
wat awesome, DANKESCHÖN
Anonymous A W E S O M E
CP Thanks for finishing this DVD release!
Kurogane Yo, as a German fellow I can't hold back about this one thing: News title's wrong. D:
If you use "ist aus" in German, it's more like the English "sold out". And I suppose this isn't the case here. Just change the "aus" to "draußen" and stupid nerds like me won't disturb you any more.
What the whole remark is about? Dunno. Maybe I couldn't see how Ayu fail as quality subber with their news header? Troll me if you like although I appreciate the work of your group, idc.
Kurogane Damn, shouldn't use German-exclusive characters in my comments. So it's actually "draussen".
Rickrolled Thanks Ayu. I honestly didn't think I would see you guys releasing the whole series as DVD version, but I guess I was wrong :)
Vielen lieben Dank!
ochibi Will you do episodes 14-16?
[P]ako Kurogane, thank you for correcting our German. Ochibi, we're trying to get them done before the 27th, which it's kind of our deadline.
hiten Thanks very much Ayu. Can you make a batch torrent that contains all 13 episodes? Just like your previous Baccano release.
[P]ako It's Randall's job to make batch torrents. He will make one only if he thinks there should be one. ; )
Boss Wahaw Yessss!!!! Thanks Ayu! you're the best! It's good to know you'll do the extra episodes - it just shows that you really are for perfection. Thanks again and more power! (^-^)
Baccano! 12 DVD is outta - [P]ako - 2009-01-10 17:53:07
Yes. After Martino's vacations and exams and college shit, Baccano! 12 DVD can finally see the dim light of the day (fuck, here is as bright as my bold head). Enjoy this release and its DVD quality. We all are hoping 13 will be just around the corner (ep. 13 of Baccano not 13 from House MD, you horny morons).
CP Yaya! Thanks - now only one left before I can start watching this :-)
alichino Yay!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
Anon Thanks! Keep up the good work.
Virtual_ManPL Big thx for your work ppl !!!
Baccano!​ rulezzz...
wat holy shit thanks a ton!
are you going to do 14-16 as well? (the dvd-only episodes)
that said, HOUSE 13 FUCKING WHERE
Anonymous Thank you so much! I haven't forgotten about this show at all and I'm still eagerly awaiting all the DVD episodes. I'm very thankful for all your hard work in bringing them to us!
DesoNoto Phew, for a second I thought I had already made a DVD of this series. =D Now only one more episode until I get to finishing this. And House = EPIC win!!1111!! =P
terra are you guys going to do a batch torrent when its done?
Amido Finally .
Waiting for the rest .
isocum will you sub the 3 dvd only episodes?
[P]ako We will do a batch torrent when it's finished, as we always have. We will do the 3 DVD only episodes only if we could get them out before January 27th (the day the first R1 DVD is scheduled to hit the shelves).
pokemans 3 episodes in 2 weeks, not counting episodes 13? nope, not expecting the dvd only episodes at all.
BACCY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR AWESOME BACCANO PRODUCTIONS!!!1
Gula Kapas After watching Futakomori subbed by you all, can't help being addicted to your subs. Other subs don't fare as good, for now
Here Comes 2009! - randall - 2008-12-31 20:46:33
Ayu wishes every one of you a happy new year! 2009 will be Ayu's fifth year since we first started out in 2004. We hoped you have enjoyed all of our works so far and we look forward to 2009!
Have a great celebration tonight!
We now have an archive bot aka Ayu[Iriya] provided by Ixtli. You may check the packlist from www.ayu-anime.net/bots.php
Gaignun Jr. Everyone a happy new year and hopefully a good 2009.
Amido When will you people translate the rest of Baccano and Minami-ke ?
I waited for months for the end of these animes .
sin no aria They will translate when they translate them. I'd rather they keep their quality over rushing. I've waited for months for Higurashi and they finally came out with a new episode recently. So what if it is like a year later than the other groups? You can't compare the quality! Ayu subs are always worth the wait <3
Amido will , nobody knows when he'll gonna die .
So please hurry up .
Gaignun Jr. the only things we can do is waiting for it
Amido Iyada , Iyada , yada yada yada , I want them right now T_T .
Any way do your best .
[P]ako We will get both series done. When? That's a good question, actually. It will happen, good things happen to those who wait.
kell Stupid lil'question. Is there any chance you sub Marimite 4th season? I'll be patient as Hell, I promise
Gaignun Jr. There is one way to find out, just wait for ir
Liposuction I have to disagree with that last comment...doesn't make sense
Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae ep. 04 is out - [P]ako - 2008-12-24 18:17:26
joe Jesus christ, what is going on. Is it already 24th and Jesus is walking among us?
Wow just wow, i can't even put it into words
Vissssss This ain't Christmas yet but it sure is looking like one.
Guren God, i love you guys! Thanks for the gift xDD
sin no aria Early Christmas for the win? Kinda scary though that Ayu is releasing so fast as Ayu has always been slower. Of course, Ayu's releases would be good quality even if they released every hour. The real question isn't how good of a quality their stuff is... The real question... Is that many energy drinks really good for them? All bad jokes aside... *glomps all the Ayu staff* I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
r0b3rt Feels refreshing to see you back in action again, Ayu. I hope this great pace keeps up a little bit longer still.
bankai Wow! Awesome. I've been waiting for another episode of Jigoku. Thanks so much! Please tell me that more Minami-ke Okawari is coming and the 3rd season of Miniami as well?
wat crossing fingers for Baccano!
sin no aria I wonder if Ayu is doing this as a Christmas present. I mean, Higurashi is like my favorite anime. I have two of the box set starters ready to be filled and I'll probably buy the actual box set if/when it comes out. *watches more Higurashi*
bankai @sin no aria...I wonder if you can shut up and wait? They don't have to do anything for us. Realistically, I would say that Ayu will be holding off on releases and release at least 1 episode (likely to be like 3 or 4) on Xmas.
sin no aria @Bankai I never said that they needed to do anything for us. Note that they released an episode of Higurashi this time. I was just commenting on how it almost seemed like a christmas present. I can wait for Ayu and will wait for Ayu. They have the best releases and are well worth the wait. Although I guess my way of speaking is a bit different from most people's so I tend to get misunderstood...
blannadok Nice! I think i will use it. Thanks!
swerbiopbeerm Hi all
Gyagu Manga Biyori S2 ep 06 aus! - [P]ako - 2008-12-03 07:49:07
YAR! (No the pirate attack cry but an acronym for Yet Another Release)
Enjoy the crazyness of this show. Big kudos to our typesetter, he's a brave man.
bankai Hm. I do recall seeing this series last released quite a while ago. I'm surprised that Ayu is still working on it. For those who watch it, it should be a nice surprise for today.
skyhack I thought this was just a random comment board. This is a fansub group?
Thanks for the release!
bankai I did a quick search on AniDB, and I found that there is a third season. On behalf of those who watch this series, do you guys have any plans on doing the third season? And sorry for the double post. The comments section on this site does not have an edit function.
Non-e Ah yes, the 3rd season. I really hope to see it too...
Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae ep 02 released - [P]ako - 2008-12-02 20:44:24
Visssss It would be really thanksgiving if there were more new AYU productions released. :p
r0b3rt I cannot bring myself to speak right now...my family and friends were hunted down and eaten by the ferocious monster turkey. ;_;
Thanks happy giving!
bankai Thank you for the nice wishes for Thanksgiving. The food that I had (along with the leftovers for a few days) was very good.
bankai Oh yea and thanks for doing Hell Girl season 3 and I hope you guys do season 3 of Minami. I really like both of those series.
Rosina Hello
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HIgurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD ep. 05 is out! - [P]ako - 2008-11-26 19:09:46
Yet another release by us. Amazing. Something witty... say something witty. Gah. Nothing. I am blank.
suiton Are you guys gonna do Season 3 of Minami-ke? It starts in Jan. 2009.
Mega-Japan I would only wonder if they can finish this season before the third starts. Ayu seriously needs more active recruits.
Bugley but they itch!
suiton I would hope that Ayu continues with the third season. They're half way done with Okawari. So why not continue the HQ trend and releaes the 3rd season? I don't need them to rush or whatever. I just want them to release all the episodes in the anime series.
skyhack Sounds like someone needs some Minami-ke. Maybe a spambot needs a hug.
Anyway, who are you folks, and where is the real Ayu?
Adean The real Ayu is currently on a lovey-dovey trip to some hot springs with Yuichi
Tororo woooo triple release you guys were on a roll great work
suiton "We will be back to our regular release schedule tomorrow first thing in the morning." Meaning what? o_O
haiguise omgz, i hope you guys do season 3 as well. you really should. because you already did 1 and doing 2 now. it's only logical you do 3 as well. also, if you don't do 3, i'm afaraid i'm going to have to stop watching your releases. that is all.
/suiton
CP Thanks a lot, very nice subs!
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD eps. 03 and 04 out - [P]ako - 2008-11-23 20:38:51
Mega-Japan Wow, you guys were marked as "stalled" on this anime by AniDB I really thought it had been completely lost. Glad to see you're back on track really, hope you keep this way and don't get stalled again.
suiton I wouldn't consider this "back on track". The episodes are just what they had finished. So we might (not saying we will) see a delay between this and the next release.
Mega-Japan So it's safe to assume it'll be another few months before the next release...
none impossible!
[P]ako I am encoding ep. 5 as I am writing this. Well, I am at work, so it would be several ours before it gets to QC.
wat what's the word on Baccano 12/13 anyway?
Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae ep 01 - out - [P]ako - 2008-11-17 21:01:57
It's out, thanks to our and Static-Subs's staff. Enjoy it, bitches.
suiton Dude, did you guys forget to Qc or something? I saw like 5 timing errors and 2 typos.
joe Oh god i love you people. I thought i had to stick with Shinsen for this series..... but thank god you are doing this. I don't care for speed, i would like it more if you bring it out in DVD quality than tv ones. But for now i will wait until you are done and watch it in one go.
Tororo sweet zombie jesus!
eMDee YAY 3 seasons of Enma Ai goodness all from (mostly) the same group.
suiton WHOA!!!!! NICE!!
Any word yet on plans for Season 3 of Minami? It starts airing in January 2009.
bloodhunterr that's why ayu rule the universe...can't stand others doing this...
desu Why don't I see this on tokyotosho?
Nitt "[SS-Ayu]​_Jigoku​_Shoujo​_Mitsuganae​_01​_[329008CE].​mkv"
It's there alright.
I still haven't gotten around to watching the first season, guys. But hopefully I'll be able to watch both the first and second before this is finished...
Tounseoriergo Thank you you have a great web site!!!
Did you pray for it? - randall - 2008-11-11 22:52:13
So it is now confirmed... We ARE doing Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae as what many of you wished for.
However, since we have just picked up the project when episode 6 is already aired, we will try our best to catch up with it asap! The wait is worth it!
Expect something soon!
We are still recruiting TLers/Editor/QCer. Do drop by #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net for more details.
keke Can you please jump straight to 12th ep and do it, then go back to 6 etc? ^^)
Because there's no good fansub of 12th now.
keke Oops, I meant 13th.
suiton Ah~ Finally we get more Okawari.
>_<
Anonymous Oh god, after a whole month of ZERO releases and non-news like the IRC-log-shitposting, donations are again running dry.
I wonder if that could be because people want to see something a little more substantial for their hard-earned bucks?
skyhack Hey, Anonymous #2, a lot of groups are in the same boat. Fansubbing is a lot of work, these guys don't DEMAND your money, and they do have lives.
Behind you, suiton!!
sin no aria My computer dies on the day I was supposed to, I finally fix it and what do I find out happened the day after my B-day? A new release from Ayu. x.x . Note to self: Buy ten more backup computers so that they don't all fail at once. All 19 computers,servers, and laptops died on the same day x.x . I was like: WTH? The odds of that happening is like 1-in-a-million. *Remembers someone noting how one-in-a-million chances seem to happen to 90% of the people we know x.x I always get absurdly bad luck after I get absurdly good luck x.x ... Although in this case it was at the same time x.x
fr33st4t3 no seriously, what is the time commitment for a translator?
jakkarth fr33st4te, if you'd like information on the exciting opportunity as a translator for Ayu and all it entails, stop by #ayu-recruits on irc.rizon.net and we'll be happy to talk with you (or anyone else interested) about it. Thanks!
suiton I hope you guys get more staff. I'm really looking forward to the rest of Minami-ke Okawari and for you guys to do Jigoku Shojo: Mitsunagae...
ggibMMzaaKdFB Nice site, thanks for information!
JcnclKePWsvkFpY Not bad... Not bad.
Gyagu Manga Biyori S2 ep 05 is out! - [P]ako - 2008-10-26 13:42:41
Now featuring a joint with the fine people of Spoon. Also, Ayu-anime.net will show less wall-of-text as one of anon32's Suiton-related logs will go away.
PEM this could possibly be the fastest project ever.
noth I can't believe it! After years of waiting! O_O
Zalev Oh god, thank you so much
M1 Thanks
sin no aria Nipaa~!. It sounds fun. I haven't seen much of Spoon's works though x.x . Are they a good group? Meh, if Ayu is working with them, it'll be good regardless.
martino Muwahaha... I added myself to the long list of people who killed this project. ^_^
skyhack Sin no Aria--
Spoon IS a good group. While you're there, grab Hidamari Sketch. Season 1, ep 5 (done by Shintani Subs, which kinda rolled into Spoon) is literally a trip!
suiton So~
Ayu finally releases something for a change?
O_O
Non-e Oh yeah, another Gyagu Manga Biyori. Thanks for the release.
suiton When will you guys do my favorite show Boku no Pico? You guys love me right? right?
1. We would like to finish our existing projects.
2. We would like to start new projects for all Ayu fans.
3. We need new and motivated staff who are experienced but yet fresh. (Our staff list is long but many of them have fansubbed for many years and life is moving on for them.)
4. The most important point - We want to keep the Ayu flame burning strong!
The following staff positions available are:
Japanese to English translators (2 slots)
Editor (1 slot)
Timer (1 slot)
Quality Checker (1slot)
As all of you should have known by now, Ayu is committed to producing quality fansubbed work, hence we are also seeking for staff who has the same mindset as us to come forward and help revive Ayu.
Join #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net or email us via the Contact Us form for more details. (Pre-requisite: Must know how to use IRC and is on IRC most of the times)
Good stuff spread the best via word of mouth, therefore, I would like all of you to spread this out to your friends, forums, etc.
Also, if you are reading this, do help with the donations if you can!
Anonymous I would love to help you. But i got no skills or use. So i will just sit in the corner and pray that you will find enough people for Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae
alphastickmania I don't know how many have replied already, but I don't mind trying for any of the positions other than TL-ers. I have a bit of timing experience, a bit of Editing exp and quite a bit of QC exp. Just email me back your response. Thanks. :D
randall wheres everybody!
sin no aria Uguu... I was trying to sleep. *goes back to sleep* . This has to be the lowest comments for how long the topic has been out. Well, there has been lower I think.
Kiffy I would like to help but I'm no good translator when it comes to Japanese. What is the job of an quality checker?
Darki Yo, I could be a good in the staff. I know japanese a litte but cannot sub an anime. I'm active at alots of IRC channels and could be active in this channel. I think I could be a good Quality Checker...
psyren Dear God. No.
TsanGwanWai I'm a typesetter for Phantom-Subs, Editor for Dark-Rebirth and typesetter for Moetronsubs. I have quite a lot of experience in the fansubbing industry. One problem, I suck at IRC and i'm a kid.
fr33st4t3 I could rock the translations (Level 1 JLPT), but how do people have the time to do this? Dunno how I would fit it in to the full-time sched.
I appreciate that someone does!
Japanese translators needed! - randall - 2008-10-15 00:16:32
We need translators for the following projects:
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
- Jigoku Shoujo S3
If you are interested in helping us as a translator, hop on to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and message YoshiZumi or Kokizzzle for more details.
We have always strive not to drop any projects if possible, hence do help us spread the word so we can resume work on Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai again.
psyEdit: please help if you can. You wouldn't want me translating this <_<
suiton Oh ho~.
So it would seem that Ayu has interest in doing Jigoku Shouko Season 3 but is just missing an interested translator? I hope someone decides to translate. Maybe you guys to "steal" a translator from another group...lol
suiton Oh, and the proper name for Season 3 is "Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae"
[P]ako First, we don't go around "stealing" staff from other groups. And, your proper name is not Suiton, isn't it? Maybe your name is Dick Wanker or something.
makoto cco How about a joint with another group? Maybe you could borrow Kunio-kun from SS. If not, The Triad has two good translators and one of them aren't really doing anything.
ABC More Baccano! is needed!
psyren GOOD GOD! I don't visit the Ayu page for a while, and HOLY SHIT!
suiton-low Suiton, I thought you weren't posting here anymore because of all the counterfeit suitons...?
Anyway, that "stealing" remark was kinda cold.
suiton Well, it seems like the Ayu site still gets crammed with spam bots posting. I've been asking them occasionally to see if they can set up a signup thing to post. That would help A LOT. But anyway, I hope that Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae is picked up. I followed through Jigoku Shoujo and Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori with Ayu.
TakKi ↑
Yeah, I hope it gets picked up as well. Ayu is the best. Always. xD
desu ALL HAIL AYU!
ALL HAIL AYU!
martino Shut up suiton. We do what we want. Registrations on a simple site like this are just a waste of code and storage.
necroz77 hmm im interested but im working and my home didnt have internet connection (just move in). i only can help during weekend. I can translate nihon go to english but my english isnt so good either lol..
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Sorry me noob...
sin no aria >< Ayu doesn't have an interested translator.... >_> Nuuuuuuuuuuu!!!! Save the series!!!!! I wish I could translate... Everyone start praying/hoping/summoning, whatever it is you believe in! *starts doing a little bit of everything*
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suiton Yea!! I still want to watch more Jigoku Shoujo with you guys!!
Jinbei Checking if I've been unbanned here....
Jinbei Ah! Looking good :) OK, well I think I can help you out with the JS translations! Tell me what to do
suiton @Jinbei...Join the IRC channel (Rizon server, Ayu channel). Tell them that you want to translate Jigoku for Ayu. They'll give you a test of some sort to see if your translations skills are good. If you pass, then you'll be the translator.
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sin no aria 0_o . A potential translator? Salvation or fraud, we will soon find out! Find out next time on "Ayu fanclub: The live action." I really do hope Ayu gets a good translator. Too bad I'm already working as a translator for chinese to english >< . Too busy to finish my japanese lessons >< . Maybe I should stop working and go back to learning japanese... but then I wouldn't be able to afford classes... I feel like I'm in the middle of a paradox. Or was it catch 21? or was it 22... ACK! I lost another memory >< . Ah! I forgot that the vacuum-chan was still on! Ah I ranted again! just shush and hit the post button before you think of anything else.
skyhack sin no aria...
It's catch-22 from the book of the same name written in the 70's. Or was the book named Catch-22 because of the phrase...? Now you've got me doing it!
Tororo >.< i hope you guys find a interested translator for jigoku shoujo mitsuganae no one can beat ayu!
Mega-Japan Come on Ayu, you're the most qualified to sub JS3...
suiton So the issue is a lack of a translator interested in doing Season 3?
What happened to the translator who did Season 1 and Season 2?
[P]ako You don't ask that because the answer will be always the same: LIFE.
cyruz That's a shame. Thanks for letting us know.
sin no aria That is definitely a shame since I was looking forward to season three. And non-Ayu is just not the same. But ah well. You guys are doing it for free, so can't expect you guys to do what you don't want to do.
Anonymous You break my heart Ayu. I really hope you find someone.
Silencers Awww. It sad, but yeah I understand how hard it is to find translators who are willing to sub the good stuff these days.
/looks at own suspended project.
Eli That sucks. Was hoping a good group would pick it up, but we're four eps in and I've yet to see a good group on it. Oh well, good luck, hopefully you'll find a TL.
Mega-Japan That's really a shame, you guys owned in the first two season, at least better than your competitors imo. I will pray so that you find a translator who's interesting in subbing this, plz & thx!
Baccano! DVD ep. 11 is out - [P]ako - 2008-09-25 20:13:50
Con Thank you for your hard work. Been planning to watch this again.
ILM Thanks. Now for 12 and 13!
CP As usual: a big thanks!
cyruz Big thanks!
lolwhat thanks for the new episode! :D
ochibi Thank you so much XD
Not long to see the especials chapters ^^
chandre Thamks for the new release!
chandre Thanks for the new release!*
50119 Yay! XD Wainting for teh DVD Specials :D
ZumoKillat Well... interesting site...
Im seek for search-page on your site.
Can you advise me?
P.S. Anybody know about [b]XRumer 5.0[/b] software? Need a link to it...
random I'm curious, does Ayu plan to sub the third season of Jigoku Shoujo?
Naolin Thank you thank you thank you. I finally started watching this and so far it's been a heck of a ride, so DVD quality makes me very happy. Thanks~
desu where is suiton?
skyhack Suiton still posts at Menclave.
slings question, are you guys going to be doing baccano! 14-16?
Baccano! ep 10 DVD is out - [P]ako - 2008-09-17 00:51:34
suiton so like, I like to whine about things I don't know about. I'm gonna blog some pretentious shit right here. Thanks.
LORFLORFLORFLORFLORFLORFLORF
suiton Hey in b4 suiton! That guy's such a tard. Baccano is awesome ayu rules!
Rad great thanx for the Baccano release. Been waiting for this. ^^ Danke.
terra nice.. hope all the episodes comes out before the first dvd is out =X
suiton I voted for Nader; I hate everyone. And -9000 suiton points from suiton.
martino I can only say one thing... Yes and finally!
Lacy You guys rock :D Thanks for the release.
Juggen Thx, martino. ^^
cyruz Thanks a bunch, guys!
CP Thanks once more!
ILM Thanks! Now for 11, 12 and 13.
Cemekeell Three twinks team their buddy.
gfhd AYU FOR PRESIDENCY!!!!
Inu Impersonation is the greatest form of flattery. Also, you were asking for it suiton when you brought it up D=
Inu I'm starting to miss suiton already ;.;
Deso w00t! Thanks for more Baccano. I hope you guys release all the DVD episodes before the licensing company starts. :P
alichino THANK YOU!!!!
arkfinder Yey! More Baccano! Will Ayu also sub ep.14-16? It would be good to have the whole set subbed by Ayu. Anyway, thanks for the release!! More power! (^_^)
skyhack Inu, suiton watches over us all...
Suiton For Presidency! - randall - 2008-09-07 03:10:43
Seems like suiton should be Obama's rival instead of McCain based on the poll on the left.
I'm foreseeing massive comments on this. Fire them right now!
Meanwhile, we're looking for Japanese translators and do donate too.
You might be flying suiton's airway next year........
skyhack FIRST!!! (and in b4 suiton)
Which is a first for me. I"ve asked suiton what his plank is, no reply so far...
Inu In b4 suiton.
Turner We need to put up a sign on the comment section of every single fansub group's blog: 'Please do not feed the Suiton'. The guy revels in the notoriety, and sometimes seems to mistake it for popularity. Whereas in reality the more notorious he becomes, the more annoying he becomes. And the more annoying he becomes, the more notorious he becomes. It's a vicious cycle, people! DO NOT FEED THE SUITON.
suiton /me slaps Turner with a trout
skyhack Make it a bass. Preferably a blue lefty '64 Rickenbacker.
Inu In after suiton.
desu So what happened with Chiaki? I don't care if Suiton and Obama makes out, Chiaki should be president.
suiton zomg...President of Ayu?!
YESSS!!!!!!
Dolph What? No, president of the USA. We wouldn't want you in charge of anything important.
desu All of a sudden; Dolph moved up some steps on my "awesome people" list.
blah604 Ooga booga~
ILM more Baccano!
terra erm.. is it just me or the sites rss feed isn't working
jakkarth Sorry for the RSS problems and thanks for bringing them to our attention. I believe it's fixed now. If it's still causing problems please let us know here. Thanks!
terra lol. working fine now. thanks for the fix xD
skyhack Suiton, would ou be the same suiton that QCs at Rumbel?
Or could there *gasp* be multiple suitons?
DaVince desu: Chiaki? As in... the music director? o_O
desu Chiaki for me is Chiaki from Minami-ke, she would make an excellent president.
[P]ako Chiaki on Russia: "Russia no baka."
suiton @skyhack...Yep! You're correct. I've been doing QC Reports on Soul Eater for Rumbel-Fansubs. Other members of the forum/site have been contributing as well.
suiton And you might ask why I'm doing it? Well, after AnimeYoshi dropped Soul Eater (amongst a few other projects), I found Rumbel-Fansubs to be the only remaining HQ group doing the Late Night Show version of Soul Eater. And since I enjoy the series that much, I decided to help out as much as I could.
suiton And any other "suiton" you see throughout the fansubbing world...assume that it's me. Although, I will say that there have been cases where people pose as me and write some obscene comments. >_>
suiton rawr i eat babies
suiton ^ Like that comment.
>_>. You know I've been thinking about seriously stop posting in the [Ayu] comment section...or any other fansub site where registration is not an option because anyone can really pose as anyone and post stuff. Yea. I decided. No more [Ayu] posting now. But of course, I'll check back daily or whatever and see what things have been posted and dl the Ayu series like Okawari.
skyhack Wow... counterfeit suitons. Guess I can't blame you for not posting with that kind of crap going on.
suiton's clone Nah, not counterfeited suitons, but clones, CLONES I say. We will overtake whole fansubbing world with t3h army of suitons.
Batch torrent is available now. Grab them from the torrents page. With regards to whether Ayu will be picking up Ikkitousen 3rd Season, the answer is No.
Unless we have a translator for that and a team dedicated to doing that, so for now, the answer is still No.
ogre good jobs ayunations . now minami ke okawari :D
skyhack Nice. Suiton, where are are you?
suiton GRR. I believe I had my IP banned. I'm at my college now.
suiton (i.e. if you want to see more cool posts made by suiton, please proceed to unban the other IP).
[P]ako As I have said before, I banned a spambot and your posts went down with it. I don't know how to remove your IP from the ban list, unless we knew your IP and Jakkarth were willing to remove it from said list. Just renegotiate your IP and be happy.
blah604 suiton why you leave menclave? :P
suiton Should I come back? Do I have to?
I'll post there again if I ever feel like it.
sanjiyanWU Your (Ayu_Menclave) version is uncensored? Compared last few sub versions I've seen to raws and the amount of censoring is pretty extreme (*cough*Ayako*cough*). Don't mean any disrespect, but been searching for uncensored of this for a long time ^^
martino What's a Menclave? O_o
[P]ako Uh, it's Conclave. It's censored.
sanjiyanWU Sorry was looking at menclave stuff for so long it kinda just evaded the proofreading process ^^ I meant Conclave, but point being it's still censored. <3 Ayu anyways...it's not like I'm new, just never posted before. o_o"
suiton Has there been any 1 group who released DVD episodes of all the Ikkitousen episodes (as in all the different seasons too).
blah604 whats lkkitousen about?
suiton :: points to AniDB ::
r0b3rt Well, since it's Ayu, I s'pose I ought to take a little look at what this could be.
suiton @ r0b3rt...Since it's Ayu? Hm, I think it should be since Ayu did the best HQ job with this series than any other group. >_>
CP I still have not seen an Ayu release that was not good. Finally enough space on my overloaded HD to DL this. Thanks :-)
skyhack Suiton, re: Ayu's home page survey, what's your plank in the election? Also, if you win, does that mean that every former Prez is in b4 suiton?
skyhack Damn, I hate when the single malt talks for me.
Ikkitousen DD ep. 12 - the end - - [P]ako - 2008-08-31 01:58:41
It's finally out. I believe this project beats our slowest record. I don't have a recollection of when we had started it and how we had gotten involved. Seriously. And I am not a Republican!
Anyways. I want to thank the team (you know who you are) for completing the series. Thank you Conclave, it's been a long and slow bumpy ride.
Macca Thanks for finishing it.
I'm guessing you won't be doing those short DVD specials, right?
randall Yes a batch torrent will be rlsed soon
JRB I assume you guys won't be doing the next Ikkitousen series?
[P]ako We won't be doing the DVD "specials" (read bewbs) nor the next series. Unless you all want Guardians to be done by 2010.
Shiro OMG, OMG! Thanks for the last eps. guys! /bow
JRB I'd wait till 2010 if it means that I won't have to watch the shitty Chihiro version.
The Kid Watch the A-F-P version in wonderful .avi and .dpg! (Only 2 subs, were also slow, but faster on Ikki DD. But i hope you can sub some Higurashi 2 soon, waiting sucks more than Suiton, but it don't have an own pair of underwear. XD Good luck, also if that means to wait longer.
blah604 lol suiton.
Minami-Ke Okawari ep. 04 out - [P]ako - 2008-08-23 14:27:28
No time to come up with something witty to say. So, enjoy the episode.
:)
PS: Are we too fast?
We are also looking for Japanese translators, if you are keen in joining us, pop by #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and message any OPs.
Trypetide In b4 Suiton-tan :D
Incredible stamina from you, Ayu-tachi !!
desu ohlololol sution got the permaB&.
You are way to fast, I didn't even have time to conquer the world before this episode came out.
Alan Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.
skyhack in b4 - oh crap, it doesn't count since we've been desuitonized.
ILM Actually, too slow with Baccano!
r0b3rt Wait, what? Suiton is gone? Oh, now I have no reason to return here anymore. Or to live, for that matter. :(
skyhack Wow, more spambots. I liked suiton better. He's not really banned, is he?
suiton No I'm not?
skyhack Well, WTH ya been?
[P]ako Weird. When I banned the last spambot, the site's engine took down all your posts, Suiton. I don't know.
skyhack So my in b4 suiton is official, and I did it TWICE! suiton, you have been pwned! (Y'know, I really hate l33t)
Rad just gief baccano to the hungry mob imho. ^^
ayu hi all
Amido I didn't brows the internet for two weeks and you guys are still at episode four ?
Anyway any news about Baccano ?
[P]ako WTF. We have released ep. 04 about 5 days ago? Hellooooooo.
dickface Landslide victory for leaf-shaped ahoge!
greenie just hope it wont be dropped prior to epi 13
(stuck at 12 for ages now :D)
suiton Amido...Ayu doesn't owe you anything. Also, fansubbing takes a lot of time. On top of that, the academic year started and they're probably busy with university life, their relationship, dealing with finances (i.e. a job), etc. Unless you're gonna help Ayu release things, I suggest you shush.
Minami-ke Okawari ep. 03 out - [P]ako - 2008-08-17 20:22:52
What's that?
A turtle?
A sloth?
No, it's Ayu! Don't rub your eyes, it's for real! No jokes. Not a belated April Fool's troll. Grab the torrent and enjoy!
We are also looking for Japanese translators, if you are keen in joining us, pop by #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and message any OPs.
-- The Staff
psyEdit: don't expect the next few eps to come out quite so quickly. I've been buried in uni work. Will be freer after Thursday.
desu Oh btw... 1MB from this torrent at the same time as I have 400 on the C74 torrent, nice.
suiton What! ZOMG. I was busy before putting in new hardware for my parents' desktop. HDD, RAM, new processor...
skyhack once again...
suiton Uh...spambot?
king i been wondering, are the 3 of them orphans?
suiton We could assume. I don't recall it ever being explained. But I just took it as a story about 3 sisters.
midenz too awesome!! thanks :)!! theyt arent orphans, ithnk their parents died or something, or thats how the show implied it in the 1st season. i dont they mention it though :]
Nappan "theyt arent orphans, ithnk their parents died or something"
Words fail me.
skyhack suiton - No, I'm not a spambot, dammit! I was once again just after suiton! You're just mad beacause we all pretended to ignore your post on the previous subject. Nyaaa!
And I think the Minami sisters parents have jobs in the good old U.S.A., (land of the copyright thought police), while the Minami brothers are orphans(whose parents also happen to be dead)
CP Thanks for the good subs!
suiton @skyhack...I wasn't talking about you. There was a post made by someone who just wrote out nonsense; as in like a string of random words.
xD fail more failfags their parents work overseas, obiously you would not know if you are watching so late this shit season 1 pure epic win season 2 utter shit lulz p.s: FUCK YOU ALL :D
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skyhack Sorry, suiton, didn't RTF forum. So, how many points did I lose?
suiton @skyhack...4501 suiton points. all points loss + 9000 points can be obtained with clever post or providing me with something nice.
suiton @psyEdit...University? You already started or are you still on summer sessions?
skyhack A clever post is too much work. Come out to Colorado and I'll buy you a Sawtooth ale at the brewery taphouse. Or maybe a single malt at the Pumphouse.
suiton Colorado is a bit too far.
>_>
Besides, I have to go back to college soon.
psych I live in the southern hemisphere. That should answer your question.
suiton How does that answer my question? It's not like you live in a difference of months or whatever. Also, I'm not familiar with the countries in the Southern hemisphere. So...nope. That doesn't answer my question.
[P]ako @Suiton, of course it does answer your question. Summer session in the southern hemisphere starts January and ends in March. Use your head.
suiton @[P]ako...From that, then the summer session for you should have ended 5 months ago because it is mid-August right now.
>_>
[P]ako Suiton, you don't get it, do you? If Psych's summer session is from Jan thru Mar, then he is now in spring session.
skyhack Damn, I'm glad I never went to college! Just the schedule is confusing!
someanonguy I want my Baccano!
suiton @skyhack...Never went to college? Oh geez. Hopefully you're doing alright in life (at least financially).
=)
And what's this "schedule" you're referring to? If you mean getting into the groove of daily college lectures and college campus life in general...eh...it was a bit confusing for maybe a week or 2 during my freshman year. I'm now going to be a senior in college so it's a piece of cake.
suiton @someanonguy...You'll get your Baccano DVD episodes whenever Ayu can get their butts into gear...Actually, it's more like whenever Ayu staff has time to spare. =P
John Williams Pretty nice site, wants to see much more on it! :)
skyhack Yeah... I'm doing o.k. I'm a soon-to-be-retired air traffic controller. Took a little work and a lot of good fortune!
Hey, old guys (51)like anime, too!
chuchu Hello, my future self! It's good to see you carry out me dream.
suiton @autocarbmw...I presume a spambot?
[P]ako Suiton "...it's more like whenever Ayu staff has time to spare..." <---- Finally! You are catching up.
suiton @ [P]ako.... Catching up? Eh, I do joke around sometimes ya know. >_>. Also, it's not like I'm new to fansubs, torrent, IRC, etc. I've been around since AnimeONE started Naruto...And yes, that was a very very very long time ago.
desu suiton "Catching up? Eh, I do joke around sometimes ya know."
WHAT? I haven't seen a single joke from your side! You better start posting some epic jokes or I will personally come to your house and scream IN B4 SUITON every time you leave your home until you post something worth my time. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
suiton @desu...Too bad you'd need my address to be able to do that. And I certainly will not give it out here. ehehehe...So good luck asking every single person in the world if they are suiton.
desu WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM? I am a hacker on steroids, in a matter of seconds I have your IP and in a matter of some more seconds I know the exact location of your house, your dog's name AND where your postbox is located. Now entertain me or else you will pay.
suiton Whoa~ The site is all weird & messed up right now.
ZOMG.
old snake wooo! thanks for episode 2 and in b4 suiton once again!
penisblog old snake: actually, too late.
Can I buy said "inb4suiton" underwear?
suiton Really?
I'd really suggest you go to an eye doctor...bwahahahha
old snake hahaha damn i lost
suiton old snake...You get minus over 9000 suiton points.
suiton zomg! the torrent is dl'ing at over 800 k/sec...that's quite a rarity for me with torrents...well, i think i'm in the mood to seed the file for a little bit at least...
Damer Suiton: you suck. no one needs suiton points
@ayu: thanks!
suiton Does anyone else think that the eyes in the OP (mirrors, windows, etc) are a bit creepy? >_<
midenz WOOT! I LIIKEEE :D~ . They are Sorta creepy <.<
skyhack WTH! I miss a couple days and Ayu kicks out three releases!
Does this mean I have to stay away?
CP Woot? Auy in form, I see. Thank you!
WillTRiker Woah, didn't pay attention for a short while and you try and sneak episode 1 and 2 by me. Please, do try this again with the rest of the episodes ;-)
king did the girls move into a new home?
Toyu-chama The apartment complex is very different from the first series (Kana and Chiaki sleep in the same room). However, there are a lot of other differences, like Fujioka's new hair.
Wreriupsell humidifier girl call - lyrics
suiton They didn't move into a new house or anything. Okwari is basically a re-visioning of the anime series. It's not a continuation nor anything like that.
king i see.it started from new years so i thought it was continuing
suiton Well, if you weren't lazy and actually checked AnimeNewsNetwork and or AniDB first, then you would've have had to asked a silly question...EPIC FAILz..."king" loses over 9000 suiton points
CP Hm, regardless of that it is enacted story-wise after the other series, so yo u still need to watch them in order... That's not my def of an alternate take.
r0b3rt I want some suiton points plz. Ah yeah - it looks like there's still hope for the group! I'm glad to see you start tracking again, Ayu. :-J
inb4suiton what? Thanks for Minami-ke Okawari archive worthy subs :d
king who is it that didnt check. ANN/AniDB lists this as a SEQUEL while you says its not
Raziel666 Thanks for bringing Minami-ke (& Okawari) to us in high quality Ayu staff! Your job is really appreciated.
It might not fit in here, but I'd like to ask if there are any plans for the S3 of Jigoku Shoujo. Thanks in advance.
suiton Considering that they did do the others, it's likely.
[P]ako We have no plans to sub Jigoku Shoujo S3. We lack of the manpower (read it as lack of translators) to do it.
suiton zomg...[P]lacko. Are you serious?! Eh. I mean things change so maybe we can see an [Ayu] release of Jigoku Shoujo 3. If not, then we really can't complain. Fansubs are freebies given to fans by the fans (who have the technical knowledge & tools).
suiton *[P]lako ... I made a typo on his name. >_<
[P]ako Yeah, I am serious. As I was with ZnT S3. I'd rather finish Higurashi Kai than taking a new project. Oh, there is also Gyagumanga... Kami! Where is the spoon?
spring suiton, what are you talking about? you complain all the time. minus 9000 suiton points for you.
mynameisgoor You are not right.
suiton @spring...Too bad that "suiton points" are mine to distribute and or to take away. +over infinity zomG suiton points for me...-ultra infinite foreVa timeZ for spring
desu suiton, I will now take away 14551 desu points from you, as a token of how much I love you.
suiton Too bad that 99999999999999 desu points equals 0.000000000001 suiton points...
awalayMom italian kitchenware he is survived by wife donna moore and three children
suiton @awalayMom
Uh. Spam?
ZOMG
SPAM BOTZ iN teH aYU!!!
suiton Yep...Another spam bot posting another comment.
Minami-ke Okawari ep 01 - [P]ako - 2008-08-09 23:49:09
Release dedicated to Toyu-chama and Jakkarth.
Bear with us. I hope this will not be a long ride. Let me dream, okay?
[P]ako OMG! There is an urbandictionary entry for suiton. But it's not about him.
Onsokumaru lol just do DVD releases
[P]ako Nah. The DVDs won't be better.
Old Snake thanks for episode 1 and in b4 suiton
midenz woooot!! <33 u guys !
funky I'll take DVDs with less QUALITY over HDTV releases.
Turner Wow, whaddya know. I wasn't expecting a Okawari release to be out for ages.
(I'd take HDTV over DVD anyday, unless there's some kind of TV-censoring involved. Pretty unlikely in this case)
(Also, in b4 suiton)
Drax *sigh* now if only there was an HDTV release of Baccano!, that's a series that deserves it fully. Still I'm quite happy with Ayu's releases of the DVD version and can't wait for more!
(also I fail less at typesetting now if you guys need help again at some point).
Toyu-chama You guys act as if I'm dead. I'm not... entirely. I'm glad to see this finally out. This series deserves some special treatment. Kudos to the team. Oh yeah, in b4 suiton (Whatever that means o.o;)
Inu In before suiton. Hey, this is kinda fun...
Inu What type and brand are the suiton underwear going to be? Are skidmarks optional? Were they actually worn by suiton or are they just boxers with suiton's name printed on a worn-out stretchy band?
Tororo wooot!!!!!!!!! thanx guys
suiton WHAT! Faster than I expected!!
Nice...
CP Thanks for a nice release, guys!
suiton LOL @ the thought of "official" suiton underwear...
But why not also an in b4 suiton printed on?
desu It would feel so fucking indescribably wrong to wear underwear with the text "in b4 sution" on. I mean, seriously, I would rather not wear underwear at all.
Leg Btw, this is an upscale, not HD.
I'd take DVD or non-upscale over upscale.
[P]ako We know it's an upscale. Nobody is saying it is. I don't think the DVDs will be an improvement.
suiton Personally, I don't see a problem. Minami-ke had that blurry issue problem, but that's supposedly like an art style or whatever. It wasn't that bad. The Okawari release by Ayu is perfect in my opinion, and I can't imagine a DVD release doing much better than what we have. Keep up the great work! Look forward to seeing the rest of Okawari as soon as you guys finish fansubbing the episodes.
[P]ako I meant "nobody is saying it is not" :P and Thank you Suiton. // @Toyu-chama, we all know you are not dead, but you are not around much :)
suiton I guess we should've said that Toyu-chama was severely inactive.
Leg @[P]ako: People are saying it's "HDTV", which I'm simply trying to correct :)
Compared to actual HD releases, it's noticeably an upscale(not to say it's a bad encode. Comparable to Ayako-sae).
Thanks for the release.
[P]ako @Leg, yup, they are not HDTV, if something, they are "Mentar HD." xDDDD
YoshiZumi is pregnant - [P]ako - 2008-08-09 21:10:46
Loliko, a lolicon, got our translator YoshiZumi, who is barely legal, pregnant. YoshiZumi's parents haven't heard they are going to be grandparents yet.
More updates coming up.
EDIT 1: in other news, it's raining fish.
EDIT 2: MKV muxing with linux is fun.
someone anon in b4 suiton and what does this got to do with anything?
KageSennin So, with maternity leave and whatnot, Yoshi should be able to go super overdrive on t/l-ing some more goodness for us, no?
psych Yoshi is 'officially' retired <__<
Drax How unfortunate. Well hopefully she'll enjoy retirement with her baby. also mkv muxing in linux....that would indeed be interesting, already used to a cmi though right? :P
Inu In before suiton.
DaVince Is a congratulations in order? Also, good that you're Linmuxing, that'll ensure I can watch things correctly under Linux too. ^_^
Baccano! 09 DVD - [P]ako - 2008-08-07 20:05:19
Here, another release. Yeah, I was supposed to write something witty, but I am tired and I know Martino will hijack this post anyway. So, I am going to leave that task for him to do.
Enjoy the release.
martino's edit: How did you know I was gonna hijack it?! Anyway, I have nothing good to say so enjoy the episode... Also, I'm a hijacker now...?
Trypetide in b4 suiton and... OH MON DIEU >_< you're the best Ayu-tachi !!!
anon32 hey, suiton isn't here yet! 3b4suiton
Marche I Hate You Suiton ^____^
[Ayu]_Baccano__-_09_[DVD][CE669538].mkv.torrent
Could You Fix The File Name?
There Should Be An ! Mark Rather Than The Undersocre
martino Fix it yourself. Linux is a bitch so it won't happen.
desu HOAWF, I came just in time.
IN B4 SUITON
suiton :: gives everyone before this post minus 9000 suiton points ::
OH NOEZzz
skyhack in right after suiton
Gabriel I ain't need no suiton points, cause he sucks, ya know.
And thanks!
MOTHERCARE THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE EPISODE, MARTINO!
anon martino, what's the problem exactly?
mv "[Ayu]_Baccano__-_09_[DVD][CE669538].mkv" [Ayu]_Baccano!_-_09_[DVD][CE669538].mkv
anon nvm, this shit strips 's. orz
ochibi Thank you sooooooooooooooo much XD
Amido I lost hope in watching this episode . Thank you people . By the way , could you guys and girls from AYU leave all your projects and focus on Baccano before it got droped ?
Anyways thank you for this .
arkfinder Yey! Thanks for another Baccano! release! (^_^)
CP Thanks very much, Ayu!
suiton Now waits for Minami-ke Okawari episodes.
=D
50119 now what the hell is this "suiton" thing >_>
[P]ako Suiton is an AI designed by the US Department of Defense to annoy fansubbers. Its purpose is to make them quit fansubbing and/or make them drop projects.
martino [P]ako-tan and -sama, may I ban him? :D
desu No, let him stay. There won't be as many fun-to-read comments if he ain't here
Inu Ignore Amido. Drop it and replace that time with Higurashi time D=
suiton Now why would you want to ban me? I'm a "famous" person to most fansub groups. And I can also give out suiton points to all those who I feel are deemed worthy...BWAHAHA...or post an epic post.
sution Disregard that I suck cocks.
[P]ako Martino, no. We ban only spammers and bots... and hacker wannabes. Users won't be banned.
martino I can prove that suiton is a hacker!!!
*goes to do del *.* on his system and blames suiton for it
suiton FIRST!!
Blah. So it would seem that you guys ended up not changing the audio to mp3 for the last 2 episodes.
No biggie.
animeh Are these just script fixes, or new encodes?
If it's just script, would it be possible to get an xdelta patch for them or something similar (script remux can be done, but they can't be seeded if you do that)?
Amido Way to go .
Now for Okawary .
suiton @animeh...Just delete all previous Ayu Minami-ke episodes you have and redownload all the episodes. The torrent is very well seeded, and I plan on seeding it for a while. I usually don't seem that much, but for this one I think I'll seed for a bit.
strawburry Awesome~ Thanks for the batach torrent and your hard work! Glad you didn't reencode the audio for the last two episodes. I think the non-consistency makes them perfect!
suiton How so? Also, if I'm not mistaken, mp3 is better than VORBIS for audio.
thotem Hmm. You COULD seed from the older Ayu files if Ayu encoder isn't lazy. If he included `--engage no_variable_data` as mkvmerge option (need to run the merge manually to get that) for BOTH older releases and the new v2's, then the files aren't frelled with usual crap, and torrent will restart them, and get only the changes.
If vid was reencoded, it doesn't matter anyway.
Too bad I only just downloaded older files... crap, now I have to re-dl half of 'em before I go to seed :D
moop Blah Bleh Bloop I just burn these on dvd but no big I got b/w and load case of blank dvd lying around. :D MOAR Ayu Works!!
suiton Like I said, just re-download the entire thing.
I did, and I was able to get the entire batch in about 1 hour.
desu in b4 sui... oh wait.
IasasaI Do people actually LIKE vorbis? Or Matroska for that matter.... And here I've spent all this time waiting for mkv ... :( Ah well, Xvid re-encoding on standby; as with everything ELSE these days...
At any rate, there's my 2 cents Ayu. Thanks for Minami-ke!
dannywolt Thanks for the v2's Ayu!
oro All of the v2s have script fixes and chapter updates. 11v2 also has reencoded video. I manually muxed all of them using mkvmerge 2.2.0 and I didn't see that '--engage no_variable_data' in the man page, but I would have loved to have it.
suiton ...and now we await Okawari, which hopefully will also get a complete batch torrent-v2 treatment eventually (but sooner than Minami-Ke took).
Drax @suiton Vorbis > mp3 at preserving quality for compresssion. mp3 is just more well known. Vorbis as also FOSS, mp3 is proprietary.
@Iasasal
The ONLY reason i can see people liking .avi / Xvid more than .mkv h.264 is if
a)they have a bad computer
b)some crappy playback device hooked up to their tv
or c)for some odd reason dont use CCCP or mplayer
if you dont all into any of those 3 reasons, I think you are an idiot. h.264 gives much higher compression and quality, and mkv is a highly flexible and powerful video container not created by M$.
skyhack Say what?
suiton @EnumTrenKen...Epic FAILZ. You lose over 9000 suiton points (which are the ultra awesome & best points you can obtain virutally on fansub group sites)
desu Makes me wonder how many suiton points he had before he posted.
suiton He's had 0. Now he's - over 9000.
psych Drax: +1
Drax thank you psych. now i just need to fail less at typesetting or something so I can do something to help you guys. At least i learned how to use move and t somewhat...though my timing for the movement still sucks -_-
Drax haha! is the escape character! lets see if \ works!
Drax it does! woo! sorry for like triple post but aparently i fail and writing comments. so yea... its \move and \t (for those of you who are confused, just one "\" isnt registered in the comments because for some reason this uses c/bash shell like syntax)
suiton I kind of noticed that for a while now. Why is it that this comments section doesn't display the way you typed it? Like if I press ENTER twice (i.e. leave a space between paragraphs), it doesn't register it and just makes a giant wall-o-text.
martino Because automatic wordwrap > stupid people that put a new line after every 5th word.
Drax hmmm so does n work? or maybe \n?
CP Thanks very much for this, guys!
PenguinGuy animeh: the xdelta patch for the first episode is 203 kilobytes, but I don't think the comments will let me post URLs. Sorry.
mkshark suiton: also, you are officially a total bandwidth-waster. Half the episodes are unchanged and could be used as-is, and most of the data in the existing episodes is probably also unchanged. Apparently, the only re-encode is 11, so presumably the rest could be done with patches of a few hundred kilobytes each. Total saving should be about 2.5Gb, which isn't exactly small change.
CP Considering appearance of comments - using IE you have a 3 char input field width to watch, so cosmetics is probably not what people consieder most ;-)
skyhack suiton may be a bandwidth waster, but damn, if he got the whole series in an hour, he's got some bandwidth to waste!
martino Considering most users are idiots, patching is a no go. Go figure~
bwahaha does <br /> work? :D
bwahaha aww. i guess not :{
suiton My ISP doesn't cap how much I can dl/ul a day, a month, etc.
=D
Minamike 13 FINAL released! - [P]ako - 2008-07-05 22:42:26
ZOMFG!
"Oops, we did it again." Like it is not enough to have one release today. We are proud to announce the release of the final episode of Minami-ke. Many thanks and kudos to the team who made it possible.
Also, I would like to introduce you our new translator, LoneDragon. He/she will be translating the rest of Okawari (otherwise known as Minami-ke S2). So, welcome him/her.
A batch will follow as soon as Psych irons some inconsistencies and polishes the scripts a bit.
psych I'll get onto fixing stuff for the final batch once I can roundhouse kick my PC hard enough for it to start working again.
Long story short: upgrade -> format -> reinstall -> BSOD -> #$%@%$ -> re-format -> re-install -> present
Thorn nice work guys i finaly get to see ep 13. cheers
r0b3rt Brilliant, guys. Excellent. Thank you so very much.
Drax @psych OUCH. that doenst sound like fun at all. Good old windows for you. Once got BSOD on installing windows on an old computer..and it was a different one every time....even rotated out all the hardware except the mobo/cpu and tried 3 different xp pro disks....still got a BSOD on the second phase of installing (after the files were copied) it was like....wtf? in the end my friends took it to fry's where they miraculously installed it without any problems....still have no idea what was going wrong....
skyhack The mighty Ayu is BACK! BTW, Linux rocks!
ToxicCookie I was just browsing Tokyo Toshokan and got reminded that ZNT3 has started to air, and so I was wondering if Ayu was planning to work on this new season. I was also wondering if so, what are the chances of getting a softsub release like your more recent projects, instead of a hardsub MP4?
suiton It's too bad that you're having trouble with computers, psych. I just reformatted an old desktop because the freakin' thing wouldn't work/function well. It took me like an hour or 2, but I finally got Windows XP installed on the freakin' piece of trash. Good thing that the laptop I'm on is a much better and more reliable piece of hardware. Also, exactly what are you planning on changing with the Minami-ke episodes? Oh, and it's great that you guys have decided to continue and do Minami-ke: Okawari.
suiton ToxicCookie...I'm more interested to see if they're going to be doing the DVD episodes for ZnT Season 2. I never really got into nor started ZnT but it apparently has somewhat of a high following? Eh, I probably won't watch it at all, but it would be great if Ayu was consistent and released ZnT Season 2 DVD episodes.
suiton At AYU staff...I'd appreciate it if you guys would maybe change up the PROJECTS section of the site. It would be better if you guys like made it look a bit less cluttered, and maybe include like a Future Project section.
[P]ako ZnT 3: we will not be doing it. Static-Subs will.
ZnT2 DVD: nope. Will not do.
skyhack Hmmm... I wasn't going to bother with M-k Okawari, but if Ayu subs it, maybe I will.
ToxicCookie Thanks for the reply [P]ako, I know they'll do a fine job too since the last two season were a joint project between you guys.
suiton "A batch will follow as soon as Psych irons some inconsistencies and polishes the scripts a bit." ... What "inconsistencies" are you referring to??
psych Missing words/lines, rephrasing some lines.
leafewact have a nice day!
Toyu-chama Thank you, LoneDragon. I'm sorry to leave this burden on you, but I will be looking forward to your translations. I'll be watching everyone from afar ^^ Maybe I'll be able to come back one day.
LoneDragon My translations aren't even close to yours Toyu. I heard your condition and I got to say I feel it for you man. Hope to see you back in Ayu as soon as possible.
ps. SOMEBODY SAVE ME FROM THE EVIL HANDS OF YOSHI~!!!!!
dongs so, Suiton, plz 2 stop blogging
suiton I thought you were gonna do a H264-VORBIS treatment for the other episodes, but that would've been way too good.
Heh.
[P]ako They all are h264. About the audio, the H264/mp3 episodes have the original audio stream of the raws. So, I don't understand why you want them to be <i>compressed</i> in vorbis. It's not like the quality is going to suddenly be better.
suiton I wanted them to be in VORBIS for "consistency".
suiton Sorry for the double post...But also, you guys are probably gonna do Okawari in VORBIS-H264, right? So you might as well (for the batch torrent for Minami-ke) do a VORBIS-H264 for the other episodes.
psych Convince our encoder, then =P
fufu So should I be downloading the episodes individually or wait for the batch? Is there going to be like a v2 of every episode?
Berty Thanks 4 the final episode of Minami-ke guys.Will u be Subbing Zero no Tsukaima 3?.I hope you do:-D
[P]ako @fufu, wait for the batch. @Berty, we will not be subbing Zero no Suckaima 3. @Suiton, Okawari will be AAC. You can encode the audio to VORBIS, there is no law preventing you from doing so.
suiton I'm not an encoder, you are! I can't do these kind of things, thats why I'm asking you.
[P]ako Suiton, we will not be reencoding the audio. Yes you can do the reencoding if you wanted, it's not rocket science. It takes a little bit of research and reading.
theknife suiton, what's the point of ruining the audio just for "consistency"?
martino Let him be. He's clueless.
ROFL CHIPS I wanna join in on the complaining. Will guys go through ALL THE TROUBLE of re-encoding each episode for my request? I want them in mp4 so I can put it on my iPod. k thx, love, YoshiZumi rofl
desu lol gg. Baccano got licensed by funimation.
Amido Too bad Baccano got licensed.
Won't you guys continue subbing the rest of the anime ?
Or will you drop it ?
suiton Then make the few other final episodes of Minami-ke (the ones that used VORBIS) to MP3 and for Okawari, stick with the MP3 codec.
=)
YoshiZumi Suiton, you really think we fansub for one person? We're not gonna re-encode because it's not in mp3. Go hang out with the other videophiles and audiophiles.
suiton I forgot to add that I would also like all the episodes to have the same size. It is incredible annoying when the files have different size, even if it's just 1MB or less.
[P]ako @Amido, Baccano will be dropped when the first R1 DVD is out.
suiton Pako... Does that mean you aren't gonna finish it? Because you make it sound that way.
martino If we finish it or not by then is up to us.
martino Also go stick your head into cold water or something.
Transcode audio for consistency reasons, different sizes. lol
theknife "I forgot to add that I would also like all the episodes to have the same size. It is incredible annoying when the files have different size, even if it's just 1MB or less." if you find that annoying, you have some serious mental problems, please see a doctor
[P]ako @Suiton, we will try. Not hard, though, we still lack of a translator for the last episodes (Ventile, where are thou?).
suiton Thanks
suiton Oh yea, and I forgot to thank you guys for making a poll for me.
=P
Amido Any new progress on your subbing ?
It's been a wile sense your last release .
Locking forward for Okawari .
suiton Yes. I'm wondering that too. It's almost been a month since the last release. But, I'm guessing that they're focusing on redoing the Minami-ke episodes for the final batch torrent. And then moving on to Okawari.
Baccano! DVD ep. 08 - martino - 2008-07-05 14:55:25
One more done, 5 more to slave off.
P.S. Don't complain about the filesize. It was needed. Also expect some Minami-ke soon. =)
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Martino beat me to it but I am hijacking his post:
Another release by us and I am fucking sure I am not dreaming nor have ended up in an alternative reality. Also, don't expect us to keep the current releasing pace for much longer, we will be back to our "normal" schedule soon.
As for the unusual size of the file:
[06/02:17] [@randall] 350mb. file is big man
[06/02:20] [@martino] that's small for keeping grain
As you can see Martino has gone anal about grain retention.
CP Thanks guys, holding back on this series until you're done with the DVD edition...
suiton Wow. Finally. A release..
desu In after suiton
max2k Hope the brick dont hit Martino to hart. If it did, then i wish him to get well soon.;)
[P]ako @Suiton, like we have been releasing stuff?
Anonymous-Pie hopefully it wont just be 5 more eps :p since we all would love the dvd extra eps too :P
<3 Ayu
ttthekiddd Does "anal about grain retention" mean martino is using whole wheat suppositories?
ARIGATOU Thanks for Baccano 08 guys. Awesome work!
Amido Wow,the 8th episode's out.
Awesome.
Keep the good work Ayu people.
By the way,if the work got licensed well you drop it or continue it?
And thanks again.
martino Policy is we stop working on them and take them down when the first R1 DVD gets released.
djoes Great release! anyway, are you guys gonna sub the 3 extra episode?
dongs huhu. like. r1 will come out before ep 9 does.
martino And what if it does? That'd be good news since you can finally own it on a DVD.
AAN Funimation Licenses Baccano!
Gyagu Manga Biyori 2 ep 04 released! - [P]ako - 2008-07-02 19:47:40
The unthinkable happened: another release by us. If you are the very few into Gyagu Manga, enjoy this release. If you are not part of that privileged crowd, shut the f*** up Suiton. Just kidding.
We are in dire need of translators. If you think you can help us, please join #ayu-recruits@irc.rizon.net (typo-free irc address) and pester Yoshizumi for a test. He will answer your private messages when he gets to them, so wait for him, just don't pop in there, say "hi" and quit 5 minutes later after writing something witty.
suiton Wow. You guys actually released something else? Nice. And Gragu Manga? That seems like a very unknown and not so popular series. So I wonder why you guys are still doing it.
tyblazitar Awesome! Oh, and could anyone please reseed the first three episodes? No seeders on episodes 1 and 3. :(
Zalev Oh my fucking thank you so much all my dreams are fulfilled
Anonymous come on, the last episodes of Minami-ke please
skyhack Wow! I'd forgotten I had started downloading this! Gyagu is sooo trippy. Thanks!
chanpon Ahh!! You don't know how happy I am to see this. T_T Thank you for putting any of this out.
beavo MEGAS! , thanks for still continuing this series. it is cool and dont let anyone tell you otherwise just becasue the dont understand the humour.
moozooh :D
Love you, Ayu. Love you so much.
Non-e Thanks for the release. Will you be doing the 3rd season too?
JarkaspkesVab Hello
Do your know what is remove worm ?
Slacker Love this show, and you guys are awesome for translating it
Kenny Thank goodness this isn't dropped. Thank you so much for this. ^^
anon thanks for the release! :)
I've uploaded all 4 episodes to rapidshare, so you don't have to rely on the seeder: rapidshare.com/users/9HDU9R
(I hope you don't mind.. however, you can write me an email if you want me to delete it)
luna *squee* thank you so much!
mouikkou Woah, I thought you guys forgot about this series... thanks VERY much for the release!
50119 The ep is released finally, after 2 years =D
jakkarth @anon, we have a fine distribution system in place and would prefer that our releases not get posted to rapidshare, thanks.
Meela thanks sooooooooooooooooooo much!!!
Spider Awesome! Many thanks for subbing this. At times it makes me laugh - ~very~ hard.
If anyone needs something to fill the void between releases, check out 'Sexy Commando'. The same director offers us yet another 'god-awful' show. >:D
Again, Much appreciated!
RAA RaRaRaRaRa Uiiiiiiii! XD
suplexbeat I love you guys so much for this. This is probably the funniest anime ever made, and you can take great pride in being smart enough to realise that by subbing it for us unappreciative plebs. <3
What the heck is this? Ikkitousen 36 DD...? errr.. Yes, it's another release by us. I am flabbergasted as many of you. And it appears the sky is holding and hell is hotter than ever thanks to global warming. So, it's not that day yet. What day? Don't ask me, I am rambling. No, I am just making stuff up so the post is longer. Seriously. I should get out of the house.
Anyway, we can only hope we'd be finishing the series before 2009. You hear me? Be-fore 2-0-0-9.
Drax Hey, here's an odd question but i'm throwing it out there. Ayu want any help? and if so, with what? (i already can do basic typesetting, but i'm willing to teach myself enough to help with other positions too.)
skyhack Must've put some WD40 on the gears! We old folks know that you should always have plenty of lubricants around.
Thanks for the release.
The_dark_sage What happen to you guys? Your releases used to be every now n then; I remember that i used to check for new releases on a daily basis, but now i check the site monthly to see if you guys haven't kicked the bucket yet. I have some friends that are translators, if the problem is staff shortage, just say so!!
[P]ako @ Drax and The_dark_sage, in fact we lack of staff. Mainly translators, they are the soul of a fansubbing group. Drax, please join #ayu-recruit@irc.rizon.net and ask Tuvok for the test. The_dark_sage, same for your friends. :)
Drax @[P]ako well....I'm in #ayu-recruit@irc.rizon.net and...i'm the only person in the room. um...so...yea....lol. Still want to join you guys if you have room. My japanese is only soso though, (3rd year college level). I'd probably be more useful with typesetting/encoding or maybe even timing/editing. or i could always try and help with QC.
jakkarth #ayu-recruits, with an s at the end. Pako the typo king?
suiton Heh, so Ayu finally releases something else?
Good Job!
martino @jakkarth: Nothing happens in #recruits so we all just forget the correct titling. :)
50119 hope you guys finish this before the third season gets licensed :D thanks for this :D
Amido Excuse me,when well you release the next episode of Baccano?
And thanks.
martino When a brick will fall on my head.
Shiro Thanks! Can't wait until you guys finish it :D
Minami-ke ep. 12 - [P]ako - 2008-06-14 17:16:50
It's been a while since last time we had released something. So, here you have the penultimate episode of this fine series. Go and grab it while it's still hot. Enjoy!
Expect the last episode to be released sometime around the next time a cat is rolled over in a highway. :)
martino's edit: If you can't wait for us to release Baccano 14, 15 and 16, which by the way may never come since key members just haven't found the time to work on them, just get the other group's releases. The TV stuff being redone for DVD is mainly stuck on me, so have fun waiting. :)
martino's edit2: Maybe not THAT long;
* @[P]ako stabs martino
«@martino» xd
«@[P]ako» stop hijacking my posts
«@[P]ako» xD
«@[P]ako» I will do baccano
«@[P]ako» sat=1.7
«@[P]ako» linedarkener at max
«@[P]ako» and lots of frequency noise removers
«@[P]ako» :x
«@[P]ako» and blur
«@[P]ako» don't forget blur
desu I just dumped my own cat on the highway and barrel rolled over it with my car, where is my next episode?
[P]ako Damn you! Who in his right senses would think an episode of anime is worth the life of a cat?
cyruz Ayu banzainya!
B0taku Do kittens count? they should count. I saw 5 kittens in a box earlier, I think i'll take my wrench with me.. So that's 8-12. YES!
desu Oh, I didn't think that far... I feel horrible now, I've killed something!
Oh well, what's done is done, now where is my next episode?
DaVince BBBBBaccano 14, 15 and 16? Those exist?! Waaaargh, what groups have released these?! Me want! :o
martino Google?
suiton OMG..Am I seeing things? Minami-ke finally got released! NICE!! Thanks so much!!
suiton Oh, and I noticed you guys changed the audio to VORBIS from MP3. Great move! Are you going to redo the other episodes for a batch release?
randall we will not redo the previous eps to VORBIS though. once ep13 is rlsed, we will batch 1-13 of minami-ke
skyhack My God! It's aliiiive!! (Thanks, y'all)
suiton randall...That's great news. I'm glad that you guys are trying to keep consistency. And VORBIS is much better than mp3. I'll be waiting for the batch then. I was getting so upset when trying to dl the torrents for the previous episodes because they just don't seem well seeded. But I'll get that batch torrent you said [Ayu] would do and I'll seed it.
CP DaVince - you can find all subbers for a series on anidb, including how far they are in a series
KH Nice to see you guys releasing something again, thanks for another great episode.
By the way, is it just me or the video is actually lagging...
arkfinder I'll wait. I'll definitely wait for 'Baccano!' DVD release and eps 14,15,16. It's worth it. I've watched some other groups' releases and so far [Ayu]'s the best in translation, grammar, etc. I just hope those episodes come. Thanks guys for your very nice work, I'm happy that your back on track. More power...
r0b3rt I have seen the light! The savior is true and real!
Amido By the way
what is the defense between Baccano the DVD and the TV ?
cos I think I'll watch it
r0b3rt By the way, desu, you totally have to teach me how to barrel roll my car. At least under safe circumstances...I tried it once, and I think eight or nine people might've died.
suiton Amido...There is better audio & video (duh) and some scenes were uncensored a bit here and there. And I believe some scenes were re-animated to look better. Just get the DVD releases as they're the "definitive" version.
suiton [Ayu]...I've kinda decided not to keep up with Miniami-ke series anymore. I mean the series was ok, but you guys took too long and I've been watching a lot of other series. On top of that, you guys are supposedly leaning towards not doing Okawari and I would've preferred it. So yea. Thanks anyway.
desu It's your loss suiton, not ours.
r0b3rt, thats how you do it. Doing it without sacrifices is like not doing it at all.
DesoNoto Thanks for posting such a useless comment, suiton. ;) I wonder how many people actually care that you're not going to get their releases anymore, even though you probably still will when they release it... >_> Anyway, thanks for the new Minami-Ke episode. :P
Hellhounds On the many comments i think a lot people is happy with this release
theknife suiton...I've kinda decided not to care about what you say anymore. I mean your opinions were ok, but you were too stupid and I've been reading the opinions of a lot of other leechers. On top of that, you are supposedly leaning towards not shutting up and I would've preferred it. So yea. Thanks anyway.
jongu Where is my ep13. I want MOAR~ can I have sauce. And suiton, plz gtfo do not want to witness n00bness in pro comment areas.
Sin no Aria I think that everyone except maybe Suiton and a few are excited that there is now a new release! So whose birthday was it?
psyren Yay, one less mindless leecher's whinging to complain with. Now that he's gone, we are 5 eps into Okawari (I'm editing ep 4 right now).
We will release ep 13 of the first series when it's done, but before we release the batch, I have some minor corrections I'd like to make to the previous episodes, so perhaps stay tuned a little longer.
50119 Yay! xD
suiton psyren...What type of "corrections" are you talking about? Were there any typos or did was there a codec issue?
DesoNoto Hey suiton, you're back! <_<
theknife Guess you'll have to rewatch every episode and see!
IasasaI This post has made me see stars >.< Well, at least one was named Minami -_-`
suiton I was never "gone" per say. I just didn't feel like posting. Anyway, I guess I'll download the full batch torrent of Minami-ke whenever it's out.
desu Completely changed opinion is completely changed
r0b3rt Hey guys, I'm back as well! ...whaddya mean nobody missed me?
desu Wait, you left? And when in where did you tell us you did?
Anonymous Get back to work you niggers.
suiton @desu...DesoNoto suggested that I left. I never did though. I just never posted in here for a while because I was busy posting elsewhere, watching other series, reading manga, eating, hanging out with family, hanging out with friends, etc.
DesoNoto @suiton
I think he was talking about r0b3rt... Anyway, you have friends?! Impossible! :D
r0b3rt I never said I left...I thought you guys would notice. :'( Some friends I have, huh?
Bored... v2 - psych - 2008-06-09 11:32:24
Well, someone asked for another post, so here's another post.
Enjoy.
...
In all seriousness, we have no idea what's happened to our translator for Minami-ke. At this rate, I'll have to do the guessla- I mean translations for eps 4 onwards of Okawari. Or rather, it'll be credited like this:
Inugami Yoshi can't do maths right. He'll be getting pi=2h wrong.
c45j just take some other group's subs.
suiton Is that why Minami-ke hasn't been released in a while. Eh. I hope you guys can find a translator willing to work on Minami-ke and Minami-ke Okawari.
Virtual_ManPL @ c45j - NO !!!
We want high quality AYU SUBS !!! xD
cyruz Or save some time and prepare for other things, Okawari isn't worth subbing.
martino Ke is done, just ironing out last things. Okawari's the problem.
*has suggested not doing it to the team xD
IasasaI Well, as much as I enjoyed Minami-ke, I couldn't sit aound and wait for Ayu >.< That being said, I AM still waiting for Ayu's version; quality is quality after all. Packrats have it rough in the digital world -_-` Until the the real world stops being a nuisance and intruding into Ayu's lifeforce, I'll just sit here and, er, i know it was something good, what was it again...? Well, since Plan A is lost, it's plan B....I'll sit here and yell, "Ganbaro yo!"
Sin no Aria If only it was legal for us to straight out pay them to do this >< . Perhaps hire them to do other work and not care if they do the other work? >< (don't shoot me >< it was a joke! a joke!) @c45j-I don't even want to imagine that even as a joke.
suiton @martino
Okawari. Please go ahead and do it. It's the next Minami-ke and I think the last one. It's only 13 episodes and you guys do an excellent job with your releases.
r0b3rt *on the edge of the computer chair seat*
skyhack Sin no Aria...
That was classic!!
suiton Sin no Aria...You know you can donate? That's like the closest you'll get to what you're wondering about. Donate lotz and lotz of munnyz to them to cover costs for maintaining the tracker, servers, or whatever it is that they need these donations for.
Anonymus Bosch @suiton: Please explain in less than 20 words why we should donate even ONE CENT -let alone 'lotz and lotz of munnyz'- after they released nothing at all for 2 months. And turning the news page into the bazillionth unfunny blog on teh intarbutt. I've seen other groups declared dead after shorter periods of inactivity.
jongu I propose:
GL jongu: -40%
TLC Yoshi: infinite
bored - dowhatnow - 2008-05-14 02:03:25
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.
jakkarth Deleted your comments, lame leechers! Clearly from the poll you all want to watch Ayu subs of DBZ and not read the crappy spam comments!
Drax holy shiz batman! the comments got reset!
suiton Thank you [Ayu] staff for clearing up the comments. There were too many obvious spam posts.
>_>
Anyway, I think it's about time that [Ayu] makes a post pertinent to the projects?
jakkarth Now now, anyone interested in finding out when the next episode of one of our series is going to be released need look no further than the Release Schedule option at the top of this site. The staff of Ayu thanks you for your patience during this difficult time.
suiton How about putting up a spam protection thing for the comments so that you need to register first before being able to post comments?
skyhack I don't think the spam could be helped since dowhatnow asked,"Therefore, I reach out to those of you that reply to entertain me.plz?"
He's probably tired of watching "Scrubs" reruns.
Seriously, I'd like to see this group back at it so I can finis Minami-ke and HiguKai.
Hellhounds I have a better idea: that everybody include me shut our trap and let the ayu staff do their work.
cyruz Aw, don't delete all the comments. There were even a few good and serious ones. Guess further commenting is useless in that case. Keep up the good work with the subs.
r0b3rt Hey, wait, what now? Where did all the comedy go? :/
Hellhounds Deleted because of there was to many comments.
suiton How about at least a new post. This post was made on 05/14/2009, and it's now 06/08/2008. It has almost been a full month.
r0b3rt But...but...:( The comedy...and headaches...and 4chan memes...and Candlejack...and
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!
DaVince Wapanese Students Sux: lolwut
r0b3rt I passed my driver's license test!
suiton @ randall
Third one can be cool. Heh.
@Sin no Aria
I can never imagine myself playing video games and watching anime all through the night.
@r0b3rt
Congratz! But too bad it's only a provisional driver's license. Try not to get into any accidents or tickets...well at least until you get the "full" driver's license.
r0b3rt Oh, I live in Sweden. Hillbilly laws are in charge here. :p
Ferrelas Same rules apply in sweden, if you get cought driving improperly, within the first few years they will still spank you and take the licence away. Sweden, land of the free eh? :P
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.
noelhoi Awesome, finally the ZnT is out, Thanks Ayu for keep doing the good job!
suiton Woo! I was wondering why you guys were so inactive for a while with releases.
Keep up the great work!!
Anon Great, love you guys :>
Leon-Gun Finally, the one release I was looking for. Time to add it in my official collection. Baccano! was plenty of help during the drought though. So, no need to rush things, make sure it's a quality release.
Darc yattaaaa!!!! sugoi sugoi! a specail thanx to static subs and Ayu anime i cant wait to seed it
baka~ one last episode to go before i DL n seed em all XD
50119 yeah, a rlz after quite a pause, thanks a lot!
SiberCat Happy tiems! =^-^=
Nitt Yay, incredible amounts of thanks! :D
Virtual_ManPL Yea !!! Thx for your always the best job AYU TEAM !!!
Winn THANK YOU!!!!
ToxicCookie Great, and at the same time sad that it's so close to the end, also, are you guys planing to do a DVD release as you did with the first season? If you are planning to do so, is there any chance you could do it as a soft-sub instead of hard sub?
r0b3rt Mmm...so refreshing, every time, to see an Ayu update.
r0b3rt Oh yeah, regarding your poll, I hate most sports, so I refuse to vote. :3
potat0 @ToxicCookie: chances of re-doing it using DVD sources are very little, since the raw/releases we get/do are probably better than what the DVD might offer. But who knows, maybe they'll be generous and release some Blu-rays :P.
ToxicCookie Lol, I can see it now, "Buy ZnT today at Walmart, available on HD DVD and Blue Ray". Point taken.
Lowlightt Don't worry theirs another whole season to sub. But yet again thank you for your wonderful fansubs ayu you guys rock (and or girls where deemed necessary)
Lil'E Is something wrong with the tracker? I downloaded episode 3-11 yesterday and it has been "tracker offline" and "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it." This is only on your tracker too so I don't know if it is a problem on my side or yours. D: They did finish downloading though.
martino Server problems.
Virtuous Thanks for the delicious ZnT. Are the server problems affecting donations as well, says unable to receive money?
Server Woes - jakkarth - 2007-12-06 03:58:53
Ok guys, I know we said we were going to do it at New Years, but here it is December 5th and our server just kicked the bucket. Massive hardware failure. What you're seeing now is the new server that we bought. We are greatly in the hole financially, and would really appreciate your donations. If you read this, and you like our anime, please donate like $5, with more always welcome. Without your donations we can't continue to bring you awesome animes like Baccano and Higurashi. So please, click the button over there on the left and donate whatever you can. Thanks!
Also, sorry to the people who had comments on stories after November 26th. That was the date of our latest backup, and everything changed since then is gone. Comment here again and we love you long time!
martino Please exclude suiton from the list ^_- :3
Mkaija Just donated $20, Zero Louise FTW!
Makoto Sawatari Wow I donated and the server get a massive hardware failure. Nice :D
Anon How about ZnT ;o?
suiton ...and don't forget Minami-ke, and do not exclude me...please
=)
You guys know that I'm one of the more fanatic fan (heh..) of your projects.
In light of hardware failures, I guess we can all be happy in that now we should be set and will not have to worry about any hardware failing issues.
Darc im gonna donate realy soon AYU <3 great work guys have a great Xmas quanza / Chanukah theres too many holidays!!!
r0b3rt WTF? Suiton's not your most fanatic fan...at least not regarding Higurashi. :3 Right, I'll be digging in my pockets to see what I can give you. Hm, maybe not this candy wrapper...
randall All donations made now can be made annoymous by specifying it in the comment box :D
Darc merry xmas ayu
Sin no Aria Ooh Rah! Higurashi is the best ever <3 As I'm sure most can tell, Higurashi is the main project that I'm waiting for from Ayu. Nipaa~! I listen to the drama CDs in my sleep and I enjoy bathing to the sounds of bodies being beaten with a bat. <3 (I'm joking about the bathing part... I'm not joking about watching Higurashi as I play games and sleep... And reading... History is boring... Higurashi is interesting. Higurashi+History=Not so boring History lesson. <3 (I love Rika-chan!) I actually got quite a few people interested in Higurashi. 90% of those people were in the military >_< ... I just realized that 9% were reservists... So only 1% was civilian... >_< I need more civilian friends... And a prayer for my friends in Iraq. May he not get promoted to LCpl... post-humorously... Like what happened in that book... Ok, now I just made myself worried for my friends... Nipa~! I'd donate, but... I'm at $5 and the cost of school is $300... Plus books... Plus transportation fees... Plus food... clothes.... I seriously need to think about getting a new job... Maybe I should join the Air Force now... I definitely enjoy being in the military too much... Of course, I love Ayu too. <3
Removal of Shinigami no Ballad - randall - 2007-11-26 08:39:19
We have been contacted by BOST Digital Entertainment to stop distribution of Shinigami no Ballad. Please support licensed series :D
Vietnamese Oh, I haven't watch that anime? Is it good?
Lowlightt Its pretty good, I hope they can fit it on one dvd though..
VGer I'm kinda curious how a site like that can demand you stop distribution of a series, because it doesn't even look like they're licensing it.
One of the forum posts on their site even goes into them having trouble getting permission from the "content holders" for letting people keep the episodes they buy to watch repeatedly - because its not a DVD release ... you pay them to be able to watch it on the internet for 14 days.
Lil'E Yes, Shinigami no Ballad is great! I need to try the live-action version of it later.
Skittles the torrent was slow as hell so i didn't get a chance to watch it
randall Don't worry, we have our doubts as well, hence we're temporary halting distribution and awaiting for their reply on the proof of their license rights
Lowlightt Wait... their not a dvd distribution site? So how is this site (that isn't dubbing it) getting licenses?
Philo They probably have their reasons, its best not to risk it. Nice move Ayu, and thanks for distributing it all this time.
r0b3rt Aye, there was another fansub group I visit that were being bugged...perhaps it's legit, but I can't help thinking it smells a bit fishy.
Leon-Gun Well, it may not be to our amusement, but better safe than sorry. Of course, better sniff around and see if they are legit.
hacnslash leave 'em up and stick it to the man! AYU POWER! AYU POWER!
Sin no Aria I think Ayu did make the safest move. If they are legit, then there will be no problems and if they are not, then it just means that distribution was halted for a bit. Shinigami no Ballad is a nice short anime. Very well done although it is slow in pace. Or I should say especially because they did the pacing well.
naisioxerloro Hi.
Good design, who make it?
Velcor From what I can tell, BOST is a company in Japan. There is no address listed on US soil. President Aaron Lai's address is in Meguro, Japan. Can they even claim licensing in the US that way?
Skittles seem like a bunch of noobs trying to con people outta there money i wouldn't trust them if i were you
Namida Skittles > "This is a con. I can tell from the letters, and from having seen quite a few cons in my time", or something?
legion-zero Velcor > You don't understand how copyright licenses and distrobution works do you? If the Japanese companies really wanted to they could shut the fansubbers down.
Skittles lol they don't even dub their anime XD it really seems like they rip off fansubbers then get rid of any trace leading back to the subbing group also if they are in japan why even buy a license for it?
legion-zero Skittles > Eh? Are you 11? I suggest you learn a bit about licensing. In simplist terms if they don't have a license they arn't allowed to distrobute it. Right holders don't just give their media away for free.
Sin no Aria No comment on that since what I was going to say is probably a rarity. >_<. But still, I really don't understand that site at all. I could do some work, but... I'm too lazy... Plus I'm not staff on this site, so I really shouldn't get involved regardless of whether or not I can.
Leon-Gun To make it simple, distributing fansubs over the Internet is still illegal, regardless of whether it has been licensed in the US or any other territory outside Japan. The reason a lot of them don't care up until they license it is because they don't lose a thing. They aren't earning anything from us unless there's a distributor in our area either way. The reason people are dubious about this is because unless the company who sent the cease and desist has commercial business with the intellectual propietors or the right holder themselves ask to cease and desist, there's no reason to fret over it.
Question is now asked And now for a question completly unrealated to Shinigami no Ballad! I just found out there are some "Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni" DVD specials, will you sub them as well with the DVD version episodes?
Philo I just got into the BOST TV website, and accessed the forums, it seems they're going to charge viewers per episode, for subbed episodes, if it comes to that i prefer buying the DVD´s rather than paying for watching it online. But for some reason, some of the users seem happy about it, saying that they're tired of fansubs, which i don't really understand, since BOST will end up just subbing, i wonder what they're expecting.
Leon-Gun Ah, the world is full of idiots isn't it. Are they even gonna pay royalties to the rights' holder?
hmm It seems like these guys aren't fake after all... I mean, even animenewsnetwork speaks about them, you can read about it on their site. I for one thinks its stupid to buy these, since you just can keep them for 14 days, and the quality is pretty bad to. Also, I laughed really hard at some of the forum posts XD
martino @hmm
ANN is a bunch of anti-fansub retards. I wouldn't trust much what's being said there.
[P]ako @question is now asked, we haven't searched for that. By the name I guess it is about the first serie, which we stopped its distrution. So we will not be doing them.
legion-zero @Leon-gun - if they weren't paying the rights holders they wouldn't be allowed to distrobute.
And wow charging for a commercial service fancy that. It's a viable business model with the aim of delivering anime legaly within months instead of years.
Leon-Gun Sorry, I just found the idea of paying for something only to be allowed to keep it a limited amount of days laughable. I'm not mocking the attempt to make subs legitimate, rather the limitations. The last part was an honest question considering there had not been any talk about whether they had been given green light about this or not.
legion-zero I think it's all a bit up in the air at the moment. Their Region 4 rights sound legit.
And it's VOD the origonal rights holders probably don't want to give an online distro permenant rights becouse they'd feel it would weaken dvd and tv rights further down the line. We all more or less know the real problem with the "industry" is the odd view Japanese companies take towards the western markets.
Also from an American perspective it may all seem a bit pricey, but for the rest of the world $2 an episode is nothing seen as we normally pay about $10 an episode on dvd.
It's a wait an see moment. Also seen as bost are using a DRM free flash player you can capture the stream if you really want. ;c)
Axlen Well I signed up for BOST TV. I'm curious to see the quality or lack of it in terms of the subtitling. The trailers look okay on my 19" LCD. As far as the two week limit on viewing I'm not concerned. I rarely go back and re-watch a series. The Pay-Per-View model certainly works for cable and dish TV. I'm certainly willing to give it a try and maybe help keep Anime producers in the black too.
Philo I found it strange that users of BOST TV where really happy with it. I also thought that the series they're "grabbing" weren't really mainstream, which i also found strange. But then i found the torrents for Keitai Shoujo... so yeah...
Question is now asked No, I mean for the KAI version of Higurashi, search for "Higurashi Special" on youtube, and some of them should come up.
Aurix @Velcor et al. Actually, BOST does have some claim to US Distribution since both countries are signatories of the Berne Convention. In fact, there are portions of the convention which validate fansubbing - but only as a temporary solution if the copyright holder has not acted to provide it in a particular language. Once they have though, distribution must stop, (and money recieved must go to the holder, but we don't charge :P) which is another reason why we pull our distro links.
[P]ako @Question is now asked. Ah, the gags, I don't think we are doing them.
Lowlightt Ok, so bost tv isn't streaming using divx stream? So why would you pay 2.99 or whatever it is per episode to watch when it's not even divx streaming quality.
Sven Viking What legion-zero said. BOST's system certainly isn't ideal, but it's a step in the right direction -- a legal fansub-like service that supports the original creators. The obscurity of the available series is because they're a start-up company and won't be able to afford (or convince the owners to provide) more mainstream licenses. If things go well with these series, the service could hopefully improve considerably in the future.
Unfortunately, most of it's shortcomings (like VOD instead of buy-to-own) are the fault of the copyright owners' restrictions. As most companies are way behind the times, they have the idea that systems like streaming video will prevent piracy. Of course, pirated copies are /already/ available, and anyone who wants to re-encode the stream can do so pretty easily).
L Ditto. As for why paying for something you can't keep - you rent dvds for the same reason. Besides, they are supposed to put up anime on the same time Japan is airing going forward...
Leon-Gun You rent DVD quality-movies, not flash. Well, That's just a triviality anyway. And, if they will be releasing at the same time, I'm a bit afraid of the quality of the translation.
Sven Viking Apparently they're releasing one series for free... I hear it's not very good, but will be interested to check the translation quality on that.
Philo Now, i can agree with that, if its gonna air at the same time a s Japan, that would be great, actually if Japanese TV stations Streamed online, that would be even better.
But yeah, im worried about the subbing, i mean if they make a mistake on their subbing people would want their money back. Releasing a V2 would be out of the question.
dfsd Why should one pay to see what the japanese people can see for free on their TV? I mean, thats what this is right? A tv? Why should I pay for each episode I want to see? I don't do that for my normal TV!
[P]ako Actually, they don't get their anime for free, they pay cable and there are commercials. The commercials make it possible for them to watch anime w/o paying extra. If you are getting something w/o ads, it's only fair you pay for it. Even if it is a rental.
Philo Yeah, thast why they have sponsors like PonyCannon (LOL).
Lowlightt My big beef is the fact is the quality of the anime their airing. It's one thing to watch fansubs. But if I'm paying for a product it damn well better be decent quality. And their streaming quality isn't that good.
Baccano! Episode 13 Final - martino - 2007-11-24 09:48:10
So here it is people, the final episode of Baccano!
I'd like to thank the following people for working on this awesome anime and pulling it off till the end in style; Ventile, usagi`, [Vash], NunoEx, kami, Loofie, DanAyeLX, Valefor, Lykos, Tuvok82, Christo, randall, jonny-mt, [P]ako and the Distro team of course. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone (maybe YoshiZumi?)...
Look forward to the rest of the DVD releases of Baccano! and the DVD only episodes that will be coming out next year.
martino I forgot to add apl to that list, my apologies.
YoshiZumi martino, MAYBE UR FACE
Vietnamese Yeah! I'm waiting for the batch torrent
emo henry OMGOMGOMG. As the site loaded up on my screen I started singing that song from All Dogs go to Heaven; LET ME BE SURPRISED. And I was surprised. Oh gosh. Can't wait for this to finish downloading.
sci.fi.jerry hell ya.
eat some beans, burn some trees , watch some Baccano!...nice
Fidde Thx! :D
Lowlightt You guys rock. Thank you so much for your hard work for putting this out for us to watch. /bow
juggen congrats!
waiting for your dvd-releases.
will u pick up something new now or just continue old ones?
suiton I'll give this series a try once all the DVD episodes have been released.
Another Anon That was a beautiful ending, it completely exceeded my expectations. Thank you so much to everyone involved for bringing this great series to us. I really appreciate everything you've done.
BaccanoFan I can't believe that baccano has ended. Thank you so much!!! Because of you we were able to enjoy this anime.
Mogambo thanks ayu! great series, great subs, not your faults its the last one... (sniff! sob!)
leetdood I so can't wait for the DVD-only episodes. I love Baccano!
darkstar damn good show, i wish i could get my hands on the translated novels this is based off of
B0taku Didn't think it would on the short side but nevertheless It is one of the better shows worth watching. Great Job.
r0b3rt 18th post omg!! I feel so speshal! Good work, Ayu, time to break the champagne!
Anima Good job Ayu! :) I am eager to know what you will choose for next since many projects have been finished recently.
Jellie Baccano was one of the greatest anime ever, Thank you for bringing it to us, Ayu!
Bres Thank you so much!
I'm looking foward for the DVD releases!
Xal Jigoku, Baccano over and Zero has two episodes left! I hope Ayu will be picking up some more anime soon or updates are gonna get sparse. Almost makes me want to cry!
Skittles @Xal Zero still has another season to go
Fireblend Just wanted to say thanks for subbing this amazing show, I have been following it since around episode 3 and I'm glad I tried it. The ending surpassed my expectations, a great ending for a great show, probably among the best of this year. Keep up the superb job, can't wait for the DVD versions.
Philo 24th POST!! I AM AWESOME!
But not as Awesome as Ayu-Anime is, thanx guys for subbing this and sorry about the times we cried MOAR. I havent even seen past episode 4, so now i can watch it all weekend without missing anything.
qwaszx thanks for the great sub ayu. Also for the great show too.
kohakuu great work Ayu for subbing this series and subbing DVD Version. Let's hope that there will be second season!!
metalburst Yeah! It's finally done!! Thanks for the sub!
Zlamster Here's one more "excellent sub, thank you" post; and good luck with your other projects!
hork thanks for subbing this fun show :)
BatchHatch Needs a batch
washi Thanks guys, this has been a really great show, and I'm very much looking forward to the DVD-only episodes.
Skittles if kodomo no jikan gets a second season you guys should sub that :D also yeah thanks for the final episode
Holly Thanks a million times for bringing us this wonderful show with such excellent subs!!!!!!
r0b3rt This episode...was wonderful. Brilliant. One of the best anime endings I've seen in such a long time. ;_; I think I need to watch this over again.
bastardinator now that it's done...what do I look forward to?
'core Thank you so much for subbing the series! =)
The Partisan And with that, it's over.
Not that you haven't heard it before, but thanks for delivering on this epic series. You were the only ones that did it and for that you are heroes. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the DVD exclusive eps in the future.
ROCK ON Ayu. Peace.
Vietnamese Thanks for the batch torrent. I wonder how is Baccano like?
ofnbir.... wow you guys are so great finishing up a series so quick. etadik
moot1 So I just finished downloading the batch and there's no subs. Did I do a stupid mistake or do I have to separately download the subs???
Tragic Turn the subs on. >_<
Minami-ke ep 05 out - [P]ako - 2007-11-20 18:35:36
This release is dedicated to everyone but Suiton. *evil grin*
suiton wee~
wow~ like a second after i posted that, epi 5 comes out!
thanks!!
and sorry if i offended you guys...u know u love me!! hahaha
martino We do? O.o
firemage <newbie> how does one get files from your irc?
Xal ...You just have to keep letting them out don't you? My friends make fun of me for being in my twenties and watching a "girlie" anime, and yet i keep downloading them. Ayu must be Japanese for SATAN!...keep them coming!
firemage it's not girlie it's entertaining.
[P]ako @firemage, first off log on IRC (server irc.rizon.net, channel #ayu), there are plently of guides. Then you msg a bot like follow: /msg ayu[hina-ichigo] xdcc send #1 for example. You may use the search function too: /msg ayu[hina-ichigo] xdcc search minami, this will give you a list of the files with the string minami and their numbers.
firemage thank you very very much, i been meaning to learn irc.
kami minami-ke?
more like MINAMI-GAY! m i rite?
r0b3rt Minami-ke? More like "you're full of openings"!
CP Thank you!And with respect to IRC - nice with bots, but my exprience so far is that torrents are as fast on this site - 15 minutes to DL eps when released.Seed! Sugoi :-)
suiton Torrents are generally pretty fast. However, you really can't compete with a bot. It sucks that sometimes there's that wait time before the bot sends you the file, but when you are receiving the file from the, torrents generally cannot compare to have fast bots are.
hacnslash minami-ke > jesus.
thanks!
martino Jesus is nothing! Minami-ke > Led Zeppelin xD
martino P.S. For any mistakes in the sub please throw the stones at me. Thank You. *_*
Virtual_ManPL OMG!!! I'm going to download this soon ;D P.S. First xD
Anonymous I'm in ur base, air saxin'.
Penny Will a penny do...?
juggen thx ^^
CP Arigato, good seeding!
Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori ep. 26 DVD - The End - - [P]ako - 2007-11-18 19:44:15
It is finished. With this release we close another project. It's been a long road, a bit bumpy, but we got through.
I would like to thank all the people that made the fansubbing of this series possible. In not a particular order, they are: Sayuki, Yuriko, Naomasa298, Randall, Maldoror, apl, Xistance, Bigbadbaka, Orochitux, Dowhatnow, Aurix, Death13, Jongu, Tuvok182, Valefor, Luminaria, Jakkarth, Branduil and Shia. My apologies if I had forgotten to mention anyone.
Expect a batch torrent to be released in the following days.
Tensai Just wanted to say thank you very much. I love this series and I love all of your subs. I really appreciate your hard work and effort.
Vietnamese I haven't seen Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori, but congratulation! Baccano and ZnT is going to finish too :D
Anonymous Ai-chan ;_;
Anima Thanks Ayu. :) With this my collection is completed.
eMDee Yay, now I can actually start watching the series, hah. Congratulations and a million thanks for completing the series.
Sewers Oh my! I'm very excited to see it now! Thank you for subbing Jigoku. <3
Virtual_ManPL Thx for this xD
And wait for ending ZnT:FnK and Baccano! Good job Ayu-Team !!!
Awesome! Awesome!
juggen Just a question:
What does it matter if we (the fans) get your releases from boxtorrent's tracker instead of yours?
r0b3rt Mmmmmm...batch torrent...I'll have to have someone download it for me. My compy can't handle all the bandwidth strain. :p
martino Not much juggen I guess, maybe only the fact that you'll have to depends on the seeding that Boxtorrents has rather than Ayu's Distro team. That is if they actually use their own tracker, and not multiple trackers or whatnot.
PEM WOOOOO BRANDUIL
juggen Yeah. I read this on TT, and didn't really see what difference it would make ^^
"This is the OFFICIAL batch release of Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori from Ayu. Do not grab the one from boxtorrents >.<"
suiton So maybe now you guys can work on Minami-ke?
Loliko NO U
anderalex where d'u live? @r0b3rt
Lil'E *sigh* I hate it when a good anime ends. I know it can't last forever, but I think this series could have lasted longer. Most episode were episodic anyway.
Baccano! 12 - randall - 2007-11-17 11:47:37
<leetdood> Thanks to Ayu, Baccano 12 is now out! Who dies next? Hopefully it isn't Vino "Claire" because everybody loves him.... Baccano is my crack now
leetdood is part of our distro team. Want to do your own news post? Start joining us as BT seeders!
Meanwhile, we need TRANSLATORS :D
emo henry Here comes the most awesome weekend ever. Thanks Ayu. You guys rock.
darkstar baccano is one my favorite shows right now, keep em commin and keep the the quality
jiguro Great news.
Hope you'll continue the DVD releases as well!
Keep it up.:D
arnoldstrife Thanks very much! Love the show right now, There is 1 typo though, at 4:14 it says "My Farther" when it should be "My Father"
martino Oh damn... Thanks for pointing it out, I'll make sure to correct that for the DVD version once we get there.
r3born Most confusing anime you could ever get!
Awesome.
cyruz Was just about to let you know about the typo. Thanks for another episode! Keep it up.
r0b3rt Say, did I miss this "Claire" guy or something? Or am I just completely stupid? 'Cause I seriously don't know who this is you're talking about...
Kyou You don't know who Claire is? ITS RAIL TRACE OF COURSE.Rail Tracer pwns everyone even the immortals.He's a sadistic torturer who enjoys beating the crap out of everyone on the train. Thank you Ayu for this fantasic anime, I can’t believe you’re the only group subbing it O_O. I hope Czes-kun doesn’t die, I hope Szilard does!
martino We are not the only group subbing it; there are like 2 or 3 others...
Robersora English is a foreign language to me, so don't be angry with me, if the followring things I'm gonna say will be fulse.
At the preview Isaac and Miria both say "immoral" instead of "immortal" and, shouldn'nt the next Episode be named "Both ... and those who are not enjoyING life equally?"
Anyway, your subs are great, and I'm looking forward to the next Episode!
Robersora Oh, I've forgotten to ask something! Will you guys sub the 3 OVAs too?
Again, your subs are the best, and you're the best!
martino Yes, we will do the OVAs. And regarding the ending, it is supposed to be "immoral", just because Isaac and Miria are both nutters... ^_-
Robersora Thank you for the answers! I'm going to bed now... I don't know how late it is in your time zone, but in ours its 2AM already...
Lowlightt Thank you guys for another amazing installment of Baccano!
r0b3rt Oh, haha. Rail Tracer. I must've missed his real name there somewhere...
anderalex "Start joining us as BT seeders!" Why and since when it is the case that one have to join to seed?!
martino Because you get benefits when you become a member of the BT Distro team... I guess. ^_^
psych As a member of the distro team, you get the releases before anyone else does =P
Zanty This has bugged me for awhile now. Back when you guys were releaseing Umisho the episodes all looked fine until about 7 episodes in when all of a sudden everything was blurry and looked bad. Now, on this most recent episode of Baccano it's doing that again. Did anything change in the way you guys were doing the subbing from last episode to this one?
martino @Zanty
That depends on the raw. I used the same raw source from episode one till twelve/thirteen. There is always the possibility of the raw capper changing his settings, or something happening to the broadcasting. The latter is likely in this case, WOWOW's SD channel is notoriously well known for having horrible broadcasts. What I observed was that the sharpness in the raws went rapidly down around episode six or seven. That's where I applied stronger sharpening, but there's only so much I can do without making it look like a mosaic.
Zlamster Hello, and thank you for your consistently great work! I know this probably isn't the best place to ask, but what's this about a Baccano OVA? My Google Fu is weak, and even anidb doesn't want to share...
kELLO AAH! Thanks for the episode! I can't wait for the next one. Although it will be the last....T_T Unless there is a new season! I hope there is...
Zero no Tsukaima - Futatsuki no Kishi - Episode 10 - randall - 2007-11-17 06:11:47
More flat-chested Louise! And this series will be ending too!
Which means we have more shows coming to an end.
Hence, if you are a Japanese to English translator, please hop on to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net to apply for a translator position. We need more translators to work on more shows ^_^
Meanwhile, enjoy episode 10 while the last two eps will be on their way soon!
r0b3rt Yippee!! Eh, I'd love to be able to help you with translation, but my Japanese is laughable, at best...I'm doing some self-studies however, so in a very far away future, then perhaps. ;p
ToxicCookie As always I thank you from the depths of my Otaku heart for another great release.
50119 Thanks, waiting for Ayu to finish the series. Don't know why I'm feeling that ep 10 isn't so good compared to the previous ones.
vietnamese I wonder if ZnT have seasen 3, will you guys sub it? Btw, thank you very much:)
Silver Mine Been waiting for some flat-chested Louise action.. xD
Xal I have seen the last 2 episodes and I have a good idea that there will be a season 3, too many loose ends yet. The next 2 episodes are really good, can't wait for decent subs!
Skittles to all those wondering YES there will be S3
randall IF there is a season 3, we will most likely do it. But I don't think there is at the moment.
Skittles @randall comes out next year
eMDee *chants* DFC! DFC! DFC!
anderalex flat chest can be a bosom if u r alone and stupid
@Skittles: Which ones and for which OS?!
Dodoecchi thank youuuuuu so much for your extreme quality subs!! --Dorian
Virtual_ManPL Yeaaa !!! Thx for this :)
Keep good work xD
baka~ i already finished ZnT II over crunchy**** and was thinking of downloading it but since ayu isnt finished yet with the project, guess i'd have to wait. After all, ZnT not subbed by ayu would not be as high in quality (in terms of my standards the is :p )... keep it up everyone and if there would be a ZnT III, hope you grab it ^_^
Xal I don't know what it is with this anime, but I can't stop watching it! Ever since I learned of the site my bandwidth has gone to hell! Damn you Ayu!
ozmodiar Many thanks for the releases! Love the charm of this series.
cyruz Great work guys!
Philo thanks for the episodes, it seems A---o subs is laying around with this one, at least you guys are a bit more PRO about it
Philo I said "...subs is PLAYING around with this one..."
Also, keep up the good work
ThLstN Well, Minami-ke is one of my best animes ever... Thanks for subbing it, and fast also...
r0b3rt @Xal: "Ever since I learned of the site my bandwidth has gone to hell!" Haha, I couldn't have said it better :P Love your releases, Ayu. I watch almost all of them. You know my fave, though.
Virtual_ManPL Thx, for subbing this great anime ;)
I'm waiting for more xD
hacnslash such a cute series, thanks thanks thanks!
r0b3rt One thing noted, although perhaps it's an error on my part...? During when Chiaki explains "suki" to Hana, the kana doesn't show up for me; instead I get two boxes where the kana symbols should be. Would this be fixable?
Higurashi no Naku ni Kai ep. 09 out - [P]ako - 2007-11-12 14:29:50
Sin no Aria Yay~! Perfect timing too, I just finished setting up my comp when it got released. It is always worth waiting a few extra... days... ...
It is always worth waiting for a higher quality release.
B0taku Oh my god Johnny! That is all.
Sewers I fell in love with Ayu all over again. Thank you so much!
Chiisu HOLY **** YES! Thanks so much ayu, I've been waiting for AGES.
Lowlightt You are the reason I wake up in the morning.... Errr.... I mean in the afternoon. (I go to the sleep in the morning doh)
Babba @Lowlightt Its morning in some part of the world!
Thanks Ayu!
YAAAY YAAAY
Dodoecchi thanks! --Dorian
r0b3rt OH MY GOD! HOLY CRAP! Guys, if you'd EVER need it, I'll sex you anytime, anywhere, just say the word! -THANK YOU-!
YoshiZumi um, I think Moriya and DanAYeLX wants to sex with you. PM them on irc in our channel.
Virtual_ManPL Yea, Im'm waiting for this for a long time ;)
GJ !!!
anderalex @YoshiZumi: So THIS is what's it's all about...
Baccano! DVD Episode 01 - martino - 2007-11-11 13:47:21
Here it is, just as I said that it would. :P
Make sure to thank kami for this release, because he was the one that did most of the hard work in order to bring this to you using a DVD source. Other than that I'd like to thank the rest of the staff for helping me out with some minor editing fixes. Along with that there are some character name changes, consistency issues that popped up in later episodes of the series, however it's 95% the same as the TV release(ah, and the better video quality ^^) so there's nothing fundamentally new.
Enjoy!
P.S. For the ones asking where is episode 12 and 13... Well, most members are busy with work and academic stuff during this busy period, so progress is rather slow but we are working on them.
suiton I guess I'll give this show a try. I never bothered watching this, but considering that you guys felt that it was popular enough to warrant a re-release using DVDs...I guess I'll check it out.
-- suiton
Torfindra Oops, I asked below if 12 & 13 will be subbed. You answered my question. I'll keep a lookout for them, thank you. ^_^
Skittles random question what's the encoder do? also what's the name of the job of the person who puts the subs in? also thanks for the release
martino «@theknife» the encoder is basically like the pope
Skittles @thank you for that >.> anyone mind giving me a real answer
[P]akp What does the encoder do? Takes video and audio and subtitles, and puts them together. He fixes problems with the video, if any, and passes it through filters, if needs it, to improve its quality, if that can be done.
anderalex The guy (Skittles) wanted to ask: "which encoder will do?", methinks...
anderalex Google for "CCCP" (no quotes) - it is GPLed codec that will do the job... If it is WINDOWZZZZ u r using...
Skittles thank you now answer meh second question
robbro @Skittles. I'm not really a fansubber, but I'll try to answer your question. To begin with, you have the translator and the editor who makes the actual subtitles, then you have the timer who, well, makes the lines appear at the right times. After that comes the typesetter, who basically makes the subtitles look good. Hope that helps you a bit.
r0b3rt You know, this anime is worth seeing again, since there's pieces of a puzzle scattered throughout the series and you need to watch some episodes over again to try and understand the whole picture. And if you can now do it in DVD format...hey, bonus!
BlueYoshi Thanks for the hard work you do on Baccano. I can't wait for the final 2 episodes.
WorldofElegance Thanks for another great release, and thank you Kami for DVD quality!!!! ^_^ I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your subs.
anonymous thx for the news...appreciate to know about it
looking forward to your work
New anime = new hardware needs - jakkarth - 2007-11-10 11:11:42
Hey kids! It's Jakkarth here! I know [P]ako just announced that we were dropping Bakumatsu, so this may seem like a weird time to bring this up. As usual, working on anime requires some pretty intense hardware and bandwidth to accomplish. For most of the stuff we here at Ayu do, each member uses his own computer to do, for example, the encoding process on a given anime. However, the server that runs our webpage is also the one place we store all of our anime data to coordinate it between staff members working on our various projects. With 8 series currently being worked on, including picking up Minami-ke and Votoms this season, we're outgrowing the capacity of the server we currently lease. The server is also the main link in our distribution chain for both BitTorrent and IRC bots.
This is where the donation text to the left comes in. You're under no obligation to donate, and we know most of you have tight budgets, just like we do. Our monthly goal is $144. For December, in time for Christmas, we're asking for a little bit more. Among the staff we've already taken up a collection to upgrade our server for the coming year, and we're about $100 short. We're asking you guys to chip in a little extra in December (or sooner), so we can meet our goal of $200 for December. This will allow us to continue turning out the great quality anime at the slowest possible speed that Ayu is known for ;)
With November over a third over, our donation bar is only showing about 14% right now, and getting $200 next month won't really help us much if we don't meet this month's goal too. If you can spare even $5, it would be a huge blessing to us and to all your fellow leachers. Just click the PayPal Donate button over on the left, and Ayu and all its fans can have a happy new year.
Thanks in advance, and stay tuned for more great releases!
suiton I hope you guys are able to collection enough funds through donations. I would definitely donate if I had spare change.
T_T
-- suiton
L1th1um What Hardware do you Guys exactly need ? For your Webserver or for subbing ? If need encoding Power let me know ^^
Lil'E It really sucks when you can't do anything to help. No job, no drivers license, still depending on parents for stuff...
=/
eMDee Threw some extra monies your way, keep up the good work guys.
cyruz So did I (J_B), not much but I hope it helps. Keep it up.
[P]ako Thank you, eMDee and cyruz!
Sin no Aria Sorry, but I don't use PayPal. If you took credit cards, checks, etc. Then maybe. I'm trying to figure out how to add a new Bank to PayPal... I switched banks.. . Or to be more exact, I have multiple banks.
[P]ako For PayPal all you need is a check account and follow up the instructions.
Sin no Aria Ok, I'll see if I can even log into my account >_< It has been a while since I last used it... It'll take me a while to figure out my checking account... Since I really don't use that bank and well... The nearest branch is like on the other side of the state.... Ironically, that is where all of my money is since I have it set as my Direct Deposit account...
That was what happened with Bakutmatsu. We started off with a deep interest in the series. However, the interest slowly dried off and the project stalled. We waited for as long as there was hope. But there was no light at sight. Not a spark. We now know we have been in denial for a long time, ever since the release of episode 4. By then, people assumed other responsibilities on another projects and/or got busy with real life/work issues. Also, we learned that Bakumatsu was getting harder to translate. We needed help to translate some of the lines of episode 4 but we could not get said help to commit with the project for a longer time. Needless to say, we were not willing to resort to guess the meaning of those difficult lines just to get by. And so, we stalled and we waited and we lost interest. Today, we decided to call it, it is dead.
P.s. I always wanted to read that masterpiece written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I should find me some time to read it.
James W Not to be mean or rude, but I didn't even know that you guys were subbing it. What is it?
[P]ako Click on the projects tab and scroll down to past projects, the full name is Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto. We only released 4 episodes.
ToTaFTW Well~ To bad its droped, not that i really cared, im just waiting for Ayu to sub something ill bother to watch XD
Oh well~ Its not like it was THAT great of a series :P
Pyon I was kinda waiting for it since the initial releases had really bad video quality. Going the get the available source I guess...
r0b3rt I kinda didn't like it too much, either, but I know there were some that did. Eh, it's your choice in the matter though.
Lowlightt That sucks.. I really liked the series. It had a tidings of a very deep plot that wouldn't end nicely.
MaccaSvenne It's a shame. I held off watching it since your version was so much better than those awful "www-rips" (or whatever you call 'em) but I guess I'll give up on watching this now...
Anyway, keep up the good work with your other projects.
Mogambo if you mean "the unbearable lightness of being" please post a review when u finish - better or worse than salman rushdie in the magical realist stakes? we want to know!
[P]ako @MaccaSvenne, we call them webrips. The DVDs were better but not great.
[P]ako @Mogambo, lol, I meant "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Stonny Well you should give the book a try, I'm not saying it as a colombian and fan of GGM, it's just an awesome story...
Mogambo oh yeh that was milan kundera... o well... if pressed for time read "the bloody chamber" by angela carter - small but perfectly formed...
Aoko @[P]ako, if you haven't done so already, I'd recommend Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" which is quite possibly his opus magnum.
ps. Are you reading these because the movie sparked interest in the author, or just casually?
[P]ako @Aoko, I have interest in his books because he is a great writer. And yes, I am planing to read "One Hundred Years of Solitude" too. I didn't know there was a movie about it, which, of course, I won't watch until I am done with the book.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD - 02v2 - [P]ako - 2007-11-03 15:20:43
"Errare humanum est."
This version fixes a small mistake done with the spelling of Rena's lastname. We have been using "Ryuuguu" until now, but we decided to go with "Ryugu" for the DVD versions. With the exception of that tiny mistake, both versions are identical. If this doesn't bother you, you may keep the v1, otherwise go grab the v2.
Xal Minami-ke and now this one as well? Never seen two times a second version was needed so close together. It would almost seem like... Ayu staff are human! Say it isn't so! Joking aside, great work guys.
DmonHiro Not so much a mistake, but you guys REALLY care about quality. Thank you, I'll be getting the second version, I love Higurashi, so I'll get a third and forth if necessary
[P]ako We all seem to be human, except Moriya. He is of a different subspecies.
AngelLily Hm sorry to bring it up, but shouldn't it be like, "Ryuguu"? That's what's written in her hat, as seen in one of the episodes.
DAH Noticed that you used both "Ryugu" and "Ryuguu" in DVD episode 1 :P
.tomi Hey, but her last name IS Ryuuguu....
[P]ako @DAH, oh crap, thank you for pointing it out.
@AngelLily, I don't know how we came to adopt "Ryugu", maybe Edge could explain it.
ToTaFTW Yay more anime~
I wish other was a option on the pool, i use loli-fox, which is like firefox but for loli's and its better :3
juggen I must say that's it's nice to see u do DVD-versions whenever there're poor tv-raws.
r0b3rt ToTaFTW - Loli-fox? Indulge me more about this browser...
philo @r0b3rt, Lolifox is the best browser for anime fans. Its somewhat modded to follow all the new Subs and has Torrents listings, and also an anime Themed browser. Its pretty much the same as firefox, it is from firefox, but for anime fans. Try googling lolifox to get it.
r0b3rt Sounds intriguing. :P Thanks for the tip; I'll be checking it out.
Ronny Probably a stupid question since you'll do DVD Rips - but just in case - will you guys do the 3 DVD exclusive episode as well once they're released?
Anyway, thanks for another Baccano :3
martino The probability that we will do them is high. Some fitting synonyms of "poor": below par, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, lacking, low-grade, mean, mediocre, miserable, pitiful, plain, rotten, shabby, subnormal, subpar, substandard, unsatisfactory. Get an idea now?
50119 yet another release, thanks ^^ and nice news post timing 03 - 13:03:33
Skittles @martino just wondering do you work for other subbers too?
noelhoi Thanks for this episode as always Ayu <3 Baccano <3 and i'll be expecting the DVDs :D
Keep it up ^-^
[P]ako Martino is a fansubbing whore.
The Partisan Another ep in less than a week? Best week ever.
Thanks once again. You guys have been kicking ass lately.
jade nice another episode,i love this anime,only two more episodes left
r0b3rt "Sweet torture"? Gimme gimme gimme!
martino @Skittles
Just as [P]ako mentioned ;). Now I do wish it could really be a "job", because it's so much more fun than anything else... *sighs*
CB Hooray! Another eppie of Baccano. 11 down and only two more to go.
Kotoaye Thanks so much for subbing Baccano! Ayu! <3 Issac, Miria, Firo, Maiza and Luck! :]
ochibi Thank you so much for this episode ^^ (and for your hard work too ^^)
Torfindra I know you'll be doing the DVDs now, but will you still sub eps. 12 & 13 soon? Thank you very much. :)
hacnslash i am absolutely lovin' this show. thanks guys, keep up the good work.
Odin Final Thank you for all Umisho Eps and for all the Updates Keep Up the good work.
Nitt When Kana quizzes her lil' sis, the question is actually which day the 5:th of May would be, not the 8:th.
Good series and nice subbing overall though n_n;;
PEM hay guyz, wen is umisho comin out plz hury bla bla bla etc...
oh wait :(
ThLstN Why don't you make a patch for your v2's, isn't it easier that way?
martino Because the ED karaoke is hadsubbed and needs re-encoding. With anything softsubbed it'd be easy.
r0b3rt OMG GAIZ NO NEW RELEZES 2DAY!!? UR SO SLO :(
Philo You guys are going into the Merchandising Business? Why would anyone want merchandise from a Fansubbing team? Im not trying to be rude, but what exactly are you going to make? and also, Merchandising isnt Fan-related stuff. You should create a Merchandising site separated from Ayu Anime.
Loliko None of us plan to make any money from the Ayu (roflolol)brand, though your considering that possibility tickles us nonetheless. It's just a pointless survey to pass the time, in the same vein as that stupid bacon poll... I would, however, buy an Ayu mug with Enma Ai on it <3
Toyu-chama Hmm if there was an Ayu brand cup of Crazy Shion (Higurashi) I would definitely buy it. XD... Maybe even an Ayu brand finger nail remover o.o;
randall lol. it's just a harmless survey with no intention whatsoever. i doubt any of us will have time to do any merchandise too. maybe if we get Ayu public listed =p
splunge Gimme a mug with Enma Ai on one side, Louise on the other, and Amuro in the middle! More bacon polls, too. XD...
G-MAN Ides for merchandise: Posters, mouse pads, card games Umisho seal plush, Higurashi rena cleaver, Enma Ai straw dolls, Higurashi "USO DA" alarm clock etc. I guess most of them are quite hard to make, however... I'm sure people would buy them :P
Sand Now what we would really want is merchandise connected to the Ayu staff. For example a randall mouse pad, a Yuriko poster, a [P]ako mug and so on.
randall umisho HUGE ASS size dolls are what u guys need most =p
50119 @randall: yeah, nice idea, I deposit the first one, and I also want extra HUGE BOOBS ^^
Vietnamese If possible, I need a whole set of Umisho Figurine with Ayu Staff sign :D
Berserker LOL! Huge asses and huge boobs is probably not too great for dolls. They should look like the originals. Seriously... they shouldn't have made this so short. I love the last episode. I love the second too though... I love the whole series, but some are more loved ^^
Ayu merchandise would probably not sell too well. If you had characters from different series you're subbing on shirts or something like that it would sell more. Cups might sell if you only had a small text with characters on them.
r0b3rt Heh; for a Higurashi alarm clock, I think "NIPAAAAA" would have a greater chance of waking me up than "USO DA". :p
buff just asking... what program can i use to convert this to avi format? and tnx for the release
martino mencoder/ffmpeg
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ep 02 DVD - out - [P]ako - 2007-10-31 12:17:11
Disclaimer: We are not a fastsub.
We promise, this is the last release of the month. We have been releasing like mad that we don't seem to be Ayu anymore. Even more, our distro team is stretching thin with that many releases in such a short time. Kudos to them, they are good sports.
MaccaSvenne Great job!
By the way, there are 2 episodes/DVD for Higu Kai, right?
VRMN Awesome. *keeps waiting for episode 9*
[P]ako @MaccSvenne, yes, there are 2 episodes per DVD.
@VRMN, we are working on ep 09. No worries.
Anima @[P]ako: "We promise, this is the last release of the month." It's ok. We all know that there is still 15 days left in October so take a long rest. :P Ayu is the best. :)
Mykalwane Thank you. You guys have done a great job on Baccano. If there is any way I can help out as and I'll do so.
psych October's already over .__.
someguy awesome, another episodes, you guys are the best.
Minami-ke - 02 - psych - 2007-10-31 02:00:26
Wow, we must be on steroids or something, huh? So many releases in such a short time...
Anyway, here's Minami-ke ep 2.
More Chiaki. More Kana. More Haruka. (and more 'naughty things', too ;) ).
hacnslas you guys must be eating your wheaties. thanks for another release!
Toyu-chama Hehe, the banner changes! I don't know which one I like more XD
Vietnamese Realease after Release, AYU Rule!!!
@50119 Hi friends, I know you are from softvnn.com
50119 Lots of releases lately, I went beyond my ADSL budget limit this month ^o^. All hail to Ayu!
@vietnamese: lol ^^ there are quite a lot of Vietnameses around here, it's just that you don't know them. And who are you anyway?
minero Thanks for this release. You're the best group doing this series :)
r0b3rt Haruka's hairstyle bugs me. And so do their mouths...they look like rabbits :o. It's pretty funny so far though; I suppose I'll keep a watch on this one as well. ;P
KH Err.. is it just me or the ending theme's Japanese karaoke text actually goes missing? Other than that, Ayu team, you all are awesome. Can't get enough Kana's and Chiaki's commanding dialogues.
simmek I love the ambitious angles and the yuri. Go girls!
r0b3rt ^ Er, and with Haruka's hairstyle, I meant Chiaki's hairstyle. :$ My bad.
The Partisan Hot diggity damn. I know what I'm watching tonight. Thanks for the release and keep up the good work. Ya'll doing a bang-up job these past few days.
Sweet. First response.
BruHahA Cool. Claire rly loves to mess ppl.....say wut? He i mean she...it is both?
Skittles why yes i do like bacono XD yeah thanks for release
Nin What. Claire is all man, guys. XD What with all the new releases, I was starting to miss that awesome Firo/Ennis graphic, so I was psychotically happy to see it again. And the new episode, of course. :D Since you guys will also release DVD rips, can we also expect subs of the three DVD only episodes? I hear that the first one, in February's release, is going to be all about Graham Speckter, who is, by far, the most popular Baccano! character in Japan, even though he doesn't appear until the later novels.
Loliko *points to "2 x Translators (Japanese to English)"* It wouldn't be unreasonable to respect it, given its popularity ;3
r0b3rt Whuaaayaigh! Slow down, slow down, Ayu! Er, I mean...no, don't do that. Keep it up! You're doing an awesome job!
Archer love this anime,the fight in this episode was awesome can't wait to see the last three episodes
thanks for your releases
PZcolo In ep 10, at 16:05'm you translated:
"anata kara sazukatta chshiki wo mamoru tame watashi wa koe o nakushita".
as:
"To protect the knowledge I recived from you, I abandoned love."
That's wrong, she didn't abandon love, she abandoned her voice. koe->voice. koi->love.
pay attention and u'll come to notice it.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai DVD ep 01 out - [P]ako - 2007-10-29 21:22:13
Yet another release. As it was previously announced, we are doing DVD rips of Higurashi because of the quality of the TV raws. Expect more to come.
We are looking for skilled people to fill the following positions:
-Translators (Jap-En), 2
-Raw provider, 1
-Graphic designer, 1
If you think you qualify, drop by #ayu-recruits @ irc.rizon.net and private message an OP.
Skittles NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i thought you were releaseing episode 9 for a second :*(
Yummers Noob question: This is the first season, right?
[P]ako @Yummers, no, this season 2.
Horus You leave me speechless, thanks a lot for your great work friends :)
sarutan two great developments the beginning of the kai dvds and the addition of news archives just in time after loliko was pushed off the front page all hail loliko
Corpse wooot higukai in dvd qaulity
Fukt Logic Just wondering, but why are so many of your releases MP4, is it easier in some way than MKV, I'm very thankful that you're bothering to do a DVD release at all, but I'm sure many of your fans would prefer a soft sub MKV than a hardsub MP4.
[P]ako @Fukt Logic, it depends on the team and the encoder. If the audio is ac3 and/or the episode is softsubbed, then the container is MKV. The rest goes into a MP4. The video codec is still the same: x264/h264. BTW, hardsubs are *easier* on the fans' computers than softsubs.
VRMN Awesome, these releases include the once-Web-only previews. Good job on the (re)release, Ayu.
*prays to Oyashiro-sama for an episode 9 release soon*
Karura Thanks for the dvd version, now i can finally see it.
I wait the Nekogoroshi-hen of the first season too :)
Dodoecchi well thank you, it sure needed more quality
hope you'll work on the 9th episode at the same time
--Dorian
someguy Awesome.
I waited 16 weeks for this *tear in eye*
Well at least that much since i saw the first season subbed by you guys. I dont watch Kai from any other groups, i stay with Ayu. So only 25 or so eps to go and i can happily die :)
What are 25 or 30 weeks, when i can get to watch ayu dvd episodes!
r0b3rt Ack! Indecision torture...should I stick with the current versions or download DVD versions...mmmmmh...
martino [P]ako, you're forgetting Vorbis. :)
Kim This sub was beautiful...I am in awe of the picture quality!!! ^__^ I am willing to wait an eternity to get this whole series from you guys, as it is wonderfully done!! Yay Ayu!!!
[P]ako Martino, I don't count formats on a path to extinction.
Rin-Kokonoe @ [P]ako: I wouldn't say Vorbis is on a path to extinction, as many fansubs only use that audio format for their MKV releases (with the exception of 5.1 channel audio releases).
Loliko saru, not the time nor the place. Consider it your first and final warning
martino [P]ako... awwww... You hurt my feelings...
*runs to maldoror with tears in his eyes*
^_^
Umisho ep. 13 - end - [P]ako - 2007-10-29 18:11:44
Yes, this is what many of you were waiting/asking/whining/pestering us for. Here, the last episode of Umisho. It's over kids, no more swimsuits, no more boobage. The end.
kami Oh god, its finally fucking over
leechers, eat your hearts out.
CP Arogato - will seed a lot :-)
Zaero Thx a lot 4 your hard work!
juggen thx guys!
rejer It's finally here, huh... Now you can remove the survey in the page. ^~^
tomasz333 Thanks, now I can free some HDD space.
Absynthe you guys rock ! thx
Dexil Thank you for letting us wait for so long :P:P
Mello holy shit thanks ive been waiting for this for awhile now woo!
loplop Thanks for the effort, It's appreciated
blammo thank u guys ... i have been waiting for so long for that one ... it was worth the wait though :)
Splunge Almost hesitate asking, but does anyone know if there will be another season, and will Ayu sub it if there is one?
[P]ako @Splunge, there is not other season of Umisho, AFAIK.
martino suiton still hasn't posted?!?! WTH happened...?! >_> lol
Anima @martino: He is busy spamming the irc channel atm! ^_^
juggen Highly doubt there will be a second season. Just watch the ending after the ED-song and you'll be pleased :P
Very cute ending ^^
hacnslash YES!! FINALLY! thank you very much! ^_^
satanspal omg i just checked the rss, saw this and creamed my pants. Thank you ayu, you all are awesome
Headswabby "Ero"gato gozaimasu! Another job well done!
ttthekiddd Very funny, posting umisho 13 with the sutitle stream labeled as japanese instead of english.Good thing I checked it out with media player classic before I deleted it. I'm tellimg Santa.
Seriar Thanks! This show is hilarious and oh so cute ;).
Ketsurui w00t, thanks dudes, I been waitin' fot this, now I can burn DVD's (mwahaha)
Corpse yattaa!! its here thanx ayu great work on another great seriez
jamale finally fapping material
satanspal random frame of a chick's butt at 19:54!
Vietnamese Hell yeah!!! The last episode of Umisho.
Mogambo huzzah, well done fellows!
Hitoshi Thanks guys, i just noticed that it's out.i actually tought of not going to school today but i cant afford that so i have to watch it when i come home later...:(...anyway's thanks for your hard work, you are the BEST!!! :)
niks Thnx %)))
andy Thanks for the release ^_^
Zlamster "Thank you to everyone that made this posible."
My words exactly!
50119 Thanks, and too bad this season has only 13 eps.
Ygg Thanks guys!
scipio7 arigato guys...I voted against you in your poll like everyone :P but I knew that you will take your time to make it better..that work was great
Voxune Thanks so much <3
r0b3rt Afore, lol.
juggen WTF is up with the ass-pic at 19.53? lolz XD
Didn't notice it the first time I watched the ep :)
5!5!7188 Yeah.. who is Oma?[19:54]
oh well.. I thank him too!
peet Thanks for an enjoyable series. I stumbled upon this series by accident one night and enjoyed every bit of it. I hope if they ever consider making another season that you will consider working on it. Speaking for the patient people I thank you for not dropping the series because of annoying people.
fgdgsg and that was fucking awesome
thank you ayu
Josh BIG THANKS GUYS!!!
I've patiently waited for each episode and enjoyed every one!
Silver Mine Thanks Ayu.. For completing the series.. Best of luck on your next series. ^_^
DiscoNick Thnx guys. I had given up on ep. 13, nice suprise when I checked ur site just now... Shame tho, will have to call back those ninjas I sent to off you guys.... THNX! <(^_^)>
Berserker I want them to create a S2 now... =[
FunkyMAn Can someone please explain why I don't I see subtitles?
Zero no Tsukaima S2 - 09 - psych - 2007-10-28 22:47:42
What's this? 2 releases? In the same day? Within a few hours? From AYU?!
This... this is madness! (This is Sparta,etc., etc.)
Enjoy!
P.S.
[12:21] <@theknife> ero no tsukaima <3
[12:23] <@angry_pirate> hehe... ero no tsukaima
Vietnamese Ah yeah, first comment. So good! THIS IS AYU RELEASE !!!
Skittles "ayu this is madness! this is blasphemy!"
"MADNESS!? THIS...IS...ANIME!!!"
yeah thanks for the next episode ^^
eMDee While I can't really apply for any of the available positions, I'll take my proud supporter chair.
cyruz Pretty cool to see you guys pick up Minami-ke. I'll be sure to archive yours and rewatch it when it's done. Thanks a lot!
Headswabby It's like Christmas, except I'm not religious, there's no snow, and Psych farted in Santa's cup of milk. Thanks for the release though!
50119 Thanks a lot, I've been waiting for this!
PS. Just ignore the damn survey! I want the perfect release.
MaccaSvenne They should have left the ED out of this episode...
Silver Mine Only 3 episode to go and then it complete.. Really, hoping for a third season.. ^-^;
DreamAngel0802 Yay! Episode 9 x3 I've seen it a little while ago now, but I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm really thankfull that you guys are subbing it x3! Thanks a lot xD I'm looking forward to the next episode x'D
Minami-ke episode 1 - psych - 2007-10-28 20:59:42
We at Ayu would like to present one of our new projects: Minami-ke.
It's taken several tries to get parts of this project right, but it worked out... eventually.
Hope you enjoy the HD quality!
We're looking for ONE raw provider and ONE graphics designer. Hop on to #ayu-recruits @ irc.rizon.net if you're interested.
The Partisan Raw provider, eh? What duties would the job require. Nothing definite, just asking...
psych You need at least 100kB/s upload speed and you also need to know where to get good quality raws from.
Skittles my upload speed is 80kb and i know 3 good sites to get them from that good enough?
[P]ako Torrent sites do not count. The candidate to the position of raw provider must know how get raws from Japanese P2P networks.
sarutan thanks for the release was waiting for your version as an aside wouldn't it be great to have a page called loliko's corner where all of loliko's posts and comments could be viewed seems like such a waste to lose such passion when the news falls off the front page
suiton I had a feeling that you guys might do this series. I guess this is the next series that I'll be looking forward to day after day (the one before was of course Umisho).
Keep it up! -- stuion
purple2blew i LOVE minami-ke!! its so funny... so you guys won't be releasing an avi version?
ThLstN Thx! This is a very good show, and 3 groups are doing it... Now I don't know which one I'll go with...
Loliko purple -- in a word, no. Sorry.
Toyu-chama Yay! I love the banner!
I'm so happy this got started; after all the struggle we went through XD
hacnslash OMG didn't know you guys were pickingthis series up! other groups i checked out had terrible font coler so hoping this is good. ayu <3
Somenick thanks for minami-ke, I love how you've done it!!! even softsubbed :)
Vietnamese I remember last time you put a survey asking which Project we want in October. And I remem the anime have most voted is Kodomo no Jinkan. It's a loli, ecchi anime. I have watched the RAW verison, they censor most of the show:(
r0b3rt *Is torrenting Minami-Ke subbed by Ayako, about 50% done* *Notices Ayu sub* :o!! *Deletes Ayako torrent to make way for Ayu torrent* ...and I still don't really know what it's all about. :P
Jigoku Shoujo distribution stopped - [P]ako - 2007-10-27 02:18:22
Disclaimer: this is about Jigoku Shoujo, not about Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori.
So, I missed it. I thought the date was around Halloween, was I wrong. The first R1 DVD of Jigoku Shoujo a.k.a. "Hell Girl", was released on October 23rd. Therefore, as per our policy, we are stopping the distribution of the abovementioned series. Please support the great work FUNimation is doing on this series and the anime industry in general, by purchasing the DVDs as they come out.
I apologize for any misundersanding it may have resulted from my previous announcement, the one regarding the removal of the torrent of this series from our tracker .
Skittles i always wondered why subbers would remove something they worked weeks of their life on anndddd i sitll don't get it
psych Maybe because we don't want to get sued by the licensing company?
Skittles how many subbers do know that's gotten sued?
Anima I think it's not just because of legal concerns but also because they want to support the studio behind the project. If they keep distributing licensed work for free, why would people pay to get them?
Ren Look at Shinsen. They got a C+D letter from Funi telling them to stop Romeo x Juliet.
C1 got a C+D from them too telling them to stop doing Mushishi.
Do you honestly not know these sorts of things? Or are you just another leeching dumbass noob?
Loliko Skittles - the answer to your question is superfluous. We are informing you of our decision, not asking you for suggestions. Protip: some of us want licensing companies to succeed in their endeavours.
ToTaFTW I dont see what the big deal is about when a anime is licenced, just go buy the DVD, its like $20 at walmart thats 2 hours of work at my job...
Hell if i knew where u all lived id probably send u a copy >.>|
hacnslash buying the dvds are definitely worth it. the dub is one of the best in recent memory IMHO.
50119 Fansubbing's main object is to bring anime to its fans. If the anime is licensed in your area, why would you fansubbers? Just go buy the DVD. You like the anime? Support the producers, they really deserve it. Releasing a series when it's licensed is not only against Ayu's policy, but the whole fansubbing community's rules as well.
ToTaFTW Glory and Praise to the producers of anime, for they are the lords of so many of us Otakus XP
Vaseirranny Hello Boys
you must trasteed
Skittles @Ren don't point out the obviouvs were all leechers and that's never gonna change why? because there's no forum and even if you donate your basically still leeching and also by buying the dvd your not really supplying the people who made it with money just funimation or who ever bought it if you wanna support them but the dvd that comes out in japan....
martino Skittles, please get an economics degree first and then you can try to convince us about that... >.>
theknife Skittles: by buying the DVD, you make licensing anime more attractive for North American companies, which increases the value of licenses, directly supplying the people who made the anime with money.
ToxicCookie All that aside I find licensed subs have a habit of, well, sucking in pretty much all ways possible, from fonts used to readability and translations.
Loliko Whether we think licensed products are superior/inferior is totally irrelevant, as is each person's opinion on the matter. We cannot stop people from obtaining our releases after we remove them from our trackers and channel bots, but you won't be able to find them from the aforementioned sources.
Mogambo copyright is a touchy issue, and nobody is more touchy about it than big companies, so the last thing anyone with half a brain wants is anyone getting litigious in the direction of fansubbers - emphasis on the "fan" for us all! who'd want ayu or anyone else in this corner of geekdom to get sued? loliko is right, no answer neccessary, its just what you do, like zippin' up after u take a leak!
Loliko If you must use an analogy, our position would be akin to people who eat with their hands. We, to these guys, are being inefficient -- why use utensils when you've got 5 on each hand? We don't think about it... we simply don't eat with our hands. Lol.
Babba The only problem is that people from all over the world dl ayu releases. People that cannot get the dvd's, at least not without paying astronomical fees for shipping , taxes etc
So i guess it is needed to remove the torrents when the dvds are out in us, but not just after the annoucement of the license. Anyway, support the anime industry by bying stuff (like posters, gadgets, dvds etc) but not until there is an actual dvd release of that episode we can buy.
axeps2 will Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori be placed on the archive bot?
[P]ako @ axeps2, yes it will be placed on the archive bot.
Some clarifications. - Loliko - 2007-10-26 20:44:08
This post is being made to clarify a few things with regards to our releases and policies. Most, if not all, of the things I will mention in this post has been said time and time again, but for everyone's sake I will say it one more time so we can cease all discussions on these tired topics and get back to our daily lives.
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Ayu policy with regards to release schedule
Ayu releases projects once they have gone through our proofing procedures to ensure that they meet our high standards. Needless to say, this implicitly implies that a particular project will not be released if it is currently in one of the pre-QC stages. We occasionally joke about withholding releases for whatever reason; we assume that they are interpreted as such, but also realize that there are people who interpret our announcements literally. The following, stated countlessly by all members of Ayu staff, is our policy:
Ayu will release when the episode is finished.
Some of us have tried to simply state this, to no avail, evident in the mountains of release date-related questions fielded by randall via our insite mailing service. Others have tried to take a sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek route to get our message across; some laughed, some took offense, and hopefully everyone came to understand the underlying message. In case it was missed, I revert back to [P]ako's method
Ayu will release the episode when it has been completed.
It has been brought to my attention that some people believe that Ayu not only withholds releases, but releases their works EARLY to certain privileged individuals. Let it be known that the only people who are entitled to this sort of "VIP" access are members of Ayu Staff and its Distribution team, the latter of which receives our releases first for reasons that are hopefully self-evident. Ayu release dates are not affected by bribes of any form.
As has been stated many times before, we accept donations only to help offset the various costs related to keeping this website up and running. Ayu, or members thereof, do not depend on fansubbing as a source of income; this is reflected in our monthly goals. Supporters are under no requirement to donate to us, nor would they be entitled to special privileges for having done so. All we require of our supporters is that they enjoy the releases we put forth.
Ayu release schedule
Ayu does not have a regular release schedule, unlike some of your other favourite groups. Because we pride ourselves on quality, we have a few extra steps in our process, and this inclusion occasionally contributes to delays in our projects. Depending on the task, the person responsible may be faster than normal; conversely, he or she may have to take some more time to deal with more problematic issues. Moreover, said person may not be available to work on their task for whatever reason, personal and otherwise. As a result, we refuse to post release dates because we cannot know for sure when the episode(s) will be complete, and we choose to prevent the disappointment that failing to meet these dates would inevitably bring.
Addendum - "Project Status"
Many people have suggested that we make a page for the specific purpose of letting people know the current statuses of each of our active projects. We have said time and time again that Ayu intentionally withholds information pertaining to up-to-date project statuses. We understand that some of your favourite groups may choose to share this information with their supporters. These groups have their own policy, and it is not our place to comment on them; likewise, Ayu follows Ayu policy. Some reasons behind withholding this type of information
Increased expectations
Unfounded notions of entitlement
Respect for our staff members' privacies
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I hope that this post achieves its goal of objectively communicating Ayu's stance on the aforementioned matters. If anybody reading this has any further questions, feel free to leave them in the comments section and they will be addressed by a member of the staff.
After this post slides into the Archive section, I'll find some way to preserve this for easy reference.
We hope that you read and understand all that text above. If you tl;dr, your comments will be treated in a similar fashion.
ToTaFTW Well that was one long post :p
I just assume you guys realease a episode of a series 1-2 weeks after the previous one
Who would acctlly bribe you guys to get a anime episode faster...
suiton Wow. That was a long post, but it was something necessary to get the point across. I can only imagine how annoyed fansub staff members can get. If I can make a suggestion, please get rid of the Release Schedule section at the top of the page. It might confuse people even more, and that's something we don't want. Anyway, keep up the great work you guys! -- suiton
Brock Long, but necessary. For all of you who keep on asking Ayu for release dates: SHUT UP! Ayu doesn't HAVE to sub these episodes. They could just stop altogether and leave us without any episodes. Keep that in mind. Keep up the outstanding work, Ayu!
Loliko This post will likely replace the "Release Schedule's" current contents when it gets pushed down by newer things
kami (<3 loliko)
r0b3rt "so we can cease all discussions on these tired topics and get back to our daily lives" Oh, you wish, don't you. :P
Loliko That line wasn't meant as a joke. By "If you tl;dr, your comments will be treated in a similar fashion", I meant that posts commenting on/inquiring about topics mentioned in the post will be deleted.
Hakobo Well put, however the people who are too impatient and can't wait for releases, are the same people who are going to see how long this post is and skip it. Also, noticing the poll. Is Umisho 13 the last episode? Or is it longer.
psych It is the last episode.
Loliko Incidents of random "ignorance" don't warrant a ban. Offending comments will simply be deleted. Addressing each instance obviously didn't work, as these "tl;dr" people asked their questions anyway. The post's very existence, as a result, is a culmination of all of past, present, and future responses to such comments. In short, we are now washing our hands of the matter -- none of us are obligated to answer these kinds of questions anymore. Re what you said... I've never understood the reason for becoming impatiently. Refreshing our page has no effect on the release date, anyway.
hi5u this isn't fair dont forget you are doing this for us the fans thats why its fansubbing without us support you are nothing so if you wont release things faster then i will download other groups you owe us
psych We're doing this for the fans? Wrong, we're doing this for ourselves.
We owe you nothing, you owe us everything for taking time out of our busy lives to bring you this stuff at such a level of quality.
suiton hi5u..
You really have the wrong idea with fansubs & DVD rip encodes. The guys behind all of this is doing it for themselves out of their own pleasure & interest using their own free time.
They don't owe us anything at all. If anything, we owe them at least a thanks (or a donation if you're uber awesome).
Many groups do not do that great of a job. Guys like [Ayu] do an excellent HQ job with their releases. You should learn to be more thankful and respectful towards these guys. -- suiton
Kai haha some people are just so funny. As if the fansubbers owe anyone anything. What exactly did you do to demand anything from ayu?
hi5u i feel that even though you guys don't profit from this in anyway its your responsibility in the same way, since you guys have so many fans. I mean look at the community.. everyones diehard Ayu and i have been too and i want to stay loyal, but its gettin harder. And even though you guys volunteered, you took up the task, and people have begun to rely on you.
But also i just hate negative unbased assumptions, and overly zealous and selfrighteous people. Its just unnecessary and its a display of ignorance.
r0b3rt Oh, I by no means thought you were joking. But you know, no matter how many (or how big) the announcements, there will always be people asking. Always, always...
Kai hi5u, you seem to misunderstand the situation. Firstly, ayu is providing a free service to the community. Since you're not giving anything back, how are you in any position to demand anything?
If it was a business, consumer loyalty would be worth something but in this case no one benefits from your loyalty, so feel free to get other groups' releases.
And I don't see how they have any responsibility towards anyone at all. Was there a contractual agreement to provide a service? What are you going to do if ayu stops tomorrow? Sue them?
Finally, you’re not only being a total hypocrite with your last sentence in your last post but generally your comments are just of an ungrateful and logic-defying nature.
B0taku Orokana. Beggars can't be choosers. Simple and to the point, get a life then check back later.
suiton hi5u...What don't you understand? [Ayu] and other fansubbers & DVD rip groups alike don't have this "responsibility" that you think they have. THEY ARE DOING THIS FOR FREE ON THEIR OWN LEISURE TIME. It's people like you (sorry to say) that really upsets fansubbers and dvd encoders and really make them feel unappreciated. If you're going to continue on with the same attitude, then you should just go away and never come back. Seriously. [Ayu] and other groups release their things when they finish. Some groups release quicker but 99% of the time, those groups don't do that great of a job with quality checking, translation checking, nice karaoke animation for the OP & ED, etc. [Ayu] is not such group. They take their time and make sure each release is good and checked. Sure they've bad minor errors here and there (ex. Umisho 04...still sayins the wrong episode number in the preview for the next epi) but those are not that big of a deal compared to translation errors or poor jobs done on audio & video. Think about what you're saying seriously. >_< -- suiton
Loliko Guys, if you don't feed the troll it'll get hungry and move elsewhere. We greatly appreciate the support (though we may not always appear to)
Headswabby OMG what? Fansubbers don't have personal lives! You're all robots sitting behind computers waiting for releases!
hi5u It's ok, troll has been fed. We're done here.
Zero no Tsukaima s2 - 08 - randall - 2007-10-26 04:13:26
We're releasing everything except Umisho 13.
Waiting for it? Asking for it?
Wait longer.
Our release schedule says it will be released WHEN IT IS READY!!! So stop asking :D
For now, grab Zero no Tsukaima s2 episode 08! You need more Louise's flat boobs.
And did I forget to mention that we're looking for ONE raw provider? Make sure you have at least 100kb/s upload before you apply @ #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net
Anima Thanks for the release :)
I am not sure if you can call them boobs when they are flat tho! :P I mean the letters of the word, how it sounds all give you the impressions of roundness. xD
hacnslash thanks for the flat chested goodness that is louise!
ps. stop asking about umisho already people! /stabs
Vietnamese yeah! only 4 Ep more...Let hope ZnT have S3
50119 Thanks a lot! People are asking for Umisho because Ayu is the only group subbing it (Yoroshiku dropped the project after the first ep). I agree with you, don't release it until it's ready, I want the quality releases, not the speedsubbing ones.
ToTaFTW I acctlly downloaded this one and its not that bad.... id rather see umisho 13 :D SHOW ME THE MONEY X3
ffdsg weeeery funny
DONT that SURVEY - U should add an option "Stop reminding me about Umisho"
r0b3rt Come'ere guys...let me give you a hug.
Mogambo IMPORTANT! Remember Everyone! Vote "I don't care" in the Umisho poll... especially if you care!
lalolan 50119 exactly ..which is ultimately why they must think its so funny not to release it claiming it isn't ready a month after it aired. No worries ...I know better now then to pick up any series only being subbed by ayu
Skittles Sweet only 4 more episodes until Seaosn 2 is over can't wait until next year when Season 3 airs :D also @lalolan stfu you try subbing 7 different things at a time and lets see where you are
Anima @lalolan: They are doing you a favor when they sub anything and release it for free. They owe you nothing yet they spend their time and efforts to sub things in excellent quality and release it to the public (which includes you). So what if it was aired a month ago? They didn't have enough time to finish it in time which suits you. So think before you post please.
[P]ako @lalolan, we are not lying. Umisho 13 is not ready, because the episode needs extra work, there is an extended version of the karaoke for example. Also people got busy with school. I believe everyone here knows that one's grades are more important than one's hobbies.
James W Thanks for the release, I could really careless about Umisho, but it is fun to watch people complain.
suiton [b]@ [P]lako[/b]
It's too bad that Umisho 13 did not come out yet, but I personally don't care as I know you guys will release it soon...probably sooner than a lot of people think. Considering that the episode does need more "work" than the usual amount, it's understandable that it will take longer to release.
Also, I understand how bogged down people can get with college life...especially around this time of the semester when mid-term exams are being taken. I actually got through my last one today.
Keep up the great work, and I look forward to seeing the final episode of Umisho.
-- suiton
Philo Wait you guys! its reverse psychology!
No, Dont release more Umisho! No more Zero no Tsukaima either!
Loliko k, project dropped :)
Btw, more bandwidth for other people if you stop downloading our projects. By all means...
ToTaFTW So if we want umisho to be released we say "I dont want umisho to be realeased" but i dont want Zero no Tsukaima to be releases so do i say "release Zero no Tsukaima"? Ack~ being evil is hard :p
Skittles did anyone notice that fps was jumpy in this episode?
[P]ako Skittles, it plays OK here. Update your avc decoder, please.
What a surprise! A release of the second least voted series in the current poll. Regarding the episode, let me tell you, that town is crazy! Like, fucking crazy!
sarutan can Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto be added to the reverse poll so it may get a chance of being included in this round of dead neko bounce releases
Naomasa298 Because we <3 Ai.
Anima Haha. Evil [P]ako and his team! From now on, I will only vote in trivia polls. xD
Tensai I for one am very greatful for your work on this series. You do a great job and I've enjoyed both series a great deal. I can't thank you enough... please consider Ghost Hound ^^v
Sewers I see... the poll is backwards of what your releasing. ^__^ Cute!
Jigoku is a great anime and I'm very very excited to be seeing releases. Enma Ai, such a sweet name.
ToTaFTW The poll is making me hate Ayu T.T and thats never a good thing
Anima Nah. What's wrong with a bit of teasing? It's good fun ToTaFTW plus Jigoku Shoujo is aweseome! :) Soon enough, I will be having both seasons added to my collection.
Mati Sweyh Hello
I bad gays
I here I with you .
Matiweyth Hello
I bad gays
I here I with you .
ThLstN After watching Umisho 2 times in a row, I understand why most people voted for Umisho :D
50119 Thanks a lot guys! ^^ I'm not complaining but why is ep 23 v2 full of noises? I checked ep 1-22, that didn't happen. And, the file size is 233, but I didn't see an increase in the quality?
Naomasa298 The noise is supposed to be there - it is something that is visible on the DVD but not on the TV broadcast. It's to give that grainy feel to the b&w pictures.
[P]ako @50119, as Naomasa pointed out, the noise is supposed to be there. The increase in size was meant to preserve the video quality as identical as it can be to the DVDs. TV broadcasts tend to iron out most "natural" dither. Also, TV cappers may apply a coctail of filters and don't care about sectioning the video. Now, would you be keen to explain what you do refer as "full of noises"? I am curious.
FiReCaT I'm finally getting the feeling this is drawing close to it's end now, even though it's been there for quite a while. Good job Ayu, especially on the DVD quality episodes. I must say I've almost had an orgasm with episode 23. Is it too much to ask to re-release all the other episodes of Futakomori in DVD quality before it gets licensed? Would be awesome, I wish all the episodes of Higurashi S1 were DVD quality too...
[P]ako @FiReCaT, as of now we don't have the time nor the resources to allocate to such a task. It's not as simple as "time shift and encode." There is scene timing, video processing, QC'ing, perhaps translation checks to ensure consistency with further episodes, etc. I know, it sucks to switch video sources, but the DVDs are the better source we have at our disposal at the moment and thus we are using them.
eMDee It's sad I can't have the rest of my Ai in gorgeous DVD quality, but I understand. Thanks for all the hard work!
Azzy Thank you for this ep!
Skittles what will you release next the wait is killing me O_O
Anima @Skittles: check the release schedule. It's very obvious from there. Whatever is ready next, will be release next.
psych ...
Some people just don't learn, do they?
Each time you ask for the episode = we delay it deliberately.
Naomasa298 We don't delay things deliberately - at least, not so far. Asking will not get things released any faster. When something new is released, it will be announced here.
Skittles hehe said that wrong i meant say i wonder what will be released next the wait is killing me O_O
Ikkitousen DD episode 08 out - [P]ako - 2007-10-21 22:19:24
No, it's not a joke like the Nanoha release, rather "trollbaiting."
suiton Wow! You guys here at [Ayu] are on fire these days! So many releases being done nearly every single day! Keep it up! -- suiton
Skittles lulz now i know what the poll was for XD
Vietnamese I can't believe in my eye!!! Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny - 08
kami oh my god its suiton again
HI SUITON I'M YOUR #1 FANGIRL OMG
martino We shall stall whichever one gets the most votes! ^_^
Anima Nuuuu! give me back my vote!
Skittles @martino i knwew that was what the poll was for XD
ToTaFTW Crap whyd i vote for umisho T.T
optik usually i don't like to rag fansubbers, but if you have seen Syndicate's version of Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny, you might agree to the fact that their fansubs suck in comparison to AYU!
Release Schedule - jakkarth - 2007-10-21 20:04:33
There have been a lot of questions floating around lately about when the next episode of series X is going to be released. We get these questions a lot, whether it's on irc (in #ayu or via pm), in a comment on a news post such as this one, or from people using the Contact Us form on this site.
To better answer these questions, and not have to repeat ourselves quite so much, and to better inform our viewing public, tonight we unveil our latest website addition: the release schedule page. You can go there to see what day the next episode of your favorite series is going to be released. Please look there instead of wasting our staff's time asking us over and over. If it's not listed on the release schedule page, the staff doesn't have an answer for you either, or it would be up there.
This means you should never, ever, ever have to ask when the next episode of series X is going to be released. Ok? NOT EVER. STOP. -_-;;
suiton LOL at the Release Schedule page. It was a good idea, but it's not very helpful as now people will probably complain even more. I suggest possibly changing it to a Project Status page and update it every now and then stating like if it's under Translation, Quality Check, Release Candidate, etc. Although even I (as just an appreciative fansub watcher) as tolerant as I may be of annoying people, am getting annoyed at people asking on mIRC asking about when this or that episode is coming out. I've occasionally have told people that it'll be done with xxx fansub group finishes it. You guys should remind people that this kinda "work" is being done on your freetime and distributed to the masses for free (i.e. no charge). Some people kinda see fansubbing as a business mentality and thus have this kind of expectation that the next release will be out on xx number of days. This might be true in that the next release will happen usually within a week (give or take a few days afterwards) from the previous episode but there are times when you guys will delay it due to personal requirements, being on vacation, busy with school work, busy with work, etc. -- suiton
Lalolan Should change Umisho's expected date to "The same day we start getting donations again"
James W I like it! I'm going to make a prediction: No date will ever appear under the "Releases On" Section. :)
Mogambo indeed... a touch of sperity and a withering storm of scorn... yup, gotta love ayu!
[P]ako @Lalolan, releases aren't donation driven. Umisho 13 is not ready, period.
jakkarth Don't listen to [P]ako! 13 is being held hostage until October's goal is reached! Get to it people!
[P]ako Don't listen to Jakkarth, he is a teaser.
davecheat awesomest. release. schedule. EVER
Vietnamese I'll listen to [P]ako. Take your time, I'm doing fansub too and I hate people who always asking me when I finish the next Episode!!!
Anima ZOMG! wont you at least credit me for the awesome idea? :P
I feel betrayed x_x
r0b3rt Oh, by the way guys, I was wondering when the next episode of-
kami listen to the man or else i'll ban you!
Loliko @suiton - 2 things. First of all, tl;dr. Secondly, the second half of your "comment" shows us that you don't bother to read staff comments and replies. I'll let you dig a little more on your own time. Also, jakkarth's page was not meant to instigate suggestions. We do things our own way, and will not tolerate people trying to tell us to do otherwise. ESPECIALLY IF WE'VE REJECTED THEIR PROPOSITIONS COUNTLESS TIMES. Don't kick the dead horse. We have bonesaws.
Baccano! episode 09 out - [P]ako - 2007-10-21 15:49:56
The title says it all. What else do you want me to write about? The weather? It's nice here, sunny and all. Myself? It's 3:48 pm and I am still in my jammies. Kami? He's a faggot. Yoshi? He loves cock. That's all.
suiton As usual, another great release by [Ayu].
=)
Keep it up!!
-- suiton
kami NO U
Mogambo ah, you guys rule! Baccano is my current fave show and if anyone else is subbing it i neither know nor care! great job as ever
The Partisan Was afraid you might have dropped this since it's been so long since the last release. Glad to see it's still alive.
A thousand thank you's.
Anima Way to go Ayu. You rule :D
Baccano_fan Thank you so much for your hard work!
Headswabby /Headswabby secks you up
Thanks for this!
PEM kami got owned as usual.
we're not sugarcoating our insults now that you're 18!
Nin You guys all kick ass. I'll love you forever for subbing this show. <3
Don't worry--I'm a woman. XD
tamahome mull Oh boy! Thank you so much. I've been looking foreward to this all week! :)
ochibi Thank you so much for this episode and for the whole series I really love it ^^
cyruz Doesn't look too bad, I'll be checking it out.
anderalex Meek should inherit nothing! I mean, da crappiest trailer evarrrrrrrr!!
r0b3rt By all means. :P Hope to see an episode soon!
krak Will you do any more Higurashi by any chance? *wide open eyes*
Skittles .......................you guys should really cocentrate on the projects you have instead of getting more -_- that only makes people angry
Philo Ayu Subs already has a Subber for Higurashi S2, but they say he needs some time to do it, so its just a matter of time, and about Votoms, well, if Ayu is picking this up, im trusting Ayu. Great Work Guys and girls... i think
[P]ako Well, Votoms is an once a month OVA (12 episodes total), and since Murder Princess is done, we picked it.
About Higurashi, it does have a translator and a team but the translator is adjusting to his ne life as an international student in Japan. We won't pick up more shows.
HNX and what about Umisho?? is it coming out soon?? or is the translator also doin somethin in Japan??
[P]ako @HNK, Umisho will be released when it's done. Not before, nor after. We won't sub it any faster if people keep asking for it.
Objessecefe Hello.
I look site aboutlexus cars
Naomasa298 OK, it's comments like some of these that make me wonder why we bother fansubbing sometimes. We announce a new series and instead of welcoming it, all people can do is criticise and demand. For those of you who don't know, VOTOMS is one of the most famous mecha series in Japan, as you can see from the list of people involved. It is not well known outside Japan and we're proud to be able to bring it to a new audience. Be assured that this will not detract from any of the other projects that we are working on, so kindly do not dictate to us what we should or should not do.
cheah I for one am thankful that one of the groups are picking this up, and btw there's still a rather large torrent of the original series sitting around, though dated, the story and characters are pretty good.
YoshiZumi All these comments are hilarious. Keep 'em coming.!
ThLstN Well, it doesn't matter how many projects they take, as long as they keep working on the previous ones, I can wait! Keep up the good job!
Mogambo um, are we being rude if we point out that compared to the cool shit u usually put out this just looks like a crappy mecha show for militarist/cg masturbators? or is that a bit opinionated?
YoshiZumi I want moar!
Azzy I'm a huge VOTOMS fan--thanks for picking this OVA up. :)
psych By all means, keep asking when the next eps will come out. It means we can have a long holiday while we deliberately make you wait =D
Skittles uhhh one last question is the karoke part inculded in the raw or do you guys do it yourself?
Naomasa298 If by "cool shit" you mean breasts and girls in school uniform then yeah, I guess VOTOMS isn't "cool" like that. On the other hand, some people have different standards by which they measure anime which are not necessarily related to the size of the main character's bra or how many panty shots you can count in a 24-minute episode.
satyphan ayu is quality! will eagerly / patiently wait for your higurashi, baccano and umisho releases since you're the best subs for these shows! ps: VOTOMS seems nice :D
Vietnamese Why I can't tick all the release? I love all your release
Mogambo actually i meant cool because they're not all about fighting! i like a bit of fictional violence (or a lot if its Baccano! style) but giant robots and war just ain't cool to me, sorry
martino Mogambo, everyone has their own opinions, and we respect that, however we sub what we want. Not what we think that will get the most downloads/attention just by some silly definition. Thus if someone comes in saying "why bother your time subbing crap like this when you can sub xxx" it does just piss off some member, mainly when they dedicated their time to work on it when they could have been doing other things.
Anyway, thanks to the team for the release.
Anima While I totally appreciate your work and time spent on subbing for free (having been a translator and a subber for a TV show myself and I know it's not a very easy task at all), I don't really understand why the extra-sensitivity you guys show when someone asks about "when the next episode will be released?". I am not defending that because I know it becomes frustrating when asked too much as it demonstrates lack of patience and appreciation for the time spent by the team on that project. (again I know how it feels being the author of a php script and reading that "next release date?" sometimes). We all know that there will always be that visitor who would come and ask that question. It's just that some of us patient, appreciative users get to suffer on their behalf so let it slide guys. :P
[P]ako @Anima, most of us have been fansubbing for years now and we have "heard" it all. A lot people have "heard" the question of "when the next episode of XYZ will be released?" so many times that they have developed killing instincts. I say it not as an excuse for the unrespectful treatment a clueless leecher may get when pops the abovementioned question. But, as a possible explanation to said sensitivity. Also, some fansubbers act under the principle of "monkey sees, monkey does", they see others doing it so they feel they have to behave that way. Which is plain stupid. My standard answer to that question is "it will be released when it's done".
r0b3rt Everything good comes to the one who waits. You all can't deny that you really get happier when you get your hands on something that you've been waiting a long time for.
Okay, so maybe some can, but not all. :P
Anima @[P]ako: Fair enough :)
NOW CAN YOU PLX TELL ME WHEN ARE YOU GONNA RELEASE THE NEXT FANSUBBED EPISODE OF FAMILY GUY?! xD
Sewers I like most all of Syu's releases. I'll check out VOTOMS too. And all your projects have a lot of fans that wait patiently and dont complain or ask. I know I have trust in Ayu to "release when its done." I wish I could do something to support Ayu outfront, but I'll continely support the team from the background. Do you best everyone! ><!
Anima @r0b3rt: But that's just the point! If Ayu decides to stop fansubbing whatever anime, then it's over! It's their precious free time they are spending for "our" (dare I say "our" tho obviously partially?) pleasure. No more happiness :P That's why appreciation is due and I can comprehend being pissed at that inevitable release date question :D
Toyu-chama As a former viewer, I know the frustrations of waiting for the next episode of something to be done; it's even unbearable sometimes if the previous episode ended in a cliffhanger. Even at times when a series seems to come to a complete stop, it's natural to feel irritated and angry for the lack of progress.
But as a current staff member, I also know the difficulties of the subbing process. Sure, I'm only but a translator, but I can see the others in the team struggling to finish each episode. They put so much hard work and determination into each one. Sometimes the work seems to fall sub-par even when we put in our best, but we keep aiming for the highest quality we can offer. That is because we as anime-lovers want the viewer to experience the full enjoyment that each episode has to offer.
Both sides have their reasons for their frustrations, but both also need to find the willpower to restrain their anger from being sent to another.
So, please. Let's all have cake and enjoy this peaceful afternoon together. ^^
Loliko I'll skip the sentimental stuff (Toyu did quite nicely). We react negatively simply because we view such questions to be pointless. When's XYZ gonna be released? It depends on a number of factors. How long does it take for each member to do his or her job? How perfect a job do they do; do they have to go back and fix mistakes? Do people appear right when it's their turn to work, and are they able to begin their job immediately? When the project's done, are the people in charge of distribution online and available to add the file to where they're supposed to go? Is pako around to pat us on the head and give us candy? None of us are clairvoyant, and as thus, we cannot address the question "when will XYZ be done?" Insistence on our ability to answer that question is really what gets on our nerves, as we're supposed to be normal people just like leechers are; it's hard to believe, but it's TRUE!
kami we've basically got sand in our cooches which is why we're throwing hissy fits over small stuff
Anima This rather sparked a good discussion. I'd suggest that you guys add a new menu item "Release Schedule" that links to a new webpage which states all those points discussed here. Might reduce the number of times you have to read/answer that inevitable question :P
Alas, I can't access Rizon IRC. I want to see how I might be able to help you guys.
We all make mistakes. The v1 was a pass but when I reencoded it to increase the bitrate, somehow, a line disappeared. This version fixes that only problem, which has nothing to do with the plot but it's kind of annoying not seeing it.
Skittles just wondering what font size and font do you guys use?
Berserker It's softsub, isn't it? If it is, then you can change font and font size on your own. And you can check font size and font too.
martino Its not a softsub, but hardsub since it's an MP4 file, and I doubt that [P]ako would put TTXT in there... :)
Anima Since Jigoku Shoujo will be discontinued at the end of this month, can we have more seeders for it?
[P]ako @Skittles the size of the font is proportional to the playresx of the script. The font is Amery Condensed.
@Anima, there are 21 seeds at the moment. I will be adding an extra one and hopefully other people will join and help.
Anima Thanks [P]ako :)
Lil'E What about for the ending karaoke?
[P]ako @Lil'E, Jongu will have to answer that question, he did it in After Effects.
Lil'E Ah, I see. But, wow... The font used in HIgurashi S1's opening... cost around 50 bucks. Good god man, why do fonts cost so much. ._.
Anima Thanks for seeding Jigoku Shoujo :D I will be seeding for a 24 hours full speed using my 4 mb connection in the coming few days. ^.^
What do we have here? Is it true? Isn't it a dream?
Yup, it's not a dream, it's Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori episode number 23, DVD rip. You may excuse the size, 233 MB, but it needed more bitrate. More to come, meanwhile enjoy this episode.
Skittles my dream phaileded me :*( anyway thanks :D
eMDee Yay, thanks guys!
Taldiira So does this mean you're going to be using the DvD rips for the rest of the series? And are you going to go back and re-encode the older eps with DvD sources by any chance?
Naomasa298 For the rest of the episodes, yes, we will be using DVD sources. As for the earlier episodes - it's unlikely I'm afraid.
L1th1um Hell Yeah, Ai is back
Arigato AYU ;D
Jollepoker Its good and all but... You missed to sub a guy @ 06:10 (The bus)
Naomasa298 Very strange. FWIF, the missing line is "It's that boy, isn't it? Don't you know which one we mean..."
Virtual_ManPL I'm waiting for this. Good Job.
And I wait for Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto too xD
Regards
Virtual
[P]ako Oh, shit, for some reason it didn't show up and we checked only for the fixes. I guess I am reencoding. V2 coming up
Raziel666 Thanks for the great work Ayu! It was about time we saw what happens next to our beloved shoujo from hell! I wish you could find some time to do the DVD-rips (as you did with ZnT s01) for the sake of consistency. But anyways, your work is really appreciated.
Lil'E May I ask what font was used on the romanji in the ending theme song? I wish I knew how to work effects and stuff. I always love your effects, Ayu. And, you time them just right too.
Test Hello
G'night
Zero no Tsukaima S2 ep 07 out - [P]ako - 2007-10-14 17:19:11
Woot! Five episodes left. Enjoy flat-chested Louise and hornier-than-ever Saito in another one of their adventures.
Loliko The phrase exists both with and without the accented E; I'm sure we can guess which one is the Americanized spelling, the convention by which Ayu swears... ^_^
martino Err Loliko... We did use the accented one in Murder Princess and maybe even in Baccano. Not completely sure about the latter one. But as you said, both exist. :)
Skittles :O wow strange i had a dream to where you were going to release ep08 as the next release anyway gracis P.S.(i mean after this one)
Loliko ooh martino... didn't know that. Either way, it was a conscious decision to exclude the accent (i forgot what the exact reasoning was). Maybe Kunio preferred w/o accent? *shrug*
r0b3rt "They're concave, aren't they?!"
XD
Philo LOL r0b3rt, i just love how louise gets all flustered. I wanted to see the Sailor uniforma on Louise, altough it did look good on Siesta.
Baccano! ep 08 and news - [P]ako - 2007-10-08 12:43:32
First of all, Baccano 08 is out (woohoo!), enjoy the episode.
Second of all, some project updates. Many of you are asking about the status of Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori. Do not worry, we are working on the final episodes and they are at different stages in their subbing process. Expect news in this front in a week or so. Regarding Higurashi, the translator is currently in Japan adjusting to his new life as a student. So, there may be delays as this is really important to him. Wish him luck.
Finally, if you haven't gotten Jigoku Shoujo S1 yet, do it before the month ends. The first R1 DVD of it will be released by Halloween and per our policy will be stopping its distribution by said day. Also, if you had enjoyed the series, please consider supporting the anime industry by purchasing the DVDs when they come out.
----The Staff
P.S. By Martino. And as we found out, Claire Stanfield (aka Vino) is a guy after all. As Ventile explains in Japanese you can talk about someone without having to refer to them as a female or male, so this is what caused the confusion. After all, he does look like a woman. So please, don't pay attention to what Isaac says in the preview, because he is... You know! :p
Mogambo two umisho and a baccano in such quick succession... wow! it's gona be a good week in spite of the hospital appointment and the money i hafta give to the baliffs! god damn i love baccano!
B0taku Higurashi news has hurt my heart but god damn! Baccano can fill the void.
Toyu-chama It's a TRAP!
Hehe.
r3born Best Baccano eps until now. WOooo!
cuddippedbave Cool, good job, i like you site.
i am wishing you a new clients and be happy with your further projects.
Mark (ex-golden boy:-))
r0b3rt Thanks for the status dump; I've been anxious about Higurashi for some time now. Good to hear you're still on it. Good luck, mr. Translator! :-J And I'll be chewing this episode of Baccano down with joy.
Fidde Thanks!! :D
The Partisan @Toyu-chama
More like a reverse-TRAP.
Thanks for the ep guys. Ya'll are doing a fantastic job! Shall wait with baited breath for the next one.
ToTaFTW I dont watch this series but i LOL my pants off when i read the "he looks like a women" part XP
jammarlibre Hi
Thanks for your site.
James W Did you get your GFX designer? Just noticed the new graphics :)
geksPeantee Havakura hesha
dsd
Anima Nice new graphix! I like the new Umisho one better than the old one ;P
Yes, episode twelve, this is the second last episode of the series. One more to go to finish off. And, don't you find that releases are faster when nobody asks about it? :D You guys should know what to do next time.
And now for more advertisements - Ayu is looking to expand its staff team! Here are some of the available positions if you're interested in joining us:
1. 1 x Translator (Japanese to English only)
2. 1 x Quality Checker
3. 1 x Graphics Designer (For website only)
4. Many distro help (BT Seeders, XDCC Bots, Direct Download Sites)
Please proceed to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net for more details. Recruits are based on a first-come-first-serve basis. So, hurry!
suiton Umisho 12!! YAY!!
I posted a comment before but I guess you guys deleted the original post and made a new one.
Keep it up!
-- suiton
cloak Wow, twice in two days. Who'da thunk it. :)
Thanks!
vietnamese YEAH!!! Only 1 Episode more, Ayu Rule !!! Thanks for Subbing this Series :)
PEM sweet, thanks for the hard work.
Inodokata Excellent!
Anima Waha! awesome! that was fast :D
r0b3rt God, this episode almost had me falling out of my chair...truly, the captain is the awesomest. :P Muchas thankyous for providing it, Ayu - and with such short an interval this time, too!
satanspal super fast! thanks
ToTaFTW Woo Episode 12 :3 Boobies~! And a good story ;3
Seriar Oh, that was fast. Interesting episode. The next one is going to be so cool. Thanks again guys!
ThLstN Ummm... I just want to ask of you guys are dropping jigoku futagumori?
martino If it was dropped it'd be announced on the site. :)
50119 NICE! Thanks a lot!
B0taku Will check out Umisho but currently suffering from Higurashi withdrawal at the moment.
liquid You guys frankly ruined this episode for me by writing unessacary shit after basicly each sentance :S
cavin22 when will umisho 13 be out.I can`t wait to watch it,so please hurry
Umisho EP11 - YoshiZumi - 2007-10-04 20:35:19
Anyone ever heard of a contest where the losers have to shave their "under hairs"? Well, I guess you'll learn about it by watching this episode.
vietnamese Hell YEAH !!! Umisho !!! The episode I'm waiting for so long now release, thank you very much for translate
Namida I don't even like Umisho, but I'll watch it all the same, just to show my support. ^^
sarutan didnt really peel my banana either until the **** slip episode
r0b3rt I'm still waiting for something else (all right, all right, I'll stop complaining now) :p, but Umisho fills the spot nicely. You're doing a swell job, Ayu crew.
Berserker How come the subs become unsynched after like 10 seconds? I have to click on the spot where the video is to make it synched again. It shouldn't be like that. Use hardsubs instead of softsubs. It won't be unsynched for anyone if you do that. Well... the whole video is unsynched for me though. Why? And how can I fix it?
martino Make sure that you are using CCCP and one of the media players that come with it, that is either Media Player Classic or Zoom Player. This is for Windows. For any OS use mplayer.
P.S. There is no need to use hardsubs when only one person gets a problem (ok, maybe more but you should get my point).
Seriar This show is so funny ans cute. I love it! Thanks so much for releasing it guys! ;)
r0b3rt I ain't a big fan of softsubs either, but CCCP fixes the problem up nicely. It was wayyy annoying when I was watching Azumanga Daioh (subbed by KickAssAnime) and the text kept on overlapping so I couldn't read a thing of what they said...but that codec pack really helped. I only wish I'd known about it sooner :P
ToTaFTW The day i come back from the hospital and this is out, i am so very happy right now :D
xeek I have always used ffdshow and haali media splitter, and I have never had a problem with softsubs at all! Anyway, thanks for the release I really enjoy your subs!
Lalolan People who suggest hard-subs should go get molested by a relative. Seriously, for a second. When you have a technical issue with something .....first troubleshoot (trying searching the Information Super Highway (pssst. thats the internet) to solve the problem yourself before complaining about something. Oh and to the AVI Xvid/Divx folks out there ....yes I understand you have a lower powered system now and the mkv packed H264 stuff is a bit of a pain now .....but in 3 years when you have a newer computer with HD video and you try playing some of that avi xvid/divx you will suddenly realize that it was in fact blurry fuzzy blotchy crap and you will be thankful to the fansubbers that only released h264
suiton Great job with Umisho. It's too bad the final episode is the next one.
T_T
But none the less, it was a great show.
Keep up the great work you guys. I'll be lookin forward to epi 12.
-- suiton
Anima sution: ep12 isn't the last one.
Anyway, thanks for the subs! really great anime! gotta love Makio in this ep. tho ;D
Erebus The fact that the girls are so shocked and horrified at the prospect of shaving their "under hairs" illustrates perfectly just what is wrong with Asian women.
sammeister awesome
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Berserker Hey Erebus. The problem for them wasn't that they had to shave their underhairs. It was because they had to do it in front of the winning team. And they probably only got shocked.
Stealth can someone please seed this it stopped half way. thanx ayu for the great HQ releases.
Baccano! ep07 - martino - 2007-10-03 14:47:34
Huzzaah! New episode of Baccano, and I think that this series is finally starting to make some sense to me. I guess it's like a puzzle, with each episode you learn something new and have to piece it together into some kind of a structure... Weird nonetheless. -_^
Also with this I'm announcing that you can expect DVD releases (first one comes out on the 24th of October) of Baccano given how bad the TV sources are. So right now I'm open to sensible suggestions (and yes, we are aware of some consistency issues and such in the early episodes ;_;).
martino P.S. I forgot to thank Lykos for helping us out on this project. :)
Fidde Thanks! :D
The Partisan Thanks guys. Worth the wait. Keep up the good work and please don't drop this series.
Sam Thanks for the work, this is the only show that I've really been following this season and I can't seem to get enough of it.
Mogambo My mate made me watch american stuff... then you guys made my nite! thanks for doing such a great job on my current fave anime
B0taku I'm enjoying this more than I thought I would. Don't sleep on this series! Arigatou yo.
r0b3rt J-J-JAKKUZI SUPUROTTU!!! \../
Anonymous Baccano! is very enjoyable. Plz kuntinu subzing.
.tomi Thx, but don't forget about your other ongoing projects. ^_^
PEM err, what kind of suggestions are you looking for?
Commotion I love this series, thank you for continuing to sub it!
psych martino means suggestions like ""change the goddamn font you idiots and improve ze timing" etc"
martino Basically anything that could potentially improve the quality of the releases. That was just a plain example...
sammeister awesome
Zero no Tsukaima Futatsuki no Kishi ep 06 - martino - 2007-10-01 09:43:42
Another episode? Yes, that's right. Now it makes it two in a row of this funny series. So make sure to grab it!
Louise FTW! :3
And I was also instructed to note down that Ayu is still looking for Quality Checkers, an AFX peep and a Graphic Designer (- I guess that's to make the website look more yummy, even though I personally like it as it is right now ^_^) and Distro people as always. If you are interested in any of these positions then hop to #Ayu-Recruits on Rizon.
vietnamese Althought I have watch all episodes in Season 2 in Veoh but i still prefer High-Quality Sub by Ayu. Thanks for translate :)
Virtual_ManPL Thx for the best fansubbing ;)
Dodoecchi Thank you! --Dorian
sammeister awesome
Zero no Tsukaima Futatsuki no Kishi ep 05 - [P]ako - 2007-09-23 15:12:01
What do we have here? Umisho? No, there is not much boobage in this series, on Louise's part at least. Anyway, enjoy the episode. Download it while it's still well seeded.
P.S. No, we don't need donations to acquire hardware for us to fansub. We just need them to pay for the server rental.
Virtual_ManPL Yea !!! Thx for this ;D
PS. XviD or DixV is too old...
Now obly h264 OWNS
GJ Ayu !!!
BruHaha yea forget Xvid. h264 has better picture quality. one thing though, the baccano 6 file is about 100mb in size. shouldnt it be about 170mb?
martino No. Given the very bad quality and the awful blocking in the raws it is very easily compressible. There is no point in having such a big sized file when you can have a smaller one. (In fact my target on episode 1 was 100MB, but I decided to up it by 20MB to preserve more fine detail. As the series has been progressing the raws have been getting worse and worse...)
Mogambo yo, good work on bad raws is better than some of the crap-on-all-levels fansubs one sees, so keep up the good work! baccano is awesome, lets hope some enterprising publisher puts out the novels in translation...
BruHahA ooooo ok. its fine by me if i can see the video and since its so small i dont have to worry about my memory space.
kohakuu god bless ayu fansubs for subbing this show! and i hope that someday i will see dvd version. by the way - when will be the 1st dvd released in japan?
martino Something around 24th October, and if University won't kill me then I would like to do DVD releases too (if other group/team members won't object) given the awful quality of the TV raws.
Mogambo if you do then we will love ayu physically as well as spiritually!
r0b3rt So thar - being up to date with ZnT now, it's time for me to tackle this series as well. Lemme see what you're made of, Baccano!!
sammeister awesome
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Situation - Edge - 2007-09-21 10:41:21
As many of you may be aware, due to a recent murder case in Japan, where a sixteen year old girl killed her father with an axe, both the final episode of School Days and the latest episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai have been pulled off the air by multiple stations. Tokai TV has apparently canned the series (Higurashi Kai) totally, and people on 2ch and elsewhere are speculating as to whether or not the other channels will follow suit. At any rate, just to let you all know that if the series does get completely taken off the air, we will continue from where we left off with our DVD releases (the first of which are actually on their way). In the mean time, we are also working on getting the TV versions of episode 9-11 out for your enjoyment. Thanks for flying Ayu.
The English version of Mainichi recently updated with a translation of the original Japanese article, so if you'd like to read a bit more in detail, click here.
Fidde The channel haven't decided yet though? Atleast not on the link you guys posted.
maro Haven't heard of this till now, but.. do they really think some kid would kill her FATHER with an AXE, just because they watched some >2D< Horror(?) Anime.. first its "killer games" now its "killer anime" or what? Seriously, what the.. Anyway I hope it still gets aired somewhere, cuz it'll take long for the dvds to be released, won't it?
ToTaFTW Thats horrible!
Oh well...
oh and...
lol "Thanks for flying Ayu"
I knew i should have been feeling sad but got thats just funny XD
Virtual_ManPL ... what a LMAOLOLZROTFL ...
and always anime or game is blame for this stupid ppl...
żal.pl...
keep good work Ayu !!! xD
Nin I don't think that they're really *blaming* anime for what happened--it seems to be more of a "let's respect the feelings of those involved in the tragedy" type of deal, and from a business standpoint, if they have to keep postponing episodes because violent things may happen in the future, they might not feel it's worth the risk.
Cyphr Its a respect thing. If you look at Full Metal Panic where Chidori gets kidnapped by that gang. Ttat was banned because some kid got kidnapped, However the FMP version was way too funny to be blamed.
Spiggy Noooo...sounds like what they do in the states when it comes down to video games. I think most companies will elease that ep at a later time. I THINK that's what happened with a gundam ep when the iraq thing started happening.
Mogambo TV stations have to cover themselves in such circs... whether its sincere or cynical, who knows? Like when princess di bought the cake, all uk tv showed was news and kids shows for a week. When "a nation grieves" companies play ball or else.
Namida Ack! What bothers me the most is actually what this whole deal does to the ending of School Days. I mean, the fact that it was cancelled due to a murder pretty much spoils the ending. >_o (The murder is a tragedy, of course, but they really didn't handle this very smoothly.)
juggen ouch! Well I was planning to get the DVDs anyways.
I guess the last volume of School Days and Kai will sell like butter then ^^
Haze Geez. What would make people think that that girl murdered her father because of 2-dimensional horror? Even if it is out of respect, why can't they find a way around this? Like airing it on an online website or something? Because the DVDs will probably take a good while to come out.
r0b3rt There's another headline over at Animenewsnetwork.com regarding this...in the news for the 24th. Seems it's not preempted after all, by certain stations at least.
B0taku 7 Stations were running this series, 2 canceled. They replaced the hatchet scene in the opening with a shot from Rena's junkyard so they can continue broadcasting. All in all, it's a hypocrisy. Reason? It's hilarious that Tokai TV didn't know of the content they were showing and had to be informed when the hatchet killing took place in the 1ST SEASON. There are times when it is okay to laugh at idiots. Btw, fresh peanuts ftw. >)
FluffyandEvil damn that friggin 16 year old girl she could atleast w8 to kil lher father until school days 12 was out!!!
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Murder Princess 6 - martino - 2007-09-19 13:14:35
The end of an OVA, and the end of an awesome project. I must say that I had great fun working on this one, and hopefully the other project members had too. We had our ups and downs; first it was our quality checker (believe it or not, despite all the myths surrounding this position, we had problems finding a replacement), then our editor went to take a break from fansubbing (which lead to having four editors work on this OVA during its whole duration). Ahh, and I didn't mention the complete typesetting overhaul during episode 1 and Nao’s first translation as well. Without all these people it would have been impossible, and I thank them all for their hard work.
tomasz333 Thanks. I was waiting for this to finish before I started watching so I could just sit down and have a multi-hour session of MURDAAAAAAAAAR goodness. Hurray!
Ansola Yarr! This booty will be safely stored in me treasure chest.
Blackfich Thanks for this nice anime. I'm going to watch this last episode today during my lunch time break. Despite being French, I prefer your fansub to french ones (crap font, aproximate translation from english, bad spelling/grammar).
Long live Ayu!
50119 But, yet, you finished the project. The show is great, I really enjoyed it! Thank you all! Cheers to Ayu's staff.
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Umisho EP 10 - YoshiZumi - 2007-09-18 20:05:08
Breast massaging is great in many ways. By massaging the breasts, you can check for any abnormalities of the breast, specifically breast lumps and according to Makio, you can make your breasts bigger by massaging them. So, there's some girl on girl breast massaging action in episode 10. Oh, and don't forget, Takeda's got game.
YoshiZumi
P.S. Ayu is looking for QCers, AFXers, graphic designers, and BT seeders. Please visit #Ayu-Recruits on rizon if you're interested.
vietnamese Thanks for translate and upload:) This Episode is funny with breast massaging
cant_ think_ of_name oww yeah umisho
PEM nice work.
Jing Great ep., thanks... Extremely funny. ^^
Sako Can we have news about JS Futakomori?
Naomasa298 JSF is being delayed as we are using DVD sources for the last 4 episodes. We figured we've already taken so long that we might as well make it up to you with better video quality :)
r0b3rt I believe I'll take the former Naomasa comment for truth rather than the later.
Thanks for the new ep, by the way.
[P]ako Any comments posted by users taking the nicks of members of AYU will be deleted
Virtual_ManPL I need more boobies xD GJ PLL !!!
ToTaFTW Umisho FTW :D
Tobad this episode left me feeling something was left out; oh well :3
AKA I wonder how big are those girls tits int he cartoon. I think they are talking about her having double D's, What do you all think her breast is?
Ameros probleys is a D and surika is DD or higher
sammeister damn why would we care about the sice of the breast. just watch the damn episode lol.
btw nice show
Berserker This episode was very amusing. A miracle is in front of you! And I feel sorry for Kaname ^^
Swimboy Am i the only one who's watching this show for the swimming?
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 08 - Edge - 2007-09-16 06:12:30
Another episode of this superb series is now available for your enjoyment!
r0b3rt Awesome!! I've been waiting myself silly for this. You're the best! (And Higurashi Kai is the best, as well. :P)
Internet Hate Machine Awesome, been waiting for this! But torrent says connection refused... your tracker is freaking out?
Edge Internet Hate Machine: Should be fine now. :)
Dodoecchi thank you!! as great as usual
Dorian
Sewers-chan Thank you for subbing this series. I look forward to Higu to be released everyday. ^_^
Stoat Hurrah!
Your RSS is failing to load as a Firefox Live Bookmark for me, by the way (it's missing the closing Channel and RSS tags).
jakkarth Whine whine. RSS feed now has the appropriate closing tags. Please post another note if there's more stuff wrong with it. My 2 minute hack is now up to 3...
Virtual_ManPL Thank You for this best subbed anime ;D
Sua Thank you alot -I love this series and your subs <3
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Umisho EP 9 - YoshiZumi - 2007-09-14 21:49:41
Find out how the Umisho swim team was formed by watching this episode. Take a trip down memory lane with the wacky team and maybe you might shed a tear or two... or not... Well, the lesbo scene is pretty hot... fap material...
P.S. We are still looking for editors/qcers/afx/gfx designers. If you are interested in any of these positions please visit our recruit channel on rizon at #Ayu-Recruits
YoshiZumi
P.S. We also have an rss feed for our torrent releases. Subscribe today!
slayer_ken first comment.....nice blow job 4 umisho....thx #ayu
Anonymous Nice.
James W Cool :) what I have been waiting for....the rss feed that is. the Umisho is good to ^^
PEM cheers.
suiton yay! a brand new umisho episode...
nice job!!
ToTaFTW Yay fast umisho realease FTW! Thanks XD
50119 Man, you guys are fast! Thank you.
Berserker I can't see the subs anymore... anyone know what the problem is? I have ffdshow... should I remove it?
Berserker Sorry for double posting, but I wanted to say that it worked when I removed it. I hope that will help more people than me :D
Mogambo uhm... i can't see subs after the karaoke, but since i aint got ffdshow i can't remove it... any suggestions?
[P]ako Ironically, you need ffdshow and vsfilter and mkvsplitter. All of them come in a nice package called CCCP, download it and install it and enjoy the subs in Media Player Classic.
Mogambo the Noob of, duh, yes thank you i DID have ffdshow and cccp (friend installed), a little playing i managed it thanks to your useful hints... computers, as much mystic as tech to the likes of me... :D
Hermit nice i wonder when 10 is gonna come out?
vietnamese Yo yo !!! A big thanks for fast release. Love boob
r0b3rt ...why didn't I know about this CCCP thing before? It all looks so much better now...thank you SO much, [P]ako!! :D
Skittles wait what where's higurashi you guys got like some catching up to do on that one
jakkarth Everyone can now thank Hermit for delaying Umisho 10, which was originally going to be released tomorrow. Skittles can take credit for delaying Higu yet again. Stop asking for the subs guys, it's really irritating. The donations don't pay us salary for this, it partially covers the hardware and bandwidth to serve it to you. Anyone that asks about when things will be released can find a venereal disease and crawl into bed with it kthx.
Skittles shhh... what they're saying is their not done yet :D
martino Could you at least try to use proper English please? O.o
suiton [Ayu] (and every other fansub group) releases the next episode when they finish it. Do you really want them to rush? I don't think so.
Just wait for [Ayu] to work on Umisho and they will release it after their staff checked to make sure that it's well done and not too many errors.
Ix They also probably don't appreciate leechers bugging them constantly when they are doing this for no personal gain. At least I know I would be. Would be nice if people showed some consideration.
ToTaFTW For some reason my computer came installed with CCCP :P XD or maybe i installed it a long long long long long time ago...
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Baccano! ep. 05 - [P]ako - 2007-09-12 13:50:21
Hold your request of boobies and/or of lolies, we have now Baccano! 05. With Martino back from his vacations (again?), we can expect more of this fantastic series in the following days.
kami also, ep 6 airs tomorrow, so its not as if we're behind on other eps of this as well or anything.
Fidde Thanks! Ayu ftw!
cyruz Welcome back martino! Great work again folks, can't wait to watch it.
Voxune Thanks!
r3born Thank you sooo much!
About time we got our new eps for such a wonderful series.
K Many thanks to thee!
Mogambo those crazy ayu cats... they keep sayin sorry like they late or summat, but compared to - ah, won't go there, anyways you lot are just too darn nice to be fansubbers! be geekier and bitch more, please...
Hobo Thank you so much!!
to Kami:episode six aired last week. episode 7 is tomorrow.
Hobo wait....i may be wrong. sorry!
The Partisan Good to have you back, Mr. Martino. Hope your vacation went well.
Thanks for the release, guys. Well worth the wait. Keep up the good work.
George Thanks guys, can't wait to watch this when I get out of class. :)
mustek Thanks
itis RELEASE DAT SHIT DAWG MODDA FUKKAS HURRY UP WITH DAT SHIT OR ILL KIL YOU
Badabinski Geeze! Calm down man!
Great release. Looking forward to the next one.
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Zero no Tsukaima - Futatsuki no Kishi 04 - randall - 2007-09-11 20:42:45
Ignore the full frontal nudity earlier. You need to see some flat chested Louise =P
Episode 04 is out. Grab them from torrents or xdcc bots on our IRC channel.
By the way, we are still looking for talented staff for the following positions:
1. Editors
2. Quality Checkers
3. AFX user
4. Graphics Designer (For website)
Please hop on to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net to apply. Positions are based on a first-come-first-serve basis till all required slots are filled. The longer we take to get the staff we want, the more you guys bug us for release, the longer we delay our releases. You know what to do ^_^
Hercules Is one of those staff positions for making sure everything has correct grammar??
vietnamese Thanks from Viet Nam :D
Love Big Boob Umisho and flat chest Zero :D
Mogambo Grammar is very important! Syntax also! "Me na need no pick-axe fe brek up yu syntax - me na need no hammer fe smash yu grammar...!" Joh Agard 'Listen Mister Oxford Don'
Inugami Oh... Why isn't there an "all of the above"/"I can't decide" option in the poll? I can't choose between dating-sim/visual novel anime, shoujo, and delicious loli-comedy ;.; (I'll think about applying for QC... I'll hop on IRC today at around 4:30 PM PST for details on the position)
ToxicCookie And the voters have spoken, it's Kodomo no Jikan with a landslide, only 58 votes so far but I have a feeling it'll stay in the lead, as for staff positions I'm not sure I'd be of much help, I could proof read scripts, but that's about it, my internet is too slow to be grabbing files through IRC for QCing purposes, I can barely get the final releases with the speeds I pull down.
sarutan just goes to show the large number of 'sensei' that vote on ayu polls
cloak @Hercules:
Editors are SUPPOSED to be the ones that check for proper grammar. I applied for an editor position as a result of seeing poorly-chosen words and phrases and one too many instances of "it's" where it should've been "its". Saw one of them in Umisho 08 last night, too... Never understood why people have such trouble with the difference.
Mogambo word to cloak - if i hadn't watched so many HK movies my patience with fansub grammar would not be what it is ("Why are you on my way? I fart you!")
Dodoecchi a big thank you for the Zero no Tsukaima subs, it's perfect quality! But there is a small misalign about the opening kara... a shame because the kara effects are wonderful! Bravo again.
Dorian
SM Yeah, bring on Louise
Skittles you guys gonna answer me in irc channel?
r0b3rt Yay. Now I'm hooked on this one as well...:-P Guess I'm becoming an "Ayu nut" of kinds. Supposedly I'll be downloading Baccano as soon as I catch up on this one, heh.
Loliko Update: ED position has been filled. Skittles, if you haven't yet, please leave your contact information with one of the OPs, and somebody will get back to you as soon as your submission has been evaluated.
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Umisho EP 8 - YoshiZumi - 2007-09-11 18:18:27
Who likes full frontal nudity? I do. Well, one person shows the bottom, the other shows the top. Those two add up to be full frontal nudity.
Have fun.
P.S. stop bugging us for releases, we will delay the releases if people keep bugging us.
nyx thx alot your umisho subs really are nice
and first btw :D
jt2044 nice job appreciate it guys
Erebus Haha oh wow, wait, you mean you're not delaying it now? Holy fuck.
satanspal hey, I'm not bugging anyone
and thanks for the new ep!
Mogambo shut up erebus, they're less arsey than 99.9% of fansubbers so chill! also, they know some grammar and their fonts aren't prissy or fancy... and they being us umisho! yay!
Mello hell yeah umisho8 wooo!
unlockingsky just want to thank ayu team for their continuance support on umisho. hope to see more!
vietnamese Yes !!! I love both Big Boob Umisho and flat chest Zero also :D
Thank you very much for translate and upload from Viet Nam
4155580 Thanks Ayu! :)
50119 I've been waiting for this, thank you so much.
Wondering where suiton and the others are.
It's good to see there is another Vietnamese around here lol
Voxune Yay, Thanks!
r0b3rt Yay...now I'm hooked on it as well. Damn you, explicit bosoms! :p Very much appreciate your work.
ToTaFTW Only if my computer didnt explode before i would have been like first to get this XD
Oh well watchya gonna do; w00t thx for the new epi
jhkplaya888 OMG thanks so much!!!
Joshy B. Want to say a big THANKS to the Ayu team for subbing this!
Berserker Thank you very much for subbing this great anime. And unlike most other people, I don't download it because I want to see boobs ^^
Seriously, the people who download this should download porn instead if you only want to see boobs.
ToTaFTW I agree with Berserk :3 Story and not boobs FTW! XD
besides if you want a anime that isnt hentai/porn and has extremely over sized boobs; i can help you with that lol
dandad1 I hope you don't stop subbing because of a few perverted idiots, love the show thanks for subbing.
r0b3rt ToTaFTW - you wouldn't be talking about Eiken? :-*
I watch Umisho for the story AND the boobs. But mostly because it's so ridiculously funny.
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Status update for our projects - randall - 2007-09-05 08:55:45
Check out the comments section for the update!
I actually need this post to do some advertisement :D
-Start of advertisement
1. We need 1-2 EXPERIENCED and GOOD quality checkers. So do you think you're GOOD?
2. We need a dedicated graphics designer to brush up on all our tiny puny little images that you see on our website.
3. If you're a Japanese-English translator who is interested in looking for some translating work next season.
4. We need one experienced AFX user who obviously needs to be good with AFX as well as being creative.
For all the above four points, if you fit in any of them - hop on to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and yell at the OPs there
randall Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori - Secret | Bakumatsu - Secret | Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny - Secret | Gyagu Manga Biyori 2 - Secret | Murder Princess OVA - Secret | Higurashi S2 - Secret | Zero no Tsukaima S2 - Secret | Umisho - Secret | Baccano! - Secret | You never think I'll really post it here eh? :D
r0b3rt What does "quality checker" encompass? Correcting spelling in the subs?
JingTheKingOfBandits Can I spread the word?
KamuiKT I think quality checker, is for checking the quality of the video, sound, subs, etc.
Its going to be hard to find the people, lets hope they show up soon.
Loliko Kamui is right, though he doesn't really go into much detail. The "Quality Checker" basically 'proofreads the script [ED], checks timing [TI] and sign timing/positioning [TS], spots problems with the raw itself [ENC], and everything else under the rainbow.
QC basically ensures that "mass naked child events" doesn't make it to release (although that was pretty funny...)
Spread the word if you want.
Toyu Now I have to figure out how to use IRC >.>
-Fluent in English and Japanese-
(self proclaimed Umisho tard)^^
Moriya www.kasshin.net <---- irc noob guide
randall no graphics designer. no AFX user. okay. let's halt all releases until somebody pops up :D
jhkplaya888 For graphics designer, are you looking for a pro gfx guy?
[P]ako We are looking for somebody good at Adobe After Effects and Photoshop.
suiton AH! randall, don't halt all releases...
T_T
YoshiZumi Life is about $20 on ebay these days. It's pretty cheap.
Voxune eeh.. whats #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net, cause I can't mail to it xD
[P]ako @ Voxune, it's an IRC (internet relay chat) channel. Get mIRC or another IRC client, configure it, then write in the status windows /server irc.rizon.net, hit enter, wait, and then write /join #ayu-recuits, hit enter and say "hi".
jhkplaya888 lol randall dont stop releases :(, i made a higurashi logo for ayu (i showed yoshizumi)
KamuKT hahaha i lughed with what voxune said...mmm, i wouldnt like the releases to be stopped, hope for the recruits to show quickly, as soon as possible...is this really going to halt the releases or just to slow them?
Penquin I think the (:D) means he was kidding.
Voxune @[P]ako, Ok Thanks.
Why isn't there just an E-mail adress, lot easier in my opinion.
Penquin I assume it's because you can have a real time conversation in IRC, and you don't have to have an account to use IRC unlike other chat programs.
Voxune I think I need to get an IRC client xD I wanna be the graphic designer
randall @ Voxune: Use the contact us form on our website and give me your MSN address and attn it to me. Thanks.
Voxune Ok I will.
suiton Well, it looks like [Ayu] might get another staff member. Sweet.
-- suiton
thammuz If you still need a graphics designer; I've been using Photoshop amatuerishly for about 4-5 years, now. I would not mind lending a hand with anything... Even if its not for/ with graphics.
neb ..new umisho plx
Zeta So can we expect any episodes this week? Or should we all go find new subbers? XD
Oh and w00t we hit the donate ammount :D
Skittles I'd like to try out for quality checker but don't have mirc any way else i can try out?
k1-sousuke i could do the QC tho i dont have the exp ive done some qc for rndm ppl as tests i can also pick up timing and alignment mistakes pretty quickly
ToTaFTW If it'll help get episodes out faster ill do what ever the hell you want XD Just upload a torrent for Umisho 8!! Please im begging you!!! Im to lazy to google another fansub group :sob:
Inugami I could do QC, but I don't know jack about codec technicalities and I don't have any experience (overall).
Umisho-spam: Begging for releases only makes the release take longer to come. It's just like people in movies begging for their lives: they get no mercy in the end >.>;;;
ToTaFTW They do in children's movies; i mean just look at pokemon's first movie XD But id better not say anymore before i start some sort of mega battle to the death about pokemon's first movie...Anyways my deal still stands :D ToTaFTW! (Thats Tales of the Abyss for you "Non" Tales of series fans)
Loliko Shouldn't that be "TotA" instead? Who capitalizes the "The"? Anyway, anybody who's interested can either visit #ayu-recruits on Rizon, or leave their contact information via the "Contact Us" site mail. Please give us 1-100 business days to fap to futa.
ToTaFTW @Loliko
How i spell my fandom-username is my own buissness sir :P
KamuiKT Hey you should stop making spam if you want our subs, also stop complaining their doing this for the sake of ayu-anime and your subs, also if you want your episodes then just go youtube and check watch them, you're not the only ones that want the subs you know so wait patiently if you want boobs go search for porn XD
ToTaFTW Well if i wanted boobs id just go watch/look at porn; but i dont want boobs im actlly interested in the story of Umisho; and i really want to see the next episode because i wanna continue the story not just because i wanna see boobs >.> Of corse i dont mind the boobs...
And for the point im not really complaining; i was making a desperate pleed for the next episode...which isnt any better...but still, its different ;3
jakkarth Episode 8 of umisho has been ready for the past 6 days. If you tards would stop asking for it I'd release it. God. Every time someone asks for it it gets delayed, so stop!
YoshiZumi neb-"..new umisho plx"
Everyone can thank neb for delaying Umisho once again. When will you guys learn?
KamuiKT ToTaFTW I was just joking with the boobs part, whatever, my point was that just stop begging, complaining or whatever you're doing so you can get your releases (se we all can get them) so i must stop now it seems im doing a lot of spam xOx.
looper_7 just a question, if u guys are looking for someone who is good at after effect why the X in afx?
is it of the mac version ?
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 07 - Edge - 2007-09-01 17:23:44
Impatient Umisho tards need to stfu. Or, alternatively, enjoy Higurashi Kai! Nipaa!
Invi Omg another great release by Ayu. I just queued whole Umisho and now there is next episode of Higurashi... it will take about hour to ddl them all...
I love almost evry if not all subs by Ayu
Thx gus
Virtual_ManPL Thank You for next the best realase.
You subbing, video and audio quality are better in my opionion then WinD or Shinsen-Subs.
Keep the best work for ever!!!
Penquin Great to see you guys catching up to when it airs. I'll wait a while to D/L though, since I'm D/Ling LoGH and I don't want Comcast to freak over my BT/bandwith usage. Stupid Comcast being the only broadband where I live.
suzuchama wai wai more higukai \o/
SM Those Umisho fans really need to chill out.. They don't seem to see that you are working on other projects too and not forgetting your social life.. ^-^;
JingTheKingOfBandits If they want boobs that bad, just watch the other episodes Umisho fans, really... Or find another anime to watch to keep you occupied until a new episode comes out. Like Kiba, or Kekkaishi, D.Gray-Man, Utawarerumono, Nagasarete Airantou, Lucky Star, Zombie Loan or Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto lol. I'm watching all fo these to keep me occupied.
PEM great, now the sheep are going to call umisho fans impatient tards. thanks.
toyu Umisho tard here! But I'm patient. =)
And I watch He is My Master to ease my Umisho addiction ^^
Penquin PEM, we already did call you that. You don't see Baccano! fans asking for the next episode in ZnT comment sections, or Higurashi fans asking for it in Umisho comments.
scoutz Hey, donated some for you guys, cheers,
Vincent
randall Thanks Vincent. You're the V guy on the left bar! haha :D
and Ayu is never known for speed. I'm sure this season is already one of the fastest ever since our MADLAX releases.
Loliko Gooo, Slowyu!
If we were a pokemon, we'd be a Snorelax.
Lil'E May I ask what is the font you used in Higurashi S1 OP Theme?
ToxicCookie No! I love ZnT, I just missed the poll, thanks for another wonderful episode.
Ted I watch your Higurashi and Zero, but not "teh boobiez." Keep up the good work.
50119 No, it's not people's favorshow but it's quite a good show, and the quality of your releases is really high. You guys just continue your amazing progress.
Ah, why don't I see Jigoku Shoujo in the list T.T?
JingTheKingOfBandits The reason that is, is actually because... Your-Mom is subbing it too, and they're on episode 8 already, if you were on episode 9 and stayed ahead, the votes would actually differ... Maybe by like 10% lol. Since You-Mom is farther, everyone'll think that Your-Mom will always be ahead, even if you become ahead later. I hope you get it, because I didn't understand what I just said lol. I hope I made sense...
JingTheKingOfBandits Btw, who the hell DOESNT' like boobies? Yah, we all know Zero no Tsukaima has a HOT Princess and a HOT Maid! Atleast I know. *Drools* .....Anyways. Umisho is pure Ecchi, I'm not surprised it has more % then Zero no Tsukaima, but it's % is to high above all the others lol. This world has gotten really perverted huh?? I'm not one to complain, hehe...
randall actually i seriously have no idea what u're talking about lol
ToxicCookie And boobs aren't everything, I like a plot, plus Louise's delicious flat chest will always have me coming back for more. Long live Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière.
winn i love ZnT!
I just didnt know what ZnT was when I voted, Plus I really like Higurashi too!
Loliko @ Jing: and in the end none of it matters <|8^D
Princess is a ditz, and maid is cock-crazy. They just happen to have big boobs... personality-wise, they're a big flop ;p
sammeister i really really love this show, the action, the hate, the love, and the fun all in one, even a lil bit of drama. just wonderfull release keep going.
Santa At LAST! A relase of ZnT from one and only right subbers for this show! Know that there ARE people willing to wait in order to watch a well done episode. But man, do you make me suffer:) Keep up up the excellent work!
theeldergod666 Keep up a good work. I just need to watch Zero no Tsukaima in a good quality with PERFECT subs!!
Penquin It's not that I don't watch ZnT, it's just that Baccano! and Higurashi are better. I stopped watching the speed subs after 7(Normally speed subs can be decent, or even better than the normal subbers like Geurrand's Lucky Star subs, but both the ZnT speed subbers are horrible.), so once you guys get to 8, I'll start watching again.
SM We don't mind ironing boarded girls...really..! lol xD
sammeister lol the guys gonna love the 6th eppisode. if its season 2 lol
JingTheKingOfBandits Loliko: I don't like them because they have bigger boobs lol. I think Louise is very pretty too, I think all the girls are very rpetty in the show, it's just Siesta and the Princess are my favorite. Although I did say "Who DOESN'T like boobies?"
JingTheKingOfBandits If some of you are referring to Your-Mom as speed subbers, your mistaken. Your-Mom's subs are actually quite accurate. (Again this is only if some of you meant Your-Mom were speed subbers) They sub the average speed, about a week or two for the RAW, then another 6-7 hours for the subs.
I know what you mean when you say you want the perfect subs. I feel that way about Shinsen-Subs and Dark-order in subbing D.Gray-Man. Shinsen-Subs are speed subbers that's for sure. I would always wait for Darl-Order to sub the next episode, but they actually are taking days to weeks to sub a new episode, so you'll eventually cave in and go for Your-Mom's subs, since I mentioned that they're subbing farther then Ayu.
Right now they're down, and I think they're only subbing about 2 different projects. Ayu is subbing 4 different projects, it's no wonder they're ahead on ZnT. I'm gonna download their 4th episode, and Your-Moms 4th episode, and compare them lol. I'm pretty sure Ayu's will be better, because I think Ayu takes their time, and Your-Mom subs very good, but they sub a little fast. (I said they're average speed, but I meant almost average speed)
I feel like I'm being a nuisance lol. Maybe I should watch Baccano and Higurashi... Never heard of them before lol!
JingTheKingOfBandits Btw, the quality is about the same between both of Ayu and Your-Mom, and Shinsen-Subs too, the best quality I've ever seen, would be One Piece's quality on VLC Media Player, but that quality's So high, that it barely works fine on a VLC Media Player. (I'd play it on my Media Windows Player, but I'm missing some unknown codec... What a nuisande huh.. lol) Sayonara! Working on a epsxe1.6.0... Very annoying, but I think I'm close! Just trying to run the rom(Iso/CDRom) now...
JingTheKingOfBandits Keep up the great work Ayu!! Don't give up on ZnT! I'm gonna start watching yours now.
Penquin Be prepared for some character development next episode. Then prepare for it to disappear like it never happened in episode 5.
JingTheKingOfBandits I've already seen 9 episodes unless you meant everyone lol. And 2nd, what character development? There was nothing different in episode 4 then the rest of the episodes.
Penquin Well, not character development where anything actually changes in a personality but in a relationship, but you know what scene I'm talking about, and how it's completely ignored by the next episode.
JingTheKingOfBandits (SPOILER, Don't read unless you've been watching Your-Moms subs of ZnT and are on epidode 9!!!) It's a spoiler people! Don't read it!
SPOILER SPOILER!!!!!
I'll have to watch it again to remember, I get a feeling it's the one where the Princess kisses Saito, pretending to be having sex with him to make the guards not bother them lol.
Penquin SPOILERS IN THIS POST ALSO! SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS! DID I MENTION SPOILERS? I THINK I DID, BUT JUST TO BE SAFE, SPOILERS!
No, when Saito and Louise start making out in the boat. They finally admit they love each other and BOOM! Next episode it's back to Saito looking at every single girl and Louise beating him up. No mention of that part ever again. They don't act any differently towards each other after that AT ALL.
Hansel ZnT is my current favorite running anime series- but I get it from Your-Mom because of the faster releases. However, the copies of ZnT s2 I will be keeping in the long run for posterity will be from Ayu, particularly if they do the DVD versions as they did for season one. Slow and steady may not always win the race, but it certainly makes for better work in the long run.
Baronight i like ZnT, is not like i dun want to vote for it, but since you guys already mentioned to drop the project, i see no reason in voting anime with 2 eps only....
im glad that you guys decide to continue ZnT project...keep up the good work
Jakez noooo, your not very fair! I love all your shows, think I did choose Baccano over ZnT! but still love ZnT :<
SM Please continue with this series.. We all have (some of us) change our ways.. Keep up with the great work.. *bow*
Tom Darn i just start watching the anime yesterday and im alread on this episode, yes thats 16 ep in one sitting, i dont like another sub so i hope you guys will release the rest.
JingTheKingOfBandits See Ayu. We like ZnT more then yah think!! Don't give up, because some might never watch any other subs except for your ZnT subs! I'm planning on watching yours too even. And you others keep saying this over and over. About how great their quality is, yes I know that's true, very true lol. But Your-Mom's quality isn't any different. Quality can differ depending on your computer as well you know. And all fansubs always do a Quality Check, so almost all quality of fansubs are either Good, Great or Amazing. I think it's like this.
Good: 13%
Great: 46%
Amazing: 41%
That isn't an exact estimate lol. But it's pretty close from what I've seen, and on other websites. I just tried estimating this from my memory. It could be
Good: 25%
Great: 34%
Amazing: 21%
Anyways, I'm done talking in here now. I only decided to talk because I was bored. ; ) Keep up the great work Ayu! Looking forward to your next releases of Umisho and Zero no Tsukaima. And your other projects fi I can find the time to watch them. ^^
JingTheKingOfBandits (Breaking the rule, I lied and talked again anyways lol) KuroNeko is subbing Zero no Tsukaima Season 2 as well, and are also on episode 9. Just saying! Still looking forward to Ayu's releases. Kouun!
randall Gee. JingTheKingOfBandits seriously need to type less words and post less times. If you prefer subs that are translated from Japanese to Chinese to English, then go ahead. But all Ayu shows are translated directly from Japanese to English. Maybe I suggest you should take up Japanese so you can stop watching subbed anime :D
Hansel Honestly "Jing", what exactly is your purpose with all these spammed posts? Earlier you actually had four in a row.
Loliko @Jing Hmm, if there is no difference between Y-M and SS/Ayu, then why bother watching our releases, since they're already on episode 9, like you mentioned above? Secondly, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and agree with you -- all fansubs have QC somewhere in their process; for some groups, sadly, that part of the process simply fails to do its intended purpose. Your percentages are fairly exact for not being an "exact estimate". If you like talking, feel free to drop by our IRC channel - #ayu@irc.rizon.net. Also, let the leechers decide whose subs are superior. Ayu's comments section is NOT a place for such a debate -- go to asuki for that. And finally, NO SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. I see another one, I'll see fit that you get banned from making another comment.
YoshiZumi Life is about $20 on ebay. It's pretty cheap these days.
JingTheKingOfBandits Okay lol. Randall, I dunno what your talking about... Hansel, yeah I did, sorry. I was just bored and had absolutely nothing to do. And Loliko, I'm sorry for making a lot of posts. I honestly have no clue what I meant in more then half of the posts, and I won't be posting anymore comments. ; ) Sorry for talking nonsense! *Whistles*
anderalex Hmmm... I think that the problem like this one (if it is a real one at all) will arise every f***ing time, when someone will start asking the kids of their friends (thus, without any risk of being beaten and thrown out): "Who do you love best, Mom or Dad?" They should be answering: "We go for boobs!!" or what?
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Umisho EP 7 - YoshiZumi - 2007-08-31 20:07:43
I want to thank the people who waited PATIENTLY without bugging us about it. But, here it is. Go fap to it if you want.
jhkplaya888 hehe, sorry i am not the most patient person, BUT THANKS FOR THE RELEASE!!! <3
4155580 Great stuff! Thanks Ayu!!
randall i wonder where is suiton's post. lol
suiton Great job releasing another Umisho episode! Thanks. I will seed the file for a while (like always). --suiton
Umisho<3 Thanks for the release. Watched and fapped.
zomg I will furiously fap to this, thank you!
toyu Woo~ Downloading at the moment! Thanks a bunches ^^
PEM lookin good. thanks.
monkeysarus Stellar show and always good for a hoot and a holler. Keep up the great work!
Vietnamese Thank for subbing ^^
Love boob
toyu Forgive me for the second comment, but I just noticed the banner you use for Umisho. Hehe... Boobs... How fitting.
stormie Thankyou for subbing this ~~.
baley Thanks for subbing
Cheers
Josh Thanks for thanking me for waiting patiently.
mithowen thanks for the release. it was really a long time. I hope the next release will be fast enough. Thanks again.
xc good job :)
sammeister aah nice another umisho release. keep up the good work
Mura WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *fap* *fap* *fap*
Penquin I don't watch, but thanks for the release, it'll stop suiton from creeping us all out with his obsessiveness for a couple days hopefully.
Mogambo is this show rude enough to masturbate to???? hm... REALLY funny, tho! jeez, ayu have a mad high proportion of shows i like!
BruHahA wow umisho is the most favorite series. Gotta love them Bewbz!
JingTheKingOfBandts (Can't remember her damn name! T_T) The purple haired girl! I love her! And teh boobiez! Lol. The boobs*
Keep up the good work Ayu, I appreciate it a lot that your subbing this series. Btw, do you release .mp4 or XviD files, or do I just keep finding your files in .mp4 (.mp4 is .mkv or Matroska)? Just wondering, because sometimes, teh subs on my VLC Media Player overlap each other.
r0b3rt Oh, fine, I guess I'll download this series and see what the fuss is all about...:-P
r0b3rt Um, a little question...I'm having the same problem as Jing here; the subtitles muck up for me sometimes, as they overlap each other. This has happened with other series I've watched as well...is there a way to fix this?
... Mkv sucks, because it often gets bugged. Why don't you encode into avi? And don't tell me to do it, because if I do that with the files, the subs are gone. And even if it did work to do that, the sub would be crap anyways if you convert from mkv to avi. At least that was what happened to me when I had a program to convert.
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 06 - Edge - 2007-08-30 19:15:24
We're slightly behind schedule at the moment, but nevertheless here's your dosage of Higurashi Kai. Enjoy.
Virtual_ManPL Thank You for the quality release !!!
I'm waiting for this, because WinD and Shinsen-Subs release this earlier, but always yours release was better in my opinion !!!
Keep good work !!!
Maxikki when ar u goin to release new umisho episodes
YoshiZumi whenever people like you stop asking for it
mouikkou Thanks for another episode of Higurashi! Your releases are always great, and I don't want to fill up my comp with low quality subs ^_-
sammeister man i just love this show. it aint really my style. but still i have to see all. wonderfull release keeep going whit this wonderfull work.
RichardJ Thanks for another brilliant sub of a great show!
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Baccano 04 - randall - 2007-08-26 08:16:03
So that's the release. But I have other things to mention.
1. Say goodbye to murders. He's quitting fansubbing for good due to uni commitments.
2. Say goodbye to martino. He's leaving for a holiday to Slovakia till 8th Sept. (No more Baccano till he returns)
3. Expect Zero no Tsukaima S2 to be released faster from now.
4. Thank our distro team for all their XDCC bots and BT seeding
The most important thing that I have to say is......
Please support www.yumesoftware.com - It is run by one of our staff who did this site as well. So if any of you need some web programming help, please visit them :D
suiton I don't know you "murders" and "martino" but I'm sure your work and hard efforts here at [Ayu] was beneficial to the overall progress to all of the projects. Thanks!
I hope to see more Umisho now as well.
-- suiton
29 grats on 500 :)
afan Can't wait for more Zero, always waiting for you. ^^
Wam525 Shame about the Baccano, but good news for Zero fans.
Also, please don't forget Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori, nearly finished the series now.
Thanks.
S. Congrats on your 500th release! Now get to 1000!
favamasa cant wait for more jigokufutakomori...
Penquin w00t. More Baccano! is always a good thing. Good luck with university murders, and have fun in Slovakia(Odd vacation choice, but whatever, if you're having fun.:p)martino! Now we just need a massive flood of votes for Baccano! to prove that even though sex sells, pure awesome sells better!
Dragon Requiem How come Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori is not on the voting list?
There should be an 'Other' option or something for the other series that [Ayu] are subbing.
martino Those look like just the most recent series that Ayu picked up to me... So...
randall yeah only for this season. and how come no one talks about yumesoftware! support yumesoftware!
Moriya How about finish Ikkitousen DD. Me want boob/pantsu.
Erick Aww... Baccano was just getting good... But Umisho and ZNT2 is still there so yay!
And gratz on the big 500!
Audel well its a shame for me to wait for the next ep of baccano, but better late than never, right? XD
Mogambo aw sheeit, last baccano for a while huh? i would have voted for baccano as your best show but my daughter clicked on murder princess (gakki!) which is only second coolest... enjoy hols, congrats, support yume, we like you, finish murder princess! (cliffhanger, yo!!!)
randall well murder princess 06 dvdiso won't be released till 29th aug
Alexiel Thank you so much for this release, this is really a wonderful series. I like Baccano! very much :D I'm sad for murders and martino, although it's good that martino is returning :D
suiton I voted for Umisho (of course) and as it turns out, it's currently [Ayu]'s most popular project.
-- suiton
martino Suiton, can you please stop making those kind of comments (your typical Umisho-love ones), because they are so totally not related to this topic. If you don't, I certainly won't hesitate to ban you. It's getting on my nerves...
sammeister I voted for Umisho (of course) and as it turns out, it's currently [Ayu]'s most popular project. -- sammeister
sammeister srry had to do it.
S<>M I'm looking forward to ZnT S2 releases.. Yeap!!! lol Keep up with the great work!!
YoshiZumi looks like sammeister wants a ban from martino
Inugami Well, there's the bright side to this blatant fanboy/girl-ism: At least they chose Ayu, right? n.n;
sammeister its not like that.. its just.... well.. its to hard to tell how and what. when its about expressing feelings. then... its too hard for me. btw vvery nice release. i hope the baccano series doesnt end at 4 :P ''wonderful keep up the good work''
martino @Yoshi
Yes... In fact he is, only problem (or call it luck) is that I'm too lazy to log in. ;_;
sammeister there aint such thing as luck for me o.o i always haved bad luck and still have.
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Zero no Tsukaima Futatsuki no Kishi ep. 02 - [P]ako - 2007-08-25 15:42:49
A new episode of the second season to the ZnT series. We have a zombie here, but it eats no brains (what a weirdo, eh?). I should speak no further or else I will spoil it, at least for those who await for our version.
noelhoi Damn, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this late-kinda release but anyhow, <3 thank you ^3^
YoshiZumi um, thanks?
martino Did F-B release already? I need to leech their version...
/me runs from all the staff
rocketreal I'll admit that I download and watch from Your-Mom (but omg, what horrible releases), but only to get the gist of the episode, this is where I get it for archive and of course the occasional drooling over the... well not the flat chest, but its nice to drool over Henrietta as well :-P
AsWaNg omg ive been waiting for this i dont watch other release coz i trust ss-ayu's release good thing its already out... hope its a bit faster nxt time though but still im waiting ^^
suiton I'll be waiting for more Umisho like always. Keep it up!!
Loliko There's no need to badmouth other groups on our releases' comments sections...
Penquin No, really, they deserve to be insulted, they're that bad. As for who I think the best looking char is, I don't think she's in the show at episode 2, she shows up in 3 or 4 if I'm remembering correctly. And she's very healthy, if you know what I mean.
randall suiton only loves boobs
SM Thanks again.. Keep it up.. lol xD
sammeister for those who keep complaining that it goes slow. understand it takes time and a lot of work. because work cost time. by complaining, you don't give the respect they deserve... and it might even a reason for them to quit if it goes on.
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Baccano! ep. 03 v2 - [P]ako - 2007-08-17 16:08:32
This v2 corrects the small glitch at min. 10:07 that can be seen in v1. The glitch is not an encoding error but a muxing one (when one put the subs and the font and the audio and the video into a container). If you remux the file by yourselves it will not fix the video. Get this new version if you care about about the video. The subs are still the same.
BruHaha eh...the muxing only messes up the flames at that part. nothing too bad.
sammeister wow this is really something. episodes are flying by like birds in da sky.
keep up da good stuf lady ^.^
krr Rename the old file to "[Ayu]_Baccano!_-_03v2_[21C87935].mkv" and start the torrent. Then it's already over 99% complete and will only take a minute to finish. :x
[P]ako @krr nice trick, I didn't think of that one myself, awesome. And it makes sense, it was an error muxing the same video.
krr It's worth a try if v1 was slightly garbled. Works like half of the time. The percentage is of course pretty random, but it certainly speeds things up. Eg in this case only 2 pieces (512kb) had to be downloaded. :)
Moriya hmmm, how are my hamsters and his babies have to do with this v2? *confuse* >_<
cyruz Thanks for the fast fix! You guys work really hard it seems! :D
AltaGid Hello! Help solve the problem.
Very often try to enter the site, but says that the password is not correct.
Regrettably use of remembering. Give like to be?
Thank you!
YoshiZumi There's nothing to sign in on the site. We don't have forums.
suiton Great to see Ayu cares enough to fix smaller errors and release a version 2.
Although I don't follows this series, it's good to see such quality put into your releases.
I'll be waiting on more Umisho.
-- suiton
sammeiste5r thats what this site missing. a forum. o.o
sammeister damn that 5 was in the way :/
sarutan fo5rums...more than one page of news would be a start
Mogambo Nice sub of a cool-ass series... i had a different fansub of #1 but i d/led yours instead so they all match...
Penquin I personally didn't mind the small glitch, but it's cool to see you guys care enough to fix it.
sammeister very nice. i am amazed whit this speed. keep going ~~lots of respect for ya~~
sammeister btw i'm the first one to comment this ~~happy~~
elwillow Sweet!
but sadly, I just packed my stuff for a month :(
martino Nobody likes this anime... How sad. :<
50119 I don't think so, it's just that nobody is commenting.
Anyway, nice karaoke effect, thanks. Could I know how you created those "lightning effect" things? still a noob
martino Those were created using some SSA parser that the KFX person wrote himself... So, your next best thing would be either to try AFX (ugh) or LUA. ;_;
50119 Thanx for the tip, I'll try it.
Hope you guys will finish ep 6 soon.
Mogambo Well tech talk aside, i adore this show, and now thanks to me so does my daughter and my fat gay indian friend, so here's us all shouting out at once in a very peculiar triple tone... ep 6 soon please! (did i mention you rock?)
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First Baccano 3 and now Umisho 6 - YoshiZumi - 2007-08-16 19:49:22
Baccano 3 is out and now so is episode 6 of Umisho. Who likes childhood friends? I do. Now enjoy.
galinagirll hello , you have a very nice site, but Im hired to leave advertising comments on sites, sorry i hate to do it but i have to . If you dont like advertising comments please send me an email with your site address to
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Sunny awesome !!
bLaCk_cAt Hello !! Thx for Baccano 3 ^^
What is the font you used to write “Ayu presents†in the opening of Baccano ?
Silver Mine Keep them coming.. lol Wouldn't mind some more Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi please.. ^-^;
vulgaros thanks, kindly! :)
Joshy B. Was rather disappointed by this ep. The last 5 felt like they were heading towards something, this one felt rather stand alone.
sammeister yay more hot chicks an boobs. HAIL AYU!!!!
awesome really awesome work. WE WANT MORE.
Ashi Three cheers for another great release! Keep up the good work guys!
niks Arigato gosaimase %)) (for Umisho):)
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Baccano! 02 - martino - 2007-08-13 15:32:19
Here it is, episode 2 (with a small delay) of this series which makes me want to replay Mafia again (that'd be for the 3rd time now). So similar, but yet so different...
(I'd write something pretty funny, but I guess you could call it a spoiler. Or at least for people who haven't seen episode 1 of this great series, so I won't bother.)
cyruz Amen martino, I also thought of playing Mafia again (6th time :D) after watching Baccano!. Thanks for another quality release, just watched it. Keep up the great work!
ephemeral thank you so much for this release ^^ ganbatte ~ i can't wait for more ^^
RainyFrog Thanks so much! I'm starting to really like this anime; this ep. was even better than the first!
Penquin w00t. This is an awesome show, thanks for picking it up.
Voxune Thank you ^^
ifthePRICEisright most enjoyable anime this season. Ayu has really picked awesome animes to sub! good job
Brad Oh man, this episode was hilarious. Thanks for subbing this show!
sammeister i dont wanne sound like an jerk but. WE WANT MORE!! WE WANT MORE!! WE WANT MORE!!
i know it takes some time to make the subs and all. but still WE WANT MORE :P xDD
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 05 - Edge - 2007-08-09 18:19:30
More Higurashi Kai for you all. Hope you enjoy this episode, it's certainly a good one. It's available in the usual places, so get downloading.
In other news, you may have noticed that the special Higurashi OVA, "Nekogoroshi-hen" was recently released (I say released, but it was in fact only issued to people in Japan who collected every single DVD of S1). Anyhow, rest assured, we will be doing this too, it's just not a priority right now. But don't worry, it'll be along sooner or later. Anyhow, enjoy episode five.
ephemeral thank youuu~ you're the best group subbing higurashi i love you~
btw when are you going to release the second episode of baccano? i can't wait, you're the only group that picked up that show ;-; it's so good, i'll wait for your sub ^^
Talisman Thanks for 5 epiisode, just continue good job
Kusaka Thank you for episode 5! I love your guys subs for this series! Always worth the wait. ^^b
The only problem is I can't seem to play episode 5. I was just wondering if it was just me and my bad comp. I loaded it with Zoom Player and it said an error occurred.
cyruz Good to hear you'll sub the special, too. Looking forward to watching this 5th episode, thanks a lot once again!
cyruz Sorry for the dbl comment. @Kusaka: no problems here, neither with MPC nor with ZoomPlayer.
sammeister awesome show really awesome you just have to see it. another great release ty to the ayu team
suiton Just go get Combined Community Codec Pack and you'll be fine. Make sure you uninstall any other codec related thing under Control Panel's Add/Remove Program list first.
-- suiton
Penquin Can't wait for your subs of the bonus episode. Here's a preview of it's awesome awesomeness.
img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot20070801223419cw4.png
martino @ephemeral: I'm the encoder of Bccano and I am on holiday. Coming back tomorrow so you should expect the second episode of Baccano soon. Hopefully... ^_^
(Murder Princess 5 too I guess)
ephemeral @martino: yay ^^ i can't wait, thank you for your hard work ~ ^-^
Phibrizza Yay! I'm SO glad you'll be doing the special ova. I had *just* come here to ask about it and then I read this wonderful news ^^ I love your Higurashi releases, and will be waiting for your release of this one. You're the best!
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Zero no Tsukaima Season 2 ep. 01 - [P]ako - 2007-08-09 12:51:15
Finally the episode 01 gets to see the light. Go to the projects page for a summary of the series.
cyruz Yesh! I've been waiting and I'm sure you guys did a great job, HD as well! Can't wait to see it... again. :D
Haru I assume that 720p upscaled release uses the 720p upscaled raw that seems HD.
Also, why not MKV?
[P]ako The raw doesn't seem an upscale. It was broadcasted by Tokyo MX through their digital signal (www.mxtv.co.jp/company/english/english.html)
MKV and MP4 are containers. If you asked for softsubs, we decided to release it as hardsubs only.
Silver Mine Domo arigato gozaimasu ^-^
Minatsuki No Hi-Vision logo on the raw makes it an upscale on my book. Nice quality though.
Dealon Great release as usual. This show do not look HD to me though,perhaps a broadcast station upscale? Anyway, hope to see softsub in future shows,and any chance of doing this season in DVDs in future?:p
sammeister awesome i have to wait till ep~ 5 >.<
good show good show
Raziel666 I was eagerly waiting for your version and I wasn't mistaken - fantastic work overall! Thanks a lot.
50119 Just wondering, why is the filesize 200MB not 175 or 233 as usual?
[P]ako @50119, I shall answer you with a question too, Why should we be going bigger when we can go smaller?
YoshiZumi women say bigger is better
50119 @[P]ako: yes but why not 175? The previous releases have quite good quality even at 140MB.
Dealon I for 1 do not care about file size. DVD-rs are cheap nowadays not to mention a 300gb hardisk. This release is in higher resolution than the norm(putting aside its true HD or not), 175 may be too little bitrate?
[P]ako It's a video with 1280x720 of resolution. At that resolution is imposible to have a 140 MB nice looking file without nuking detail. Same goes with 175 MB.
unangbangkay Not to sound like a jerk, but I sincerely hope you'll be able to catch up. I like the job you guys did with season 1 and would much prefer to read your group's subs than the others. Yours seem to flow better.
sammeister the1280x720 aint nothing for me yet. my video card cant keep up the speed. and even overclocking my video card aint helping to. 680x480 is fair enough for me lol
[P]ako You need more CPU not more GPU to playback videos.
sammeister lol get your self a master game pc whit an quad processor and a kick ass nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
, that should do tha trick lol
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Umisho EP5 - YoshiZumi - 2007-08-07 23:24:16
Hello, it's your favorite swimming anime this season. Find out what happens when Kaname and Amuro starting living together by watching this episode.
kami P.S. Yoshi likes to imagine himself wearing Shizuoka's panties
YoshiZumi stfu fgt
bodizzle I keep getting a slight delay between the video and the audio any1 know how to fix it?
FUCKING MASTER the way u clear the delay, is that u dl combined community codec, and u make sure u defragment your computer. kk you welcome
roia love your work plz keep it up.. and thank you for the ep
AltaGid Hello! Help solve the problem.
Very often try to enter the forum, but says that the password is not correct.
Regrettably use of remembering. Give like to be?
Thank you!
randall i wonder where's the forum lol
sunny thx a lot ! <3 all your new projects
bmer How come the episode isn't subbed?
suiton nice. i hope this episode is good and well quality checked.
baley Thanks for the release ^^
jakkarth Why do people keep saying this episode isn't subbed? It's soft-subbed just like the other 4 we've released. Nothing's changed. Use whatever codec pack and turn on subtitles and there you go.
sammeister aah yes another episode has been released. wonderful and ty.
~~LONG LIVE ANIME and core media player lol~~
sammeister btw Does anyone know. If there is an burn progamme. Thats able to burn mkv on to an disk, That i'm able to watch it on television. Instaid that i always have to watch it on my computer. I use the newest nero and still he says unknowne file format or something like that.
Laion wohooo! Thanks for another great release!
randall that's why i hate softsubs
KK FInaly here i love you
Hitokiri Nothing wrong with the subs >_>
Thanks for the releases ayu
KamilPOLAND Thansks for your hard work
Oni-Chiisu Awesome, more boobs *shot*
suiton Yes. I agree.
The episode is very well quality checked and there is nothing that I can see wrong with it.
The font is there and the episode # in the preview for the next episode is correct (unlike episode 04 but i dont really care)..
Great job with Umisho 05.
I'll be looking forward to the next episodes!!
-- suiton
Shaky I have the latest version of CCCP, and yet this release was very badly pixelated as when digital video breaks up into blocks. The previous episodes weren't like that. I appreciate all the effort that goes into something like this, but unfortunately it was difficult to watch.
[P]ako Shaky, please update your AVC decoder.
Shaky That worked! Thanks for the suggestion. What I don't understand, though, is why the first three episodes played fine, then this one went to hell. Seems weird to change encoding methods in the middle of a series.
[P]ako We often update our codecs, new revisions of the x264 bring fixes to existing problems. AVC compensates for said problems, but when they are fixed then it breaks.
lollikemad can up load more show of this
npcomplete Excellent work as always! BTW, please continue using softsubs since it provides a way for people to adjust their fonts as well as a source of raws for music video authors (especially since raw torrents dry up very quickly) or fansubbers of other languages.
Berserker Good episode, good quality, but why does the video player lag when I play mkv files? And why not use avi?
[P] AVI and MKV are containers. Your computer is lagging because it can barely play video encoded with x264 (H.264).
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai EP 4 - YoshiZumi - 2007-08-04 23:03:18
Ladies and gentlemen, episode 4 of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai is now available.
Oni-Chiisu Yay, yay, nother Higurashi to add to my collection ^____^
Yasha Thank you guys! Your releases rock ^^
sammeister nice very nice,
i don't need it :P
got all the shows anyways hehehe
YoshiZumi you don't need it? uh, ok.
Penquin He's referring to the fact that other sub groups are up to episode 5 already. I watched another group (Ni-paa~)'s subs of 5 before you guys posted this. I'll be using faster groups to watch as they're released, but I'll probably use your guys' releases for watching the whole thing again before the DVD.
YoshiZumi uhhh, thanks?
Penquin Well, you guys do high quality releases, but other groups are faster, and with this particular show, I want to see what happens as soon as possible. That's why I go with a lower quality but faster sub for this show, personally.
James W Really I don't see the point in downloading the same episode twice, if you like high quality good subs download from here but thats a waste watching it twice.
SeenueWeevild I apologize, but what the best finance articles you know?
What you'll recommend me?
RichardJ Screw seeing it 'as soon as possible', I prefer to wait a short while and watch it with top quality subs. Thanks, Ayu!
Penquin Eh, I guess I must be weird watching shows multiple times then. Sorry if anyone at Ayu feels insulted, that wasn't my intention(I used Ayu for 1-3 and really liked them) and neither was starting an argument. My bad.
Oni-Chiisu Huh? Faster groups? Screw that, Ayu all the way!
Yggdrasil Dear Ayu, please don't slow down now. You are the only group to sub Umisho. And I really like your Baccano! subs too. Ever thought about dropping Higurashi? Enough other groups are subbing it. Just an idea.
mouikkou Ayu dropping Higurashi S:2? Hope that won't happen. Ayu's version of Higurashi FTW
Edge >Yggdrasil
Thanks for the compliments. However -- no, we will not drop Higurashi Kai. We subbed the first season, and announced plans to sub the second season long before any other group announced they too were going to do the show. If you don't wish to watch our version, just download your preferred group and leave us be. Thanks.
Yggdrasil Those were just my 2 cents. Because recently most groups subbing multiple series either stall/drop them or simply disband (or release like 1 ep in 2 months). Just hope that Ayu is spared from this :)
Edge >Yggdrasil: Fair enough. Rest assured that won't happen, Ayu has more than enough staff to handle all our current projects -- if you view the credits on our releases you'll notice they're not the same people doing the same jobs. Our stalled projects only happen when a team member is MIA or busy (i.e. Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori). Hope that answers any fears you may have had.
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The Third 1st R1 DVD out - stop distribution - [P]ako - 2007-08-01 20:06:49
As per our current policy we have taken down the torrent for Jak's beloved series The Third. If you loved our subs, please support the anime industry by purchasing the DVDs.
suiton So it would seem another anime series bites the dust to a licensing company.
-_-
Anyway, I'll be looking forward to more Umisho! =P
-- suiton
50119 @gaubbopay/choidayChoish: yeah yeah whatever who cares about it, JUST FUCK OFF, THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE PORN, damn it!
Anyways my thanks to ayu.
suiton those ads and spam stuff in the comment section is getting annoying!
>_<
sammeister hmm this ayu person is giving some really nice anime. sigh~ i wish there were more ayu's
Penquin @suiton
I think it's good more series are getting licensed. It means we'll get more official stuff in the US. Maybe one day if anime gets big enough in the US, anime companies will start airing shows with subs in the US as they're aired in Japan instead of making us wait for DVDs to be licensed. I don't see anything negative for the industry, just for people who think they deserve it all for free.
LabAnt Thoroughly enjoyed The Third. Even got my fiance to watch it, and liked it. Planned to buy the DVD's as they come out, but no luck. Currently unavailable where we live. Soon... Soon...
hell Jigoku shoujo is still on trackers and it is also licensed
[P]ako Our policy is to stop distribution when the first R1 DVD is released. The first DVD of Jigoku Shoujo is scheduled to release on Oct. 23rd of 2007. That day we will take the torrent down.
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Baccano! Episode ONE - randall - 2007-08-01 10:56:17
No more boobs from Umisho. Now to some 'monsters' in Baccano! Enjoy!! ^_^
*Note from encoder: If you don't like the banding in the encode you can remove some of it (it also smoothes out a fair amount of detail, hence I didn't incude it in the encode itself) by using FFDShow for decoding; Go into the "FFDShow Video Decoder Configuration" and on the left look for "DeBand". Check the box, play around with the slider setting (the default should be more than fine, though you can lower the Threshold to leave more detail intact and also more banding too) and hit "Apply". Remember to uncheck it when you finish watching this episode.
Merines martino encoded this, didn't he? I could tell from the note. ^^; In any case, thanks for the release.
Nox Thanks for subing this!
Seems to be a really sweet anime. :D
SleeperJack Nifty, I'm lucky you guys picked this up
Anone Yay...new anime to follow this season
Voxune LOVE!
Thanks you verry very much xD
gnys no x-vid version?
[P]ako Nope. One version, that's all.
Elwillow Thanks for this.
Nice ending theme karaoke btw
wild7 Nice work guys! The translation is great.Thanks for subbing this series.
timpan thanks for this episode it was good, nothing wrong with the encode
The Partisan Thanks for doing this series. Looks promising. And I commend you on the karaoke at the end. The Partisan approves.
Keep 'em comin'. Rock on.
sammeister one of the kick ass anime's yayayay! i donno but ya got my respect ^.^
Penquin Great show. I want the OST now, the music is awesome. And nice to see they're not afraid to show the violence.
Rericsso This show freakin rules!
LabAnt Very promising. thanks for picking this up!
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Umisho ep 04 v2 released - [P]ako - 2007-07-29 15:50:06
As the title says. The torrent for the v1 has been taken down.
The Staff
juggen shit, i was scared there for a second when i saw a different font.
this saved me from changing it back myself ^^
jakkarth It's all my fault. I bow to anosumo's superior muxing abilities, and will let him do his job instead of screwing it up from now on. Sorry for the confusion!
korby There seems to be a slight video delay compared to the audio.
bodizzle Yeah, I got the video delay too, is it just my comp or something with the file?
Cermer ^_^ Slight correction it's Viva! Generation not Fever Generation.
Thanks for the uploads!
Josh Woah! you guys are seriously speedy with your releases, I'm really impressed!
vietnamese Thx, i'm very appreciate your hard work
YoshiZumi Yes, we know it's Viva Generation. You're not the only one who got a copy of the official lyrics.
YoshiZumi And yes, we will be fixing it.
Shadow Is it me or ep4 v2 has no sound.
YoshiZumi we wouldn't release something with no sound.
Frozen Wrong number in Next Episode Preview: "Episode 4 - Do you want mine, too?".
suiton Gah! I can't believe that there are still stuff "wrong" with the episode...even with a version 2 release.
A version 3 is in the works perhaps? If not, then whatever.
50119 Thanks all the way from Vietnam, u guys are really fast ^^.
@PornoTViweb: just fuck off, go to some porn forum, nobody welcome you here.
50119 Uh, sorry 4 misstyping the word "welcomes"
GT1 hahaha come on its silly about the font,i mean i dont give a fuck about what font it is as long as one can read it :D
YoshiZumi GT1, thank you.
I would hug you if I could.
Yoku @Subs: I don't really mind the font either q,q"
@Content: Has this series actually some kind of plot? Or will they go on talking about boobs? =D
hahaha You do like boobs? are you homo and prfer dicks instead?
martino What if that person was a girl? Now personally, I'd prefer some plot too rather than just fanservice all the time... >_>
Boneless This episode won't play on mine or my brother's computer. any suggestions?
Inugami @Boneless: Go to http://www.cccp-project.net/
Read the FAQ for install instructions, install, and everything should work fine.
wjxxhulka66n6 When I open this on Zoom Player my computer restarts, I think you guys should of kept the first version. :(
boneless I have the k-lite codex pack, it works better on my computer than cccp cause it doesn't screw up my other programs as much. I used to have cccp, but as i mentioned it doesn't like my computer very much.
[P]ako wjxxhulka66n6, try reinstalling your video card drivers. This trick often works.
sammeister dont ya just love core media player cccp combo :D i like this site. lol from now of on i'm gonna check it every day. whau the one who does this all has an great heart i can tell ya that. ~~respect~~
KamilPOLAND Hello from Poland ! Umisho rulez, keep up the good work and ~~respect~~
bmer Before i download this,is the full episode subbed?
bmer eh i said whatever and downloaded it, but no subtitles. Is there another file or video player that will give me the subs? right now im using vlc player
sammeister just use core media player + cccp and nothing can go wrong.
bmer thanks it worked
sammeister ya welcome ^.^
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Umisho EP4 - YoshiZumi - 2007-07-29 15:06:27
We have a small problem in our EP4 rls. We forgot to add the font file so when you watch it, you will probably get a lame arial font. So we will be releasing a version 2, so please bare with us.
suiton Yay.
I'll seed the file like I said.
=P
-- suiton
baley thanks for the release ^^
sammeister another wonderful post. lol must comment everything xD i just <3 to comment things~!! especially how wonderful it is!! its wonderfully wonderful ain't that wonderful ^.^ keep up the awesome work!!
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 03 - Edge - 2007-07-26 16:50:06
More Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai for you to enjoy. You can grab it from the usual places.
Also, just an update for those of you waiting on our DVD releases: volume 1 hits shelves in Japan on September 21st, so you can expect us to re-release all episodes which feature on the DVD not too shortly after.
Anyway, episode 4 aired earlier, so look forward to that! Thanks for flying Ayu.
cyruz Heh ^_^ . Looking forward to watching this episode, thanks again!
death to all b00b1es 13 i demand more r0r1z
Mathes thanks =)
Laion Thank you for another great release! I've become another fan of you guys!
Oni-Chiisu Thanks again, ayu. The subtitles look kinda funny when you turn them on, though >_>
kami In what way do they look funny?
tabber subtitles are fine, i bet he's usin somethin like a vlc player to play mkv... -_-
50119 Thanks, you guys are fast. BTW, Yoroshiku's subbing this, too, but they finished ep 1 only. You guys have quite lots of extra donate this month. Yep I want to donate too but I can't, living in Vietnam has lots of disadvantages.
Orion Great releases guys! The encoding looks solid, the translations are top notch, and you guys are FAST considering the quality of your releases. Keep up the good work!
SIlver Mine Thanks again for another release of Umisho.. I can't wait till the next episode. ^0^
Toyu Wow, you guys have a lot of notable projects going on, my favorite being Umisho.
Thanks guys ^^
anon Shit Script Font, please change it.
[P]ako Anon, if you don't like the font you can just change it to anything you like. It's softsubbed, in case you haven't noticed it.
CS How about... chapter stops then? They'd be helpful in skipping the annoyingly bad OP and are recommended when using MKV or MP4. :)
anon [P]ako, I know it's soft subbed, but since when does Ayu do such a terrible Script Font?
Moriya Yea, Ayu sucks, don't download it
[P]ako Anon, what is the font you are getting?
martino Arial FTW... >_>
YoshiZumi Ok, that's enough. If you don't like what we release, don't download it. Simple as that.
Moriya If u don't like the fonts style, just use mkvmixtool and put it whatever font and color u want, since it's soft sub ^_^
CS Seriously... include some chapter stops atleast even though the font is too transparent... LOL @ Moriya...
fibbles Most anime intros are 1m30s in length, learn to use your media player's navigation bar :x
You're complaining as if you'd payed for this sub...
randomtask Zero no Tsukaima?
YoshiZumi No, this is Umisho.
dandad1 Awsome sub thanks for releasing it so quick, do you know why the credits are in the middle?
suiton Woo! Nice job again Ayu! I can't wait for the rest of the series!
Keep it up!
--suiton
MauriceDaMooch What should I use instead of VLC player to watch .mkvs? Ive always had a problem when watching softsubs on VLC player. [Will there ever be a chance of Hardsubs?]
martino If you are on Windows install CCCP and use one of the players that come with it. If you are on Mac OS/*nix use mplayer. And there is no chance of hardsubs, plus softsubs rule... ^_^
anon YoshiZumi; The thing is I love Ayu's Releases, but the font is just a bad choice for this series.
I also don't like switching the font's around in files as it makes my CRC's invalid :(
martino And what's so wrong with having invalid CRCs after changing the contents of the release? It's not like it's going to kill you, or is it? The font/style was chosen by the team, and it stays. If you don't like it, then that's your problem. Change font and remux, or go watch Yoroshiku's version...
Juggen thx for subbing Umisho, I've started to really like this show ^^.
And some people around here seems pretty damn stupid.
imo, both OP-song and font are pretty good.
And It's not even Arial. Stop using shit like VLC! And stop bitching plz!
YoshiZumi well, if you really want the font to be changed, maybe you should donate some money to us. lol
Inugami Yoshi, how does the Ayu staff put up with retardation of the common leecher? You all seem so godly... Why can't you just punish them with a lightning bolt or get them girlfriends to keep them busy?
YoshiZumi Godly? Yeah, right. We just have to keep subbing with the, "if you don't like it, don't download it" attitude.
[P]ako Complaining about fansubs is like complaining about free beer. Other groups do take advice from the users. We don't, why? Because it's humanly impossible to satisfy everyone.
YoshiZumi *claps* *starts to cry* Pako couldn't have said it any better.
kami wtf, whats wrong with the font? geez :(
Oni-Chiisu Nothing at all! Maybe it's just me, but I don't care about the look of the sub, so long as it's there.
Laion Stop whining about the font. Just do what YoshiZumi said, if you don't like, don't download it. By the way, the font is perfectly fine.
serg666 Release is great, but i was wondering...
Ending starts at 17.05, after it at 18.35 again goes part of the episode, which ends with preview. Is it OK, or some mistake during coding?
elwillow Thanks for the "font fixes". it plays better on VLC now (and yes, I don't have the choice of using VLC, no admin. right).
YoshiZumi If the ending starting at 17:05 was a mistake, it certainly wasn't ours. We wouldn't purposely place an ending song in the middle of an episode, we can at least guarantee that. That wouldn't make very much sense now, would it?
Minatsuki Softsubs = OWNZ
Hardsubs = FAILZ
@serg666
There are raws of Umisho that feature mistakes, heck, there's even an eps 03 raw with the first half being of eps 01. At least this has the whole eps 3.
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 02 - Edge - 2007-07-21 19:58:16
And so episode one of the first arc of Kai, exclusive to the anime, kicks off...
Grab the episode from our torrents page or alternatively hop onto IRC and download via one of the bots in our channel.
Episode four of this series which is finally starting to get interesting is out (or at least in my opinion). Grab it while it's still hot... That is if you haven't grabbed it already from the other groups..
Naomasa298 You mean it wasn't interesting before with lolis, blood and girl-lub? What kind of anime fan are you? ;D
kaitou Nice release ;)
Hope Ayu's eps.5 will be out as fast as the raw release ^^"
saka Do I sense some hesitation there? I've always appreciated Ayu's quality subbing, and I think you get a lot more into the translation than the other groups. Thanks for subbing. ^_^
DIM I will agree with saka above.Thanks for another quality subbing people, keep up the good work!
Drizzt I finaly seen episode 4 was realy good thanks a lot for all of your hard work keep it up.
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 01 - Edge - 2007-07-16 06:59:30
Unfortunately, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai appears to this season's oversub victim (anyone else feeling a sense of déjà vu with a certain series by the name of Chrno Crusade?). Nevertheless, we're proud to be jumping aboard the oversub ship. Shame it's so crowded, but c'est la vie.
Just an early notice: we have decided that we will be re-releasing each and every episode of this series as the R2 DVDs gradually come out in Japan. Why you ask? Well, the TV sources for this series are quite frankly cringe worthy.
cyruz Yes, it is an oversub victing but you know your fans! I didn't touch any of the other ones anyway. Thanks so much for this, also looking forward to the DVD releases later on. Keep it up Ayu!
ven Chrno Crusade, however , turned into one of the most sucking series I ever watched...
danccm well this isn't the only oversub series this season another one is ZnT season 2 so far i seen 4 fansubs including ayu plans makes 5. well i dont caount SHS since they always go for the most series sub.
CorrsPT Go Ayu. I've been waiting for your work in this one :)
Mauneydy Thanks a lot! :]
Lil'E Yay! Ayu's version is out. Can't wait until it's finished downloading.
.tomi The quality isn't that bad! Well, DVDs are better, though. :)
Axlen You like it so please help kick the donation number for the month.... please :)
James W I didnt know there were other people subbing Higurashi S2 so on the poll you should have a "What! other people sub it" or something to that effect
sInugami I believe the oversubbing is due to groups that want more publicity. That's what happens when the first season of a show is popular or the show is overhyped >.>
Inugami But my virgin eyes are about to be tainted by Ayu... I'm dedicated n.n
advneko From the first season of Higurashi, I've always watch Ayu's version. You guys is the best!
regiman I am very thankful to AYU and his staff for releasing the second episode of this marvelous series.
Keep up the good job, you guys rocks.
cyruz When I started watching Higurashi's first season I went with Ayu but later switched to WinD. Upon rewatching I noticed that Ayu's version is superior though so I replaced my archived files again and I'm going to stick with you guys for this season as well. I hope I can squeeze out a little donation.
.Hack i woulddonate if i had money
mouikkou Ayu's version is out! ...6 other groups? Last time there was only 4... well, I still trust Ayu more than any other group and hadn't downloaded other groups' Higurashi S2 releases, but I think I'd just pick WinD if I have to choose between them.
Alex I just got watching Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and...I'm lost. Regardless of that though, you guys did a really nice job subbing it. I think I'll wait until the DVDs come out before I start downloading S2 but I'm looking forward to it until then. On another note, I probably shouldn't be asking this but I was wondering, why is the torrent for S1 not on your site but it seems to still exist on your tracker? I understand it's licensed and all but meh.. ^^"
danccm wow i seen the raws and the 1st chp of manga and now your subs cool...like otogi no mashi rena style manga in anime
ShuffleX WoW!!
Thats some speed.
Thank you.
cyruz That's fast. I'll check it out though I have to admit I'´m more looking forward to your Higurashi release. ^^
Ewik Thnx for subbing! Do you know if this will have a 13eps or ~24 eps?
Fimbulvetr It will have at least 13 eps, end dates are unknown.
I saw this release is mkv, does that mean I can hope for softsubs?
nyx damn nice work
thanks for subbing it it's looks like a really great series judging by the first ep
Inugami Ewik: Check http://anidb.info
balaneth hum interesting ... i feel like i kinda wanna take this home eventually
btw... the subtitles are rather bad
only clearly readable if not viewing in full screen mode
Frank Uh.. Why is it that there aren't any subs except for the opening song?
Frank Nevermind. Apparently with VLC player you have to enable English Subtitles.
Animetreehouse.com Can't wait to watch it, thanks!
martino Frank, on the Windows platform use CCCP and one of the players that it comes with. On Mac OS/Linux use mplayer. VLC is not recommended, because it ignores the styles and the subtitles then use an ugly Arial font.
0rion Thanks for subbing this show! Looks like you guys are doing a great job, especially considering that this release was pretty quick. Keep up the good work!
Inugami I used VLC once, and found it very user UNfriendly and uninstalled it immediately... It's much easier to install CCCP and use MPC.
Koroku VERY nicely done. Hundreds of kudos go to the typesetter. The SFX backgrounds were wonderfully done... :)
And the karaoke is *_* The opening is gorgeous. Very well done.
Just a single point I might like to bring up. The final line in the opening sounds a bit more like "Believer Generation" instead of "Fever Generation"... and it seems to fit a bit better into the song? ^^
I wasn't originally planning on following this series... but I think I may have to... I really liked how you guys did the episode. This is what subbing should look like. :)
JIGOKU IS JIGOKU SHOJO DROPPED???
ToxicCookie @Jigoku~Is this the right place to be asking that???
suiton Hoping to see Umisho Episode 02 soon!
Keep it up Ayu!!
vedd pity me have to wait someone else sub it in avi
Inugami Looks like spam... Smells like spam... But it certainly doesn't taste like spam...
martino Spam removed ~
>_>
Arfus maybe this isent the right place but when is the sub out?
jhkplaya888 hey is there any chance you can release the second episode in avi format not mkv?
rakanishu @jhkplaya888
I'm afraid there's no chance at all. And that's good.
2Ayu staff
Softsubbed mkv is great. But I think you should choose a better font.
And finish Futakomori. We will wait, take your time, just don't drop it. Please.
jhkplaya888 why is there no chance at all?, i mean cant ayu release both mkv AND avi, cause some people like using avi to put on disk or something and playing it on there tv...
martino Because there is no chance. If the encoder wanted to release AVI too it would have been out already. So be good leechers, stop bitching about playing it on TV, and get a goddamn TV-Out cable. ~_~
Yossy OMG, no avi? I'm gonna take a crap and eat it.
jhkplaya888 sigh =(... mai only other option is the long way... with striping the mkv subs then manually puting them on avi =(... i dont know why ayu wont release it in avi format it would be alot easyer
Inugami jhkplaya888: Easier for you or Ayu's team? MKV softsubs allow faster/easier subbing since you don't have to do all that crap to encode the subs into the video. Allows them to release faster. But I'd have to agree with martino on the TV-out. Get a laptop, TV-out cable, and possibly an external hard drive. It can save you money and is portable. Used this method to bring fansubs to school for clubs.
Fansub groups are there to bring the show to you and in a language you can understand, nothing more. They are not required to do anything more than translate. So you're pretty much at the mercy of fansub groups. They are not obligated to do shows in different file formats.
jhkplaya888 i have a external hard-drive, but the tv cant play mkv files...how would u hook up the external to tv, so it can play mkv fles?
leftofblue I have a d_link media server, it lets me play avi formats from my PC onto the TV (nice for when I have friends over to watch). But it only works on hard sub avi's...
sammeister wha where is suiton!??!?! cant find him here. lol
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NEW SHOWS THIS SEASON - YoshiZumi - 2007-07-08 19:59:19
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD POST(I THINK) ABOUT WHAT SHOWS WE ARE PICKING UP. WE ARE PICKING UP THE FOLLOWING SHOWS.
random yes, yes i think we get it. At least we should be getting it. But I don't know about the people who don't get it.
danccm wow thats kinda lot for you guys.. i am really looking forward to it...and i hope the pace will pick up too
YoshiZumi people haven't been getting it. people come in daily and ask so I thought I'd clarify it for the 3rd time.
that one guy whoohooo! can't wait for zero no tsukaima season 2, thanks a million for piking it up!
Stelgim I just watched the raw episode of zero no tsukaima. I understood mostly of the story, but I'll watch the subbed too of course.
anifan Zero no tsukaima FTW. looking forward to the new season greatly.
cyruz Lol. Very much looking forward all of those.
cyruz *to all of those, typos ftl.
juggen Just wondering..... how stupid are your fans?
martino The same as your average non-narutard-like leecher (so not very).
Silver Mine I can't wait till a sub version of Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi come out. The first episode wasn't too bad. It only mentions 12 episodes for this series compared to the first season which had 13 episodes. I wonder if this is the last series of Zero no Tsukaima. hmmm....
Doompa Hopefully Zero no Tsukaima will get a large priority by you guys. You have very good quality subs and the people who are doing it now have fansubs with quality that are just a little lacking.
.tomi Will Tsukaima S2 be a joint with SS, too?
addman i about to die in waiting for ZERO NO TSUKAIMA SEASON 2
Balaneth need both higurashi no naku koro ni kai and zero no tsukaima, and i need it now >_< im suffering... really... give it to me ... onegai... please... bitte... plx... s' il vous plâit... pls
No really ;) I cant wait to see those.
Silent Xenocide Woooo Zero no Tsukaima 2!! I just finished the first season this morning, it was great. I hope you guys encode it the same way so I can stream it to my 360.
Kelocena Miso happy! I can't wait for ZnT! You and Static did such an amazing job on the first season.
Kyral Yeah it would be great to see the Ayu-SS Combi work again on ZnT. I really loved your releases! ^-^
Silver Mine The Ayu team mention it before that it going to be joint project again with Static-Subs.. Haven't you ppl's been listening.. -__-;
Ferrelas I'd be very happy if you got around to subbing Higurashi soon, I mean the episode has been out for days.
Peace lova and understanding to you all. And please hurry :P
vedd can u encode KENKOU ZENRAKEI SUIEIBU UMISHO in avi please
Aza I really want to see season 2 of Higurashi but i have to wait to see all episodes of first season...But cant find them anywhere....:(((
martino Season 1 was licensed. Have fun buying and watching the DVDs. ^_^
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Promo - Edge - 2007-07-04 13:30:27
Here's another promo to wet your bloodthirsty appetites…
cyruz Yep, looks awesome. I will definitely stick with you guys for this second season. I hope I will be able to donate a little something. Keep it up!
Lil'E Can't wait. Getting a job this month so I'll support you on this.
MisterX Can't thank you enough.. I'm alredy counting days.. :)
random oooh sweet its the first promo
nice job =] are you guys going to do the other promo also?
Addman hell yeah! first season rocked. i hope this one will too!
BrooL Cant wait for the second season =D. Loved the first one^^
Kero Please please don't release the series only in mp4 - think about the Koalas, and the children oh the children - they cant take mp4 (but they love blood!)
ncyphe OMG, OMG . . . I loved the first season and will love the second.
Inugami Lolipops for everyone! n.n
What differences do AVIs and MP4s have? I'm not very keen on codecs...
Eggplant I've been counting down for this since a month ago. Can't wait! 2 more days until it airs in Japan.
martino AVI is an old stupid container which should die. MP4 can hold h264 and AAC streams natively without any ugly "hacks" and nowadays can also be played on hardware players like the KiSS, XBOX 360, PS3 and more to come. It's the future, so embrace it kids! Plus you get higher quality at the same or even smaller filesize than the silly XviD/MP3 in AVI.
Baphijmm Perhaps, but people like me can actually *use* AVI. MP4 (this promo, for example) doesn't work on my Linux-box.
Xvisnf I love MP4 then i can watch it on my PS3 :D
Rokirumatsuki Minazuki MKV >> MP4 ;D
But a mp4 is fine too.
Kana Kumai OMG! Can't wait! I hope you guys will be able to release the first episode over the weekend! XD I'd actually prefer MKV only if its in HD (High Definition TV) format, but if you guys might do just that, please include the subs with the video, it gets really irritating if the subs are in ASS or SRT format, they don't work properly on my VLC. Well, that's my VLC. MP4 would work too. Man, I'm so biased on this post... meh... XD Thanks Ayu!!!
[P]ako "Baphijmm
Perhaps, but people like me can actually *use* AVI. MP4 (this promo, for example) doesn't work on my Linux-box."
It does work in my own Fedora box, in my brother's Ubuntu box and in my laptop loaded with OS X.
cyruz Ayu never did something like release the subs seperately, afaik. So no chance that this is going to happen. ;)
kucigaromeo MP4,MKV,ASS works on linux! just update your box, AVI must die!
Fadem @Baphijmm:"Perhaps, but people like me can actually *use* AVI. MP4 (this promo, for example) doesn't work on my Linux-box."
GStreamer ffmpeg plugin:
"The plugin contains GStreamer elements for encoding 40+ formats (MPEG, DivX, MPEG4, AC3, DV, ...), decoding 90+ formats (AVI, MPEG, OGG, Matroska, ASF, ...), demuxing 30+ formats and colorspace conversion."
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@release: yay more Higu!
Itachi-san Stop getting horny on encodes you wankers. Go masterbate to .mpeg files
mm23 do want
Inugami I will, along with my .png files D=D
Dominator I'm waiting (anticipating) this season.
and i watch S1 is Cool
Lil'E The opening theme was pretty decent. No engrish for the ending this time though. :(
Dave I'd appreciate an XviD-encoded version. The box I have hooked up to my TV is too slow to play back the H264 encodes but can just make it through XviD.
horror 2nd searson? Meh, anyone know where I can find the first? :(
s just for future reference, you want to say "whet"
also, I find it strange that someone says mp4 doesn't work on linux--just update your software. It's weird because it seems that video playing compatibility works even _better_ than it does in windows
Emgrish FTW!! Aww man I really was looking forward to another engrish ending song…. I love how she said
“…and I, wanted to FRY (*fly)…†then something along the lines of “but you held me backâ€
I would always imagine a crazed middle-aged Asian anime women huddled over a wok while
some guy is desperately trying to make her stop cooking……
MattmanX31 Cant wait for the first episode Glad someone is subbing this series loved the first and cant wait to see the next arcs!!!
Balaneth I can finally take it home (the episode), looking forward for your release. If you do a nice job i'll take you home too ;)
Got plenty of cakes an' candys for all of ya. Kawaaiiii~~~~~~
Raws o_o I hope some better raws are found. The subbed eisodes by each group I downloaded look so bad.
jazzilla When will Ayu be releasing the first ep?
martino jazzilla, that is totally none of your concern.
kucigaromeo any chance releasing in 720p h264 ?
just watched otacon sub and its bad for an h264
martino This show is not broadcasted at 720p, and even if it is it's most likely just a capper or broadcasting station upscale. So I doubt we would release a 720p version...
mouikkou It's nice that Ayu's subbing this. Some other groups' version are so bad, I refuse to watch them.
Edge Our version's on the way, sit tight.
cyruz That's great to hear, I haven't touched any other release yet since I know you'll pwn'em all. :D
Louise de la Françoise Speaking of upscales, that resolution of 848x480 on your promo IS an upscale. Will the series be released at 704x400 or 8484x480?
martino That was a trailer from a DVD, so it's not an upscale. DTV resolutions are not that high.
Lyrics Hrm, I can't wait to see Ayu's version. The romanji of the op and ed theme's lyrics by Shinsen and WinD (especially Shinsen) in some parts sound different than what they put. Although, I can't speak the language so I could be wrong.
The trailer for Umisho is out. The show starts airing next week in Japan on the 3rd of July. When you want naked swim club animes subbed, the first place to look is ayu-anime.
Anonymous "When you want naked swim club animes subbed, the first place to look is ayu-anime."
-and finally there is a site slogan.... (t-shirt worthy?)
YoshiZumi we should do a shirt design contest
Anonymous Or if you REALLY need money you can do what some fan-sub sites do for cash...
Sub hentai for online porn sites.. You make about $400 an episode.
Lotorie Well... What about anime for girls?? I wanna some bishies!!
^Phil drawing style is a dead ringer for shiwasu no okina's. don't know the real name behind the pen name but I can't imagine it's him.
danbeck The manga-ka is Hattori Mitsuru and he has written several good Manga before Umisho. Both Inu Neko Jump and Otogi no Machi no Rena, previous works by Hattori, are scanlated by Animewaves and have fun reads.
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New Summer Projects *Confirmed* - randall - 2007-06-20 10:28:42
Why is everyone contacting us whether we're picking XXX series when I've announced it weeks ago. Let me repeat myself then.
We will be doing FOUR new projects next season, namely:
Zero no Tsukaima -Futatsuki no Kishi-
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho
Baccano!
Oh, and thank you to all the donors who took some of their pocket money to help us, especially James who setup a monthly subscription to donate to us. Kudos to him!
If any of you would like to setup a monthly donation subscription, you can contact us through our contact forms, and we will get back to you :D
cyruz Sounds good, are any of those going to be Joint Projects?
[P]ako Zero no Tsukaima S2, with Static-Subs.
Zero thk i cant whit to Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi
MoogleDee good stuff guys ^_^
kami I didn't know we were doing baccano
Luminaria I thought we were going to work on that hentai show we've been putting off.
Luinsky aw hentai is good but the story in zero no tsu is sooo gooddd i can't wait for S2
cyruz Heh, almost thought so. Looking forward to it!
Inugami You were gonna do a hentai show? And you were putting it off? Why?! *cries* ;.;
randall we need editors ;D but not for hentai shows
appodaAnege Sorry peaser :(
Wrlng categovry...
iwll be careful
fm waver totally graet idea
Silver Mine It great that you guy are doing the second season of Zero no Tsukaima as well, now we just have to wait till 8th of July for it to be broadcast on their TV sets. ^-^;
nado0osh I'm gonna blow off , I'm so pepped for seeing this awsome anime ......... >.< <<<< excited
juggen All hail Ayu!
Looking forward to all four shows!
Anonymous So how much do we need to donate for the site to start being stable?
[P]ako Nothing, just keep me away from any admin tasks >_>.
zero_no_tsukaima i cant wait for season 2 of zero no tsukaima.
Lil'E Higurashi S2 for the god dang win. o_o;
Namida Higurashi has taught me much about life.
Moriya Higurashi taught me how to be a serial killer ^_^
random I didn't know August was the month immediately after June! =O (Just a little hint on the donation bar--unless you guys already have July covered ^_^)
rocketreal If Kiddy Grade 2 is indeed comming out, will you guys be working on that as well?
Ani-God I can't wait for the next season of zero no tsukaima, I just got done watching the first...
DJ Klypsche Now I'm looking forward to seeing all these..
MonkeyZenkai Can't wait for Zero no Tsukaima season 2 that anime kept me up so I finished it in 2 days XD
FluffyandEvil the most popular series that everyone is w8ing for to be subbed would be Zero no tsukaima....gl on the sub btw ; )
black knight plz upload this it looks so funny
Silver_Mine Here a nice clip of Zero no Tsukaima -Futatsuki no Kishi- Enjoy!!
http://www.zero-tsukaima.com/info/asx/zeroPre01.asx
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Love Get Chu is dropped - [P]ako - 2007-06-17 20:02:50
What the title says. Ayu has officially dropped the proyect, reason being the lack of interest from our part. Don't be sad, C1-Anime will continue subbing the series. So, please wait patiently for their quality releases.
As for the torrents hosted in our website, we will keep supporting them. Keep on leeching.
That's all, folks. Life goes on and thank you for your preference.
[P]ako what's with me with the project/proyect thing? I guess I am becoming Yoshi's minion.
Duel Aww I'm sad to see you dropped it, but if there is no interest then there is nothing that can be done. Still, thanks for all the work on the previous episodes =)
Inugami Spam? On Ayu? BLASPHEMY!
martino Admin powers FTW! :D
erickcoool15 NO!!!dude!!!
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Love Get Chu ep. 08 - [P]ako - 2007-06-14 15:52:04
So, they are out, the xvid and x264 versions of episode 08. Also, none of the bots have them yet, let's say we had little time to do all the logistics.
NunoEx Bar's broken, also, if it was OK, it shouldn't be more then 10% :S
mike it's at 0% now though
Anonymous It's so low because everyone was waiting for you to quit dragging ass on JSF21, clearly.
kami I stole your percentages off the ftp
Spark Thanks Ayu!
gatekeeper It seems when i DL this ep it shows it has ep 7... and it copied over my other ep 7(real one). But thanks for the new ep. I can just go into the batch and get the other ep 7 just felt like seeing if I was the only one that this happen to…
randall gatekeeper: yes. u're the only one who has the problem. i've personally tested the torrent for JSF21. it does not overwrite JSF07 unless u choose ep07 to be the filename u save as. JSF21 torrent is working perfectly fine. thanks. :D
Murder Princess ep 03 & Gyagumanga 2 ep 02 - [P]ako - 2007-06-12 15:41:59
Two more releases.
Enjoy!
P.S. Yoshisumi likes to suck a rubber penis while sleeping.
Luminaria ADV put a jiggle counter in their DVD release of Plastic Little.
Innovative /Cheers ayu, Thanks for subbing this
YoshiZumi I mispelled "thinks." They don't call me the typo king for nothing. http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=1884013
Insomnic Thanks for subbing this!
*note* - Audio is a little funny as 2 audio tracks available and default is 2.0 track which sounds muffled. 5.1 track seems fine but has to be manually selected in all players.
Thanks!!!
zhuzhu8376 wow your guys are really great to sub this.... btw will there be any XVID version for this?
Infinity Does it include the OVA extra?
http://www.tokyotosho.com/details.php?id=62224
JAV those SP1-3 is just recap of the series!
kenshin hmmm ure projects section put only 1 episode, and that the series is completed? is that ture, is this OVA a single episode show?
juggen AnimeDB says there's an unknown number of episodes.
trunk Thanks alot ive wanted to see this ever sence i saw it was coming out.
Thanks
AzoJason mhh, i wonder about this, so perhaps anyone can help me.
This series is the continue of "Burst Angels" ?
zerophyte *sigh* I can't watch this h.264 release on my Xbox with XBMC, audio track won't showup or play.. plus video stutters because it is AVC encoded. I would really appreciate an XviD release as well.. Since I'm having difficulty trying to convert this release on my own and have had no success with WinAVI converter or Visual Hub on mac osx. Both apps fail miserably while they work 100% on other h.264 releases since other releases don't include 2 audio tracks and a seperate .SSA track/stream. I guess all those streams just throw apps like Visual Hub off.. Sorry for the ranting.
[P]ako No, it's like a side story. Placed somewhere after they met the cop and before the "death" of Jo.
ven Actually its set before the main story of Bakuretsu Tenshi as they meet the cop in a backflash anyways. (iirc :p)
ven On a side note: I still can't figure out what's happening at the end of the series... Without spoiling anything I just can't understand wtf they're doing.. makes no sense to me. -.-
Boobs Like it said, Guns, girls, boobs!
dont need story line!!!
wildting2 I really really really really really wish this series were longer (prequel, sequel, whatever, I don't really care)
wtf wtf, what's with the newish sequel intro and the complete crap side story episode?
lol I kinda don't get why Sei appears in the intro and Jo doesn't -.- even more confusing than the end of the original series... lolwtfzomg
ferreiros well guys the idea of infinity is to make thinks clear. First episode kinda strange but ok, i hope the following will show us what Happened after the "death" of joe ^^.
[P]ako Well, the intro was something we added. It was meant to be the opening sequence to the second season of the series. And the reason why Jo doesn't show up is because she died at the end of the first season.
Dark Star awesome!! thank you for fansubbing this one, I have one question... are they going to make a second season of Bakuretsu Tenshi?
lol I don't really remember that well, but I think Sei was with Jo.. so I thought she died as well... That's the reason for my confusion.
lol Will there be a second season or just Infinity?
martino Nothing has been announced yet. But you never know what might happen...
Shiki-danna I thank you for doing translating the ova as i've been having problems finding it for ages. Arigatou-gozaimas~~!
randall we need more donations=p
tatsujin lmao! omfg, they finally released an ova to cover up their mistake, wow ... how many ovas is there going to be?
arathas it is a three episode ova this is only one of the three read the wiki on it
^Phil yeah, it's finally here:
the sequel (or prequel) to the most whacky series I've watched so far and didn't quit. so nothing's solved here?
why's sei in the intro? she was also presumed dead in the ending, although no one cried for her. ^^
Caendur You know, I always liked BakuTen _despite_ its fanservice... But I'll be brief: My humble and heartfelt thanks for subbing this!
Ise Thanks for doing this episode! However I just want to ask, will [AYU] be subbing the other (OVA ep.2-3) of -Infinity- ?
Wayno OMFG thank you sooooo much dude for subing this, and if anymore come out SUB AND RELEASE THEM PLZ!!! XD
P.S. thnx again :3
lol ^Phil: yeah that's what I thought, too. And that's also why I asked why she was in the intro while Jo wasn't
[P]ako If there are two more episodes, then Ayu will sub them.
Love GetChu 07 w/C1-Anime - [P]ako - 2007-06-06 19:25:54
I don't recall when was the last time we released Love GetChu. In fact, I know, but as a good republican and a Reagan admirer, I deny it.
Anyway, as always, it comes in two flavours: XviD and x264.
P.S. <@YoshiZumi> who has a small penis <--- he thinks of penis all the time.
Luminaria This is our 400th episode fansubbed, by the way.
Kai Thanks! 400 eps of quality subs and hopefully many more to go.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Distribution Ceased - Edge - 2007-06-05 03:52:23
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is now commercially available on DVD in North America from Geneon Entertainment. Consequently, we have removed the torrents and have ceased distribution of the series. We ask you all to do the same, and to support the R1 releases.
Anyhow, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai commences next month, so please look forward to that!
Colderflame w00t, More barely understandable plotlines, that will be the most fun time i spend dl'ing!
PS. Hurrah, more random deaths!!! :D YEY!!!
Balaneth It's strange, Geneon gives an age rating of 13+ for Higurashi.
American youth must be hardcore or Geneon didn't watch the Anime at all.
Namida Or they censored it ;_;
asdsdf It had to be Edge to make this post :P
Just to satisfy your curiosity - randall - 2007-06-05 02:47:43
We've received many PMs and emails asking if we will be doing this, or doing that, and whatnot.
So to prevent more of those, I'm going to announce three new projects that Ayu will be picking up in the Summer. They are:
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
Zero no Tsukaima ~Futazuki no Kishi~
Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho
Don't worry, we're going to burst from now on. No more slow releases but don't expect us to be speed subbers too. There might also be a fourth project depending on staff availability.
If you're an experienced editor, quality checker, karaoke timer/FX, hop on to #Ayu-Recruits and join us now!
P.S. The donation bar on the left needs some pushing too :D
Lotorie No more slow releases??? Come on! You're doing a wonderful work!And, you have your life too, so don't worry!
*Hurray for Zero 2*
^^
Namida *Gives cookie*
Lotorie Thank you *_*
john I WANT SEE ZERO NO TSUKAMIA 2 PLEASE!!
NunoEx I want a cookie aswell :|
Kai Thanks Ayu for quality subs and of course I can't wait for Tsukaima 2 :O
SamMan I vote for Zero 2!
j777luck Iwant to vote for zero no tsukamia 2 please
Balaneth Yay, Higurashi 2nd series ... i am curious about this... will they make further chapters that connect to the 1nd series or will they make a different approach ... kana, kana ?
BTW I wanna take Rena home plx, give her to me!
Ah so... thanks for picking up this series Ayu ^^ Looking forward 4 getting all creeped out.
maira I VOTE FOR TSUKAIMA 2
Baka Zero no Tsukaima ~Futazuki no Kishi~ with eng subs PLEASE AND THANK YOU
Poll results - Luminaria - 2007-06-04 21:43:01
Alright so a few of you voted in our last poll about what you wanted us to pick up this summer, and not surprisingly enough it turned out that Zero no Tsukaima 2 and Higrashi 2 came out the winners. Too bad that we already announced we're doing them though... Haha, got you!
Anyway, this new poll is more to satisfy my curiosity than anything else.
Nofia Technically if you follow a fansub-group loyally and they release on a periodic basis..you're not really waiting any longer between the episodes. And why should it matter if you watch the series just a bit later than the fanboys who chase speed-subs...
[P]ako So true.
Kiddy Grade 2 Pilot - Edge - 2007-06-01 12:09:54
Here's a bit of a surprise. The series itself is slated to commence sometime this Winter, but said information is not set in stone. Hope you enjoy the pilot episode, anyhow.
K Wow, after so many years they're doing a sequel. I'm going to keep my eye on this one
Rihochan I really can't wait, I loved the first season. Are you guys planning on subbing it when it does come out?
Luminaria Good possibility, though it's a little too far out to tell for sure.
Lumiere Glad Ayu will be picking up Kiddy Grade 2.
Will Ayu also be considering subbing Kiddy Grade movie.
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5085
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5086
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5087
Pretty please. Thank you.
Edge @Lumiere: Apparently the movies are merely recaps of the original series, so unless there really is some potentially new, interesting content, the likelihood is we won't. Again, I haven't seen the films, so feel free to prove me wrong.
Kyatonome loved the first one, now I just hope the second one is equally, if not better, than the first. xD
Looking for Cheese? - randall - 2007-05-30 08:51:58
We need some nice cheese! Get us Sakura Cheese from Hokkaido :D
In other words, get us Japanese Translators ^_^
Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori 20 is out!
We need more cheeeeeeeeesssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...................
Raziel666 Thank God, I was starting to believe that we would never get to see the ending to this series :p
Seriously now, thanks for another great release :)
random i love cheese! goat cheese, that is
RandalisGay Rofl, I like this comment function.
This post is not about Higurashi - jakkarth - 2007-05-25 21:03:26
This post is definitely not about Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni. Definitely not. Nothing at all to do with episode 26 (the last one in the season) being released. This post is highly not about that.
It is, in fact, about cheese...... what? Cheese?
Yes.
Cheese.
(But 26 is out, marking the end of the season. Now on to season 2. This post is not about Higurashi.)
zearth That's some mighty fine cheese there. Thank you Ayu.
Anonymousy So when can we expect a post about Higurashi?
abc What's this?
Inu Have some wine with that cheese n.n
Haruhi Part 4 ?
kami Ha Ha! I am commenting in your newspost.
bryan nice comments style!
random woot! comments! have you spam bot protection? o.O
.tomi Mmm... I like cheese.
BTW great comment script.^^
Namida Hug!
Balaneth Thanks for this awesome series. It really creeped me out but it was cool.
Rozen Maiden Distro - Luminaria - 2007-05-24 18:30:25
Next Tuesday, May 29, marks the official street date for the first volume of the first season of Rozen Maiden to be released on DVD in North America. As such, we'll be ceasing distribution of the first season of Rozen Maiden at that time. The three-season batch torrent will be replaced with a batch of Traumend, along with the current batch of just the Ouverture OVA. Any bots in our channel that we have control over that are still hosting these files will have them removed, and we encourage the fservs in our channel to do the same.
If you liked the series enough to keep it archived, then think about buying the DVDs. Pioneer\Geneon is a reputable US distributor and the DVD box is covered in velvet. How cool is that?
Update: We will cease distribution of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Season 1 on June 5. If you want the last episode released before that, read the Recruitment Drive post below :D
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 25 - randall - 2007-05-23 05:54:19
All right! One frag left! :D
But I guess we shall not release the last episode till we get some nice and experienced fansub staff or non-fansub staff as listed below in the Recruitment Drive.
Oh, and also not forgetting our donation target on the left :p
We're recruiting dedicated and experienced fansubbing staff for new Summer shows.
Fansub positions available are as follows:
1 x Translation Checker (To verify and check initial translations are correct)
2 x Timer (*Desperately Needed* - To time, scene time, fix timing bleeds)
1 x Typesetter (To typeset with ssa/ass scripts)
1 x Encoder (Good knowledge of available codecs and able to encode with one of them)
2 x Quality Checker (Able to catch editing/timing/typesetting/encoding errors)
1 x Karaoke Timer/Effects (To kar time and do the effects for OP/ED)
1 x AFX User (To use AFX on difficult signs that typesetter cannot do on ssa/ass)
Non-fansub positions available as follows:
2 x Archive Bot Owners (possess a high speed XDCC bot with at least 40-50GB of storage space)
1 x Graphics Designer (In charge of all image-related pictures on our website)
1 x Webmaster (To implement new features and enhance our existing website)
For fansub positions, pls hop on to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and message any of the OPs.
For non-fansub positions, pls hop on to #Ayu-Recruits @ irc.rizon.net and message randall.
If you're reading this line, it shows you're interested! So hurry, stop by and look for us now! ^_^
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni DVD ep. 24 - [P]ako - 2007-05-21 17:22:37
A few things are revealed in this episode. More deaths and a scrapbook. Please, watch the video pass the preview for a translation of three pages of the abovementioned scrapbook.
Yup, yup. Late, late. It's Ayu, one can expect anything from us but speed. Yes, we had our moments, but those were rare events. Anyway, the OVA is about two girls of opposite upbringing that switch bodies. One is good at killing and the other one is a princess, thus the title.
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni DVD ep. 23 - [P]ako - 2007-05-05 19:04:04
Enjoy the episode. There are limbs and blood and lolis.
With this, there are three episodes left to complete the series. Our goal is to finish the series before June 5th. Why? Because that's the day of the first R1 release and we plan to stop distribution all together by the aforementioned day.
P.S. We still need staff, come and join join #ayu-recruits@irc.rizon.net to apply.
Zero no Tsukaima DVD ep. 12 - [P]ako - 2007-05-03 22:51:33
One left! The last episode will be out as soon as we can.
Next season is around the corner and Ayu would like to pick a yet to be determined number of series. We have some staffers but we need more and we are currently recruiting for all positions: QC, typesetters, timers, editors, translators, encoders, distro and raw providers. Come and join #ayu-recruits@irc.rizon.net and ask an OP for a test.
Gyagu Manga Biyori S2 ep 01 - [P]ako - 2007-04-22 16:34:53
It almost killed our typesetter, seriously. The first season was a nightmare. Also, this is the official debut of Martino in Ayu (encoder) and if I am not mistaken, this is Ayu's first softsub release.
Enjoy.
P.S. If you think you can make a better release pic for Gyagu 2, let us know.
Seems like most people like the new website layout. We got sick of deleting spam threads from the forum every day, so we're not going to bother incorporating it into the new site. I think the webmaster is still working on a system for you to be able to post comments to our news posts, but the server hardware problems are taking first priority.
We're having more problems with FDC right now, for the past week we've been unable to access our hard drives and the last two or three days we were seeing 40-75% packet loss. Things are being fixed now though, should be releasing eps again soon.
Not directly related to us, but We Suck has now finished the first season of Saiunkoku Monogatari. Ayu started subbing this historical Chinese fantasy series but had to drop it quite early on. I always thought this would be a great series for us to do, but alas, it wasn't possible. Support We Suck's subs for this series and hope they pick up the second season.
We haven't merged any of our old torrents over to the new tracker yet, aside from The Third's series batch. Please be patient while we continue to get our new server up to speed. Everything should be back up 100% soonish. Torrent files may need to be re-downloaded to function on the new tracker.
Welcome to our new website! After spilling beer on our server, I figured I may as well code up a new website so that you'll have something to see when it comes back. So, here it is! Hopefully this site will be a little easier to navigate than the last one, and it certainly looks pretty sweet. Anyway, we're still getting used to the new environment, so there's sure to be some growing pains. Have fun!