Naked Snake
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I always got ANBU & AonE's releases, any reason I should change now?
Which fansub group does the best translation for Naruto?
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Azwethinkweiz
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I always thought TW was the best, but they take forever to sub the show. I switched to ANBU just because it's faster.
Naked Snake
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Hitokage said:Naruto isn't exactly a series where proper translation is critical to understanding the show.
You're ALWAYS the party pooper in my anime threads
http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=46
I think the last two or three pages of the Naruto thread cover this issue fairly well. But from all accounts, Anime-heaven for speed and quality & if you can wait, AonE's for the best translation.
I think the last two or three pages of the Naruto thread cover this issue fairly well. But from all accounts, Anime-heaven for speed and quality & if you can wait, AonE's for the best translation.
Naruto does have some nuance, especially when they're hinting at motivations and overall plans of the arch-villians. I just wish I hadn't switched sub groups so much that I got confused about what a "blood inheritence limit" or whatever was compared to an "advanced bloodline".
Now that I'm behind a half dozen eps I just stick with ANBU. I don't know that it's the best, but it seems pretty decent. At least I don't get as confused as I did with the 0 hour subs from a few months back... combine some of those mistranstations with half-remembered manga translations and I'd say Naruto is at least complicated enough to befuddle me if the translations aren't tight.
Now that I'm behind a half dozen eps I just stick with ANBU. I don't know that it's the best, but it seems pretty decent. At least I don't get as confused as I did with the 0 hour subs from a few months back... combine some of those mistranstations with half-remembered manga translations and I'd say Naruto is at least complicated enough to befuddle me if the translations aren't tight.
anotheriori
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anbu, they have been the standard release to choose plus they have been doing it longer then most other groups.
Anbu is the best for unlicensed anime. Anbu and AonE used to do Naruto together, but since AonE subs some licensed anime, they split from them. Anbu did all of the primary translations for the series anyways and now it will be released by them with much more consistancy. Loss to the viewers -- none.
Why isn't this in the Naruto thread? We've covered this rather extensively of late.
Anyway, Toriyama World is the best, but since they're only to episode 52 (release about once every 5 months), they don't really count.
Anime Heaven is much better than I thought they were going to be, and if you want to watch the show within 24 hours of its original broadcast, they do a damn fine job. A couple translation errors per episode, but 98% of the time, they're pretty accurate.
Anbu and AonE are a wash. It seems like Anbu has the better video quality, but I kind of prefer AonE's translations. Also, AonE is using the same fonts and karaoke that they did when they worked with Anbu, so there's consistency there too.
So basically, you really can't go wrong with any of the "Big 3." They all have merits to them, though as a general rule, Anbu and AonE will be your best choices for quality on a week to week basis (AH may be quite good for speedsubbers, but they are more prone to errors nonetheless).
Anyway, Toriyama World is the best, but since they're only to episode 52 (release about once every 5 months), they don't really count.
Anime Heaven is much better than I thought they were going to be, and if you want to watch the show within 24 hours of its original broadcast, they do a damn fine job. A couple translation errors per episode, but 98% of the time, they're pretty accurate.
Anbu and AonE are a wash. It seems like Anbu has the better video quality, but I kind of prefer AonE's translations. Also, AonE is using the same fonts and karaoke that they did when they worked with Anbu, so there's consistency there too.
So basically, you really can't go wrong with any of the "Big 3." They all have merits to them, though as a general rule, Anbu and AonE will be your best choices for quality on a week to week basis (AH may be quite good for speedsubbers, but they are more prone to errors nonetheless).
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Check out this site's forums for all sorts of fansubs comparisons-- they have a forum just for that.
http://www.anime-planet.com/
And this thread at the animesuki forums too:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=19052
They had a poll in that thread and AonE won at 57.28%
In the end you really can't go wrong with the top ones. Translating Naruto is not as hard as Monster or Ghost in the Shell: SAC. It's just a shounen anime.
http://www.anime-planet.com/
And this thread at the animesuki forums too:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=19052
They had a poll in that thread and AonE won at 57.28%
In the end you really can't go wrong with the top ones. Translating Naruto is not as hard as Monster or Ghost in the Shell: SAC. It's just a shounen anime.
Naked Snake
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MetatronM said:
Because I try to avoid that thread like the plague, since I'm probably the most spoiler-phobic person in the world (it irritates my friends & they make fun of me because of it)... And the official thread is often filled with spoilerific content and manga discussions. I'm watching Naruto at relaxed pace (small marathons every once in a while), so I'm pretty much always late by several episodes and don't want to know anything about them.
I'm considering starting to read the manga, or at least check it out to see if I dig it.
I'm currently re-reading the Berserk manga with the official USA release.
Naruto is one of those animes that actually stick to the manga like glue. As a result, even the speedy translations are fairly good since most of it has been translated already. Typically, I get whatever version is out first for that week, and for archive purposes I use Toriyama's World or ANBU.
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