January 28, 2012

Honor among thieves

HorribleSubs is first out with today's episode of Mouretsu Pirates. But I won't download it.

At least they stopped putting "Haters gonna hate" in every entry they submitted to TokyoTosho, which I found intensely annoying. But I still won't download anything of theirs. That's because they're ripping it all off from Crunchyroll.

I'm a member of Crunchyroll, having joined last year. But I don't use it. It was a guilt payment, as well as an encouragement. They're doing what we all say we want: giving us access to shows when they're broadcast in Japan, rather than forcing us to wait months or years. I want to encourage that. So I give them my money each month.

But they don't offer Download-To-Own. Irrespective of price, fansubs are still a better product.

For a while I had settled on [RS] for Mouretsu Pirates because they were posting 1080p versions. But they didn't give us ep 3, and there's no sign that they intend to keep up with the series. Alas.

For ep 3 I ended up with [WhyNot], and they're probably who I'll go with today, too. But their release was 720p.

HorribleSubs offers a 1080p version, because Crunchyroll does, but I won't get it. The line has moved, but there is still a line I won't cross. I still have some tatters left of my principles.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 10:26 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 I would argue that as a  member of Crunchyroll you actually should be using HorribleSubs.

If Crunchyroll was cable and whichever program HorribleSubs uses to record Crunchyroll's stream is a VCR then basically HorribleSubs' release is akin to asking someone else to record a show for you to watch later.

Conversely, you could record off of Crunchyroll yourself. I've never tried to do so myself but it's probably not that hard to do with the right program.

Posted by: thenullset at January 28, 2012 12:26 PM (tTOol)

2 I use my Crunchyroll account to watch shows right away, and then usually download a fansub later to have an 'archival' copy in case the show doesn't get picked up on DVD, so that way I don't really feel too terrible about myself. There was quite a while where I paid for a Crunchyroll account and didn't use it at all because the video stream kept stuttering - it turned out it was the browser I was using. Now since they've developed apps for just about every portable and streaming device there is (I use their Android app and my husband and I have a Roku streaming box), I'm really appreciating it.

Posted by: Jessi at January 28, 2012 02:58 PM (Xt7yj)

3 I'm in kind of an odd position here, because A.) that's my translation that HorribleSubs is ripping off, and B.)  I don't speak for CR so I don't want to say something that's gonna get found by somebody and used as a justification for "Well this Crunchyroll Employee said this or that." 

So I'll limit myself to this.  Thank you for subscribing.  You're doing the right thing, and it's very appreciated.  There are a lot of people who work very hard to bring you those episodes (I got to bed at 8:00 AM this morning because I had to apply a quality check.)  For Mouretsu Pirates, there are very nice 1080p streams and we've also added in the song lyrics, so there's really nothing it's lacking compared to a fansub.  And the viewing numbers on the site do get looked at, so if you want to encourage more things like Pirates to be made and licensed, the place to watch it is on Crunchyroll. 

Also, I looked at a screenshot comparision of episode 1, and unless I'm mistaken all the groups doing it, Commie/WhyNot/Horriblesubs, are using my translation, though Commie is "editing".  The word choice I used in the opening narrative is a little unusual, and they all seem to have it matched exactly.  So you're watching a rip either way. 

Posted by: tellu541 at January 28, 2012 08:06 PM (pJ1uW)

4

I suppose I could do what Jessi does. I haven't tried watching a show on Crunchyroll in a year; maybe it's better now.

I'll give it a try tomorrow.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at January 28, 2012 09:11 PM (+rSRq)

5 AND they spell "Moretsu" differently from everyone else.  They weren't even showing up in my searches.

Posted by: David at January 28, 2012 09:35 PM (Kn54v)

6 Some people are using Moretsu, some Mouretsu, and some Bodacious. I've been searching for "Pirate" and letting it go at that.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at January 28, 2012 09:42 PM (+rSRq)

7 Just to make it more fun, some raw providers leave it at "Kaizoku".

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at January 29, 2012 10:17 AM (G2mwb)

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