Dattebayo to Drop Naruto Effective 1/15/2009

[DDBen]

http://www.dattebayo.com/pr/100

as the title says.

[ASSpirine]

Dont' know wha to say, it sounds a bit serious...
But you really never know with DB, I hope they continue...

[DDBen]

Dont' know wha to say, it sounds a bit serious...
But you really never know with DB, I hope they continue...

Read the post if you want but its 100% serious and not even based on a C&D from Viz they are simply choosing to do so to let the Crunchyroll releases have a chance to work.

[Marik]

Yeah, it sounded real serious and genuine. DB has been trolling people for so many years, it's hard to tell when they're being serious. I'll take the wait and see approach.

[Pessu]

Lol, not gonna happen.

[tystic]

I think it's for the right reasons (assuming this isn't a troll).

Viewers in Japan only need to turn on their TV to watch; for the most part Naruto doesn't cost them any more than what they're already spending to watch TV. However outside that broadcast zone the rest of us, to legally watch it, have to wait (4 years!) for an uncut version to watch that costs (in comparison to domestic shows) a lot of money.

Now that Viz wants to make it a similar experience for the English-speaking world, one where you can watch for free (wait a week), or if you wish for an archive buy the DVDs, the niché that DB was filling really isn't necessary.

In one way it's sad, no more HD, but still the company is making a real effort for its viewers and I applaud that.

[Nadouku]

Well, at least we have another month and a half to keep watching Naruto before they drop it. Makes a lot of people sad when they have to drop it, but their reasoning seems legitimate.

[ASSpirine]

But their will be other subbers right?...
I won't mind if everything was in a sub or srt file. Just downloading the raw and using vobsub. It's quicker that way

We'll see if it will be true, but I have a bad feeling...

[Buffalobiian]

What puts this press release apart from all their other "serious" ones is its sincerity. They're not acting all tough and straight-faced about why they're dropping it because of some spam mail. They're talking about dropping it on a matter of principle. By reviewing why they're subbing Naruto, they're justifying why they should stop. For that, I believe it's going to happen. Even if they don't, I believe they should, after saying all that. (bring on the neg reps)

While I'll definitely miss the archival releases, as people have said, there's bound to be a way. Being the monopoly of Naruto fansubs, it's only right that they step down the way they did.

[DDBen]

What sells me that this is real and not a troll is that AnimeNewsNetwork has it posted and its so far out.

ANN posting
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-21/dattebayo-to-stop-fansubbing-naruto-on-january-15

DB has done many trolls in the past but as far as I recall they have always been done in places people should know they are trolls. Either during the week where Naruto won't air due to a double episode or when they know a release will be very late and people are harassing them. I can think of no president where they trolled a month and a half in advance and doing a search on ANN I see none of DB's previous trolls ever announced as news. Feel free to correct me if you know of anything to disprove either of those points.

P.S. Its idiotic to neg rep people saying things like this is a troll or if you do it to Buffalobiian for his post before this one. If you think its a troll feel free to post why you think so instead of adding nothing to the discussion and voting with cowardly neg reps like so many feel the urge to do around here.

[saman]

i believe it. and even if it's not true, it should be. like it says in the announcement, with viz releasing subs of naruto for free a week after they air, there's no precedent for DB to continue. viz's decisions have impressed me time and time again, and i'm sure they'll put a lot of effort into their releases. i'm usually fairly disgruntled when sub groups drop shows because of the licensing company, but this time, if it's true, i respect DB's decision.

[Pandadice]

dang it. I hate watching low quality streams.. man. this is annoying :\.

I know it's good that they dropped it. I guess I should support the choice. but I still find it annoying..

[Shadow Skill]

It makes sense. They have been getting angry that other idiots have been putting DB's subs on streaming sites and YT. After a year of making threats they're going to stop subbing, has finally happened. I am just surprised they didnt do it 6 months ago.

Let some idiot put Naruto on a streaming site, or let the actual company that owns Naruto put it on a streaming site where it costs money was the only choices DB has. I see it as they're doing it out of love.

They kill 2 birds with one stone. People who stream DB's subs, can't anymore and the company that owns Naruto stands to make a profit. I suspect Naruto popularity will decline now. That's the price it pays for stupid idiots on the internet.

Besides, what idiot uploads it to a streaming site, that made 0 sense to me... unless most the people that stream it are dialup users...

Oh well. I'll miss DB's subs of Naruto. Far Superior than any other group.

[saman]

except AOne's, of course :D

[Buffalobiian]

a)Besides, what idiot uploads it to a streaming site, that made 0 sense to me... unless most the people that stream it are dialup users...

Oh well. I'll miss DB's subs of Naruto. b) Far Superior than any other group.

a) For those who don't know how to torrent, irc, or fail at right-click_->_save.

b) Hmmm, I would have to give Aone that honour. We bash DB a lot, but their quality really isn't bad. (edit: what Saman said)

[RyougaZell]

Will the stream work outside the United States? Will it have good quality? Or will it be crappy you tube quality?

If any of the above questions equal 'no' (the third should be 'yes'), then you'll get your Naruto fix through someone else on torrent.

Just look at Bounen no Xamdou... its legal to see it, paying of course, through the PlayStation Network... yet we always find the episodes on torrent.

Thus... NEXT!!!!

EDIT:
CrunchyRoll doesn't work on Mexico. I don't see Viz's stream working either.

[tystic]

My prediction:

-the crunchyroll eps will take most of DB's audience when they drop it
-someone will be unhappy with video quality, typesetting, whatever, and the "best video quality you'll find, translation by ***" torrents will still show up
-in 3-4 months Viz gets agitated, bad stuff happens to fans who dl the torrent

I guess what really happens could be anything between that & this:

-series finale airs in Japan on Jan 15

[Goran]

<DB tin foil hat on>

Troll, indeed. DB is trying to send a message to Viz that they should be releasing Naruto episodes like this. In typing it like a farewell letter to Naruto months in advance, they generate a ton of attention. Not only do the trolls eat well... they push the real companies into changing their habits to work for the fans they supposedly cater to, just like a company who cares about its product and customers should.

</DB tin foil hat off>

Hey, if true and ends up working, I wouldn't be against the idea. If not a troll, I'll still be anticipating Bleach every week. I've been watching Naruto with them from the start and never went elsewhere.

<DB tin foil hat on...>

[Shadow Skill]

They're finally ending Naruto as a series?

Thanks God, no more filler episodes for 2 years.

[Jessper]

They're finally ending Naruto as a series?

Thanks God, no more filler episodes for 2 years.

DB doesn't make Naruto...

[Azonalanthious]

Well... I'll go on the record now and say that if it is a troll, they've got me completely. The tone of the post is... I don't wanna say 'more serious' then their past troll posts, but rather serious in a very different manner. Their stated reasons are far more believable then their normal troll posts. And in all their previous trolls (to the best of my memory) they've basicly said they were dropping it immediately, not several months in advance to give us time to prepare. But hey - if I can get it for free, legally, after a week delay, I've no problem with that. I still have an episode a week and if its a week behind when people in Japan who I'll never meet or talk to see it, thats just fine with me.

[tystic]

Someone actually took my troll prediction of the possible troll to be truth not troll even though my troll was not troll at all?

No naruto's not over! Look how much manga is left, and the anime is still selling like hotcakes.

[Uberbaka]

I for one, do not actually care either way.

Dattebayo have trolled so many times there is no way of telling if it's true or not, if they continue on, fine. If they don't then no big loss. There are always alternatives and the ones of us who started with aone subs knows this very well.

I have better things to do.

[Buffalobiian]

Someone actually took my troll prediction of the possible troll to be truth not troll even though my troll was not troll at all?

WUT?...........

[Shadow Skill]

He's referring to his -Series Finale of Naruto sentence.

I thought I'd throw a joke in there about no more 2 years of fillers to bore us. :P

I never said DB makes Naruto. I was referring to the company that produces it.

Dunno... if they continue at this pace, Naruto might catch up to the Manga in no time.

It has gotten boring though in the past year.

[ASSpirine]

There are other Naruto subbers right? Cause you got a point, there are sites that block non-US viewers. And that would annoy a lot of watchers.

[Sapphire]

Eh, I gave up on Naruto a long time ago, so in the end I don't really care who subs it until the show somehow gets interesting..

I greatly admire sites like Hulu and Crunchyroll though, I think what they are badass and it's great that they stream anime.. (more specifially Hulu)

[ASSpirine]

Eh, I gave up on Naruto a long time ago, so in the end I don't really care who subs it until the show somehow gets interesting..

I greatly admire sites like Hulu and Crunchyroll though, I think what they are badass and it's great that they stream anime.. (more specifially Hulu)

Have you seen it recently? It's worth your while to watch it now. Everyone is pleased with how Naruto is.

[Assertn]

except AOne's, of course :D
Aone has had some flaws of their own.

The absolute best group was TW

[Carnage]

I wouldn't mind at all if they gave us torrents so we didn't have to watch this shit on streams.

[RyougaZell]

If Dattebayo prefers to screw most of its fanbase, go on.
Not only americans watch Naruto. Someone else will take their place.

[Nadouku]

Aone has had some flaws of their own.

The absolute best group was TW

I remember watching TW's subs. Whatever happened to them? Been so long since I heard of them now. :p

[Assertn]

If Dattebayo prefers to screw most of its fanbase, go on.
Not only americans watch Naruto. Someone else will take their place.
Will Viz's site block out anyone outside of America?

Nadouku, TW was slow...but they also stop subbing a series immediately once it gets picked up by another company.

[RyougaZell]

Will Viz's site block out anyone outside of America?

Nadouku, TW was slow...but they also stop subbing a series immediately once it gets picked up by another company.

Crunchyroll already does so.

And no Viz merchandise is available on Mexico, even though we are near. The manga is being published by Editorial Vid here, and the anime is being released by a latin company as well, unrelated to Viz (though they use their censored version) This company hasn't even reached half the 3rd Chuunin exam in almost 2 years of transmission through Cartoon Network... local tv does not air it. So... yes, most probably they will block us.

I usually buy the english manga through Amazon (alongisde One Piece, Negima, Hack and Code Geass ). One of this days I'll buy Bleach. Never bought their DVD's though.

[Kraco]

Finally got around to reading that press release, and I have to say that if it's a troll, it's surely somewhat different from the previous ones. They were basically kind of full of bs, even if they seemingly had some "reason" behind them, if you invested one full minute into thinking about it. This looks pretty different, especially if you assume it also was real history and those numbers and other facts are correct in it.

All the glorious intentions and reasons aside, it won't mean anything to me as long as the streams are blocked from others than denizens of the North America. Not to mention it would suck not to be able to archive. Still, it's of course up to DB and noone else to decide what they want to do.

Only time will tell whether this was nothing but the most masterful of their hoaxes or a real thing.

[Nadouku]

Nadouku, TW was slow...but they also stop subbing a series immediately once it gets picked up by another company.

I see, well that's something to hear about. Good to know.

[tystic]

If it weren't for TW's excellent sub quality and slick encoding I would never have started watching Naruto.

AonE was ok, but until a certain version of bsplayer came out, the old Coppermine P3 couldn't decode it fast enough. It lagged worse than GG karaoke on my Clawhammer.

[Spaceaprion]

posted on Crunchyroll three days ago.

"I'm working with TV TOKYO to bring you the best anime titles immediately after broadcast! Starting January 8th, we'll have the newest eps of Naruto Shippuden, Shugo Chara, Skip Beat!, and many other titles on CR with english subs for ppl everywhere possible (with some exceptions like Japan)."

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-387209/Exciting-news-guys.html

[tystic]

straight from the tosho

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/charlie_chicadee/Pic%20Hosting%20for%20Web%20Pages/droptroll-1.jpg

[RyougaZell]

Dattebayo doesn't directly upload their torrents to TokyoTosho. Someone else does.

[ASSpirine]

too bad
Still no sign it was a troll, I think we can only be sure when the date has passed.

[animus]

If they do go through with this hopefully they'll switch to One Piece. One Piece can never hold a good sub group with good speed for long at all.

[DB_Hunter]

I believe them, just for the fact that they said its not a troll. DBmay have trolled and pissed off people with their stupid humor, but I have never thought of them to be liars.

To be bad, it was a nice little story. I remember the AH days when they were totally shit and still were in the early days of DB. Now they were good. I would say they still didn't top TW, but I think they came on par with ANBU-AONE.

I hope they pick up One Piece, Kaizoku are good but damn slow and the others are not archive material. DB would be good for this I think.

[KrayZ33]

As I said in another thread before, as long as CR quality is good, everything is alright...

I hope the "high-res" version is avaible for everyone.. I used to watch the first 2 eps of Tower of Druaga there and the quality was really awesome, but then they decided that only viewers from a certain country are allowed to see it in such quality... and what I got was an even worse version of youtube

youtube > CR normal-res

Ah I wonder what they'll do! and I wonder what DB will do if they stop releasing Naruto Oo...

[tystic]

easy, they'll disappear in the eyes of 95% of those who visit their site frequently.

[Pandadice]

have you seen the new like HD youtube? It's awesome.

[DarthEnderX]

If they do go through with this hopefully they'll switch to One Piece. One Piece can never hold a good sub group with good speed for long at all.Seconded!

[Pandadice]

http://www.dattebayo.com/pr/102

a feedback press release dealing with the messages they've gotten regarding their announcement to drop shippuuden.

[Buffalobiian]

Damn, no Youtube HD release. I was looking forward to that, with all the youtube downloaders out there :D

[Death13a]

Makes no difference to me as i quit watching Naruto.

[Assertn]

Makes no difference to me as i quit watching Naruto.
Makes no difference to me as I don't really care that you quit watching Naruto

[animus]

Makes no difference to me as I don't really care that you quit watching Naruto

Makes no difference to me as I don't really care that you don't care about Death13a quitting watching Naruto.

...ahem.

Anyways, as much as I hope they're gonna pick up One Piece, they won't. There's even an automated response on their site's contact form that says "no, fuck you, one piece sucks." if you were to suggest it. What're they gonna pick up next? Sure Bleach is there, but Naruto was there bread winner. Obscurity next?

[Pandadice]

maybe... maybe they could do Aesop's Fables (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2277). I know I'd download it.

[Bread-sama]

Anyone called me?

[RyougaZell]

I predict Cartoon-World or Fabulous releasing 'stolen and corrected subs' from the Viz SD streams and upload them alongisde a ripped HD video.

[Carnage]

Anyone called me?

You actually got my hopes up for a second there.

[Kraco]

Anyone called me?

We need you to sub Hellsing Ultimate V.

Gotta say this is looking less and less like a troll. But I still deem it wise not to make the last judgement before next month (as if it made any difference what people believe or not; DB still does what DB does).

[Chojin]

yhbt sets mode +b *!*@*ntl.com
yhbt has kicked you from the chat room (Reason: brit douchebag)

what a nice bunch of people.

[mr3vi1m0nk3y]

what a nice bunch of people.

You Have Been Trolled

[Board of Command]

Sure Bleach is there, but Naruto was there bread winner. Obscurity next?

Anyone called me?
lolwut?

Anyway, this doesn't seem like a troll. I just hope CR's quality will be acceptable.

[tystic]

CR's HD release looks pretty darn good, at least the OP they have previewed.

But I know I read somewhere they want the subscription pay for it, and the week-late version isn't so HQ.

found it (http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-403427/Introducing-the-Crunchyroll-Anime-Membership.html)

[Harima Kenji]

I must say, the video quality is awesome. The same quality you'll get if a good subgroup was subbing it. Since Dattebayo is a speedsub, the videoquality isn't all that good IMO. But, since there is no alternative, I'm happy that they are doing it.
I'm sure there are ppl that will rip it for us and save us $5 a month.

[itadakimasu]

i haven't watched naruto in the past 2 months... I would assume this is a troll until a few weeks go by with no dattebayo releases.

[RyougaZell]

The last 5 episodes are streaming on Naruto.com, previous to the streaming of Shippuden.

And as expected... region locked.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v241/RyougaZell/th_Untitled.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/RyougaZell/Untitled.jpg)

[Marik]

Wow. I went and watched one, after I saw your post. The eps are in Japanese with English subs, but have American commercials. I thought that was weird.

[saman]

that's actually coming up for me too, ryouga. apparently because the videos are uploaded to and linked from hulu, it only works in the u.s. the crunchyroll ones starting on the 8th are supposed to be worldwide

[RyougaZell]

But Crunchyroll requires you to pay. While the 'free' sites seem to be region locked.

So, like I said, Dattebayo is screwing all the fanbase outisde the US.

[saman]

crunchyroll requires you to pay when the episodes first come out. after a week, they become free for anyone, from what i understand.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-403427/Introducing-the-Crunchyroll-Anime-Membership.html

[Pandadice]

Episode 89 is out by TakaFansubs [Taka].

do you guys think this means that they're planning on subbing it after DB drops it?

[Darth Arrow]

Episode 89 is out by TakaFansubs [Taka].

do you guys think this means that they're planning on subbing it after DB drops it?
Yeah, that's the plan. I can't find the exact post from which I read it, but their leader said in a post "We understand we have some big shoes to fill when a certain group is gone --".

[Archangel]

Well if this is the quality we'll be getting then i'm glad dattebayo dropped it

http://www.crunchyroll.com/hd_demo?src=topbar&720p=1

[Buffalobiian]

Well if this is the quality we'll be getting then i'm glad dattebayo dropped it

http://www.crunchyroll.com/hd_demo?src=topbar&720p=1

I'll have to either watch it in 420p, or download a sub. My connection has trouble downloading faster than the HD plays.

Still, it'll be cool if the new group releases in 720p. I never understood why DB chose to release in their chosen resolution, besides faster encoding for a quicker release.

[Archangel]

I'll have to either watch it in 420p, or download a sub. My connection has trouble downloading faster than the HD plays.

Still, it'll be cool if the new group releases in 720p. I never understood why DB chose to release in their chosen resolution, besides faster encoding for a quicker release.

Yeah i always thought it would be nice to watch naruto in HD, never knew why dattebayo always refused to use the MKV format

[Buffalobiian]

My first guess was to keep it all compatible with existing DVD/media players, but the H264 codec killed that.

Keeping in league with "standard" formats, they could have moved to HD mp4 files.

Not that it matters now.

[Archangel]

Well yeah but mp4 files are huge not to mention unplayable in the older computers

Besides, does anyone here watch dattebayo's subs in something other than their pc?

[RyougaZell]

I watch them on TV... just because the TV is my monitor...

And I agree with Buff. It loads too slow. I had to wait for almost 10 minutes to get the trailer you posted going. Which is painful.

I guess it would be the as waiting for the file to download... but then again... I tried to forward what the file already had downloaded in your link and it began loading from the start again.

Guess my 1Mb connection hates streams.

[Archangel]

Just wait like 4-5 minutes in pause and then start watching it, that should work even with a 1 MB connection.

[Buffalobiian]

Now are we talking Mbit or MByte? There's 8x the difference.

[RyougaZell]

I've been wandering CrunchyRoll's site and discovered that IF you want HD quality, as the trailer that Archie posted, you must PAY even if a week has passed already.

I was browsing the Skip Beat episodes, and all HQ or H264 links directed you to their pre-order page. If you want to watch free, even a week later, you must see their LQ (youtube like) version.

EDIT:

From Crunchyroll's site.



Details:
For as little as US $5/month, you'll enjoy the newest episodes of hit anime series like Naruto Shippuden, Skip Beat!, Shugo Chara, Gintama, and many more on the same day it airs in Japan. You also get exclusive access to HD 480p and 720p streams, no video advertisements, custom colored stars next to your username wherever it appears, 1000 bonus CR points each month, and custom wallpaper images for your profile page. Non-members will typically get access seven days later, and access to only Standard Definition streams. Major credit cards accepted. Restrictions may apply depending on your country of residence. One month is defined as 30 days.

Basically... you need to pay to get the episode early and on HD. If you wait a week you get youtube.

2nd EDIT:

Ok... I don't remember doing so.... but seems I had an account since last october on crunchyroll... so I logged in and saw the free versions of 'HQ' and 'H264'

Freaking... bad.
So yeah... We do get those for free... but the reall HQ in 720P must be paid. So... who really is going to pay for this?

[Archangel]

Bah you know someone will rip them for use eventually so all we have to do is wait

[RyougaZell]

Im actually more worried about Skip Beat than Naruto...

I know SOMEONE will upload Naruto... but I want my Skip Beat...

[Buffalobiian]

The new group...Taka or something, anyone watched to see what it's like? It's in mp4, and the file size is >200MB, so I smell HD, or enhanced, at least. If no one's tried it, I'll download it tomorrow to have a look.

[ASSpirine]

I'm almost confident another group of subbers will begin. Why would a group not take a chance to provide one of the most popular anime around nowadays to millions of people? This way you can become a popular group and become known throughout the Naruto-loving world.

Also, Saiyaman will still be releasing the raw version I think. We still got that, and people can still make sub or srt files. It's quicker this way.

[tystic]

Taka's release of 89 looks pretty good. Image quality isn't fuzzed down like DB, and the translation is acceptable. They're taking feedback on this forum (http://forums.narutofan.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8), the main man being Masked Avenger.

[usp686]

Well im kinda sad that DB wont be subbin naruto anymore. I can remeber when they 1st started and everyone was stuck on AONE and dissed DB but then aone dropped it or started to slow down and every1 to DB. I must say in my eyes they have created a level of subbing with speed and quailty that most subbers try to follow now. I have always like how DB showed respect and also showed they like to joke around with the general public the way they did. Anyways if this is true (sadface) if its another lie well u got me for the 3rd time; (they got me twice before) :mad: lol. I think that Viz is not going to do to well. Its gonna be a 1st for them so I forsee many problems coming out from the beginning. Well see how good their determination is to fix it and keep making it better. Crunchyroll or whatever ive never heard of them so if anyone could please give me a url and some feedback on who they are and if there good at what they do that would be great. Well DB if its tru thanks for all the great epi you have given us it was cuz of you guys that i would rush home after work load up the BT and DL away prayin that the neighboors were not on the net so i can get some more downstream juice so the DL could finish faster lol. I have every epi of naruto from DB. i forgot how many GB it takes up but i got it from epi 1 to rite now so Thanks DB big thumbs up for ya

[Uberbaka]

May I ask of an example of how they showed respect to the general public?

'Cause I, for one, can't remember it...

[Yukimura]

Neither can I, all I can remember is jokes at the public's expense and using their clout with the narutard nation to gain lulz. I suppose cramming H.264 into an AVI container or waiting as long as they did to move to H.264 in the first place could be considered 'respecting the public' but that depends a lot on what public you're talking about.

usp686 if you seriously think DB pioneered anything or sets any sort of trend I can only assume you're either blind or don't watch follow much anime other than Naruto and maybe Bleach. All DB really has going for it is speed, and they were not the first fast group and they won't be the last fast group. What's more, many better (as in quality) groups have demonstrated that speed of release from time of airing is less meaningful than consistency of release schedule. Does anyone really care what day the raw of a show is available? When a group has a monopoly on a series all that really matters is getting at least one episode out every 7 days or less consistently.

[Patriot]

Amen, maybe now I can stop watching anime...

[GreatLimmick]

Amen, maybe now I can stop watching anime...
Fat chance. Anime is like crack, except more expensive.

[Pandadice]

more expensive? how much are you paying for the Naruto episodes? I don't pay anything except for the internet bill which I'd pay regardless of if I kept watching anime or not.

[usp686]

so anyone here watch anything on crunchyroll?? are they good and reliable? trustworthy with credit card info? almost time for naruto to air so i just want to gather info to make good decision

[Buffalobiian]

I've never paid for anything, so I don't know about credit card info. I watched Druaga with them, and their quality is acceptable for a stream. They skimp on bandwidth whenever they can, so the OP and ED usually look atrocious. The body's find though.

As much as I'd like to support the anime industry and Vid's move, I'm moving onto Taka after the next episode.

[ASSpirine]

I'll be switching to Taka, and with me a lot of people. Still not ready to pay for a good quality anime. If I pay, I expect hard evidence I purchased it, in the form of a dvd. Since this is not the case, too bad.
Maybe in the future (when I'm in Hong Kong) I might buy it. Only Japanese audio and English subs of course ;)


EDIT
maybe a bit far fetched, but I suddenly thought of this.
You may have noticed that Taka is delivering 2 qualities of vids, maybe it's one big troll again. But this way DB can prepare themselves to release 2 quality vids, and Taka is just a thought up subbing group.

Omg, if I think about this, it sounds really stupid...

[Archangel]

Well if they do stop ill either get it from TAKA or from the portuguese dattebayo, so i'm good.

[Buffalobiian]

They mentioned they'll talk to the international fractions too. Bad luck Archie.

[Archangel]

It's clearly stated on the website they won't stop subbing naruto, so all international versions are stopping except the portuguese version.

[Buffalobiian]

Really? In that case, good for you :o

[Killa-Eyez]

DoucheBags are at it again! :p
If it's true, next fansub group! (Hi AonE! How are you lately? :D)
If it's [YHBT] (wich it probably is, considering release dates of limited accessible, crappy streams or otherwise at costs), another thread wasted on those DirtBalls...

IMO, we should everytime they post stuff like this, wait till after it should be truth.
Then we'll know. :rolleyes:

[ASSpirine]

The difference between most of their trolls and this one is the seriousness.
In the past it was like, Because some of you guys won't stop uploading our stuff on youtube, we quit.

It was clear to me that that was BS, but this sounds different too. Maybe they're finally growing up at DB. So their trolls must be serious too :p

[Pandadice]

mmm.. maybe they did a series of really crappy obvious trolls, just to set it up for a big one like this.

i.. i have so much doubt on both sides :(

[Archangel]

Bah i don't care, with the quality of naruto going worse with each passing episode and bleach following the same path i wouldn't really give a shit if they stopped subbing completely.

[Penner]

oh, i thought both Bleach and Naruto were getting better and better lately, but meh, to each his own i guess ^^

[ASSpirine]

Only the last 2 episodes where just so so, but that's mainly because the action has just passed and a filler is beginning. But a month ago everyone was wild about the progress that Shippuuden made.

[Archangel]

oh, i thought both Bleach and Naruto were getting better and better lately, but meh, to each his own i guess ^^

Well in naruto's case, the manga is so much better than the anime that it makes it look like crap

In bleach's case... they're both crap atm.

[Uberbaka]

I still don't really care either way, and for your own sanity you should look at adopting such a stance... Considering the troll to honest people ratio online.

[Pandadice]

guys, I was thinking about this, and wouldn't it be really funny if they didn't sub the next episode (92), so everyone thought that it wasn't a troll. but then they put out the episode after that (93), so then everyone would be like "haha you guys all fell for the troll". but then DB actually dropped it after that and never released another naruto episode.

i think that'd probably be the best way to handle this situation.

[Uberbaka]

That would be funny? Really..?

Let's just let DB fade into obscurity already.

[Archangel]

God seriously, they've stooped so deal with it

I'm amazed at the amount of fanboys who are in denial on this thread alone.

[redcat]

if they are dropping it next week doesnt that mean they have 1 more ep to do?

[RyougaZell]

Its funny that Dattebayo decides to drop Naruto because its being shown on CrunchyRoll, yet they decide to release a HD version of Bleach Movie 1 which is already being sold on DVD on the states. LOL.

BTW... this thread at CrunchyRoll cracked me up.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-436082/HorribleSubs-Crunchyroll-Ripping.html?src=channel&pg=0

Basically they are pissed because someone is uploading CR's videos through torrent. And they said the guys at 4chan are laughing at Shinji (CR's creator). Its funny as hell... lol.

[Pandadice]

Its funny that Dattebayo decides to drop Naruto because its being shown on CrunchyRoll, yet they decide to release a HD version of Bleach Movie 1 which is already being sold on DVD on the states. LOL.


but you have to pay money to get the Bleach movie. naruto on crunchyroll is free.

rofl, just read that thread you linked to.

i have such mixed feelings on the whole issue.

maybe if the entire CR thing falls through, then DB would pick it back up.

[RyougaZell]

Crunchyroll is free? The SD version one week later you mean.
If you want to see Dattebayo's 'bad quality' or 'HD' you need to pay on Crunchyroll, even one week later.

Oh yeah... it seems CR's owner is pissing off people at 4chan, saying things like he will end the fansub era.

[Sapphire]

It could be anyone. How do they know it is Shinji who is doing it? I don't doubt it's him, but how do they know?

Also, I don't think the users should be surprised that people are continuing to use subs. I guess it's sort of a shocker that people are ripping the paid quality stuff haha. While I don't think the people who payed should feel bad for being jipped, I also think they shouldn't be surprised at what HS is doing by now...

[Pandadice]

hey guys, anyone notice how there's [HorribleSubs], but now also [RollSubs]? it looks like a second guy has started ripping from CR. :\

maybe it's just inevitable..

[Buffalobiian]

How's Rollsub's encodes? I tried the 1080p release this time from HorribleSubs, and the quality was good. It just sucks that the 480p version, besides being a lower resolution, is also a lot less smoother than the full HD version. Now I'll have to toss up between a hefty 400MB release, or a marginally acceptable 130MB release :(

Note the actual "encodes" are at 24fps, so the problem lies with the source, aka CrunchyRoll.

[Pandadice]

How's Rollsub's encodes? I tried the 1080p release this time from HorribleSubs, and the quality was good. It just sucks that the 480p version, besides being a lower resolution, is also a lot less smoother than the full HD version. Now I'll have to toss up between a hefty 400MB release, or a marginally acceptable 130MB release

Note the actual "encodes" are at 24fps, so the problem lies with the source, aka CrunchyRoll.

i tried the torrent but it didn't seem to have any seeds, so I stopped it.