Witchblade

[NeoBear]

(sigh) who’s balls do I have to rub to get eps 2 of this subbed =/

whoever called me a bitch

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[Ryllharu]

They say they finally have their translator back after some extended hiatus, so you'll probably have to go for the editors and encoders.

Still...I sympathize. A month after the original airdate to release the first eps, and here we are another month. There are slower releasers though (tri-monthly+ for Gakuen Alice). When they get back on track, we'll see some decent pace I believe. In the meantime, there are plenty of other things to watch.

[NeoBear]

im not even sure why but im more interested in this then anything else right now and i have only seen one eps but thanks everyone for info and updates.

[Ryllharu]

I cannot say I am the biggest fan of these three groups, but I'm glad to see another set of groups pick up this neglected series.

[SHS-yesy-ureshii]Witchblade_-_01

One way or the other we'll get some more of Witchblade.

[NeoBear]

well you know i wanna say something about being wet but ill save that for ep 2 =)

[DeluxSkillz]

ep 2 is out http://bt.shinsen-subs.org/%5BSHS-ye...5D.avi.torrent

[Ryllharu]

well you know i wanna say something about being wet but ill save that for ep 2 =)

Now you can. Glad to see this series may get back on track.

Not too surprising to see that both that company and the Child Welfare Agency want the Witchblade, or at the least know where it is. I'm sure they both have opposite intentions for it.

Riko clinging to the table for dear life was cute.

[NeoBear]

you have no idea, man im so happy i think a little pee came out =D

[IFHTT]

Fun doesn't end yet... Episode 3:
http://bt.shinsen-subs.org/%5BSHS-ye...5D.avi.torrent

[Ryllharu]

Well, the people turned robomonsters is a bit of a detraction to this series, but I think the rest of it makes up for it. It's a lot like Speed Grapher to me. I'm happy with it so far.

[Kraco]

One thing I can't forget or get over while watching Witchblade is Noto Mamiko (School Rumble's Yakumo) in such an action role as Amaha Masane. She's perfect in the role of the slightly inexperienced mom, but funny when the action begins. Other than this series I have been watching Solty Rei, and she's there as one of the genetically altered task force members. However, in that series she got the role of the one member that's absolutely useless in battle, which somehow fits her image in my mind.

Well, of course it's not her fault but mine for associating her so strongly with Yakumo. In the end she's an experienced voice actress with plenty of important roles.

[Yukimura]

Witchblade 4 by Shinsen-Yesy-Ureshii. What's up with this series having two different joint groups subbing it? And three together, i've neverheard of sucha thing

EDIT: Just found this on the Yesy site
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[Death13a]

well you do now. History in the making.
Good episode at introducing other charaters of other company.

[complich8]

And three together, i've neverheard of sucha thing

Triad formed out of a team that worked together consisting of staff from Ishin, New Life Anime and Anime-Fansubs. That was somewhere around 2002... I think they'd done other projects together before that team broke off to form their own group.

Having multiple joint groups isn't terribly common, because joint projects are getting less common. I think a big reason for that is that there's a lot more people working freelance now, and not really working for one group or another. At the same time, more small groups are gelling, so maybe we'll see that on the rise a bit.

[Munsu]

Witchblade Acquired, Positioned for Adult Swim (2006-06-05 00:21:09)
Funimation has acquired the Witchblade anime, according to an announcement by Top Cow's Matt Watkins last weekend at WizardWorld Philadelphia. Watkins also said Funimation is in talks with Cartoon Network to air the series on Adult Swim. Thanks, MDawg and Dai Kun. Source: Comic Book Resources [ discuss ]

Conclave will drop it for sure...

Bakakozou, no clue what they will do, they'll probably continue it, but I bet they'll need to find more staff members to accomplish it.

The Shinsen trio will probably continue it.

[Yukimura]

The Shinsen trio is dropping as well!

Fuck This. Funi sucks! license the show after its over you bastards. whats with this stupid trend of licensing shows that are still in their infancy If no one else picks it up, AND ONLY IF THIS HAPPENS, then I hope the show bombs completely and Funi loses every penny they put into it, or I could buy the DVD, but that would mean supporting this trend...so no.

[Ryllharu]

We really had to expect from the beginning that this would get licensed. The original creation is a US property after all, so there's a decent fanbase already built for it here in the States. I agree that licensing should take place slightly later in the series, so that the licensors can see if the series sours out toward the end (Gantz most notably). Witchblade hasn't even really established the direction its going in, even with raws up to eps 8. I just wish there was a group that picked it up before the fourth raw was out, but subbers do what they want to do.

I also wished they'd stop licensing early or pre-licensing series. It begins to errode the relationship that fansubs and the licensers have. We're a free test market, and letting series get a little further than they do of late would probably be more advisable to them.

I'll miss the Japanese cast, especially Mamiko Noto as Amaha and Akemi Kanda as Riko, but there's some consolation we might be able to watch it on Adult Swim.

[complich8]

I do wish people would quit bitching about when companies license series... it really gets tired.

I mean ... sure, as someone who's not paying for it, it'd be nice if they waited until you got the whole thing for free before they decided to stake their claim on it. But more likely than not, if enough people like it, someone'll step up and do it anyway... whether it's bakakozou or shinsen or some newbie group that forms solely to sub the series because they want to see it and feel like there's a gap to fill.

Point being, someone or another will translate it, and if not, someone will rip the r1's when they come out. One way or the other, you'll be able to see it, subtitled, with the original Japanese voice cast, and probably without paying for it.

The only question is "when" ... and with members of old established "when it's done" fansubbers on the job, that was a big question mark to begin with. Get over it.

*(on the other hand, I can certainly understand the complaints about funimation -- they don't exactly have a stellar history of leaving things intact ... but at least they're not 4-kids. And this show's slightly risque ... gotta wonder how likely it is they'll leave it with its vitals intact)*

[NeoBear]

I really wish people would stop bitching about people bitching, (edit) I thought (edit) everyone is entitled to say how they feel about things on this forum. And as long as they are not personally attacking someone whats the problem if I need to justify how I feel ill be glad too.

I have been watching subbed anime for so long I almost don’t care to watch it any other way. In most cases I actually prefer fans subs to the subtitled crap that American companies put out if you need an example look at Initial D.

As for being pissed about people bitching that’s lame get over it and skip there post if they aren’t just dumping on someone personal then what’s the problem. There is a difference between complaining and bitching and in either case you should have the ability as a grown adult to just ignore them.

I was really looking forward to this series as I was a pretty big fan of the comic back in the day so I was really looking forward to another take on it im pissed and unhappy but im not bitching.

[complich8]

I really wish people would stop bitching about people bitching, (edit) I thought (edit) everyone is entitled to say how they feel about things on this forum.

How ... meta. Bitching about bitching about bitching.

I have been watching subbed anime for so long I almost don’t care to watch it any other way. In most cases I actually prefer fans subs to the subtitled crap that American companies put out if you need an example look at Initial D.

There is a certain value to the actual argument wrapped up inside your "my e-peen is big" message: dvd subs are pretty crap as far as featuresets go, because the dvd subtitle spec was extremely poorly designed. And yeah, commercial entities aren't always great either (as I said, funimation has a bad history, as does 4-kids. ADV and Bandai and Geneon have their share of screwups too), and the dvd spec is what, 10 or 11 years old now?

That said, in general they do a pretty passable job, given the strict limitations they're stuck with. Not to mention dvd translations are usually on par with the best fansub translations available, and substantially more consistent. Cut them some slack, man...

As for being pissed about people bitching that’s lame get over it and skip there post if they aren’t just dumping on someone personal then what’s the problem.

Hello, Pot, I'm Kettle. Nice to meet you. What's that you were saying about my pigmentation?

Oh, did I mention that this sort of discussion derails threads? Like it's doing to this one? We haven't talked about anything of substance to the show in several posts... not that the discussion here was terribly involved to begin with.

There is a difference between complaining and bitching and in either case you should have the ability as a grown adult to just ignore them.

Actually, no, there's no difference between "bitching" and "complaining" other than the degree of formality between the two terms. Bitching is a slang term for complaining.

Yes, I'm capable of tuning it out, of just ignoring it. I'm also capable of firewall-banning the /16 netblock that you posted from (oh look, I'm root, e-peen++). I find merely posting a message pointing out the irrationality and ultimate fruitlessness of someone's complaing to be an entirely reasonable and moderate path.

I think it's important to have some perspective. Realize that the scene has almost never let anyone down, as far as getting releases of in-demand shows out to nonpaying viewers. All I'm saying is, if you're not looking forward to buying it, at least have some faith, it'll still get subbed, just maybe not by the people who started it.

I can understand your frustration about the uncertainty of when you would be able to see the show. But put it in perspective, and realize that that same degree of uncertainty has always been there, just now your faith has to be put into something larger and harder to characterize -- the community at large, and the hope that another subber will emerge to work on it.