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Access · 2009-10-23, 10:24

Yeah, that was the famous line that made Animejunkies an instant classic. No one took them very seriously after that

, they became an allegorical punching bag. It was blogged about and then frequently cited by third parties as an example of how bad fan translations were. Which itself was mis-attribution b'cos by that time, many weren't that bad. There were enough groups out there by that time who actually translated from the original japanese, with at least reasonable quality.

I seem to remember there was also a (Ninja Scrolls?) incedent where Ninja Scrolls was announced licensed, and within a few days Animejunkies released a few more episodes of it, while also admitting they were knowledgeable of the licensing. Their excuse (at the time) being that, well, those episodes were works-in-progress at the time of the licensing, so it 'made sense' to finish them.

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Access Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004	Yeah, that was the famous line that made Animejunkies an instant classic. No one took them very seriously after that , they became an allegorical punching bag. It was blogged about and then frequently cited by third parties as an example of how bad fan translations were. Which itself was mis-attribution b'cos by that time, many weren't that bad. There were enough groups out there by that time who actually translated from the original japanese, with at least reasonable quality. I seem to remember there was also a (Ninja Scrolls?) incedent where Ninja Scrolls was announced licensed, and within a few days Animejunkies released a few more episodes of it, while also admitting they were knowledgeable of the licensing. Their excuse (at the time) being that, well, those episodes were works-in-progress at the time of the licensing, so it 'made sense' to finish them.