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Takumi · 12-27-2001, 06:28 PM

Well, the term "otaku" is commonly known to describe anyone who's really into their hobby. I mean, REALLY into it. In the US, the term "otaku" just says they're a huge fan of whatever they're doing. However, in Japan, the term "otaku" just means "geek with nothing else better to do except devoting their lives to that particular hobby." I stand by the US definition. ^_^

I'm more of a car "otaku" than I am of anime these days. I'm more thrilled with going to car meets, car shows, and stuff than going to an anime convention or an anime shop.

As for fansubs. You have a group of "fans" who find an anime series they want to translate and "sub"title themselves because it's not available in the US yet. The nature of the fansubs is to spread the word about certain anime series. Also, it's supposed to be free, well, okay, technically the cost of the tape, labeling (if available), and shipping. A lot of groups buy Japanese laser-discs and/or DVD's, then bring 'em into their computers to do subtitling. Then they record them to a VHS tape or in most cases, encode them into .avi or .mpg so they can spread them around the 'net. Most "legit" fansub distributors, who do distribute these videos for the subtitling groups, would remove titles that have been officially licensed by a company in the US. When a title is released domestically, their job of spreading the word is done. So they encourage you to trash those fansubs and get the real stuff. Most people don't do that anyway. So in essence, fansubs are basically, "made for the fans, by the fans."

For more info, just go here.
<a href="http://www.fansubs.net/view.php3?page=nature

Don't" target="_blank">http://www.fansubs.net/view.php3?page=nature

Don't</a> ask me whether or not fansub tapes are illegal because I honestly ain't sure. It's a grey area with that sort of thing and it's been debated ever since I got into anime. People would argue over and over about this shit to a point where I basically got sick of reading it on anime message boards. Just watch whatever the #### you want, however you want. That's all I gotta say.

12-27-2001, 06:28 PM	#22
Takumi Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Age: 44 Posts: 836 Trader Rating: (0)	Well, the term "otaku" is commonly known to describe anyone who's really into their hobby. I mean, REALLY into it. In the US, the term "otaku" just says they're a huge fan of whatever they're doing. However, in Japan, the term "otaku" just means "geek with nothing else better to do except devoting their lives to that particular hobby." I stand by the US definition. ^_^ I'm more of a car "otaku" than I am of anime these days. I'm more thrilled with going to car meets, car shows, and stuff than going to an anime convention or an anime shop. As for fansubs. You have a group of "fans" who find an anime series they want to translate and "sub"title themselves because it's not available in the US yet. The nature of the fansubs is to spread the word about certain anime series. Also, it's supposed to be free, well, okay, technically the cost of the tape, labeling (if available), and shipping. A lot of groups buy Japanese laser-discs and/or DVD's, then bring 'em into their computers to do subtitling. Then they record them to a VHS tape or in most cases, encode them into .avi or .mpg so they can spread them around the 'net. Most "legit" fansub distributors, who do distribute these videos for the subtitling groups, would remove titles that have been officially licensed by a company in the US. When a title is released domestically, their job of spreading the word is done. So they encourage you to trash those fansubs and get the real stuff. Most people don't do that anyway. So in essence, fansubs are basically, "made for the fans, by the fans." For more info, just go here. <a href="http://www.fansubs.net/view.php3?page=nature Don't" target="_blank">http://www.fansubs.net/view.php3?page=nature Don't</a> ask me whether or not fansub tapes are illegal because I honestly ain't sure. It's a grey area with that sort of thing and it's been debated ever since I got into anime. People would argue over and over about this shit to a point where I basically got sick of reading it on anime message boards. Just watch whatever the #### you want, however you want. That's all I gotta say.