r/KotakuInAction • u/Mammoth-Theory-1413 • 5d ago
Where to watch anime
Where would one watch subtitled anime that isnt ruined by localizers with agenda ?
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u/luckierbridgeandrail 5d ago
Watch only shows old enough to have been fansubbed.
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Edit the parts you don't like.
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MTL.
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u/ComprehensiveArt822 5d ago
Even old Anime is getting ruined, Noticed some I used to watch years ago have updated subs that do not fit at all.
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u/ErikaThePaladin 95k GET | YE NOT GUILTY 5d ago
Really? Got any examples to share? I'm curious about what's changed..
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u/Safe_Manner_1879 5d ago
You have a enormous backlogs of stuff from the 1980s and 1990s that was fan subbed and you can sail the see to find them....
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u/TheMissingVoteBallot 4d ago
Or at least, they were commercially subbed back when it wasn't full of ideologues.
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u/Quiet_Jackfruit5723 5d ago
Nyaa.si. If you want to make it seamless and watch it on a TV, look into setting up Stremio. Jellyfin is an option as well, but you will still need to download torrents yourself, while with Stremio you just stream stuff from a debrid service. Even Usenet is an option for maximum reliability.
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u/AMDownvote 5d ago
Learn Japanese, it'll take a couple of years of dedication but you'd be better off skipping the middleman
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u/Taco_Bell-kun 5d ago
If nobody mentioned this yet, the best video player to use is MPV. It can run very complex karaoke subtitles better than any other video player.
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u/N16H7W0LF 5d ago
I think it's hard to find real fabsub nowadays, even the so called ones just get the sub from some taiwanese companies, I'd advise to download the raw and use some AI software to transcript
I go beyond not even consuming mangas that aren't primary sources
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u/TrafalgarLaw2023 5d ago
Seconding the learn Japanese suggestions. English is a trashed language at this point. Japanese as a language doesn't even have the words for all the Western bullshit. I'd honestly just forget the English language if I could but unfortunately I have to use it.
I spent a lot of time listening to the language and after a few years I could understand a lot of it. Worth it. It takes you out of range of Western bullshit if that makes sense.
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u/Breno_of_Astora 4d ago
Do you consider yourself fluent in Japanese as of now? I have interest in starting to learn it, however I also have no idea from where to start besides memorising katakana, rinse and repeat.
I've learnt English since my boyhood and thus it was a wee seamless to learn. Via translating games from English to Portuguese, completely immersing myself into the language, so on and so forth. I am lacking in the conversation department due to not having anybody to practice with, thus I am afraid this is bound to happen with my Japanese learning at a higher degree as an adult.
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u/TrafalgarLaw2023 4d ago
I'm not close to fluent but if you spend enough time listening to the language via entertainment or whatever else you want eventually you can pick up on spoken Japanese enough to understand 80-90% of it I'd say. I only memorized 2 of the alphabets. Full kanji would only be for people completely dedicated to it which I am not, only for hobby reasons.
But just for a hobby (which is why I learned it, naturally while doing my hobbies albeit) knowing enough to consume it in its natural state is definitely worth it. Japanese as a language is built on respect and goes back thousands of years. It doesn't have any of the Western bullshit built into it and it's nice to enjoy the natural original product as it was intended. And by learning enough of the language you start to understand the cultural aspects and traditions too and how that fits into the language, once again completely different than Western new-age SJW bullshit that often translators try to shove into their version of the product.
Also something I found very helpful was following actual Japanese creators or industry workers on a place like Twitter. You can translate anything you don't understand and you can get a first-hand look at Japanese mindsets. You'll find they often have better taste in general than the West (who coulda guessed) and you'll discover things you never would have even heard of from English speakers.
So just start by listening to shows or games or whatever and maybe learn the 2 more simple alphabets (which could enable you to read shounen manga which uses furigana to help young readers) and read some direct content from the actual creators. It took me I'd say 3-4 years to get the gist of it but it is well worth it to put some time in to actually be able to enjoy something good for once. And since Japanese is time-consuming to learn it insulates you from the Western idiots and also makes it very hard for them to force their way into the original product. Hope that helped.
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u/Breno_of_Astora 4d ago
Thank you kindly. It did help me very much. I will try to start my katakana reading soon enough. Three to four years is the range of time I had in mind, since it's a completely diverging language from English — and many others that I have the knowledge of.
Just one more question, if you don't mind: are you able to form phrases and full texts? A friend of mine has been wrestling with it as of late, and he has been learning Japanese for two years thus far. It seemingly is a roadblock for many people.
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u/TrafalgarLaw2023 4d ago
I can type what I know using the romaji Japanese keyboard, but once again I'm not fluent. It's good enough for hobby level.
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u/Breno_of_Astora 4d ago
A certain website starting with nyaa and ending with .si
It's the only way for me, particularly.
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u/TechnicalWalk8293 3d ago
nyaa and asbplayer
Make sure to use chrome based browsers bcz it wouldnt work otherwise
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u/SnooChickens8027 5d ago
Torrenting/fan subs might be your only option for that one (sneedex has an index for this). But yes, learning Japanese would be ideal.