My opinion on fansubs

Humberto Saabedra

The translations suck and are poorly informed, subtitles are being used incorrectly and outside of the original intention, cultural notes are stupid and the video quality is laughable. I’d rather spend money on a proper job than waste time and bandwidth on a poor one.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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