22.3.23

17.3.23

11.3.23

shows that deserve subs: Ginrou Kaiki File

There are often times where I think to myself, “no one on the internet is cool. because if anyone was, they would have fansubbed this show by now.”

this is one such show:

Ginrou Kaiki File (the mystery files of silver wolf) – 1996

after surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident, our protagonist (played by KinKi Kids‘ own Domoto Koichi) finds himself the host to Ginrou, a dual personality with a 220 IQ and a cruel streak that takes over his body (and hairstyle!) to help solve bizarre murders and supernatural mysteries. this is of course because he has two brains, or so I have heard…

described on mydramalist as “a mixture of high-school detective, a bit of horror and a bit of sci-fi”, I have just got to see what happens in this show!!!

don’t believe it’s worth the hype? I think you’ll find that the OP speaks for itself:

so if you think you’re cool, prove it! fansub this show! drop me a line and I’ll help out :^)

7.3.23

5.3.23

2.3.23

the curious medievalism of redwall

“What want you here, young beast, young beast,
What want you here at my feast, my feast?”

“O stripedog, great guardian, some food for us all, 
For we are good young ones who live at Redwall!”

as december is thus upon us, I now begin the second year of what I believe I can officially call a ‘tradition’, started just last year – listening to all of Brian Jacques’s Redwall series in chronological order. 

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hiroshi kamiya and the tower of youth

recently I was chatting with a friend about old-school fansubs, and we laughingly recalled those heady days of youth where you’d have to wait months at a time for an episode, or how subbing groups might even disappear all together without finishing what they started. 

an anecdote of mine rose up from the depths, which I recounted without a second thought: a voice actor in a show I loved had been injured before being able to finish recording his lines and had to be replaced by someone else for the final episode – and how out of devotion, I waited to finish the series until the fansub group was able to tackle the DVD version, with the original actor’s voice.

afterwards, I wondered – this would have been nearly 20 years ago at this point, but – was it even true? read on to find out… 

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setting the stage for chandler and nabokov


when a raymond chandler postscript short enough to almost go unnoticed had me dredging the archives, I realized I might have to reopen a case from my past – one that may be impossible to solve… 

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