[Anime] Death Note

Originally Posted by Joe Wiewel

I downloaded all of the torrents I could find off of mininova and here's what I think. If I don't mention it, then from what I can tell, it's not a problem.

So...when I tried to play ANFS the top half of my TV was flashing green. (I watch the episodes on my 19" standard definition TV using my computer's TV-out.) No translation of the onscreen text. And I don't see the need to make the resolution that high. >_>

Under9000's fansub has very apparent compression artifacts and no karaoke/translations for opening/ending. No translation of onscreen text.

kubusub's fansub is in .mpg format along with the compression artifacts. No translation of onscreen text. The openings and endings are translated, but no karaoke.

ZA's fansub doesn't have any opening/ending translations and it's also been translated from French to English. I'm not sure how accurate it is after Japanese -> French -> English. Also, no translations of onscreen text, though Ryuk & Rem's subtitles are in a cool font though.

Animanda's fansub's text is a bit small for my tastes and sometimes they don't keep longer subtitle lines on the screen long enough to read. (I consider myself a fairly fast reader.) Otherwise, I have nothing to complain about for this one.

Unfortunately, none of these groups released this episode with the next episode preview!

My first choice is Animanda followed by ZA followed by ANFS. Under9000 is the worst of them all.

Unfortunately, none of these match Live-Evil or Toriyama World's quality. But we are getting these for free, so it's not like we spent money for a mediocre product (not to say that any of these fansubs are) or anything.

Thanks a lot for checking these out and reviewing them. I'll most likely follow your recommendations for downloading. Hopefully at least these will continue on and hopefully become better over time. Still very dissapointed about TW's drop, but sadly nothing can be done about it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by jouhou

Haha, watch "Full Moon wo Sagashite" and you'll get a new perspective of death gods.

TW dropped... booooo!! I liked how they used a different fonts for 'L' and when the shinigami talked. Does any other group, still subbing, do that with the fonts?

ZA's fansub cover the Shinigami fonts, but not sure about L. Joe Wiewel's post contained that information.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Where can subbed versions of both movies be found?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Thanks a lot for the link. Although registrations are closed every day except Friday's? Do you know if you can send me an invitation code? Otherwise I can wait until Friday.

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Originally Posted by chato

Well with this week's release of Episode 20, we are given the 2nd opening and ending theme. I kinda like the whole crazy look of it but the song could've been much better. You be the judge. Honestly, It doesn't bother me at all ;p. Mello,Takada,Near and Mikami are in it. The 2nd ending theme is way better but already shows *** but oh well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbRkmBcVWlc - 2nd Opening : Seeing a bunch of Raito Yagami Heads made me lmao. stupid but funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDtUZ0_MiWA - 2nd Ending.

The 2nd opening and ending didn't seem bad since it went along with the vid really well. Not the type of music I'd listen to normally, but then again I never listened to the first opening and ending music as well outside of the anime. Most people aren't liking it mainly because of the major change in genre. I will admit it is different, but it is still tolerable. The insanity shown does fit Death Note, though. I like it.

Although, the mentality of the music does seem to indicate that the anime may keep the insane manga ending.

EDIT: Chato, I think you'd better put the part I deleted in a spoiler to avoid

Spoiler:

ruining the already popular L's death for even more people. Most of the people who found out beforehand, like myself, did not intentionally wish to find it and wish we never knew.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yes, I will continue watching it. Only a few more episodes to go, so it's not killing any time I have. I do expect good things, though. Or so I am hoping.

With the number of remaining episodes they have left, I think they will cut down on the boring parts. Unlike Naruto, Death Note doesn't copy the manga word for word and scene for scene (for example, the manga version showed a lot more discussions with the Yotsuba and even what many of them were thinking, as in the manga they skip most of it or cut it very short. It would have probably been boring and/or felt dragging if they left those parts in anyway), so hopefully that area will be better.

I'm also curious on how dramatic they will make the "turning point" in the anime version.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I noticed the new OP was bashed a lot at first because it was J-Metal, but overtime I started reading many of those people say "actually, it's not that bad." What it comes down to is it was a major change music-wise, very intense. The song itself I'm not sure if I would listen to outside of Death Note, but because it goes along so well with the content occuring while the song is playing, it actually makes the song sound much, much better. I don't really know which one I like better since both of them cover the two main themes Death Note has (or will have), but the mood of the endings are somewhat similar.

FELIPE NO

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v377828feQdRs9N

Funny change of subtitles. The only part I didn't like was the text bubbles. Everything else sounded very similar to Yagami Light. This video may be hard to understand if you actually speak Japanese very well.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I can already expect half of the people might dislike the second arc no matter what happens since it seems most people are already having bad expectations of it.

Although, it is interesting how they plan to complete the entire second arc in 10 episodes. In the manga, the first arc was only a few chapters longer than the second. In other word, they were about the same length. This arc starts at episode 26 (near the end), which would make it less than half as long as the first arc. Because of this, I'm expecting good things from it. Whether it will be as good as the first arc, I do not know. Because it's only 10 episodes, I doubt it, but because it's 10 episodes, I don't think it will be a dissapointment.

Regarding episode 25:

Spoiler:

It seems the end of that episode would half also satisfied some people as the end of the series. The way they ended it seemed like a series finale, only with a more darker tone since all questions were answered. Episode 26 could also been an "aftermath" or something showing the small detail on how Light got his new position, but #25 seemed to have a nice ending. I really hope this second arc doesn't dissapoint me, even though I didn't think too harshly of it in the manga.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

They are cramming things in this arc. The first arc usually had 2-3 chapters per episode. Episode 29 had 9, and the ones before that at usually at least 4. They skipped a lot of things in episode 29, mainly the new shinigami was suppose to have more action along with a person in Mello's gang doing the eye deal.

At this rate, I can understand if they make it to 37 episodes, I just hope they can keep things simple and allow great tension for the end of the series.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I just saw episode 30, and they made some changes to it compared to the manga.

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by designchronicle.com

Speaking of which, the writers have simplified the story in such a way that the story doesn't actually give details of Hal's complex entanglement with Mello or Mogi's involvement with the SPK while the mob tries to enter the building. I wonder how this will factor into the story later on since the plot kind of relies on both Mogi and Aizawa getting embroiled with the SPK later on in the story.

Hal was supposed to have already known Mello beforehand as well as leaking him some information. Also as explained in the quote, Mogi and Aizawa have not really had contact with the SPK in the anime yet.

These modifications aren't too bad, but it could have made things more interesting. I realized the next episode should involve Teru. I wonder if they will dedicate a large portion of episode time to reflect on his past like they did in the Manga.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I can't say I'm a fan of his voice either, but I'd have to at least see an episode or two in order to be sure. I'm used to hearing the Japanese voice so much that the English voice may not actually be bad, just different. It's very rare for a Japanese and English voice to sound alike, but I'll try and stay neutral for now.

On a side note, I just noticed how the three have names in alphabetical order:

L M N
L Mello Near

If we add Kira...

K L M N
Kira L(ight) Mello Near

So if another genius were to be introduced, should I assume it would be "O"?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Now that I think about it, Mikami's past was just one chapter, correct? So I suppose the first half of an episode or a few flashbacks are all we should expect, I don't really think they'll extend one chapter into an entire episode, but hopefully what they do will be satisfying. Episode 31 should be out and subbed soon, and Mikami should be in it based on the preview. We should hear something about his past by episode 32, if not 31.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I just saw Episode 32 as well. Matt looks a lot different than I expected. Then again, I barely remember him from the manga. Still, he looks a lot darker. Perhaps his color is black? Well, he's not an important enough character to have a color. If you (the reader) do not understand what I mean, each main character has a color:
Light/Kira = Red
L = Blue
Near = White/Silver
Mello = Yellow/Gold(?)
Aizawa = Green

Even though he's not a big character, I wonder if they will expand much on his character. Most people who didn't read the manga were probably confused by that, so I hope they expand a bit more. At the very least, a proper introduction.

Anyway,

Spoiler:

It seems I was right about the 15min thing. I was worried that they were going to make it boring, but it was greatly satisfying. Seeing Takada also isn't bad. I was also expecting them to cut out the whole "love" convorsation between Matsuda and Ide, but I see they left some of it in, meaning they will probably continue it a bit later on, though almost definently no wher near as much as the manga.
I'm also glad that they are making things a lot less boring, simpler, and faster.

I'm really starting to dislike Animanda's subs. They purposely rearrange what the characters say just to what they think "sounds" better. The overuse of the word "fuck" did irk me a bit, but they're having Mikami say "Eradicate". I know what it translates to, but it sounds far too awkward.
Kuro-Hana has much better subs, but Animanda has the quality. If only there were a way to combine the two.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

It's too bad they can't sub anymore, but I know some people will upload the last two subbed episodes on youtube or veoh.
I also do hope Light's voice gets a change, I couldn't stand listening to that for over a minute.

As for episode 35, It's the first episode of the new arc I found boring, despite all of what has happend. Probably because I already knew what was happening or I was in a low mood because of hearing the bad Death Note sub news, or both. Either way, I'm curious as to how they will end it. Sometimes I wish I never read the manga.

How ya doing, buddy?

Well, I was somewhat dissapointed with the ending. I think Episode 36 was more exciting than this.

Spoiler:

I was really looking foward to Ryuk killing Light right in front of him and seeing Light's reaction to that. The small changes they made otherwise weren't bad, like when Light ran out of the warehouse. Although the moment I saw that and Near decided not to go, it was made clear that I wouldn't get the ending I wanted.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I forgot it was going to air and almost had a heart attack when I heard that theme play as I was typing to a friend. Someone tried to write my name.

Anyway, I must say I am satisfied with what I saw, so far at least. These people so far seem to handle it alright. Japanese music with subtitles, same bg music, good animation, dialouge was on track, no sign of horrible voices, though still speculation on how the quality of the voices are so far.

Light's voice did sound a bit weird at points, but overall was done well. His insanity voice at least was satisfying enough. Ryuk's voice I can't say is bad, but I'm trying to speculate how he'll be doing his chuckle that he often does throughout the anime.

The only character I worry about is Misa, since her voice will most probably be done horribly and overly-annoying, but I shouldn't criticize yet. L's voice I'm also wondering about, but it seems it's easier to handle than Misa's.

Basically, the First Episode overall was done well.

Jam it back in, in the dark.