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Old 2014-02-25, 21:00   Link #42
kuri`
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Personality

Describe about yourself
Male, love anime, eating, doing a little programming, and movies

Do tell what you disgusted the most in fansubbing?
Difficulty in recruiting

Do tell any attributes you like about fansubbing?
Contributing to a community

What are your aliases or nicknames you've used in fansubbing?
slevin, Orange-kun, kuri`, Kururin

Mission

Why do you fansub in the first place?
I enjoy anime so much I wanted to contribute and be a part of it somehow

Why do you continue fansubbing?
I simply believe in it

When are you into fansubbing?
Oft

When do you start fansubbing?
In like 2006

Define fansub or state the mission of the fansub
Groups

To deliver an accessible quality sub to fans in a timely manner

List your current group(s) and your position/job in that group(s)
umai, timer, typesetter

List the Group(s) you've worked with now
umai, inactive though I hope to start it back up again

List the Group(s) you've worked with in the past
umai, joints with m.3.3.w and doremi

Do you freelance?
I wouldn't mind freelancing

Projects
What kind of series (genre) do you enjoy working on?
Comedy, Suspense, Action, so to speak

Do you work on any series that you don't like? If so, why working on them?
Because I agreed to do it

Founder: Only if you start at least one group
Co-Founder of Umai Fansubs & Section-9 Fansubs ('08)

Do tell why do you start a group?
I wanted to fansub in a laid back fun environment for everyone, and create an avenue for newbie subbers like I was

If the group collapsed or is going to collapse, explain what was the reason of its collapse.
I hope not, however if it does mainly everyone retired

If the group is still functioning but is stalling, explain what was the cause of this
Lack of staffs, always a hard time finding TL help

If the group is functioning very well, do tell about why it is successful and what did you do to make it successful.
At one time it did, I learned the best thing I could do is my job

Jobs
What are your current fansubbing jobs
Timer, typesetter

Which fansubbing jobs can you do
Timer, typesetter, qc

What are your favorite fansubbing jobs
timer, typesetter

Make a definition of the job you can do or your current fansubbing job briefly.
Timing with proper lead-in/out, typesetting simple signs with fonts and colors closely resembling the original without breaking anything, font styling (e.g. nice size, readable, natural looking colors to enhance aesthetic feel of text)

Other Plans
When are you planning to retire/quit from fansubbing?
When nobody watches fansubs anymore or I simply cannot

Are you planning to train other novice fansubbers so that they'll be just as good as you are?
I have trained some a little in timing the same way I was

Are you going to document everything what you did so that other people can get to know how to fansub better?
Probably not, however if there was a need to I would get around to it

Last edited by kuri`; 2014-03-04 at 11:24.
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