Got some Funimation Blu-rays in my mail today. It seems there was some kind of printing error on the reversible sleeves? The artworks of the characters are missing the clothes... And also the Blu-rays are labeled "Freezing", not "Frieren". Did I get the wrong anime series or what?

Since @milesofficial.bsky.social hasn’t made this post on bsky, piggybacking off of this post to share his take from Twitter

Nouveau planning des sorties @Crunchyroll_fr

After a break lasting more than a year, the German anime company Trimax is coming back this March - and the first product review arrived on Amazon.

Hardball Films Germany announced a Steelbook release of Hellsing TV-series for June 2026 - on Blu-ray. hardball-films.de/produkt/hell... Will include the classic German Dub & Japanese Audio + German subtitles

So Maomao the Animation will be the only Crunchyroll US release slated for May? at least it's a great title

Many have asked about AI and translation following the acquisition announcement. Seven Seas remains committed to human translators and the high editorial standards our readers & creators expect. Nothing about the acquisition changes how we translate our books. More info shortly.

People seem to not know that TMI Holdings, the company listed as selling the RightStuf Warehouse, appears to be Shawne Kleckner.

There is a Windows XP Version of Animal Crossing: New Horizons? ...or is it just a certain online store lying?

Calling your attacks can be Pretty (Cure) exhausting... Jugemu Jugemu, A Nearly Infinite Eon. Ultimate Marine Splash Mega Wave Dragon. Tropical Mango Kiwi Limbo Dance Tappity-tap Crash Niagara Shower. Flying Phoenix Super Serving of Level 100 Spiciness. Free Refill of Fatty Roast

Today I crossed the former Berlin wall six times - and I didn't even notice it. I only found out by checking historic maps. The world can change in a blink of an eye, and even for the better.

VIZ Media proudly presents... Captain Tsubasa 2018 1080p HD-DVD Boxsets with 8 episodes per discs. Audio languages not mentioned on packaging

Did you know that back in 2020, Amazon Prime Video already had .ass subtitles? ...just a few minor issues were left to fix. (Yowapeda via Amazon Prime Video Brasil)

The agents in Spy x Family S3 are using latest AI technology... (Ep 48 @ 16:46)

Netflix wants German voice actors to sign contracts allowing them to use their recordings for AI training - for free www.anisearch.de/news/anime/5... Well, many voice actors just said "NO" and as such Netflix currently struggles to get any voice actors for their dubs

One Piece Characters Log currently airs on German TV. Not much of a surprise... But the TV station announced that the episodes have not yet been dubbed, but they'll air it anyway (subbed this time) xcancel.com/prosiebenmax...

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Once I ordered 3 Maiden Japan discs: Dennoh Coil, Yumeiro Patisserie & Clamp School Detectives... ...this was my first order at Right Stuf Anime. It wasn't Fedex'd and took many weeks, but I ended up receiving it. And it was the first of many, many orders... Miss you, RightStufAnime & Maiden Japan

Does TV Tokyo traumatize kids in the morning? Next Saturday they'll go straight from Paw Patrol (Rubble & Crew) @ 9:45 to Trigun Stargaze @ 10:00

I was about to post this here if you have ever seen subtitles with color, karaoke or any sort of cool positioning they were likely made in srv3. youtube is now deleting ALL subtitles made in this format this includes basically every subbed hololive video (and hundreds of vtuber vids in general)

Weird developments in the German anime market? 2025 anime Blu-ray releases went down compared to 2024 - but DVDs went up? Weird? Yes But on a closer look: The number of delays, especially towards the end of 2025 was huge and even affected companies which were usually "on time".

Some days ago I placed a phone order at an anime retailer for that "famous horse series everyone is talking about". Guess I need to be more specific next time...

The worst official 4K AI upscale? Tezuka Productions The first AI colored anime in Japanese TV? Tezuka Productions ...now Amazon Prime has ruined their triple

Amazon x Crunchyroll France... It's like playing a game of "guess the anime"

So while we have seen some shows on Crunchyroll get updated with better subtitles, I would like to remind everyone that many shows haven't. I also reached out to some insiders, and so far there has been no clear internal communication about changing course back to comprehensive typesetting either.

New article on ★ daiz.moe ★ Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason daiz.moe/crunchyroll-... A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes! Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)

It seems that Netflix decided to produce brand new dubs of One Piece in multiple(!) languages... Not just Latin American Spanish, which was kinda obvious given the fact that they only got the 4kids edits before, but also German, French and likely others as well

Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro is up to pre-order! The steelbook has a brand new English dub w/ the much-loved cast of Tony Oliver, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang, & Doug Erholtz and plenty of extras! Exclusive to the Crunchyroll Store. store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...

Exclusive BD SteelBooks Berserk Golden Age Arc Memorial Edition store.crunchyroll.com/products/ber... That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime S1 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha... S2 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha... Lupin the 3rd Castle of Cagliostro store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...

Crunchyroll started fixing the subtitles for their new simulcasts :) Left: fixed (German) Right: prior (English) Anime: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

Hardball Films proves once again that it's not impossible to re-release older Aniplex shows: Coming soon in November is Sekirei, with season 2 to follow later JPN + GER audio + subtitles

Some said the "new" Crunchyroll subtitling style was some kind of "industry standard" - but which? Even the vobsubs standard from ~1997, supported by companies like Sony, Disney, NBCUniversal was far more flexible than the current Crunchyroll style...

It gets even better! There are already TWO SEASONS of this, despite it being dated to just a week ago (9/27/2025), and the episode synopsis for all six episodes are literally just the full Lorem ipsum text. I'm almost crying from how utterly dumb & hilarious this is.

really is starting to seem like crunchyroll fired the people who made the company work, and now everything is breaking down

Well, at least some of us are still using Aegisub...

New article: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crun...

So Anime Onegai, the largest competitor of Crunchyroll in Latin America will close its doors this month. They produced way over 100 dubs in less than 5 years. On the other hand, there is a disturbing interview with a former employee: japan-next.blogspot.com/2025/10/entr...

Why doesn't Crunchyroll follow the actual industry standard for Closed Captions? That would allow even faster distribution at lower costs! Instead of translating what's spoken just CC [Speaking Japanese] in 90 % of all lines. I'm sure fans will love it, like the barely readable subtitles now.

Update on this: more fall seasons are starting to roll out on Crunchyroll, and they all seem to be using Closed Caption Converter. It's hard to overstate how dumb this is. They're destroying one of their major competitive edges in the name of some asinine "compatibility" with their competitors

Pushing AI into everything right now makes sense because we’re in the thick of an anti-expertise era, and everything it “makes” relies on malicious dilettantes believing that whatever it spits out is good enough for whatever industry or consumer base to which it’s parasitically affixing itself.

Some details: It seems that for at least two new in-house subtitle releases (A Wild Last Boss Appeared 01, Kaiju No8 23), rather than the usual Aegisub the subtitles were created in "Closed Caption Converter", which cannot do styled on-screen text at all. CR work with Aegisub on left, CCC on right.

It's always nice that amazon gives you the opportunity to order a bootleg DVD instead of a legal release... But just why?

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Part 1 has some* additional screenings due to popular demand... Some cinemas will screen it up to 27 times a day.

Hell hath frozen over. Dirty Pair is shipping.

Kaiju No. 8 Blu-ray Limited Edition US Artwork revealed by Amazon... This elf reminds me of a great fantasy series...

Dear @animelockdown.bsky.social and @katrinal10n.bsky.social The Art of Translation in Anime Panel was just great and I'd love to recommend it to other fans to watch and learn. Any chance getting it available after the livestream?

Crunchyroll Germany revealed the upcoming home video releases for September - November 2025, including: - Tokyo Ghoul Steelbook Set - Black Butler S4 - Blue Exorcist S3 - Masamune kun's Revenge - Frieren S1 Complete CE - Tsukimichi S2 - Wind Breaker - Wistoria - Haikyu!! Movie 5

Waiting for anime Blu-rays in Germany? There are a bunch of titles, that are (or were) available for pre-order, that don't have a realistic release date scheduled yet. Some were either listed for Q4 2025, 2026 without details, or had early fall dates but delayed without details.

So another 7 former Crunchyroll anime got sublicensed to Animoon in Germany for a Blu-ray release - including the Spice & Wolf remake and also including 2 titles that were already available for preorder at one retailer: 7th Prince / Re: Monster