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

fucking hysterical to hear the 'poor little genAI industry' crying about being bullied with "copyright law" as if it's some novel, untested area of jurisprudence. If you don't want to be sued by 7 million people don't steal from 7 million people, that's a pretty simple legal concept

It may take some time... They already announced this in October last year: x.com/RobotechNews...

Zur Klarstellung: Auf schriftliche Anfrage hat der Publisher Nipponart Pläne zur Einstellung des Geschäftsbetriebes NICHT bestätigt.

Crunchyroll's European Simuldubs in Summer 2025 17x German 15x French 6x Italian 6x European Spanish (ongoing Simuldubs of previous seasons not included)

Is It Wrong to Use HD Remasters for TV Broadcasts?⁣ ⁣ ...instead of a 2004 DVD with wrong colors.⁣ #DragonBall

HarperCollins Publishers today announced it will acquire the manga publishing operations of global anime brand Crunchyroll in France and Germany. Press releases: www.harpercollins.com/blogs/press-...

Crunchyroll USA revealed their October releases - with several surprises and some previously rumored releases: - Overlord Seasons 1-3 each getting Steelbooks (announced a few days ago for UK as well) - Haikyuu!! Movie Steelbook (announced for Germany some time ago)

Anime should be on Blu-ray? Yes SD on Blu-ray? Is fine as well Pokémon in Germany: Here is your 23 DVD brick (4 multi disc cases in storage box) *includes English dub, PAL Region 2

Anime DVDs are dead? I got some last week, thanks to Nipponart (Germany): - Slayers S1-S3 + Movies + OVAs - New Fest of the North Star - Rumiko Takahashi Anthology - Nasu - Harlock Saga - Submarine 707 - Reideen - School Rumble S1+OVA - Loveless - Candidate for Goddess

Was there a secret "who can produce the worst looking anime DVD of all time" challenge going on in Germany in the late 00s? Other errors on top of the "perfect" video quality - failed to include episode 3 (of 5) - included a random episode of another anime without audio

Weird anime leak? An unpublished* Blu-ray suddenly appeared in a UK used media store: Part 3 of the Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution series forums.animeuknews.net/threads/anim... * likely identical to the 2023 US Blu-ray, just different packaging, but still...

Update: Anime News Network has learned through official channels that the subtitles were provided by a third party. Crunchyroll informed us that use of AI subtitles violates their agreement with vendors.

Is it just me or is one of the main reasons, we all are so pissed about that ChatGPT subtitles, that we really expected Crunchyroll to be better? I guess: Yes. Crunchyroll and also most of their competitors who actively focus on anime usually deliver a quite decent level of quality

Anime Sugoi will, again, be the official European reseller for Metal Skin Panic Madox-01 by @animeigo.com EU release scheduled for Oct 1, 18 €, no import VAT for EU customers and free shipping for orders 20 €+ - so you might grab another title and get free shipping ;) Same disc as US release.

What numbers are considered "good" for anime sales in Germany? Well... Goblin Slayer Limited Edition had a print run of at least 6k units per part (the dog tag included was numbered), and they added a standard edition later

Did I miss the mass production of APTX 4869? Or why did I have to prove to my mailman once again that I am 18+, so he was allowed to hand me out a letter containing a Blu-ray that wasn't even rated adults only? Heck, that even happened with the Digimon Movie DVD. All from the same seller / sender.

The German limited complete Edition of Berserk 1997 is about to sell out a month ahead of it's release. Only 4 copies left! anime-planet.de/berserk-limi...

Crunchyroll Germany announced a 10th Anniversary Complete Edition for Tokyo Ghoul, with all 50 episodes & OVA. It includes a rigid storage box, 3 steelbooks & 7 art cards. It is just 8 discs, so the same disc count as overseas releases of the Tokyo Ghoul franchise

10% Discount with code "Dokomi2025" for orders 70 € & up till sunday includes AnimEigo releases & can be combined with free EU shipping (no import fees for EU) The AnimEigo releases are 100 % the same discs as the US ones, but include (German) booklet & non-rigid slipcase anime-sugoi.de/AnimEigo_2

Some upcoming Crunchyroll Germany Anime Blu-rays, according to provisional listings at Akiba Pass Store: - Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle + Steelbook - Orient - Kaiju No. 8 - Black Butler S4 - Blue Exorcist S3 - MHA S7 - Tsukimichi S2 - Blue Lock Movie - Masamune-kun’s Revenge R

New video time! A whole lot of folks keep forgetting about closed captions on DVDs, and as time has marched on this means they're getting less accessible. youtu.be/OSCOQ6vnLwU

Crunchyroll added Death Note to it's anime streaming catalogue today - including Japanese, English, German & Italian dub (French was already available) Due to licensing restrictions, the series is only available in Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Just bought an anime Blu-ray with Funimation Digital Copy. "Watch anywhere. Anytime. Digital instantly stream and download." Sounds good to me :)

Is Amazon a trustworthy source for product images?

By accident I just visitied Etsy again - and look what they have to offer? Numerous Manga by @viz.com @darkhorse.com @kodansha.us and others for very low prices... However: I guess non of this was actually licensed for sale at Etsy by these sellers?