Fansub Groups List

As a Toku nut I have a long list of Fansub groups that I got to in order to get my Toku stuff. Of course its going to be a long list which has little to offer just like an older blog of mine. And it will not have all those Anime fansubs that I know like the back of my head. I'll keep those for myself lol :) Though first off:

TokuRawRevolutions: This is a forum where you get your Raw stuff, it was set up by Momotaros but he gave up and now @Gustavaum runs the place. enjoy your HQ encodes and NEVER forget to thank for the uploaded episodes!

So First Off The Golden Oldies:

TV-Nihon: These guys are one of the oldest groups around. They have a steady release frequency for every newly aired episode of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. But they are a bit slow on their side projects. Then again as we'll see next its not an uncommon thing. Also I need to note: Their forums SUUUUCKS!!. Its not like you need to be there, but if you do be a wall flower! Because the mods are always itching to drop the banhammer on any poor sob who says the wrong thing without knowing it. Heck I only posted there like 30 times and I am already on strike 3! Still as much as I dislike that policy. They are always the window for new Toku fans.

Grown ups in Spandex: All hail these people! They finished Liveman one of the best Sentai ever!. Sadly they are one of those slow groups because personal lives and all. So they had barely time for the side projects they intended to do from its predecessor Elite Justice. And to kick them in the nuts a douche had hacked their site and crashed it. Luckily everything seems on track now. And I hope they start releasing Zyuranger and Jetman episodes soon.

 Order Of Zeronos: OF COURSE THEY ARE STILL AROUND! Wait you don't know who they are? This was a group that was founded during the run of Den-O. Hence Zeronos after the secondary Rider of the show. They where first to show that releasing an episode once at the end of the week was a bit slow. Being faster then TVN and all that. I actually came allot there during Kiva's run, but haven't recently. Still love the place though.

Hi No Tori: It might be another slow fansub group, But I still love them for finishing what is now my favourite Showa Rider show Kamen Rider Amazon! Aside from that they have all these good titles such as Gingaman, Kamen Rider X, Zubat, Shaider and B-Fighter!

Supor Nova Fansubs: AAAAAH! ZOMBIE!! Seriously this group has come back from the dead so many times that I lost count lol! Optimus hasn't even gotten close to that track record! Still this group keeps coming back which is why I add them just for the heck of it. Does Dairanger and Flashman.

Then the Loners:

 Century Kings: Talk about dedicated to Black! lol Pal has been working on this show for a long, long, long, looooooooooooong time now and has yet to finish the last 3 episodes. This is due to several personal things. But still he hanged in there and is finally about the break through the final few episodes. This guy deserves all the praise and respect that still need to come his way!

Dead Fish Fansubs: Aw man... Where do I start? Okay, This webpage was first started by Booji. Booji liked to insert random episodes to his release list instead of sticking to 1 series at a time. This is how most of us got to see many toku episodes other groups just ignore. His dream was to sub every first episode of Super Sentai. Sadly he changed this to releasing just a few random episodes of 4 series at a time. Changeman, Goranger, Robot Detective (now worked on by Hi No Tori) and Zubat. I dunno maybe this bored him but he quit after his 200th release. And now his download section is dead. RIP and respect :(

National Kid: Damn this is awesome guy subbed episodes from the 3rd Toei Hero for us! And he promised to look in to Moonlight Mask! I still can't recommend this enough! Thanks dude!

Now Other big groups:

Over-time!: This is one of the most epic groups around today. They only do the newest series of said year. And they do this REALLY fast. Always 1-3 after release. And 1-2 weeks for a movie. However this puts them at odds with TV-Nihon and their elitist *cough*sad *cough* snobs*cough* followers since they are a good alternative to the group. This is sad because its a good group that works hard.

 Kit Subs: This group is epic because instead of focusing on a Sentai series like say Dairanger or Ohranger, They focus on Showa Rider series. Mainly the first Kamen Rider series and New Kamen (Sky) Rider and Kamen Rider Super-1. This group has a steady release schedule and even shows how far along they are on the right of their blog. Many thanks to this group for the awesome releases so far and good luck with the massive task ahead of you!

Mid-Night Crew Subs: This is a good fansub group, though a bit hectic in the manner of Dead Fish Fansubs. First they'll focus on a few episodes of lets say Kamen Rider Stronger for a long time. But then they'll go work on scrubbing TV-Nihon's crappy older releases or Ultraman (which has an official release which is right next to me) or whatever. This is okay but this just means more waiting. Even with the steady release schedule much like Kit Subs. Any way you see it I am just nitpicking lol. This group was founded when yet another group fell to the curse of Kuuga having stopped on episode 12. Luckily they made quick work of it and are now release v2's.

Gao Soul Forever: This group works with green fingers! With that I mean they focus on the Tokusatsu with nature themes. Aside from VS Theatre they worked on Gaoranger, Ecogainder, and Sun Vulcan! The latter of which they are almost finished with. After this they'll hopefully focus on the new instalment Ecogainder 0X and we'll see from then. Awesome group!

Subbers of Foreign Toku And More:

Doremii Fansubs: This group works mostly on drama's from Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan. They have a long and good track record on that. But the reason why they are on this list is because they subbed the whole of Armor Hero! The Chinese Tokusatsu. And I liked it. They have frequent releases of 4 episodes at a time. They plan to eventually work on the sequel called Armor Hero XT which promises to be a superior series to its predecessor. Aside from that I say check out their fansubbed drama's! Especially Gurren Onna! (even though its STILL on hold)

Hero Subs: This groups subs Armor Hero XT. But right now they have crappy encodes and are trying to get DVD for better encodes (got my dvd set for €1.30 lol) So if your so impatient I hope you like bad CCTV rips and info bars.

Hikari Senshi Fansubs: This group is the group who fansubs the French parody and homage to Sentai called Jushi Sentai France Five. I met SGT Kira the founder of the group whilst watching France Five videos on Youtube. Since then I followed his progress on his project and even though he had issues with getting staff members to work on his encodes he now has a pretty good group and has released many Japanese toku aside from France Five. This is definitely a group to follow. Zubat, GoGoV, Kakuranger, and are working on joint project with Midnight Crew Subs the anime Dan-Garn!

More Groups:

The Skaro Hunting Society: They sub Doctor Who! No, just joking of course. They mainly focus on REALLY old anime like Cyborg 009, Casshern and GeGeGe No Kitaro. But for Reviewertopians this is an interesting fansub group because they sub Go Nagai's two toku shows Azteckaiser and Battle Hawk! Both of which as you should know also have anime adaptations. But more importantly mix Wrestling with Toku! lol

Super Hero Time: When I was sad that the Spandex team gave up on subbing JAKQ and Battle Fever J, I was happy to hear this group was going to release episodes! And not only that but they also release Timeranger! .... Then it turned out the founder was almost never around and Timeranger was the main focus whilst Battle Fever took on dust... Meowth has the perfect example...

Bunny Hat Fansubs: This is a group that subs the Metal Hero Gavan! Great work even though they are slow releasers for my taste. If your pissed because you where ripped off by HK subs this is the place to go to!

Go-Anonger: An alternate group that subs Go-onger.  They have subs. Though they haven't released anything new since I last checked in December.

MissDream: Fansubs Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. I have yet to watch these but I from what I heard they are pretty good. With superior encodes compared to TV-Nihon and normal type-settings

O My Fansubs!: This group only focuses on Ohranger, I don't really like Ohranger but since allot of other people do I point them to this place. Even though they have a slow release rate they are good.

Harorangers: Focuses mostly on drama's but they do work on Carranger and have recently started on Hurricaneger. Since I like Carranger and Hurricaneger I support them :)

Evolution!: I, originally like many others thought this new group was the same as the ones who subbed the Korean toku SFX EreXion but sadly this is not the case. Though what does make me happy is that this group works with Hikari Senshi to sub Turboranger!!! My birth year Sentai :D

Skewed Studios Fansubs and Scanlations: This group subbed Gaoranger, Hurricaneger, and Abaranger but also does allot more on drama's. I don't follow them much any more since they last released and Abaranger episode in 2010. But they do still seem to have other interesting things going for them.

SCS-Works: This group was founded to break the Kuuga curse. They started out with a steady release schedule but sadly this group came across personal problems and had probably given up seeing from their newest up-date still being the same after so long.

Elite Justice: I know I said its dead but then again their Veoh page is still up. Check out what this old sub group HAD to offer :)

H.O.N - Henshin Organization: A group started up to release Dairanger episodes but sadly they did not came that far. The founder is still at Grown Up In Spandex though.

Fushigi Chan Fansubs: Another dead fansub group. Its not bad this time because they finished what they set out to do. Subbing Ultraman Mebius... Or according to them Moebius... RIP and thanks! The page is gone but there are many torrents up :)

There where allot more but all the links where on my old laptop and this is all I can remember. Still if you follow the links you'll be able to learn allot about Tokusatsu. I do find this a bit messy but I tried. There are many epic series being subbed and it be a shame to miss out just because you think you should stick 1 fansub group.  Any way signing out :D

Karas DVD Set Rant

Yes, Yes... I bought the dvd set after watching the 6 episode series on youtube, And didn't watch the dvd's till I felt like it... Which is now... years later... But any way I watched the set today even though I wanted to watch it when I was in Dordrecht (the dvd player was broke) And the first disc was al right, with Dutch and French Sub titles... But then I watched Disc two and found this:

Disc two does not have any Dutch subs!! WTF Tatsunoko!?! Why would you let Dybex do this half-assed? Dybex WTH are my subs!?! Even worse the audio on Disc 2 is stuck on commentary! So even if I wanted to watch it raw I can't enjoy it, because of the voice actors who are talking through all 3 episodes! I only support torrents if you 1: can't get the material on dvd or any other sort of other material in your language. Or 2:  Having only 1 half of the dvd set be of use to me (my french sucks) seems a justified reason for me to burn a disc. And I will! I bought this dvd set so I paid for the subs... Off to the torrents!

T.e.a.b On Marktplaats A Rant.

I recently made an offer on an Carrier Zord that was very close to me in Holland. This first offer was ignored on this T.e.a.b. Item from MarktPlaats. I thought I'd raise the price and made it a little higher and explain why I'd give this cheap price. But I accidentally pressed delete and all my offers where gone. So I placed another. My mom wanted me to have the Megazord too but in the end I decided to call it off because the seller has gone a full week without even 1 comment on my offer. Aaaand on the moment I decided to delete it he finally came by to ask me to stop deleting and making offers even though I only made 1 mistake. Then it hit me. This is another one of those people who think T.e.a.b. is something its not. Hence my rant begins!

Last time I checked T.e.a.b. means (Tegen Elk Aanvaardbaar Bod - For Any Acceptable Offer) Which means that the seller is willing to take any offer because he/she wants to get rid of said item in a hurry. So I do hate it when I make an offer and the person doesn't dismiss my offer via a pm but ignores it totally. Since Marktplaats is a site that does not have ANY clear indicator of time to let the one who offered win. So if a seller ignores the offer for a long time, he/she could pop-up at any time and agree to it. Even if its not the right time any more and your broke at the moment. This annoys me because its not an auction. Marktplaats has an Auction function separate from T.e.a.b.. The reason for this is the simple Actions auction for people who want more money from people who keep bidding. And I already explained T.e.a.b. So yeah I had some run-ins with jerks who act like they want to use the T.e.a.b. function but actually are Auctioneers. and those people are a-holes who use Marktplaats wrong. These ass dumps *cough* Carnivac *cough* should be banned from the site and shipped to Ebay since they actually give people empty hope of getting to buy something. because they don't know how to use the site.


T.e.a.b. = Garage/Yard sale - Actions = Actions. PLEASE GET THE POINT YOU A-HOLES!


There rant done lol Also I thought the seller was a user from Animevice and wanted to ban him. But the countryman from AV with a bit of the same name was already banned for uploading porn. The one time I want to abuse my mod powers xD

Jushi Sentai France Five Update

I was happy that Hikari Senshi Fansubs has started subbing at least the first 3 of the 4 episodes of Jushi Sentai France Five but now It turns out the founder of the France Five project SGTKira has found out about the dvd versions of this series and is planning to restart the project with better encodes and the help of Zetta from MCS. This means they'll probably be doing episode 4 too. They even released an trailer:

But that is not all! It turns out that Alex Pilot the director of the France Five franchise since episode 2 has claimed that they'll be releasing episode 5 on the 5th of May 2012... 555... Funny... WE WAITED 8 FUCKING YEARS!!! And even worse all the filming was already done in 2005. The editing just took a long while to finish.... Or they where just sitting with their asses on their porches eating salami, cheese, and bread panne a panne while sipping whine... Sorry I am just pissed about the only needed to edit stuff part! 8 YEARS! Damn you!! I hope its fucking worth it! Any way here's the trailer for that if your interested:

And some more good news is that the crew seems to be talking about maybe making a blu-ray set or something around that format. I hope they do because I've been looking at the sucky encodes to long. Also I am now having the dumb idea of buying an extra ranger key of say... I dunno Go Red or something and maybe make a custom key for Red Fromage. But I'll probably screw up. I need a white marker for this and probably a Gundam one this time

And Another Thing
My room is still a mess. I need a new bed some boxes to store stuff away upstairs and there's still mould issues. But at least I found a way to display my Sentai Mecha/Megazords in my closet.

I just need to clean out some more shelves just in case. 

I've tried to put Gokaioh on the selves but its just to wide. I honestly think Bandai Japan is trying to make the collector's not want to collect Sentai mecha. This guy just takes to much space!

I made space on top because next year in Augustus I'll try to get and unofficial Turbo Robo and Turbo Rugger. I just hope they still are available by then! Also I think this is where I am going to put the Ranger Keys :)

Man I can't believe I actually need a separate space for the Dairanger mecha / MMPR3. Two Tigerzords, Two Red Dragonzords, and 1 Assault team and 1 Tor lol

Same a for Kakuranger, to many doubles lol. I honestly hope that I'll be able to fix up the Muteki Megazord with better paint and buy some reprolabels for it and maybe a new chest piece (saw a few on Ebay)

I honestly hope that the KO Deka Robo and KO Magiking will fit on this shelf because I don't really feel like emptying another one lol Also I plan to get the KO versions of Centaurus' of Magiranger. All 4 variations in 1 go. I honestly hope to finish this in one go.

Reason why I don't want to clean it. I honestly dunno where to put these xD I'll probably throw them out or something lol

Any way I have to get ready for work bye!

Galaxy Defender: AKA KO Galaxy Mega / Astro Megazord

I planned to get an Astro Megazord for a while now. Mostly by lurking on Ebay and such like a predator hoping to catch that one auction that is ending cheaply. Sadly I had no such luck. And with the current money issues due to the Bhiner fuck-ups professionally made by yours truly, it was even harder to find one to buy. But luckily I went to Markt Plaats which is the Dutch Ebay (and at times less reliable) and I succeeded in getting a KO version I wanted to buy about 7 years ago but couldn't because I was poor... Any way it was for a decent price just €8. The lady was even nice enough to come here and give the thing personally. And with that here's an toy commercial that did not make me want to buy it (that was PRIS fault) But certainly helped ALLOT on that part.

The Box

The box could have been smaller by packing the KO megazord in ship mode. And that did not get through to them. But at least it try to be better by displaying the items that are packed in there. It survived pretty well considering its like 7 years old. Weird how this mecha is always associated with either Galaxy or Mega. Galaxy Mega, Astro Megazord. Galaxy Defender lol
The Mega Shuttle 

       

From what I got the original Astro Shuttle and its Japanese counterpart is really a fun little thing that rarely gives any trouble to the collector.... Well this is its evil twin people! Unlike the original it has nothing to keep the two halves together, So the back being heavier then the front kept falling apart. I really wish they'd give the thing clips to hold it together. At least it got the Mega Booster right! right?

Well almost right. It BARELY clips on to it but it looks al right. Lets see if it stands!

Nope... The only thing keeping it together is two fins on the back of the Mega shuttle. This is because the 2 pieces aren't exactly in synch. One of the two pieces that make up the Mega Booster is a bit bigger then the other. And as soon as I pick it up the back fall off again. Not exactly a let's rock it! xD
The Mega Ship

As ever the one way to describe the Mega Ship is EPIC!! Its so iconic that even when its grey and void of any stickers its still awesome enough to just put down on a shelf.

The M for Mega is yellow instead of the regular red. And from front you can see that the two parts which will eventually for the feet of the Megazord don't exactly click in well. I think this is because its missing some clips just like its shuttle. But then again this is not that annoying. It works that's the important part.
Combined Mega Ship

Just like the original from PRIS and Megaranger this Megaship can open its docks/feet and combing with the Mega Shuttle to form a whole. This process however is VERY annoying compared to what I've seen on several reviews. For some reason the shuttle is a little bit bigger then the original whilst the Mega Ship is in exact scale with the original. Combined with this fact that the Mega Shuttle has no plugs to keep it together (meaning it keeps falling apart whilst plugged in) it a big hassle for something so simple on the original

 

One of the many things I like about this mecha is that its has the ability to store its weapons at least somewhere. Its Mega Shield can plug in to the bottom of the ship and the Shuttle Booster can change in a cannon which plugs in to the shield. (also this is when I found out one of the arms isn't exactly right, it keeps leaning to the right and never clicks in place) The two extra fuel tanks that plug in to the Shuttle Booster easily plug in to the sides of the Mega Ship. Which some how actually increases its awesomeness level by 20%.

Galaxy Mega Astro Megazord

Now we moved one to the Astro Megazord where we finally address the electronics of the M. Unlike its two original counterparts this thing does not make sounds when docking the head nor does it make the exact sounds the originals had. The left button activates a gun sound. The right button activates a gatling gun sound. Pressing them both will activate a laser sound. The buttons should have been yellow instead of silver IMO its just a bit annoying. Now to the mecha its self, It its AWESOME first off its not totally grey it has little veins of lighter grey and silver covering it. Those had me worried at first but I found out its not really a plastic defects, but rather just but moulding. Which is actually something I like. One thing I did not like is the fact that it kinda leans backwards for some reason. It doesn't worry me because its always against a wall or in a cabinet but when taking photo's it was a bit scary. Also for some reason the battery clip on the back doesn't click in right. It always shows a little bit of space. This is annoying when I want to combine the Mega Shield to the ship mode because it keeps falling off if not clipped on really tight.

The Weapons

The weapons are grey as well. They had stickers but I have removed them like I did with the Megazord. This is because I have the faint hope the Reprolabels will some day release the sticker sheet for Galaxy Mega. But its probably not going to happen any time soon. First we have the Mega Shield which is exactly like the original version except that its grey. It can plug in to the bottom of the Mega Ship like the original and it can be held like the original. Next up is the Booster Rifle which is formed from the Shuttle Booster. It is pretty bland but that's because its grey on grey lol.

Lastly is the sword...  Which is a completely different sword form the original. Instead of being the sleek rounded one piece sword that I love, I got a huge transparent sword with a light box to light it up. I haven't changed the batteries yet but I already know its supposed to be red. Sadly even though it is an awesome sword I don't think it really fits the Galaxy Mega / Astro Megazord. So I have it to the only other Sentai mecha without a weapon that can hold it.

And it looks awesome! Gunmazin is pleased! But at least the KO Galaxy Mega can hold it too.

And just for the lolz they also seemed to have copied the original instruction sheet too!

I am keeping the sticker sheet but I won't be using it. I feel it harms the subtle designs of the Galaxy Mega. Its the reason why it was almost sticker free in the first place. Speaking of the original Galaxy Mega. This thing doesn't have the plugs it needs to combine with Delta Mega / Delta Megazord. This initially made me sad because its my favourite Sentai combination ever but then again some day I'll get my hands on it... Maybe after getting that Dragonzord first though lol. Any way here something to finish this blog off!

 MV made by TheIchipai  ©Toei LTD

 ©Saban

Both openings are so awesome!

Mega Green wishes he was in the show!

Till next time bye :)