ZOMGFTA Updates

Small note about HGSS Special

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:28:00 +0000

I made an announcement a couple weeks ago about our Pokemon Special HGSS arc project. Well, FedEx decided to be lazy asses and delivered Grade 4 magazine several days later than planned - and by the time it was delivered we were too busy with preparing for a trip to do more than scan the pages. (Yes, the pages are all scanned; I haven't cleaned them up yet, but at least I have them scanned!)

What trip? Cynthia and I are going to Japan for ten days. We're leaving tomorrow. EXCITING!!! but that has put off our expected completion date of the first HGSS chapter. Considering the looooooong plane ride we have ahead of us, we very well might be able to get the chapter done within the next few days or so, buuuuuut in light of Japanese copyright laws and such, I don't feel completely comfortable actually uploading the chapter using a Japanese internet connection. :D; So I'm going to hold off until I'm back on American soil to upload the completed scanlation. :Dd

Expect the first chapter either on March 28th or shortly afterwards! The second chapter will go on sale while we're in Japan (I don't have to worry about FedEx letting me down on that one), and will probably be completed byyyyy... early April I guess?

In the meantime, North American folks!! Get your hands on a copy of HeartGold or SoulSilver if you can, the game is amazing and so worth it! (Australia and Europe are getting the games on the 25th and 26th, respectively, so you guys can enjoy the games soon too!)

Peace out!

Announcements, announcements, anou~ncements!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:24:00 +0000

Hey, so it's been a while! Anyway, I have a couple of announcements.

First off, about Pokemon Special (GSC arc). We had always been intending to go back to scanlating that, but as of now we are officially announcing that project dropped. The reason for this isn't because we don't love the manga anymore or anything - far from it! - but rather because Viz will be (finally) translating those volumes starting in August. (And non-flipped too, if you haven't seen the second edition releases up to now!) HOORAY VIZ!!

We highly encourage those of you who enjoyed what you did see to purchase Viz's releases (if you live somewhere where you are able to buy their releases, I am aware that the USA isn't the entire world or whatever). If you don't want to wait until August, there might be a certain website somewhere where you might be able to find scans of the Chuang Yi translations of volumes 8 through, like... 31. The name of this website might begin with "manga" and end with "fox," but that's just a might. One that you didn't hear from me, certainly.

Oh, but fair warning that Chuang Yi's translations suck pretty hard, at least during the GSC arc. I can't read them without going into an UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE!!!!!!

Now, I also have a second announcement. Though we are dropping the GSC arc, we will be picking up...

\o/!!!!!!

That's right, the HeartGold/SoulSilver arc of Pokemon Special is on its way, and we are TOTALLY on for the ride.

A bit of an explanation of how this will work, however, for those of you who are unaware of the way Pokemon Special is serialized in magazines. The preview pages above note that the arc will start on March 25th, but that's not the real first chapter. Pokemon Special is traditionally serialized in several magazines at once, meaning that there are as many as three chapters released a month; they're arranged in such a way that you could, in theory, read just one of the magazines that serializes the manga and you won't be totally confused by missing stuff in the other magazines, though the full story is covered by all the chapters. Once they're collected into tankoubon form, all of the chapters are arranged in a way that makes sense.

Don't think about it too hard or you will get confused.

The HGSS arc is being published in two magazines: Corocoro Ichiban! and Elementary School Grade 4. Ichiban! is published bi-monthly, and its first issue with the HGSS manga will be released on March 25th. Grade 4 is published monthly, and its first issue with the HGSS manga will be released on March 3rd.

Yeah, that means tomorrow.

SO BASICALLY. I'll be getting Grade 4 by Thursday or Friday, and you can probably expect a scanlation of the first chapter soon afterwards. \o/!

Look forward to it!!! :DDD

I just thought the banners were kinda funny.

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Also, we are working on some things, but RL has kept us from actually getting anything done yet. (I should be writing a research paper, but look at me fooling around with CDC stuff!) Be patient; we definitely have things on the way!

Subbed ED, and...!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:16:00 +0000

HAHA. I forgot to mention in the last post that I was still working on subbing the ending. Sorry if that confused any of you!

It would have been done a few days ago but I kept needing to correct mistakes that I noticed only after I'd finished encoding and everything.

ANYWAY IT'S DONE NOW, ENJOY.

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist ED
No Youtube link, Sony Music is laying the smackdown. :(

NOW. I also mentioned that we were going to be fansubbing a different anime, and some of you are probably curious what it is!

We will be subbing...

Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n!

\o/ YAYYYYY it was probably kind of predictable but whatever.

Yes, it's very different from Fullmetal Alchemist, in that Hagaren is a shounen series with quite a bit of a dark undertone, and Doremi is a cute sugary shoujo anime geared towards girls around the ages of 4-7, but HEY. It's still awesome, and my absolute favorite anime ever. (Though it's not totally "happy-go-lucky always happily-ever-after!" and had me outright sobbing more than a couple of times when I watched it. Makes it even more amazing in my opinion!)

It's actually the fourth season of the Ojamajo Doremi franchise, but that's okay. Doremi fansubs have subbed the entire first season, most of the second season, and all of the OVA (which takes place during the third season). They've also subbed both movies (one for the second season, one for the third), and will probably be starting on the third season sometime this summer (my own estimation). (4Kids also dubbed the first season, and while others may disagree I think they did an amazing job with it.) If you don't feel like watching all those episodes, that's okay too! I'll be writing up a rundown of the important events of the first three seasons, to make it easy enough for people to just pick up with Dokka~n! if they choose to. :Dd

The first episode will be ready... soon? We've just barely started translation, and I'm waiting for the DVDs that malanhelen from Youtube have kindly offered us, but it shouldn't be too long. ♥ Hope at least some of you like it!

PS: we might be subbing something else at some point also.

So about those Hagaren subs...

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:34:00 +0000

Sup guys.

So, you may be wondering if we're going to be fansubbing the Fullmetal Alchemist episodes, as we had been considering. The first episode aired today, after all.

(Un?)fortunately, we will not. In light of FUNimation's aquisition of digital streaming rights we have elected to not sub the show. We encourage support of the American anime and manga industry, and while we did continue to scanlate the manga long after Viz had licensed it, this is a different matter - a matter of the official, legal version being available four days after Japanese airing.

Chances are we would have gotten a C&D by the fifth episode or something anyway. *shrugs*

SO. We encourage all of you in North America to watch FUNi's subbed version via their online video portal Thursdays at 10 am Central Time! If you live in a country that is also providing free official subs, go ahead and watch those. If you live in a country that ISN'T providing free official subs... well, there are other groups that are illegally subbing the series, like Shinsen. Or you could get behind a North American-based proxy and see if you can access FUNi's site that way. It might not work, but it's worth a try!

We will, however, be taking on another series to fansub. I'll announce that later, but if you've been poking about our Livejournals or Youtube channel or something chances are you have a pretty good idea what it is.

Also I'm subbing the opening and ending just for the hell of it. ENJOY!

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist OP
~~Youtube link (HD)~~ Gone. Sony Music moves faaaaaaaast.

HaganeFA PV Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:37:00 +0000

Sup guys!

So, here's the story. I'm trying to figure out how to make torrents and all, but the torrent for the Doremi episode a few days ago apparently wasn't working too well? (By the way, if you wanted to download that episode but the torrent wasn't working, here's a Megaupload link.) I'm not sure if that was a problem with my first attempt at making a torrent, or if it was just that there weren't many people who would want to download and seed it in the first place, though. :/

SO. I made a batch torrent with all six PVs that we've subbed, and hopefully it'll work better? WE'LL SEE.

[ZOMGFTA] Hi-Def PV batch torrent

~~This should end up being more popular than Doremi, methinks.~~ YEAH SO ENJOY.

PLEASE SEED WHEN YOU'RE DONE DOWNLOADING. My internet doesn't allow me to stay on to constantly seed stuff. :(

Also, before any wary readers ask, no, this is not another April Fool's joke. I swear. It's the second already, April Fool's Day is over. So go ahead and download the torrent without any worries.

AWESOME.

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:14:00 +0000

GUESS WHAT, GUYS.

I found a full version of the OP song, "again" by YUI! It's a PV rip, but it's still pretty good quality. So I thought I'd share it with all of you!

Youtube link
Download link

Enjoy!!

PV 5!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:40:00 +0000

All right, here we go!

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist HD PV 5 (subbed)
Youtube link (HD)

Also, a commercial with a snippet of the OP has been aired. I'm not sure if we'll actually sub that commercial, but you can see a general translation of the lyrics here. :Dd

Enjoy, feedback and advice is lovely, etc. etc. etc. ♥

Fullmetal Alchemist PV 6

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:29:00 +0000

Yeah so apparently I was WAY off when I predicted that the fourth PV would be the last.

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist HD PV 6 (subbed)
Youtube link (HD)

No, I did not forget how to count. There is a 60-second PV that came out between the fourth one and this one; I'm just still working on it and all. Expect it later tonight, or whenever I decide to stop being such a perfectionist about stupid text effects that don't really matter. ¯\(º_o)/¯

Enjoy! ♥

Feedback/advice (ry

EDIT: That's a pretty cool-looking Youtube URL we got. /random

Surprise~!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:08:00 +0000

Sup guys. Got something for you all to enjoy while we wait for Fullmetal Alchemist to start airing!

Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n! - 17
Youtube preview (HQ)

Episode credits

Episode 17 of Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n!, the fourth season of the Ojamajo Doremi series - which actually makes it something like episode 167 of the entire series but that's okay you can watch this episode without knowing much about the show. Seriously.

I subbed this to practice subbing a full-length anime episode, so that I don't get to the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist and go all like "lolwut." Any comments or complaints are more than welcome!

PLEASE SEED WHEN YOU'RE DONE DOWNLOADING. My internet doesn't allow me to stay on to constantly seed stuff. :(

DO NOT BEG ME TO SUB MORE DOREMI EPISODES. I will do so if I feel like it; however, there are many factors preventing me from committing to anything like that.

Also you guys might have heard that the OP for Fullmetal Alchemist has been announced; the song is "again" by YUI. Just thought I'd throw that out there~♥

ALSO also there is a new 60-second PV that I will probably have subbed and everything by tomorrow evening. :D

New PV! (Possibly the last one before airing)

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:40:00 +0000

Finally got it done! Oh my god I spent way too much time on this sldjfhlskdjfhadfhj

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist HD PV 4 (subbed)
Youtube link (HD)

No opening song yet, but we DO get to hear Miki Shinichirou as Roy! *__* om nom nom

Enjoy!

As always, feedback/advice is appreciated! ♥

New Fullmetal Alchemist PV!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:52:00 +0000

Or actually I suppose it would have been more accurate to call these trailers CMs like everyone else has been, BUT WHATEVER. I like consistency, so I'll keep calling them PVs. I guess it doesn't really make a difference, but.

...Anyway, onto the goods!

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist HD PV 3 (subbed)
Lower quality version (480x270) that I had finished and uploaded about five seconds before I found the HD version :|
Youtube link (HD)

Btw this one has a snippet of the ending song, "Uso" ("Lie") by SID.

Enjoy!

And since apparently I have some veteran fansubbers reading this: any of you know of any fonts that would be more appropriate to use for subbing a series such as FMA? The little fansub projects I've done in the past have been for, like, Ojamajo Doremi and Pokemon, so I mostly only have "cute" fonts lawl. :3

Any feedback/advice would be appreciated. ♥

:D

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:36:00 +0000

SUP GUYS I have a present for you all!

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist PV 2 (subbed)
Youtube link

I don't have a lower-quality download because I. Didn't feel like making one.

It's basically the same as the last one except Al is the one speaking. I mean, the animation isn't the same, but. idk whatever.

I subbed it primarily to practice transforming text (moving, changing size, etc.). Also I finally got all my old fonts onto my new computer, so I used a different font for the subtitles this time. Tell me if you like it, you hate it, or you just don't care you just want to know wtf they're saying!

Actually just give me feedback on anything, I'm not exactly a pro at subbing (yet?) after all.

Good News and Bad News

noreply@blogger.com (CSakuraS) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:46:00 +0000

Sorry that we've neglected this website for so long. I know there's no reason for us to expect anyone to still be hanging around here. But now we bring news, both bad and good.

Let's start with the Bad: We don't plan on continuing scanlations for Fullmetal Alchemist anytime soon.

I'm sure this doesn't really come as a surprise after all this time. There are many reasons. Real life getting in the way, being distracted by new interests, decent scans becoming increasingly hard to come by. But most of all, I would say it was a lack of motivation. We started this scanlation thing on a whim, because 1) at the time, no one else was translating the manga, 2) we thought it would be fun. For a couple of years, it was fun. In fact, I'd say those were the best times I've spent in fandom overall.

But then things changed. New scanlation groups appeared. Various things in fandom started getting on our nerves. Scanlating became a chore. It wasn't fun anymore, and as a result we began slipping behind our competition. So there went our motivation. We needed a break from the stress, so we took one. We then tried starting back up again and again, but whenever I was ready, Umeko wasn't, and when Umeko was ready, I wasn't, and so on.

And now, I can honestly say that I'd like to move on. Our services aren't a necessity for the fandom to go on anymore. And personally, I would rather spend my free time translating things that no one else is doing.

So here is our apology to all of our loyal fans. We're very sorry for making you wait so long and not delivering on our promises. And thank you, because we were able to make it this far due to your support and enthusiasm. We're proud of having helped revitalize the FMA manga fandom, and wish it well from here on out.

...Now for the Good news: We're not dead yet! We of course both still love Fullmetal Alchemist. When the manga reaches its final chapters, we might scanlate them just for the hell of it, even if no one bothers to read ours. Also, we are both totally psyched for the new FMA anime that's coming out in April! We've been discussing maybe fansubbing the first few episodes (again, on a whim). If that works out, we'll let you all know. We're also still deliberating over the status of our other projects, so we'll update on those once we reach a decision.

Anyway, we've got some things to release.
I translated some interviews about the new anime (including one with Hiromu Arakawa) over here.
And Umeko fansubbed the first teaser here. (Also in friggin huge HD.)
We also now have a Youtube channel!

Oh, and if anyone is a fan of Gurren Lagann, I've been translating various things for that fandom too.

Uhhhh.

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:57:00 +0000

Sup guys.

Still alive. Haven't been updating because I honestly had no idea what would be coming, and I didn't want to make any false promises or anything. Stuff happened, from computer issues to medical problems to stress over choosing a career path. Most of that is taken care of, so I'm hoping that we can get the February Hagaren chapter done, but we'll have to see.

Yeah, so. That's what's up.

I won't be checking the comments here, because dealing with trolls reeeeally isn't what I need right now, so if you want to get into touch with me drop by my LJ or something.

Love you guys. <3

(I'm now majoring in game development, btw.)

Errr.

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:12:00 +0000

Uh. Hey guys.

Okay. I'm not going to go into detail about what's happened these past several months, or give any excuses as to why the site was basically abandoned, because giving excuses is lame. And I have to get running to work, so I'm going to make this quick.

We were going to start scanlating Fullmetal Alchemist again starting with this month's chapter, but the scans are horrendous. If any of you could point us towards good scans (stuff of the quality of scans in previous years, and, like 1200px height?), we would be immensely, eternally grateful.

I have faith in you guys. Now go.

Erk.

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:35:00 +0000

Sorry I didn't post RAWs for the chapter last month, the scans looked really gross and I forgot to keep checking for better ones.

Unfortunately I won't be able to post RAWs this month either, as I am working at camp again this summer! I'm leaving in like...... now. I don't even know if the chapter's out yet, I've been too busy to check. :(

Also Cynthia is in Japan for a few weeks, so she won't be able to keep you guys updated either. :((((

Sorry about all this. I just thought that the least I could do would be to leave a quick note letting you guys know what was up! ♥ Love you!

Fullmetal Alchemist 82 RAW!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:15:00 +0000

After leaving the site abandoned for a good three months, I felt that it was my obligation to get this month's RAW up for you the INSTANT I caught wind of it, even if I had other things that I should be doing.

So, here you go. Here's the RAW even though I certainly do have other things that I should be doing. 8D I haven't even read it myself yet, though I did glance at it to see how the scans were

So the scans are, erm... I wouldn't call them low-quality, but they're not medium-quality, either. Somewhere in between. If something better comes up, I'll upload that instead, but for now, these aren't bad. All they need, really, is some [insert babbling about image editing here].

Oh. And remember how I said in my last update that I'd have a surprise/announcement within a few days, unless RL got in the way, but I'd try to make sure that it didnt? Ahaha, well... I had completely forgotten that this week is finals week (can you blame me for forgetting about that I mean WHY THE HELL IS IT SO EARLY???). And thus the "other things that I should be doing" mentioned earlier in this post.

...So! I'm off to do some BS homework, while you guys can enjoy your RAW, if you choose to download it! ♥ See you~!

EDIT:

GUYS.

THIS CHAPTER.

IS AWESOME.

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New Layout!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:18:00 +0000

HI!!! IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG!! ♥

Anyway, check it out! I made a new layout! :D Well... it's not really new. It's basically the same thing, except less lame. There's probably still a little tweaking to be done, and more top images to be made, but besides that, there you go!

Annnnnd I have another surprise coming in a few days, along with a special announcement. Hopefully. Unless RL gets in the way again, but I'll try not to let that happen.

Love you all~! XD

Happy 2008!

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Happy 2008, everyone!

Now, I know I had said that I'd get the next chapter of Pokemon Special done before the end of the year. But I didn't. Unfortunately I had underestimated how busy I would be during the holiday season. (I know, that seems like a big DUH. Feel free to slap me.) And I wish I could say that I'll get it done within the next week or so, but that would be a complete and utter lie. I'm leaving for New Orleans in about 36 hours and I have a lot of things to take care of before then, including but not limited to cleaning, packing, possibly shopping, registering for courses, and trying to plan out my sleeping schedule (it's about 3:30 PM as I write this, and as I already mentioned, I have to be at the airport in about 36 hours - you do the math) (EDIT: Actually, it seems I have to be at the airport in 37 hours, but still).

By the way, I'm going to New Orleans to help with reconstruction, so if you bitch at me for slacking on manga scanlation, of all things, then I will happily ignore you. ♥

Anyway, my apologies. I will endeavor to get the next PokeSupe chapter done as soon as I can after I return, though. :)

Also, duelstandby.com was recently renewed, and it seems that that has restored it. So if you hadn't already noticed, the forums are back.

HI GUYS.

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:39:00 +0000

Pocket Monsters 038 - Electric Soldier Porygon (RAW) (mirror)

NOTE: Yes, this is the infamous Porygon episode. It should be safe enough to watch, but you might want to be careful starting around the fifteen minute mark. Just don't do anything stupid like watching it with your face an inch away from the screen or something.

Speaking of Pokemon, I WILL have the next chapter of PokeSupe done by the end of the year. About time, right? -_-

Chapter 78

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:23:00 +0000

The chapter 78 RAW scans are fugly and hueg and I was going to wait for ones I liked better to come out before posting the RAW... But it's already scanlated anyway (anyone know where a zip/rar/whatever download of it can be found?) so I guess I just won't bother this month. Unless people request that I do, in which case I'll wait a few days for some other scans, and if they don't appear I'll just upload what I have.

...Okay, the real reason I didn't post the RAW was because, since the RAW came out, I've been either at work or sleeping. Sorry. (Though it's true that I don't like these scans.)

I'll reset the countdown ticker tomorrow, right now I, um. Want to get back to bed. D:

EDIT: By the way, if you want to read our chapter commentary (it's kind of amusing), you can find it here. :D

DO YOU KNOW OYASHIROSAMA?

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:14:00 +0000

Hay guys. Lately we've been watching Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. It's pretty awesome.

On that note, I bring you an omake for chapter 77. It is Higurashi-inspired, and it MIGHT help to have some knowledge of it. Chances are it won't make a lick of sense even to Higurashi fans though, because it's just SO retarded.

Anyway.

Page 1
Page 2
Page 3

(Btw, the image files are kind of large, because they're not grayscale. That's what I get for using RED LETTERS.)

Enjoy...? :O

Chapter 77 RAW

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:36:00 +0000

Would have been up earlier but my computer was acting retarded. (And then after writing this post I went totally ADD and neglected to hit "publish post" until like a half hour later.)

Download the RAW here!

Yeah... enjoy!

Lol Tandokucon.

noreply@blogger.com (Umeko) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:01:00 +0000

Sup guys. Anyone going to Tandokucon?

I'm planning to be there from about 9 AM to 10 PM tomorrow.

Why am I posting this here? Simply because if chapter 77 RAW comes out tomorrow, chances are it won't be uploaded here until Sunday - and probably Sunday afternoon/evening at that.

And also if you are going and you want to ambush me chances are you WILL be able to find me, considering how small the convention is. :|