Eego Subs

Ehh, I looked at these and damn. Shigofumi will never look as good as you’d like it too. The DVD rips look as bad as the fansubs did. I think alot of people thought the fansubs were bad because of the people making the raws, but now its seems thats not the case. For one reason or another, this show is well drawn but its like the people who scan the animation cells have done a horrible job. Maybe its not them, maybe its someone else further in the chain of production. Maybe the blurriness is an effect they are running, but bottom line: Shigofumi isn’t a show thats going to look crisp or sharp no matter what you watch it on.

I’d suggest going with Menclave or Baka-Wolf/w.0.0.f. (no website, but just search and you’ll find them). Their quality is as “sharp” as the DVD rips but the resolution is higher so I suppose you wouldn’t need to stretch anything to watch it on a HDTV. Plus they have subtitles so its a no lose situation.

I was asked to put up the subtitles for the TV-rips. They will not line up 100% with the DVD raws (they don’t have a sponsor section but the TV versions do), but here you go:

[TV-Rip] Shigofumi 1-11 (rename to .zip)

*Update* On a sidenote, there is a group called Nightshade releasing the DVD raws with subtitles. The raw version (TV-Japan) has a full commentary track on both of the episodes released so far. I’m downloading the Nightshade episode one to see if the alternate audio track and if they translated it. I’m guessing that some group will eventually do this so it may be best for everyone to wait… or alternatively BUY THE DVD. I’ve heard the pricing structure will be $40 for one disc with episode 1, and then each disc after that will have two episodes and sell for $30. In the US we call that rapefest, but who knows. Maybe they’ll wise up and realize that even the best shows aren’t worth anywhere near $40 and $15 an episode… especially for SD.

Well, it turns out that the Nightshade group removed the commentary track from their release.  Because of those, I plan on putting up subtitles.  I feel like somebody will eventually sub the commentary tracks, so why end up having to download it twice?