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March 30, 2021

• BoD v2: English subs are ready (RC4).
• GfW batch: Eps. 41–Last are ready. We may release 40–Last as one batch, when 40v2 is ready.

February 21, 2021

• Gyu09: The script has been updated (RC2). To encode.
• BoD v2: English subs are looking good. We’ll multisub it, adding Dutch, and probably Italian subs. Finnish might be added too, though iffy.
• GfW movie: We might sub it.

January 15, 2021

• BoD v2 (The Bridge over Dreams): RC3 was test-encoded, near-final. Originally this v2 was going to be just a quick fix (of a few minor mistranslations). After all, however, we’re almost fully revising the script, more than 100 lines having been changed so that, hopefully, they may sound more natural and vivid, not just accurate.
• The “GfW Batch” project: the main purpose is to redo the old episodes (esp. Eps. 1–34, hardsubbed, 175 MiB, Xvid AVI) and create softsubbed, higher-quality MKVs. This may be easier than expected, though rather time-consuming. Currently, Eps. 43–53 are ready (of which 43–47 and 50 are v2s), and now doing 42. In short: Finished 20% (11 out of 54). No concrete ETA.
• A new possible project we’re planning, along with Idol Angel Yōkoso Yōko, is Shōnen Santa no Daibōken! (lit. “Boy Santa’s Great Adventure!”), a 24-episode TV anime show from 1996, based on The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Lyman Frank Baum. Since we already have many things to do, starting yet another new project might be questionable. That said, we have a new translator who wants to do this show, and so we’ll see what happens…

December 29, 2020

• BoD v2 (The Bridge over Dreams): RC1 test-encoded. Multisubbing in 4 languages (English, Japanese, Dutch and Italian) is planned. If you’d like to add subs in your language, feel free to let us know. There are v1 scripts for Chinese, French, German, Thai — you can probably easily edit the existing script if you speak one of those languages. (Subs in another language would have to be translated anew from Japanese or from English.)
• We’d like to prepare batch torrent(s) of Goldfish Warning!, esp. softsub versions of eps 1–34. This may take some time, as subbing and introducing new (“unknown”) shows is more important than re-releasing GfW, but maybe we can do that some time next year.
• If things go as planned, we’ll start releasing Yōkoso Yōko in 2021. A few other projects such as GfW movie may be doable too. Helping Sweet Mint — one of the projects of Stardust Fansubs — seems a great plan.

December 25, 2020 (21:00 UTC): We have released Goldfish Warning! 53v2 and 54 (the last episode). Happy Gyoppy holidays with wonderfully wacky Wapiko!

One score minus five years ago, that is to say 15 years ago, our fansub team brought forth a new project, conceived in happiness, with a beautiful metaphor that all students, human or non-human, are equally valued and coexist peacefully. Now we are releasing the final episode, Goldfish Warning!, Episode 54. The world will little note, nor long remember what we subbed here, but it can never forget what Wapiko, Gyopi, Chitose, Bad Ox, and others did. It is rather for us old-school fansubbers to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that those old shows from 1990s or so shall not be ignored, overlooked, and forgotten in vain, and that free subbing communities of the fans, by the fans, for the fans, shall not perish from the earth.

December 17, 2020

• GfW54 (the last ep): RC6 was encoded. Maybe releasable. [PS: the script was slightly modified on Dec 24 as RC7, which should be really ready to release.]
• BoD v2 (Minky Momo OVA The Bridge over Dreams): Preparing RC1; eta 1 week.
• A new member may join us, and next year we might start another new project (not only Yōkoso Yōko). It’s an almost unknown show from 1996, possibly a hidden gem. However, this plan is still iffy.

December 5, 2020

• GfW54 (the last ep): RC4 was encoded on November 24. Then QCed, the script has been updated. RC5, encoded today, is potentially final. Hopefully we can release GfW54 (and 53v2) shortly, after final-checking (and final-tweaking if necessary).
• YY: Preparing the title logo.
• BoD v2 (Minky Momo OVA): There may be about 20 changes (since v1). ETA possibly this month, possibly later. The title logo was created in November (needs a little tweaking).

November 17, 2020

• GfW54 (the last ep): RC4 script is more than 90% ready. RC4 will be almost-final, if not final.
• Gyu09: Waiting for the editor’s decisions about Lemon’s lines.
• YY: OP1 test-encoded (title logo, lyrics, karaoke, credits).

October 13, 2020 (4:30 UTC): We’ve released Goldfish Warning! 53.
This is the penultimate episode of Goldfish Warning!. [More info]

September 26, 2020 (21:04 UTC): So we have released Goldfish Warning! 52. Only 2 more to go. [More info]

September 7, 2020: We have a plan to do Minky Momo: The Bridge Over Dreams (BoD) v2. The v1 was multisubbed in 7 languages in 2007 using XviD+Vorbis. The v2 is probably going to be x264+AC3 for better visual quality, and with a few (minor) translation fixes. Currently, 4-language multisubbing (English, Japanese, Dutch, and Italian) is planned. If you like BoD and are interested in adding subs in your language (e.g. Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, etc.) feel free to contact us or join #honobono @ irc.aniverse.com!

August 22, 2020 (23:23 UTC): We have released Goldfish Warning! 51. [More info]

August 9, 2020: We are already translating Idol Angel Yōkoso Yōko (YY) pre-emptively, though only God knows when we can release the first episode. Its sister show (アイドル伝説えり子 — lit. “Idol Legend Eriko”) is called variously in English — Legendary Idol Eriko (by NeXT, and by Kirion), Eriko, the Legendary Idol (by Ashi Productions itself), Idol Densetsu Eriko (by KiteSeekers-Licca). Similarly, the title of this show (アイドル天使ようこそようこ) could be translated as “Angelic Idol Yōkoso Yōko” or “Idol Tenshi Yōkoso Yōko,” though we’re going to call it Idol Angel Yōkoso Yōko. Yōko is the heroine of the show; the word yōkoso (literally meaning “welcome”) sounds like Yōko, obviously a pun intended.

July 19, 2020 (22:10 UTC): We have released Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! 08. [More info]

July 5, 2020 (11:50 UTC): We have released Goldfish Warning! 50.
This episode was actually encoded more than two weeks ago. Final-checking took longer than expected. [More info]

Older news

December 25, 2020 — OUT: Goldfish Warning! 54

Girls’ Day Is All About Strength /
Goodbye, Wapiko-chan!

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A rare scene where Wapiko is in a panic
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References to Street Fighter II (1991): you can see a Chinese restaurant (ramen place) named Chun Li (春麗);
a sporting-good store named Blanka; and an Indian restaurant named Dhalsim.

More info about [ This release | Goldfish Warning! ]

December 25, 2020 — OUT: Goldfish Warning! 53v2

Wapiko’s Elopement Panic /
Love You, Tanakayama-san

This is our v2 release of Episode 53, where the next episode titles said in the preview were fixed. It also includes one minor timing tweak and about 30 additional “cleaned frames” (meaning, dirt was removed as in the following example):

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The visual difference is not so significant though, because frame-by-frame cleaning is routinely done in our GfW releases and noticeably dirty frames were already cleaned in v1.

More info about [ This release | Goldfish Warning! ]

October 13, 2020 — OUT: Goldfish Warning! 53

Wapiko’s Elopement Panic /
Love You, Tanakayama-san

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An actual frame from Ep. 53 (left) and the corresponding frame from the preview in Ep. 52 (right).
Brilliant light effects were added some time in the week between the two episodes,
suggesting the animators’ tight schedule and devotion.

More info about [ This release | Goldfish Warning! ]

September 26, 2020 — OUT: Goldfish Warning! 52

Hair Designer Chitose /
Gyopi-chan Is an Alien

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Aoi says, Uchū no umi wa ore no umi — the first line of Captain Harlock OP.

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August 22, 2020 — OUT: Goldfish Warning! 51

Valentine’s Day Is Scary /
The Day Aoi-chan Leaves

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Pure white birds symbolically flying away — a Dezaki-esque expression (if you have Rose of Versailles, check e.g. eps. 19–20) but more delicate.

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Incoming light rays and a shadow of the bird momentarily passing over Chitose’s face…

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July 19, 2020 — OUT: Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime Gyu! 08

Tiny Solo’s ☆ Big Determination

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July 5, 2020 — OUT: Goldfish Warning! 50

Super Hostage Wapiko /
Movie Star Chii-chan

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May 2, 2020 — OUT: Goldfish Warning! 49

Beware of the School Newspaper /
Bad Ox Becomes Good

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The joke is, Chitose’s mom says she “just got back from Switzerland,” yet for some reason
she brings back “a specialty of Nagoya” as a souvenir — her story doesn’t add up.
Uirō is a sweet cake made of rice flour, indeed a specialty of Nagoya, though fried-shrimp flavored uirō is unrealistic.
As an additional joke, ebifurai (“fried shrimp”) is written as ebifuryā in a (fake) Nagoya accent:
“Japanese comedian Tamori once joked about Nagoya dialect such as ebifuryaa […],”
“but restaurateurs in Nagoya took advantage of the joke and ebifurai became one of Nagoya's specialty foods.”
For more info, see ja.wikipedia: エビフリャー.

More info about [ This release | Goldfish Warning! ]

Older

In-depth Articles / Random Notes

• The Star of Cottonland (Wata no Kuni-Hoshi) 96-min Anime from 1984
• 3 Different Styles of Drawing in Goldfish Warning!
• frame-by-frame retouching samples aka. How Crazy A Fan Could be
• Confusion about Hime‑chan’s Ribbon 1st OP
• Under the Sky of the Sunny Kingdom (Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime: Annex) 2008-04-05

Annexes

• Chūō Expressway in Hime-chan Ep 8 (Hime-chan’s Ribbon, Ep. 8 Annex) 2006-09-09
• SMAP and Hime-chan’s Ribbon (HCR13 Annex1) 2007-02-03
• Snufkin in Himeko’s Room (HCR13 Annex2) 2007-02-03
• Usagi Ringo (Goldfish Warning! Ep. 12 Annex) 2006-06-27
• Gyopi-chan Cutely Angry (GfW17 Annex) 2007-02-03
• Gureteru-Ushi / Kindaichi Kōsuke (GfW21 Annex) 2007-10-12
• Deleted scenes of Hime-chan’s Ribbon, Episode 25 2012-01-13
• Trivia & Cultural Notes (Goldfish Warning! 47 Annex) 2019-05-04
• The Tama River in Hime-chan’s Ribbon Ep. 41 2019-06-14
• Karuta (Goldfish Warning! 48 Annex) 2020-01-07

Completed/Finished/Dropped Projects

• Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime (Season 1) (completed)
  
• Floral Magician Mary Bell (TV series) (completed)
  
• Minky Momo: The Bridge Over Dreams [OVA #4] (MKV) (completed)
  
• The Star of Cottonland (MKV) (completed)
  
• Tokyo Mew Mew (finished; licensed)
  
• Rizelmine (Season 2) (finished)
• Those Who Hunt Elves II (completed; licensed)
• Oh! Super Milk-chan (licensed; dropped)
• Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsuna Koto (dropped; not really our project)

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