Author Archives: Ubu Roi

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Testing the Waters

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Ubu Roi

It has been said that one of the reasons that fansubbing has become as “bad” as it has, is that there’s too much demand to wait a year for the R1 license to be announced, and another six-eight months (if … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime Industry, Commerce, Fandom, Fansubs, Upcoming Releases | 11 Comments

First Impressions, Winter 2008

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Ubu Roi

Rosario to Vampire Glompire Episode 2 down. I’m definitely liking this series. How much? I’d watch it without the fanservice. Wouldn’t be nearly as good, mind you, but I’d watch it. I don’t know if they’re following the manga insofar … Continue reading →

Posted in Fansub Review, Snap Reviews | 9 Comments

Random Thoughts

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Ubu Roi

WP seems to lend itself more to mega-posts rather than “blitz posting” but maybe that’s my style, not the software, because I can’t think of any feature that makes it that way. So I’m going to string together some random … Continue reading →

Posted in Fansub Review, Random Nonsense | 10 Comments

Glompire-mania!

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Ubu Roi

So it seems J.Greely has come up with a new term to describe the first (and, er, “suckiest”) of the haremettes in Rosario + Vampire: Glompire. Seeing as she’s a vampire that, well, glomps. Do all the girls have skirts … Continue reading →

Posted in Cheesecake, Episode Reviews, Fansub Review | 8 Comments

One Advantage to Ikkitousen (and random notes)

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Ubu Roi

The pictures drive a fair amount of traffic my way. I was just checking referrer logs and I noticed that several people in a row came in from Google’s pics, and almost always to post #599. That turns out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Nonsense | 1 Comment

Ubu Roi’s Worst of 2007

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Ubu Roi

Side note: A lot of fansub material is in the .mkv format these days. Unfortunately, for some reason, in the middle of prepping this article, Zoomplayer decided that all screenshots would be of the first frame in the file, no … Continue reading →

Posted in All Reviews, Anime Industry, Fansubs, Random Nonsense | 9 Comments

Still Alive

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Ubu Roi

Even if I’m not feeling very well. Still, while I’m waiting on the first two shows of the new year to download, I’ve managed to get my 2007 “worst” list finished. Now all I’ve got to do is get, prep, … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative, Art and Craft, Life, etc., Snap Reviews | 15 Comments