When Anime Fansubs Go Wrong

By prawn1 October 7th, 2009

A bowl of pain rice. One of my most fond memories of holidaying in Thailand was the less-than-perfect translations in restaurant menus. As we travelled further from Bangkok, the translation got worse (and funnier as a result). I thought of those moments when I came across this gem of awesomeness.

With its root in the early 80s, a fansub is a version of an anime program that has been subtitled by fans, for fellow fans who do not understand Japanese. Not all translators are equal, and sometimes, when the translations go wrong, the results can be very amusing to say the least.

See more after the jump.

Loads more can be found at NO BUNS NO LIFE – part 1 and part 2.

[via PS3ZA, thanks v1ru5!]

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5 Comments

easy (Reply) on October 7th, 2009

either said translators have a very well tuned sense of humour, especially when westerners are involved, or westerners have incredibly skewed sense of humour.

‘i’ll now proceed to pleasure myself with this fish.’

to my mind that’s pretty filthy, but then again i have very a filthy mind.
pew pew! ;)
- prawn1 (Reply) on October 8th, 2009
  
  Lol. Pleasure fish is my favourite one too.
  
  This reminds me of Translation Party.
Joe Sobek (Reply) on October 14th, 2009

This made me rub my naughty bits.
Bee (Reply) on October 14th, 2009

lmfao
MIwa (Reply) on March 17th, 2011

OMG IT’S SUZAKU!!!!! WHAT EPISODE IS THIS!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I have to see this situation. Moreover, I want to know what he’s gonna do with that fish in the next scene…. Maybe Lelouch will do it for him. X3 ‘Scuse me and my mind.
I LOVE THE TOP ONE.
“Look to your right”
*looks left at you*
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~
How I love anime. Zero No Tsukaima is awesome too.