It's Impossible to Live as a Crunchyroll Translator | The Canipa Effect
34,864Canipa discusses the issues of low pay and overwork on anime simulcast translations, particularly at Crunchyroll, a company built on the foundations of unpaid or underpaid translators.
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Sources and Further Reading:
Toshihiro Nagoshi talks about localisation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm9DHnP2RoA
Industry vs Fansubs panel from 2009 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USaR919zgQA
Footage of Anime Expo 2004 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6n6w8Crjw
Fansubber calls Crunchyroll's practises "disgusting" in 2008 - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2008-03-11/3
Crunchyroll receives capital investment in 2008 - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-11/video-site-with-unauthorized-anime-gets-us$4m-venture
ANIME in the USA - Tapes from the Underground - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhywqtawkWM
History of Live-Evil - http://www.live-evil.org/history-of-live-evil
MXMedia Offical Website (Archive Link) - https://web.archive.org/web/20100823023927/http://mxmediaonline.com/index.htm
Interview with Ken Hoinsky in 2009 (Mike Toole's question at 52:47) - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2009-10-29
Interview with Crunchyroll Co-founder Vu Nguyen in 2008 - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2008-03-25/vu-nguyen
Ken Hoinsky's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kch2102/
The Young Turks on Ken Hoinsky's "Rape Guide" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwuQ6Z1HmM
Above the Game Kickstarter page (Archive Link) - https://web.archive.org/web/20130620080801/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tofutofu/above-the-game-a-guide-to-getting-awesome-with-wom
Kickstarter apologises for hosting Ken Hoinsky's book - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/21/kickstarter-above-the-game-ban
Yoh Yoshinari on his offer (Unfortunately, the original recording was never archived and Trigger copyright-striked Youtube uploads) - https://twitter.com/CanipaShow/status/1045958175801860097
A series of anonymous primary and secondary sources collected over the last 2-3 years
Translating Anime: Creating an Understanding | The Canipa Effect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGSgSTq-uv4
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Intro:
Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ)
Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus)
Produced for The Canipa Effect
Thumbnail illustration by: https://twitter.com/toumatoB0T
Anime series featured in this video (chronologically):
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Beyond the Boundary
Ah! My Goddess
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Crunchyroll Commercial - Stay Crunchy
Shelter: The Animation
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Tower of God
Spice and Wolf
Classroom of the Elite
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
One Piece
A Sister's All You Need
Kill la Kill
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Sakura Quest
March Comes in Like a Lion
Game: Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Mob Psycho 100
The Devil is a Part-Timer
Persona 5: The Animation
My Hero Academia
Maoyu
Masamune-kun's Revenge
Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Classroom Crisis
Game: Chrono Trigger
Fullmetal Alchemist
Ouran High School Host Club
Eureka Seven
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Naruto
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Eyeshield 21
Natsume's Book of Friends
Skip Beat!
Shugo Chara!
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Angel Beats!
Log Horizon
Little Witch Academia
BNA - Brand New Animal
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Sweetness and Lightning
Music:
00:00 - Sentesente ni - Kenji Kawai (The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!)
00:27 - The Canipa Effect Intro - Steven Kelly
00:42 - Yaichi, Daigyakuten - Kenji Kawai (The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!)
01:52 - Mattanashi - Kenji Kawai (The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!)
03:34 - Omoi Itte - Kenji Kawai (The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!)
04:59 - Retro Active - John Coggins
09:06 - To the Abyss! - Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss)
11:02 - Swings and Roundabouts - Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss)
12:54 - The First Layer - Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss)
All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use.