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So while we have seen some shows on Crunchyroll get updated with better subtitles, I would like to remind everyone that many shows haven't. I also reached out to some insiders, and so far there has been no clear internal communication about changing course back to comprehensive typesetting either.
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So while we have seen some shows on Crunchyroll get updated with better subtitles, I would like to remind everyone that many shows haven't. I also reached out to some insiders, and so far there has been no clear internal communication about changing course back to comprehensive typesetting either.
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New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
It seems that Netflix decided to produce brand new dubs of One Piece in multiple(!) languages...
Not just Latin American Spanish, which was kinda obvious given the fact that they only got the 4kids edits before, but also German, French and likely others as well
Not just Latin American Spanish, which was kinda obvious given the fact that they only got the 4kids edits before, but also German, French and likely others as well
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It seems that Netflix decided to produce brand new dubs of One Piece in multiple(!) languages...
Not just Latin American Spanish, which was kinda obvious given the fact that they only got the 4kids edits before, but also German, French and likely others as well
Not just Latin American Spanish, which was kinda obvious given the fact that they only got the 4kids edits before, but also German, French and likely others as well
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Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro is up to pre-order!
The steelbook has a brand new English dub w/ the much-loved cast of Tony Oliver, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang, & Doug Erholtz and plenty of extras!
Exclusive to the Crunchyroll Store.
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
The steelbook has a brand new English dub w/ the much-loved cast of Tony Oliver, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang, & Doug Erholtz and plenty of extras!
Exclusive to the Crunchyroll Store.
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro is up to pre-order!
The steelbook has a brand new English dub w/ the much-loved cast of Tony Oliver, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang, & Doug Erholtz and plenty of extras!
Exclusive to the Crunchyroll Store.
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
The steelbook has a brand new English dub w/ the much-loved cast of Tony Oliver, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang, & Doug Erholtz and plenty of extras!
Exclusive to the Crunchyroll Store.
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
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Exclusive BD SteelBooks
Berserk Golden Age Arc Memorial Edition store.crunchyroll.com/products/ber...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime S1 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
S2 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
Lupin the 3rd Castle of Cagliostro store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
Berserk Golden Age Arc Memorial Edition store.crunchyroll.com/products/ber...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime S1 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
S2 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
Lupin the 3rd Castle of Cagliostro store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
October 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Exclusive BD SteelBooks
Berserk Golden Age Arc Memorial Edition store.crunchyroll.com/products/ber...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime S1 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
S2 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
Lupin the 3rd Castle of Cagliostro store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
Berserk Golden Age Arc Memorial Edition store.crunchyroll.com/products/ber...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime S1 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
S2 store.crunchyroll.com/products/tha...
Lupin the 3rd Castle of Cagliostro store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
Crunchyroll started fixing the subtitles for their new simulcasts :)
Left: fixed (German)
Right: prior (English)
Anime: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
Left: fixed (German)
Right: prior (English)
Anime: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
October 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Crunchyroll started fixing the subtitles for their new simulcasts :)
Left: fixed (German)
Right: prior (English)
Anime: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
Left: fixed (German)
Right: prior (English)
Anime: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
Hardball Films proves once again that it's not impossible to re-release older Aniplex shows: Coming soon in November is Sekirei, with season 2 to follow later
JPN + GER audio + subtitles
JPN + GER audio + subtitles
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hardball Films proves once again that it's not impossible to re-release older Aniplex shows: Coming soon in November is Sekirei, with season 2 to follow later
JPN + GER audio + subtitles
JPN + GER audio + subtitles
Some said the "new" Crunchyroll subtitling style was some kind of "industry standard" - but which?
Even the vobsubs standard from ~1997, supported by companies like Sony, Disney, NBCUniversal was far more flexible than the current Crunchyroll style...
Even the vobsubs standard from ~1997, supported by companies like Sony, Disney, NBCUniversal was far more flexible than the current Crunchyroll style...
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some said the "new" Crunchyroll subtitling style was some kind of "industry standard" - but which?
Even the vobsubs standard from ~1997, supported by companies like Sony, Disney, NBCUniversal was far more flexible than the current Crunchyroll style...
Even the vobsubs standard from ~1997, supported by companies like Sony, Disney, NBCUniversal was far more flexible than the current Crunchyroll style...
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It gets even better! There are already TWO SEASONS of this, despite it being dated to just a week ago (9/27/2025), and the episode synopsis for all six episodes are literally just the full Lorem ipsum text.
I'm almost crying from how utterly dumb & hilarious this is.
I'm almost crying from how utterly dumb & hilarious this is.
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It gets even better! There are already TWO SEASONS of this, despite it being dated to just a week ago (9/27/2025), and the episode synopsis for all six episodes are literally just the full Lorem ipsum text.
I'm almost crying from how utterly dumb & hilarious this is.
I'm almost crying from how utterly dumb & hilarious this is.
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really is starting to seem like crunchyroll fired the people who made the company work, and now everything is breaking down
Today is probably the biggest day for the fall anime season/Preview Guide and things are...not looking great on rollout today for Crunchyroll.
Both MHA Final Season's first episode and the new season premiere for Spy Family are both up on Hulu. CR is 9 hrs late on MHA and it lacks EN subtitles
Both MHA Final Season's first episode and the new season premiere for Spy Family are both up on Hulu. CR is 9 hrs late on MHA and it lacks EN subtitles
October 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
really is starting to seem like crunchyroll fired the people who made the company work, and now everything is breaking down
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Well, at least some of us are still using Aegisub...
October 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Well, at least some of us are still using Aegisub...
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New article: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crun...
Why did Crunchyroll’s subtitles just get worse?
A small change to operations may undermine a key differentiator for the anime streamer.
animebythenumbers.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
New article: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crun...
So Anime Onegai, the largest competitor of Crunchyroll in Latin America will close its doors this month.
They produced way over 100 dubs in less than 5 years.
On the other hand, there is a disturbing interview with a former employee:
japan-next.blogspot.com/2025/10/entr...
They produced way over 100 dubs in less than 5 years.
On the other hand, there is a disturbing interview with a former employee:
japan-next.blogspot.com/2025/10/entr...
October 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
So Anime Onegai, the largest competitor of Crunchyroll in Latin America will close its doors this month.
They produced way over 100 dubs in less than 5 years.
On the other hand, there is a disturbing interview with a former employee:
japan-next.blogspot.com/2025/10/entr...
They produced way over 100 dubs in less than 5 years.
On the other hand, there is a disturbing interview with a former employee:
japan-next.blogspot.com/2025/10/entr...
Why doesn't Crunchyroll follow the actual industry standard for Closed Captions? That would allow even faster distribution at lower costs!
Instead of translating what's spoken just CC [Speaking Japanese] in 90 % of all lines. I'm sure fans will love it, like the barely readable subtitles now.
Instead of translating what's spoken just CC [Speaking Japanese] in 90 % of all lines. I'm sure fans will love it, like the barely readable subtitles now.
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Why doesn't Crunchyroll follow the actual industry standard for Closed Captions? That would allow even faster distribution at lower costs!
Instead of translating what's spoken just CC [Speaking Japanese] in 90 % of all lines. I'm sure fans will love it, like the barely readable subtitles now.
Instead of translating what's spoken just CC [Speaking Japanese] in 90 % of all lines. I'm sure fans will love it, like the barely readable subtitles now.
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Update on this: more fall seasons are starting to roll out on Crunchyroll, and they all seem to be using Closed Caption Converter. It's hard to overstate how dumb this is. They're destroying one of their major competitive edges in the name of some asinine "compatibility" with their competitors
Some details: It seems that for at least two new in-house subtitle releases (A Wild Last Boss Appeared 01, Kaiju No8 23), rather than the usual Aegisub the subtitles were created in "Closed Caption Converter", which cannot do styled on-screen text at all. CR work with Aegisub on left, CCC on right.
![Screenshot from A Wild Last Boss Appeared episode 1 from Crunchyroll, featuring a single on-screen text to translate at the top of the screen, with white text in a black box. Crunchyroll's usual work could basically replicate this box very accurately for immersive results, but with Closed Caption Converter we instead get regular subtitles reading "WAR SYSTEM [linebreak] - Different nations engaged in PvP combat." with zero styling involved. They're even placed right on top of the sign, resulting in just a total mess in terms of general readability.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yezjmch53wfkkmm7i3hiccua/bafkreiabvthl42loeakmqdhottd4uxcab4fzljhlg5wbdekolduipjw3ky@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Update on this: more fall seasons are starting to roll out on Crunchyroll, and they all seem to be using Closed Caption Converter. It's hard to overstate how dumb this is. They're destroying one of their major competitive edges in the name of some asinine "compatibility" with their competitors
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Pushing AI into everything right now makes sense because we’re in the thick of an anti-expertise era, and everything it “makes” relies on malicious dilettantes believing that whatever it spits out is good enough for whatever industry or consumer base to which it’s parasitically affixing itself.
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Pushing AI into everything right now makes sense because we’re in the thick of an anti-expertise era, and everything it “makes” relies on malicious dilettantes believing that whatever it spits out is good enough for whatever industry or consumer base to which it’s parasitically affixing itself.
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Some details: It seems that for at least two new in-house subtitle releases (A Wild Last Boss Appeared 01, Kaiju No8 23), rather than the usual Aegisub the subtitles were created in "Closed Caption Converter", which cannot do styled on-screen text at all. CR work with Aegisub on left, CCC on right.
September 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Some details: It seems that for at least two new in-house subtitle releases (A Wild Last Boss Appeared 01, Kaiju No8 23), rather than the usual Aegisub the subtitles were created in "Closed Caption Converter", which cannot do styled on-screen text at all. CR work with Aegisub on left, CCC on right.
It's always nice that amazon gives you the opportunity to order a bootleg DVD instead of a legal release...
But just why?
But just why?
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's always nice that amazon gives you the opportunity to order a bootleg DVD instead of a legal release...
But just why?
But just why?
Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Part 1 has some* additional screenings due to popular demand...
Some cinemas will screen it up to 27 times a day.
Some cinemas will screen it up to 27 times a day.
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Part 1 has some* additional screenings due to popular demand...
Some cinemas will screen it up to 27 times a day.
Some cinemas will screen it up to 27 times a day.
Kaiju No. 8 Blu-ray Limited Edition US Artwork revealed by Amazon...
This elf reminds me of a great fantasy series...
This elf reminds me of a great fantasy series...
September 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Kaiju No. 8 Blu-ray Limited Edition US Artwork revealed by Amazon...
This elf reminds me of a great fantasy series...
This elf reminds me of a great fantasy series...
Dear @animelockdown.bsky.social and @katrinal10n.bsky.social
The Art of Translation in Anime Panel was just great and I'd love to recommend it to other fans to watch and learn. Any chance getting it available after the livestream?
The Art of Translation in Anime Panel was just great and I'd love to recommend it to other fans to watch and learn. Any chance getting it available after the livestream?
September 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Dear @animelockdown.bsky.social and @katrinal10n.bsky.social
The Art of Translation in Anime Panel was just great and I'd love to recommend it to other fans to watch and learn. Any chance getting it available after the livestream?
The Art of Translation in Anime Panel was just great and I'd love to recommend it to other fans to watch and learn. Any chance getting it available after the livestream?
Crunchyroll Germany revealed the upcoming home video releases for September - November 2025, including:
- Tokyo Ghoul Steelbook Set
- Black Butler S4
- Blue Exorcist S3
- Masamune kun's Revenge
- Frieren S1 Complete CE
- Tsukimichi S2
- Wind Breaker
- Wistoria
- Haikyu!! Movie 5
- Tokyo Ghoul Steelbook Set
- Black Butler S4
- Blue Exorcist S3
- Masamune kun's Revenge
- Frieren S1 Complete CE
- Tsukimichi S2
- Wind Breaker
- Wistoria
- Haikyu!! Movie 5
August 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Crunchyroll Germany revealed the upcoming home video releases for September - November 2025, including:
- Tokyo Ghoul Steelbook Set
- Black Butler S4
- Blue Exorcist S3
- Masamune kun's Revenge
- Frieren S1 Complete CE
- Tsukimichi S2
- Wind Breaker
- Wistoria
- Haikyu!! Movie 5
- Tokyo Ghoul Steelbook Set
- Black Butler S4
- Blue Exorcist S3
- Masamune kun's Revenge
- Frieren S1 Complete CE
- Tsukimichi S2
- Wind Breaker
- Wistoria
- Haikyu!! Movie 5
Waiting for anime Blu-rays in Germany?
There are a bunch of titles, that are (or were) available for pre-order, that don't have a realistic release date scheduled yet. Some were either listed for Q4 2025, 2026 without details, or had early fall dates but delayed without details.
There are a bunch of titles, that are (or were) available for pre-order, that don't have a realistic release date scheduled yet. Some were either listed for Q4 2025, 2026 without details, or had early fall dates but delayed without details.
August 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Waiting for anime Blu-rays in Germany?
There are a bunch of titles, that are (or were) available for pre-order, that don't have a realistic release date scheduled yet. Some were either listed for Q4 2025, 2026 without details, or had early fall dates but delayed without details.
There are a bunch of titles, that are (or were) available for pre-order, that don't have a realistic release date scheduled yet. Some were either listed for Q4 2025, 2026 without details, or had early fall dates but delayed without details.
So another 7 former Crunchyroll anime got sublicensed to Animoon in Germany for a Blu-ray release - including the Spice & Wolf remake and also including 2 titles that were already available for preorder at one retailer: 7th Prince / Re: Monster
August 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So another 7 former Crunchyroll anime got sublicensed to Animoon in Germany for a Blu-ray release - including the Spice & Wolf remake and also including 2 titles that were already available for preorder at one retailer: 7th Prince / Re: Monster