FAQ

Who are you?

 

A small group of “dedicated” “fansubbers” “devoted” to bringing the “best” possible “releases” to the field.

 

You guys sound awesome, how do I join?

 

We’re usually recruiting at the beginning and end of a season (and we’re obvious about it most of the time), but if you’re a translator, just pop on in. If you want to just come chat with us, #[email protected] is the place to go (or click the IRC link at the top there).

 

You guys suck. Where can I file my complaint?

 

IRC. Be coherent.

 

I am offended by something you guys put in your subs.

 

A: That’s not a question.
B: Here.
B2: Here.
B3: Here.

 

I want to do a joint with you guys for X. Who do I contact?

 

Go away.

 

Can I use your subs for X?

 

Go ahead, just don’t be a dick about it. “Being a dick about it” constitutes doing it in such a way that if you fuck up, people bother us about your screwups.
 

Will you provide me with the sub file only, since I already have the raw? (Actual question we’ve been asked)

 

No, we’re too lazy to do that. Download and extract them yourself.
Use this
And this
Please note that we are not their tech support so if something bad happens, go to them.

 

Batch where?

 

>Commie

>Batch

Batching means fixing mistakes that weren’t supposed to be there in the first place. Most of the time we just want a show to go away.

 

Are you dropping X because Y is subbing it/streaming it
 
No.

 

When will you release X?
 
SOON™

 

More coming soon!

493 Responses to “FAQ”

  1. Fag It says:

    Will you communists be subbing Karneval?

    Also, what happened to the “Projects” page?

  2. Asdfjuma says:

    Why is pink so hard to read on a pink background?

  3. Lanolderen says:

    May I ask what’s happening with chapter III of Berserk Golden Age?
    I’m sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.

  4. thedarktower says:

    any chance you release a batch for “level e”?some episodes have no seeders at all…Thanks!

  5. Kanoto says:

    mind if I ask the link to one of your prior posts on how to setup player settings correctly? I recently uninstalled my players to update, and noticed subtitles no longer showing up on typesetting

    • herkz says:

      the setup is install cccp or mplayer

      • Kanoto says:

        b-but, K-Lite … *mumble mumble*
        in any case, updating my players did remove the lag I’ve been experiencing in the past (such as with the SNAFU bookends and the Eoten titlecards), so that seems to have been my fault.

  6. fnx777 says:

    I’ve been getting the “address is banned message on irc” when I try to join the channel since 4/28/2013, and I have no idea why I might have been banned. Just curious what happened.

    • herkz says:

      names with 777 at the end like yours are banned because the spammers use them a lot

      pick something without numbers at the end

      • fnx777 says:

        Okay, I changed my nick but it still states that my address is banned when I attempt to rejoin.

        I didn’t have any problems joining the channel until yesterday, and I wasn’t around whenever the kick happened so I didn’t see any information about the reason.

  7. fnx777 says:

    Got it, thanks.

  8. Anna says:

    Do you release 8bit versions of the episodes or just 10bit? My laptop won’t play 10bit well.. :(

  9. frn says:

    IRC is a joke, they throw bans on left and right. After 2 days fighting with them to lift my ban for slap! test usage they unbanned me. It was my fault for trying this. But I wrote 2 sentences about shingeki and they have banned me again… For what? For writing something about anime they dislike lol. The safe way is to stay there to download files only. If you do anything mods dont like -> ban

  10. joyfool says:

    I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your work! I am really happy that groups like yours are fansubbing the anime I love :) I love your work with Chihayafuru 2 :) Thanks a lot guys!!

  11. J. Nagle says:

    Since you did GuP, and some of you like German, you might like this, the original TigerFibel, which appears in GuP:

    http://ia700407.us.archive.org/14/items/Der-Generalinspekteur-der-Panzertruppen-Die-Tiger-Fibel/DerGeneralinspekteurDerPanzertruppen-DieTiger-fibel194392S.Scan.pdf

    Snarky military manual are rare.

  12. Soeroah says:

    Sorry if this is one of the aggravating questions, but I was just wondering if there were plans to sub the Hyperdimension Neptunia anime when it starts in July?

  13. gazE says:

    Quick question, why don’t you guys put the resolution in your filenames? I can’t tell if it’s 480, 780 or 1080 if i look at the files alone. Not to mention there are no details on the torrents posted.

  14. KaoSouL says:

    Do you have any plans to re-release JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure using the uncensored Blu-Ray disc rips?

    You’re subs were the best for JoJo and everyone handling the BD releases suck.

    Keep up the great work!

  15. IKKIX says:

    you know the anime lupin III could someone plz seed that anime ty (all episodes)

  16. IKKIX says:

    whats that sorry i am a noob

  17. IKKIX says:

    i got on mibbit but how do i use it lol

    • johnny_dickpants says:

      you can’t download with a web client

      get mirc or chatzilla and click the first irc link in the sidebar

  18. My2ndAngelic says:

    Keep working hard, guys.

  19. nob_nob says:

    Good work, guys~

    BTW, can I use your subs to be translated into my native language? Translating whole part from Japanese is a pain in the neck…

  20. Cyril says:

    Is it wrong that I love you guys? <3

  21. Aina says:

    Hi!
    Athena bannet me from IRC for no reason.
    It says (Watch your language!) but I said nothing offensive (And I have evidence of it http://i.imgur.com/vx5yWtu.png )

  22. drokhan says:

    Why you banned me? I didn’t say anything!

  23. Xz791 says:

    Why the red font for the subtitles though?

  24. dd88 says:

    Hello, I’m new to IRC and I was not able to join your channel from the start. It said my address is banned. Is there anything I can do to change this?

  25. loup_sombre says:

    Hello,

    I’ve tried to join your IRC channel, but it says that my address is banned. Some time ago I could join without any problem, could you please tell me why I was banned? Thanks!

  26. wooby says:

    Is it bad that I’m laughing at every single one of the replies you guys post?

  27. animestuff13 says:

    When you say “use your subs” do you mean as in using them for other subbed projects or what?

    • johnny_dickpants says:

      yeah, like using them for bd rips, or translating them to ethiopian, or whatever else you’d want to do.

  28. Peter says:

    I’m loving the subs you guys make and I’m just wondering, have you ever thought about creating Commie Forums?

  29. typicalweeaboo says:

    Is there a way I can get some of the backgrounds/wallpapers from the theme switcher?

  30. Hanten says:

    Will you guys be subbing the Yahari OVA ?

  31. Shugo says:

    Are you doing the Steins;Gate movie leak? I saw someone mention that you guys were and I was like ‘naww’ but then I came here and the site is super S;G themed and now I’m like ‘yoooo’.

  32. Omie says:

    I know this is kind of answered on here, but will you sub the Steins;Gate movie? :(

  33. DeuzYagami says:

    Well, I know this is kinda rude, but I’m dead curious. Are you going to sub Magi S2?

  34. Baruda says:

    May I ask, will you sub Amnesia OVA?

  35. AntraX says:

    Why I’ve got banned on irc? I can connect at home, but not in school.

  36. Randolf says:

    Would it be possible to include the original Crunchyroll subtitles as a second subtitle track in your releases?

    • Xythar says:

      The idea behind editing is to make the subs better, so I’m not really sure what the point of that would be

      • Randolf says:

        I think people have difference preferences with subtitles. Some prefer Commie’s edits while others prefer the Crunchroll originals.

        If you put both your subtitles and the original Curnchyroll scripts on your releases then you could please both groups and everyone would be happy.

        • herkz says:

          people that want CR’s subs just download HS or watch on CR

        • Xythar says:

          We make the edits we do because we believe they improve the script. If you don’t agree, you’re free to download HS instead.

        • Orcus says:

          1) If we just put the CR subtitles on the video, there is little chance they’ll be synched. So, *effort*.
          2) The only reason we’d have two subtitle tracks is if we were doing a foreign language version (e.g. Girls und Panzer)

  37. Xikarra says:

    Would you consider encoding Zetsuen Blu-rays?

  38. Soeroah says:

    I hope so. I loved the Commie subs sub of the series and I’ve been looking forward to the movie, but if there are still no plans for it I’d understand. Can’t be easy with all these other shows going at once

  39. Tracreed says:

    Just wondering (to be sure so I don’t missunderstand anything)
    Can I download your series then translate them and then just repost them on a different language without having to do any video or timing editing?
    would be lovely if I could get permission if it is not allowed.

  40. NoOneinParticular says:

    Hello, dropping in to say hi and thank you for everything you’ve done. Thought I should let you know about this guy : http://tumblr.rkitsune.com/post/68296401787/
    Again,I just want to let you know that I’m thankful for all the time and effort you put in the subs and well, don’t want anyone who does nothing to say things like he did.

    • herkz says:

      I don’t even know who that is or what they did.

      Please advise.

      • NoOneinParticular says:

        Excerpt: ave you ever heard of the anime fansub group Commie? They have a far greater number of disapproval votes on their subs than approval, and yet they’re still going. Their torrents regularly get hundreds of downloads. Despite their reputation, they’re still as popular as ever. Their tricks: their subs look better than their competitors, and they’re faster than their competitors. Their translation quality means nothing to the viewers, they win because they are established, and they win because they are first.
        He implied you’re doing all of this for fame & the quality of your subs is not bad which is not true.

        • torchlight says:

          Haters gonna hate.

        • herkz says:

          Yes, but lots of people say and think that. What makes this person worth caring about?

          • NoOneinParticular says:

            Because he could ask to join your group. Seems like the type to want fame and once manga/doujinshi translation does not work out as he think, he would change target to anime.
            Other than that, I’m just upset.

        • EdMX says:

          It’s kinda funny that non-native Japanese speakers would insist that Commie translations “aren’t good” when they themselves don’t even speak Japanese. I wage 80-90% of people who dislike Commie’s style are those that prefer seeing “chan”s and “senpai”s in their subs. meh.

  41. ThatQuestionTho says:

    Can you guys post what anime you guys are gonna sub for the next upcoming season before it actually reaches the season – I would like to know what’ll you guys sub this season tho D:

  42. Mametchi says:

    Hey would you able to sub the anime GO-GO tamagotchi! Airing this week on Thursday on Tokyo tv? Or even be able to tell me where I can request anime to be subbed or if you can’t where I could request this anime somewhere else?

  43. Crowmando says:

    Was wondering if you were going to do the Persona 3 movie

  44. AntraX says:

    Why I am banned? I was in channel yesterday, but I didnt wrote even word.

  45. AntraX says:

    User name AntraX address I dont remember (it wasnt my usual one, it was from free hotspot). I can connect from home, but I couldnt from that adress I dont remember.

  46. Mana says:

    What’s the status on No Game No Life 08 and 09? I’m eager to see what’s happening next, but I don’t particularly want to switch to a different subbing group for it. Your subs are superior, even if the releases are slightly slow.

  47. kuro says:

    are you going to translate the Ova Girl and panzer kore ga Hontou no Anzio-sen Desu?

  48. Dave says:

    Could you please sub Tiger & Bunny: The Rising movie? You can find the raw here: http://torrenters.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=tr_ani&wr_id=279356

  49. gabby says:

    Hey guys, can you sub Amnesia OVA?Please and thanks in adavnce
    Here is the link:
    http://myanimelist.net/anime/20655/Amnesia_OVA

  50. yujikun says:

    why everytime I play every episode of free! eternal summer it hangs whenever it reaches this part…i have cccp for codec pack…what should I do?
    http://imgur.com/AVQEShY

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