Detective Conan 392

SO! It’s been a while since our team has touched this area. In fact, we haven’t done it since B-Org over a year and a half ago. This episode had no problems with it other than frame issues… so it was easy to release. I worked hard to make the video look as crisp and clean as possible… so that these releases don’t pale in comparison to our friend Skyward’s encodes. We hope that we can continue this in the future. It’s been like 4 days since our last release and we already have one more for you… expect more in the following days.

and enjoy this rhyme:

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Fresh off our 269-270 release, we’re ready to take on some new staffers. We have a lot of scripts coming in, and are in need of more people to keep the releases timely. Check the rhyme below:

Translators – Must be fluent enough in both Japanese and English to pass our TL test, which is graded by our head translator. Experience is not required.

Translation Checkers – Must have a very high understanding of Japanese and English and be able to perfect translated scripts. Experience is not required, but highly recommended.

Editors – Our editor has left for other projects, so this position is wide open. Must have a mastery of the English language, an advanced vocabulary, and an understanding of script flow and characterization. Experience is required.

Typesetter – Must be experienced, and must be fast. Needs to have advanced knowledge of ASS tags and coding. After Effects knowledge preferred, but not required. Jmaeshawn has very, very high standards, so talk to him specifically if you’re interested in this one.

Quality Checkers – Must be able to point out timing, editing, typesetting, and encoding errors. Slight understanding of Japanese is also a big plus. Experience is not required, but it’s certainly a good thing.

Distro – We’re in need of both XDCC bot providers and torrent seeders. Must have good bandwidth, a GREAT personality, and the time to hang around in/idle on our IRC channel nonstop. When we’re ready to release, we need seeds (you get an early look at all of our releases without doing much work this way, to note~).

If you’re interested, send an email to kienaifansubs@gmail.com or talk to a staff member on our IRC channel (click the “IRC Channel” tab to be directed).

Oh, and look forward to 392 in a week or two!

Detective Conan 269 – 270

We, at Kienai, are deeply apologetic for the wait on these releases. But you know the whole story so I won’t go into that now. All I can say is that we are getting back into full swing and should be knocking down releases like we used to. We can’t let AZFS keep showing us up >__>. MAKENAI YO!!!! GANBARIMASU!!!! Anywayz… I lazed about a bit and a new B’z release is NOT quite ready but it shall be soon. For now, enjoy the feel of Kienai again and patiently await our next release, which will not take 7 months to put out lol. Thanks for sticking by us. And have a Merry Christmas… even tho I’m miserable

Kaitoukidsama hasn’t been able to return to us yet, so Jing’s trying to rally the team. That said, we’re all busy studying for finals at the moment, but we should all be back in top form in about two weeks, when winter break starts. Here’s the rundown:

397 @ TL
289-290 @ Timing
388-389 @ Timing
303 @ Editing
269-270 @ TS Fixes (Has already been QCed, encoding and release will follow very, very shortly after finals)
392 @ Karaoke (Ditto)

(There are also a couple of hi-mi-tsus we’re not ready to reveal yet…)

It’s quite a goal, but I think we’ll be able to release the majority of that list over the break. Apologies and thanks unbound go out to all the folks who’ve been waiting for so long, but I have to ask that you stay patient for just a little while longer–it’ll all be worth it soon.

I’d also like to formally welcome our new-ish translators, Escargotpudding and MrRickRoll, to the staff. Both have come back to work with us after long breaks and other fansubbing efforts, and we’re delighted to see them return!