CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Hi everyone, just joined this board... I have a question for all of you. ^__^ Anyone out there into fansubs? I watched Haibane Renmei a few months ago and couldn't help but notice some very interesting Christian themes and references... even beyond the obvious angel motif. Anybody agree? Maybe I'm just looking too hard... ^~;;

Hmm, I've never done the fansub thing before, but I was thinking of trying it sometime...so no, I haven't seen this series .__. But hey, sounds interesting.

Hmm...where do I get my fansubs? ^^; Lesse... I get most of them sent in by friends, but some can just be found by searching around the 'Net... a friend of mine got the Haibane subs by using eDonkey 2000 (a file-sharing app). You can see the general idea and some pictures from the show by visiting John's Haibane Renmei Shrine .

It's an extremely beautiful, slow-paced and touching show... it was made by Yo****aka Abe, who also worked on Niea_7 and Serial Experiments Lain, which is also quite popular. However, I should note here that Haibane doesn't have the same mature content and despondent kinds of themes that Lain did... ^^; If you like, I can upload the first episode of Haibane temporarily to my site for anyone to grab. ^_^ Just let me know. ^_^ There's no word on licesnsing it in the U.S. yet, so I have no copyright qualms. ^_^

Thanks for the warm welcome! Talk to you later ~ ^_^

.......was made by Yo****aka Abe.......

Obviously the swear filter is live and kicking ^_^;;;;

Oh dear... looks like this forum is accidentally editing Japanese names with the equivalents of English cuss words in them.. ^^ Hopefully someone can fix that.. ^^

I'm off to sort it out now.

Yay! Many thanks ^___^

It should be fixed now.. let's test this out.

Ashitaka

edit: yep!

Woohoo! Thank goodness... glad you were able to get that all fixed up. ^__^

Oooh... 56k modem? The file's really huge... 84 MB ^^; My recommendation would definitely be to download it overnight. ^^ Or, you may be able to find a site somewhere that has it split up into sections for easier download... this site is excellent for finding fansub dl sites: {snipped by djnoz}

Let me know if you'd still like me to upload it. ^_^ I have all 13 episodes, and it's a great relaxing watch. ^__^ And like I said, I really have a feeling that it has some Christian themes... interestingly, this show is the first that Abe-san has fully directed, and he claims that it grew out of an important personal experience. Given the difference in tone between the desperate and hopeless Lain and the optimistic, searching Haibane, I almost wonder if he was saved inbetween... ^___^

Which brings up another point. I'm looking for someone fluent in Japanese who may be able to help me here. I'd like to spread the Gospel with Abe-san, and I have the English email started (I obtained his email address), but it's taking me too long to translate it with my meager Japanese skills. ^^ Anybody like to help me out? ^_^

I recommend waiting for Habine Renmei to come to DVD since it is already lincensed by Pioneer. Pioneer is usually very good with DVD releases.

I hate to spoil the fun everyone, but fansubs are illegal. Please don't link to any fansub websites from these forums. There's a very good reason for this:

We could get shut down
Now that would be bad.

If you want to discuss fansubs, I won't stop you taking it to email. However I must remind you that they are illegal.

Wow. ^^ I thought that they were only illegal if the anime was licensed for the US already... wowee. ^^ Thanks for the info, that changes things... sorry for posting this thread! ^^;;;;;

And thanks for the update on the licensing status of Haibane, BrianC! I didn't think they actually had plans to release it on DVD yet. ^^ Again, thank you for the information. ^__^

Wellie, sorry again for this post... what a way to enter into the forums, huh? ^^;

Don't worry at all, it's just a friendly warning