Holiday wishes from all of us

Hi everyone,

As another year comes to a close, we look forward to 2019 and where our work as fansubbers will lead us next.

In the coming months we look forward to closing the final chapter on the Japanese Beast Wars series, Beast Wars Neo.  To date, we've completed 26 out of the 35 episodes.  So while we're slowly approaching the finish line, we still have some work to do.  As a small gift to the community to hold everyone over until it's completed, we're giving you a preview of Episode 14 titled "Ship's Log".  This episode provides highlights from the first 13 episodes of the series.  We hope you enjoy this small sample of what's to come. 

Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or simply just taking time out to spend it with your families, the Karyuudo Fansubs team would like to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season.

Best wishes for 2019.

Karyuudo

Beast Wars Neo Progress Update...

Hey Karyuudo Fans,

Many of you have been anticipating the release of Beast Wars Neo since we announced it earlier this year.  We wanted to give you an update since it's now getting closer to the end of 2018.

Unfortunately, we've had several set backs over the past few months, due to unforeseen circumstances, such as work, family commitments, and health (ie: our translator Taka-chan had pneumonia and was out of commission for some time). Given this, we'll ultimately have to push the release into 2019.  We don't have an exact date yet, but we will provide an update shortly before the release date. 

At this point in time, we've completed 21 episodes out of 35, so we've still got a good number to go.  We realize that many of you were looking forward to having a release date before the end of 2018, however, given the current time it takes to complete a translation of each episode, we don't believe this will be possible.

We really appreciate everyone's understanding and support over the years for our projects.  Our team always aims to give the fans out there the best possible translation.  For the Transformers community, this is something we've all waited almost 20 years to see translated into English.  Our team is committed to ensuring you're delivered what we've promised. 

While you're waiting for our release, you may want to pre-order that Big Convoy re-issue to support Takara-Tomy. Or possibly start picking up some other Beast Wars Neo toys on the second hand market before the prices may go up!

For now, here are some screen captures from each of the episodes we've complete thus far.

Thank you again!
Karyuudo

[Announcement] Beast Wars Neo with English Subtitles Coming in Late 2018

Coming in Late 2018, the final chapter of the Japanese Beast Wars saga, Beast Wars Neo, will be released by Karyuudo Fansubs with English Subtitles.

Q&A

Q:  Why will this take so long to complete?

A:  Like everyone else in the world, we have families, jobs and lives outside of subtitling.  As with our other releases, we take our time to ensure you're receiving the best and most accurate translation possible.

Q:  Don't you have a more accurate release date?

A:  Unfortunately not at this time.  We're projecting a late 2018 release to factor in life commitments since that usually pushes our time frame back.  Any questions on "when will this be done" will be politely ignored. :) 

Q:  Why not release the episodes as you complete them?

A:  With many series, there are themes and terms that are covered over many episodes and sometimes disappear and pop up later on.  Sometimes we find ourselves going back to alter a translation to ensure the story makes sense and flows smoothly.  In the end it's better to complete all the episodes and feel 100% satisfied that we're translating the dialogue as it was intended.

Q:  Do you require any additional assistance in regards to grammar, timing scripts, etc?

A:  Thank you, but we're covered on all areas for this project.  

Q:  Will you charge for this?

A:  No. We do this simply because we love Transformers, and want to see this long awaited series completed.  

Bonus Q&A

Q:  "I guess you guys beat me to the punch! Congrats on finishing Beast Wars 2! I would like to help in ANY way to finish Beast Wars Neo if I can by contributing the first 10 subbed scripts that I have..."

A:  Since August of 2016, we've seen several comments come in such as this one above where individuals are offering to help complete Beast Wars Neo.  To this date, we haven't seen one person actually complete this series.  We could make several assumptions, that they got busy, bored, or were simply trying to get access to our resources in order to take credit for contributing to the release in some way.  Let's be honest here, if you can translate 10 episodes of a series accurately by yourself, then you can easily translate the other 25 episodes in no time without our help. :)