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Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

Whomever got the license for Tiger and Bunny and handles it here did the brilliant job of making sure the newest episode in Japan is available subbed, not too far after on Hulu. That's a progressive company that's with the times.

If companies follow that model of not being slow to act, the appeal of watching the official releases by stream increases. Now whomever handles the Tiger and Bunny license here, surprised me, because I did not expect streams for new episodes THAT soon. Pretty cool that they did that.

A reason why some fans prefer fansubs over official subs is also because of accuracy. There have been numerous times(off the top of my head, most recently with the Transformers Japanese Collection by Shout! Factory), that the fansubs were actually more accurate. Sometimes the localization has slight inaccuracies, meanwhile some have glaring ones.

It's Viz that has the T&B license, which surprised me. Given the fact that Viz, to put it nicely, doesn't have the best reputation I'm shocked how well T&B was handled.

As for accuracy, that's just part of the "making a better product" argument. If the license holders in Japan bring streams over themselves, there's little excuse for rushed translations. They could have the scripts handed to the translators well ahead of time. Also, you're never going to please everyone. People who are angry about minor inaccuracies are likely a very, very insignificant audience. Glaring ones are still a problem, but I've been seeing them less and less.

This is the real way to fight fan subs/piracy. It's really quite simple and is going to be very lucrative to those who get it right.