prince_vegeta

"Naruto permanently dropped [Updated]

2008/07/18

Attention Dattebayo fans,

Effective immediately, we are terminating our subtitling efforts on the "Naruto Shippuuden". This decision is not up for discussion and not negotiable. You can guess why this is happening, and no, there is nothing you can do about it as there will always be assholes who want to piss in the pot so to speak.

It was a difficult decision, but it had to be done.

It's been a fun 4 years!

Update

We'd like to address a few questions and comments we've received regarding the above announcement.

Help, I'm confused! Despite the lengthy explanations linked above, I still don't understand why you're dropping Naruto Shippuuden.

Anyone who follows the anime industry knows that in bringing fansubs a wider audience, streaming sites time have made it increasingly difficult for copyright holders to ignore the existence of the groups that subtitle and distribute their property. At some point, they will stop trying to go after the sites themselves and simply cut off the problem at the source (i.e., us). To paraphrase one of the few intelligent comments we've received in regards to this matter, people who are uploading our work to streaming sites are basically putting us in harm's way without our permission. Some people have commented that uploaders are "helping" us by making us more popular, but this is the kind of "help" we don't need.

In addition, as we have stated repeatedly, we do not approve of others taking our work and using it to make a profit. Many streaming sites not only solicit donations but fill their pages with ads, even though for the most part they are simply linking to videos that were uploaded at no cost (to YouTube or other sites) and are using free hosting services. This means that they are essentially scamming viewers into thinking that donations are required to keep their "free" service running, even though they are already making a profit off advertisements. We do not spend hours of our lives subbing episodes for free so that other people can make a profit off our videos with a few clicks of their mouse.

This isn't fair! By dropping Naruto Shippuuden for the actions of a few, you're punishing the majority of people who follow your rules.

While this may be true, the fact is that the creators and licensees of Naruto Shippuuden are going to care even less than we do. If DB gets shut down permanently, it won't matter that only a few people were uploading our videos to streaming sites. There will be no more DB subbed shows, for anyone, ever again.

What about your other shows, will you be dropping those too?

If we have to.

Can you guys suggest another site for downloading Naruto Shippuuden?

Unfortunately, DB was the only English group that was up to date with Naruto Shippuuden releases. At this time, there are no other options.

How about you just stream the shows yourselves and/or start charging people to use your site?

It defies logic that we will somehow solve the problem by doing the exact things that we do not want done. Anyone writing in with either of these suggestions will be banned.

Dattebayo Fansubs, LLC - We've never been more serious"


yaya now DB is out of the picture

hoboX10

It's a troll

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AnimeJunky

But who is gonna subtitle it now?

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Randmthotz

its obviously gonna be a troll (tho if its not we should pick it up)

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Ryuuk

It might be a troll. If it isn't, oh well. Naruto kinda sucked anyway.

Brandonel1

eh doesnt really adversely affect me so dont really care anyway it works out...although it wouldnt make much sense because i hear dattebayo is the catch phrase naruto uses in japanese dub so wouldnt tha tmake it pointless...so yea probably a troll

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karek

ZOMG did sub at one point. .

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Exia916

at the rate things are goin. this really is a troll if not o well i guess no shippuuden. im not really worried there always some hardcore fanatics that will sub this if db doesnt.

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Gokudera

what the hell is a troll? ><

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berkie19

a joke

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prince_vegeta

dammit i thought it was going to be a troll....

Ichigo91

this doesnt seem to be a troll to me...

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Ryuuk

Interesting. At first everyone on the internet (not you guys) was like, "Oh, naw, it am not are the being true, it am are the most likely is troll." Now everyone on the net is like, "Oww goersh, it am done turning out to is realz. I'm are going to pissted my pantz." People have good reason to suspect it to be a troll given similar trolling attempts by Dattebayo in the past. However, it wouldn't surprise me if they scraped or delayed Naruto for real just to show everyone how much power they really have over subs of Naruto. According to them, they are the only fansub group that is up to date with Naruto Shippuuden. They claim that there is no alternative to DB. Someone needs to prove them wrong and tell them to stfu.

Furanshisu917

there are alternatives, just dbs quality is alot higher then the alternatives and will probs be faster untill the alternative gets the grasp of subbing.

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will know in a few hours if its a troll or not

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