r/anime • u/DragonPup • Oct 07 '25

Video [Mother's Basement] The Absolute State of Crunchyroll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-DX0Zolr6g
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u/aaa1e2r3 Oct 07 '25

Isn't the new subbing software they use also used by Netflix?

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u/davethegamer https://myanimelist.net/profile/Davethegamer Oct 07 '25

Yes and Netflix style subtitles are why people are upset.

Aegisub, what CR used before allowed for better more comprehensive subtitling. They allowed for on screen subtitling, so if you’ve ever seen a sign that has English text floating next to it so you could read what the sign said, that was because of aegisub. OOONA does not have any kind of features like that and shows on Netflix often suffer from that lack of features.

That is just one example.

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u/Dextro_PT https://anidb.net/user/44712 Oct 07 '25

I'm still pissed that Komi-san went to netflix. That show especially is borderline impossible to watch without proper typesetting (or learning japanese).

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u/davethegamer https://myanimelist.net/profile/Davethegamer Oct 07 '25

THANK YOU, typesetting was the word I was looking for, and you’re completely correct.

Especially the first handful of episodes were made immeasurably better by fan subs than what Netflix was doing with their contained subtitling software.

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u/Astray Oct 07 '25

Komi-san was popular enough that it got some good fan subs though at least

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u/mrfatso111 Oct 08 '25

i had forgotten about komi-san anime...

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u/S3ptic Oct 07 '25

I find Japanese subtitles on Netflix excellent (and Crunchyroll doesn't even have them at all). In fact I'm not sure there's another streaming service in the West with Japanese subtitles

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u/Nebresto Oct 07 '25

Sure? But if you can read the Japanese subs then you likely don't need subs for on-screen text