OP Single - 18th April
ED Single - 9th May
Sound Stage 1 - 23rd May

:) That's all we've got so far.

http://gendou.com/ has the Secret Ambition (TV Size) mp3 for download. i cant wait for the 18!

i found this on 4chan ( i think ). it's a full ver of the OP but quality is not so good.

http://rapidshare.com/files/23823192/StrikerS_OP__SECRET_AMBITION.rar.html

found a good copy of the full OP by aznmedia for DDL

http://www.aznmedia.net/download.php?view.1083

Why not just wait a few days... Nipponsei will be releasing it soon.

nipponsei version out

-Gabe

any full romanji lyrics for secret ambition? official or unofficial doesn't really matter

Sure, may as well let someone put them to use. Did these the other day so any mistakes, I want to know :p

mune ni yadoru atsuki suisei wa hajimari no kodou he...

furueru yubi nigirishimete shizuka ni negai wo kometa
uzukumatte nigerarenai kako kara
tobidashitai yo

tatoe kiesouna wazukana hikari datte
oikaketai ano hoshi no youni
subete ukeire, sou, dokomademo takaku

ginga wo mau tenshi no sasayaki
tashikana kioku wo tadotte
korekara kitto umareteku shinjitsu he no tobira
donna tsumetai kurayami ni shibarareteitemo
boku wa shiritaikara kesshite tomaranai

"nakusu mono wa nanimonai" to chiisana kata wo dakishime
kizutsuketeta itakutemo tsurakutemo modoranai kara

ima wo kaetakute muchuu de kakenuketeta
demo, kizukeba "daijoubu da yo"
itsudemo kimi ga tonari de waratteta

sora ni ochita tsurugi no shizuku ni
mihatenu omoi wo kasanete
soba ni aru yasashii ondo ni mada furerazuita
sono yokogao ni hontou wa kokoro hodokitai

hoshizora no spica, full version, if u can't wait for the official release

http://www.uploadwiz.com/WIZ6179432343 (ignore the 0mb filesize)

If you guys desire, I can host the episodes on my Yahoo account for download. I have upgraded to some serious bandwidth since I used to host eps there. At least, it will be around longer than BT.

I'm goinga keep uploading till my BT reaches 10x up load on the batch, at the very least.

>>4
You can spread them however you like with the exception of a duplicate torrent on another tracker since that would split the swarm and cut everyone's speeds.

I will begin uploading today and let you know where to find the page soon.

Okay, I have the first ep of Nanoha (First Season)up. I will be adding more over the next few days. Darn wireless connection
Anyway the web address is www.sonicandfriends.com/nanoha. I have renamed the files because the server didn't like the original naming.

This wasn't important enough for its own thread so I'll just tag it in here since I saw it on TT (and subsequently asked for its removal).

Please don't duplicate the batches on other trackers
The only reason I say this is the peer count is pretty low as it is now and splitting it between two trackers is just going to make things worse. If the tracker goes down permanently (like Point-Blank did...) I'd be happy to hear alternative hosts, but for now let's point our clients at Edward_K's fine piece of work :)

Since you say the paer count is low...I'm gonna go back and seed

Yay 50x upload

-Gabe

Agh, meant FOR any errors..

I second this notion.

I'm not really sure what the big deal with the 'official' names is. I'm of the humble opinion they sound rather silly for the most part, and nothing like what my ears are hearing, so I'd rather have nice sounding names than accurate ones - which is in essence what the Japanese audience get.

DGz ftw!!! can u say fast releases without quality compromise?? ya guys keep up the good work!

and damn ep4 is gonna make me frustrated for 1 week til ep5 is out . T_T

i think i also have MSLN withdrawal symptoms.

can't wait

I don't trust the "Official Names" since the spellings used in the anime proper differ, now while their in the strange semi-english midchilda alphabit an I can still be told from a E.

-Gabe

i think that the name is not much of a problem. as long as we understand the storyline is enough. who would wan to c an anime if the name is good but with lousy storyline or subbing?? up till now, of all the fansubber, nanoha-dgz is the best fansubbing for now, that's wad i think ^_^ keep up the good work

Some of the official names we will be keeping are Schach and Mach Calibure (forgive my spelling). Japs have a habit of pronouncing ch as ha. It's rather annoying. But you probably realized that with episode 4 anyways.

Chances are, we'll do another check of the script when the dvd versions get released. 4chan likes to make some fansub drama for us and compares us with yesy. Most the time they're just different wordings, but sometimes they can be legit errors that we made. They're too few and minor for us to make a version 2 though. In anycase, the script should be better as well as the video quality.

Anyways, there was another innuendo line in this week... I'm surprised 4chan and it's /a/ssholes haven't picked it up yet.

They're too busy flaming or comparing Subaru to GaoGaiGar (though I have to admit that comparison came to my mind as well when I watched episode 5 in raw format).

>>15
Really? I didn't think we could top "hard training through the night" :D

I don't know the deal between Yesy, 4chan or Triad. Although Triad did lose all my respect when I discovered all they where interested in was this stupid 'loli' crap.

There is MORE to a series than that.

Anyway, nice going on EP4. Can't wait for EP 5 :D

I want a military uniform 1:1 scale Reinforce Zwei figurine please.

XD

>>28

Agreed, i cant wait.

>>27

Why should it be taken as a criticism? There's no definite answer to what the heck she said so it was a fair question to ask. I still don't hear fireball.

We don't want you to feel censored on the board or anything =)

And where the heck are these complaints coming from Katz? I'm yet to hear anyone honestly complain about 'rooms' in Ep2, and if they do... lol.

>>28
Oh hell yes.

This is not the only message board they get their comments or input from, they also have IRC. I myself have yet to see anything bad on their channel... however I have also not been on long enough to see it as well. HAHA, well in any case I pay no attention to the whining folks. Nanoha-DGz, keep up the good work, and thanks very much for your efforts as well!

>>28

Good lord i can see it now..........

damn and i usually don't buy figures......

-Gabe

No one is torrenting the Xvid?(or any of them for that matter) =\ planned on getting that today but AnimeSuki says no one is torrenting (ABC says the same)

>>33
http://a.scarywater.net/nanoha/
says there are ~200 seeds, might want to restart your client

esp4 esp4 esp4 XD after reading the discussion at animesuki, it seems that the story in finally getting started in esp4. i cant wait for it!!

Like this?

Oh ho...

Now get her in a military miniskirt. XD

erm, i m new to this thing, i just want to know how is the subbing of esp4 now?

subbing is good ^_^

>>5

nice, so will it be avilable tomorrow to torrent it??

Dunno. Stop asking. It'll get done when it gets done.

When it is done, a torrent will be posted on Tosho. As for now, there are no raws.

Tosho???? wads that

Tosho = http://www.tokyotosho.com/ ????

wow, this web is not bad, i can get the manga from thr also. thx. =D hope that esp4 will release soon.

WOW gee thx tot eh person responsable for the tosho link. It's awesome. althou its kinda slow loading :P

so esp 4 mkv (h264) is release (but not stated on top ~.~), so will we be expecting the XviD in the next few hours. i think so XD correct me if i m wrong. =D

Restraint? Patience?

What's that? :p

Seriously man; the last part of your post is uncalled for and very VERY rude. I don't have a working IRC client ok? So I don't have the ability to get into DGz's Channel.

This is my only means of getting updates.

Perhaps what I said may have been a bit rude and I apologise for it however, it was not excessively rude and it is also the truth. I usually come here to get any news updates as well, but if there is no news I always come back in a few hours or a day to see if there are any updates. If there is still no news I usually wait because most groups do not like people asking when the next episode is going to be released as it shows how impatient and ungreatful I could be.

Getting a working IRC client is not entirely difficult to do, it took me 10 minutes to download, install and get mIRC working the way I like it. I am sure you could do the same if you really wanted to.

So far it seems Nanoha-DGz has been releasing an episode of StrikerS from Thursday to Saturday. I am going to take a guess and say that episode 4 may be released this week on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Keep a look out each week during those days for each consecutive episode... well assuming their release schedule stays the way it is now.

Hmmmmm... try not to be offended with my posts as I am quite the serious person, well anyone could just ignore me if they do not like me.

A little bit off topic here, I apologise for it but I have been keeping tabs on the three groups working on the StrikerS project... for those whom ar interested.

• Triad is doing good quality work but doesn't care about its user input and have already made mistakes in their first release. I couldn't tell you any further on their work as the first episode I downloaded from them always crashed my player at multiple points. They have no intension of making a version 2 to resolve these issues. They've already completed the TV versions of the first two seasons for Nanoha.
• yesy is releasing good quality work but so far they are making mistakes with some translations and terminology in the subs, well at least I think so. It would have been beneficial for yesy to watch the first two seasons of Nanoha before doing this third season. It would have given them a general idea of the story and terminology used before.
• Nanoha-DGz thus far is doing the best quality work! Their subs are also very great! I am very happy with the results they are producing, and since they've already completed the DVD versions of the first two seasons that makes it an even better! I have high hopes that they will do the DVD version of this new season as well.

If anyone else has any input feel free to add more if you like, it's always good to compliment the group who is doing the best work! Nanoha-DGz keep up the good work and thanks!

Kaliton. I've read your post, and to answer, Kiety has just finished the translation. As I have received it at 8:30pm and am working the next day, I have no time to sit down and thoroughly go through the process of making the script more English and flowing (that's editing for those who are saying WTF right now).

However, ChanLokHang does have a point. You CAN get an IRC client very easily. I simply typed IRC into google and it was the first link there. Here's the d/l page if you don't want to go through the hassle (http://www.mirc.com/get.html). To connect to #nanoha and #DGz, you must first choose your nick name, alternate nick name and connect to the Rizon server (any random rizon server will do). Once connected, type "/join #nanoha" or "/join #dgz"with out the quotation marks to connect to our channels. I personally don't reside in the #DGz channel, but i do find #nanoha to be more entertaining than most others.

And finally, to respond to CahnLokHang. You don't have to appologise for keeping track of all the groups. In fact, I praise you for it. If you believe that another group is doing a better job than us, feel free to make the switch. However, there are a few things I'd like to point out.

> The Triad has lost all enthusiasm for doing anything Nanoha. They were praying that StrikerS would be licensed so that they wouldn't have to do it. Honestly though, if you don't want to do a series because it no longer interests you, you could always... say... not do it. It seems (may i extenuate that, SEEMS. This isn't my belief either, many others have voiced the same opinion.) that Triad is doing this series because of some Elitism belief that if you start something, you have to see it all the way through to the end. But sometimes it's best to stop before you run yourself into the ground and ruin what it is you're trying to finish. With that said, subbing StrikerS could end up damaging the Triad's great reputation... that is if their behavior to those who d/l and praise them for efforts on Nanoha hasn't already done so.

> I get along with Tux and Kixor from yesy, but I admit to not seeing their releases at all. I'd have to agree with just about everything you've said for the time being, but I do know that they have picked up on translations that we were stuck on and couldn't quite translate correctly. I congratulated Tux for that (he said he'd pass it onto their t/ler... who ever he is 9_9)

> Yes, DGz did release the DVDs of the first two series...! Using Triad's original script and taking the corrections that Triad posts on their websites. Technically we can't claim credit for that, but will anyway. And we will (as far as I know) be doing the DVDs of StrikerS, or Loliplaya will look like a total idiot. First DVD comes out in July.

And I'll go back to touching up the script now.

A good IRC client i use is the Chatzilla extension for Firefox

-Gabe

Thanks Katz, Chan.

Once I figure out why my network won't ALLOW IRC to connect then I'll see about joining the channel.

Oh no been away from home for a week+ (cheers for ep 3), and talk about history repeating itself @.@, haha.

To be fair, maligning Triad for ignoring negative input is pretty silly since I have never ever seen a sub group that took criticism well and followed it up with "Thank you sir may I have another". Either they ignore it (the most reasonable option) or they tantrum (funniest thing ever, totally worth a delay of a couple of days as they try to reassure themselves that they are important internet people by trying to hold subs hostage), though occasionally one will joke about it with just a little too much bitterness. I like Triad's candid "screw you" approach, it's delightfully low-drama compared to the passive-aggressive stuff that groups like Mahora tend to throw all over the place. Also, IMO, it seems to me like Triad's not exactly burned out on Nanoha considering that they translated parts of the official website (which isn't an obligation for fansubbing groups no matter how one tries to twist it).

Indeed. Groups have two choices when faced with criticism and requests. They can either refuse to change a tried and true method (DB), or they can accept input from just about anybody who emails them (Ayu).

Groups like DB are efficient subbers, producing quick, quality releases and only managing two or three series at a time. On the downside, they can be assholes to clueless newbies and have high ban rates, giving them a bad reputation. (GNAA money at work, there. Yay?)

On the other hand, groups like Ayu take too many suggestions. While their releases look nice, they are too bogged down by all the different series they volunteered to sub, and eventually fail under external pressure. (As far as I know, the only releases Ayu still puts out are joints with other groups.)

To be honest, most people, like me, don't care about group politics at the end of the day. The important part is the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the release. You guys have delivered excellently, and I have no complaints.

By the way, does somebody really understand if the people at Triad really like Nanoha or not? One of its main staffers (cant.rembr.name) is always ranting about how much he/she hates it... considering that they have only released one chapter, while they go on with Bokurano*, I think it would be better if they just dropped it. Working in something you dont really care about is likely to end in so-so results. Unless they are just being sarcastic about it and they actually are putting their best efforts into it.
In the end, however, what matters is the end result. And I think both yesy and DGZ are both doing a good job, while Triad's release, like ChanLokHang, crashes sometimes. But i dont really know if it's just that my PC is old and slow :p

*btw, great manga, but i fear gonzo will butcher it like NHK

Kaliton, it's fully possible you may be on a network that blocks IRC. I know personal experience that my college dorm's network prevents anyone from logging onto IRC, even if they have a working client(i.e. my IRC client works at home but not here).

You may be able to trick the network if you use a web-browser based client, but the name of the one I was able to use escapes me at this moment, and it lacks most of the features of a normal IRC client like mirc.

This probably doesn't help much T_T.