Crunchyroll takes down the anime after the fans' outrage.
The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons is a new anime series based on the manga of the same name. The show follows four orphan brothers, who are trying to survive and live their lives now that they don't have any parents to rely on.
The series aired on October 5th 2023 on an American streaming service Crunchyroll, and instead of heated discussions about the quality of the anime and its characters, we got a scandal. Fans are highly upset by the quality of the subtitles of the first episode. The viewers call the translation a complete mess, pointing out the lack of punctuation, overly literal wordings and mixed up meaning.
"I've been lack of sleep", "Do you want to take the clothes dry?", "We're always thanks to Nikaido" are just a few of the examples taken from the subtitles for the first episode.
All these sentences make zero to no sense, and sound more like a machine translation than an actual one. Fans call it straight-up unprofessional and add that the subtitles render the series unwatchable. The fact that viewers have to pay money for the Crunchyroll subscription only increases the level of the fans' frustration.
Some suggest that the subtitles might have been imported straight from another website, which wasn't created for English speaking audiences in order to provide at least some sort of translation while professional translators are working on the episode. Fans see this strategy as a disrespectful one, because they think honesty would've been so much better; they are ready to wait for the real subtitles if it's necessary, but receiving a raw product is not something they pay their money for.
Moreover, as the episode progresses, each line of the subtitles begins having two versions: sometimes these versions vary a little bit, and sometimes there are just two exact sentences written on the screen.
Crunchyroll couldn't ignore the outrage, so the company decided to take down the anime from the website. However, it looks like it was inaccessible only for a short period of time, since the episode was restored later. It is now available in the United States only, and it seems like the subtitles remain the same. Moreover, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons is not listed on Crunchyroll's fall season anime page for other countries.
Fans sincerely hope that this issue is going to be fixed as fast as possible and they're waiting for some further comments from Cruchyroll, hoping to get an explanation.
Crunchyroll takes down the anime after the fans' outrage.
The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons is a new anime series based on the manga of the same name. The show follows four orphan brothers, who are trying to survive and live their lives now that they don't have any parents to rely on.
The series aired on October 5th 2023 on an American streaming service Crunchyroll, and instead of heated discussions about the quality of the anime and its characters, we got a scandal. Fans are highly upset by the quality of the subtitles of the first episode. The viewers call the translation a complete mess, pointing out the lack of punctuation, overly literal wordings and mixed up meaning.
"I've been lack of sleep", "Do you want to take the clothes dry?", "We're always thanks to Nikaido" are just a few of the examples taken from the subtitles for the first episode.
All these sentences make zero to no sense, and sound more like a machine translation than an actual one. Fans call it straight-up unprofessional and add that the subtitles render the series unwatchable. The fact that viewers have to pay money for the Crunchyroll subscription only increases the level of the fans' frustration.
Some suggest that the subtitles might have been imported straight from another website, which wasn't created for English speaking audiences in order to provide at least some sort of translation while professional translators are working on the episode. Fans see this strategy as a disrespectful one, because they think honesty would've been so much better; they are ready to wait for the real subtitles if it's necessary, but receiving a raw product is not something they pay their money for.
Moreover, as the episode progresses, each line of the subtitles begins having two versions: sometimes these versions vary a little bit, and sometimes there are just two exact sentences written on the screen.
Crunchyroll couldn't ignore the outrage, so the company decided to take down the anime from the website. However, it looks like it was inaccessible only for a short period of time, since the episode was restored later. It is now available in the United States only, and it seems like the subtitles remain the same. Moreover, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons is not listed on Crunchyroll's fall season anime page for other countries.
Fans sincerely hope that this issue is going to be fixed as fast as possible and they're waiting for some further comments from Cruchyroll, hoping to get an explanation.
