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newtype711:
     I've been on the online anime scene since 2003 and then I used to know most of the fansub and fanscan groups or a least how to reach them. Over the years as the number of streaming sites has boomed and many fansub groups have been replaced by others I realize that I do no know any of them at all. They shut down onemanga, made mangafox sucky and BANG! i lose touch with most of the manga I read because I can not remember who scanned and translated it. With anime I barely know what it out, translated, or finished. My knowledge stops at the "recently added" list on gogoanime. Lord knows how out of touch i have been since they shut down demonoid.
 
    The point being is that I need to know who is out there doing the hard work of feeding the inter net's habit for anime. Sure there is ANI-DB but I am not even sure that is even updated, then there is nyatorrents but that does not include manga and good luck organizing the different groups. I just need to be brought up to speed of the whole scene "Does Eclipse still do fansubs?, Is all Shonen jump anime ripped from CrunchyRoll now? Who the hell scan Shin Prince of Tennis since MangaFox does not have it anymore?  How do I get the answers?"

(for the record I do not believe in putting "fanscans" and like terms in a google search bar I feel like it just makes targets out of all the good sites legal or not. And to all those laughing , "yeah as a long time fan I deserve it. Losing touch with the fansubbers is like saying the school wrote the Shakespeare plays you read in class" )
   

zherok:
Can't really say much for manga, as I just get it all from here (and consequentially, I don't really have anything that isn't here, or was here at one point.)

For anime though, I just started writing down all of the groups I got stuff from. I went through everything I currently had, and ended up with 90 different groups or individuals who'd done at least one thing I'm holding onto. From there, it's mostly just following bakabt torrent links or looking them up on anidb (worst case, googling them outright, since I already have the name.)

Not all of the groups I've got listed still exist, but quite a few still do, and even some of the dead ones still yield worthwhile content. Bookmarking the groups and just separating them into inactive/active worked for me.

ConsiderPhlebas:
For knowing what's out in anime fansub-way, I'd say anidb is still best; it's normally quite well up to date, although very obscure things may take a while to get updated. Don't trust the ratings or comments unless there are many of them, though. For keeping up with new releases Tokyo Toshokan is by far the best source.

As for if Eclipse still do subs, I'm not sure they know themselves  ;D

For manga, I think Manga Traders is rather nice, although it's not always up to date, it tends to get there.

CappinHoff:

--- Quote from: ConsiderPhlebas on September 08, 2012, 06:37:59 PM ---For knowing what's out in anime fansub-way, I'd say anidb is still best; it's normally quite well up to date, although very obscure things may take a while to get updated. Don't trust the ratings or comments unless there are many of them, though. For keeping up with new releases Tokyo Toshokan is by far the best source.

As for if Eclipse still do subs, I'm not sure they know themselves  ;D

For manga, I think Manga Traders is rather nice, although it's not always up to date, it tends to get there.

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Ani DB is horrible for info on anime. I've had better luck using wikipedia to get info.

ConsiderPhlebas:

--- Quote from: CappinHoff on September 08, 2012, 06:57:52 PM ---Ani DB is horrible for info on anime. I've had better luck using wikipedia to get info.

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So if you want to know what episodes of Rinne no Lagrange that Underwater has subbed, you use Wikipedia? The OP asked for fansub info, not what the anime is about.

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