About/Recruitment

We are Stardust Fansubs, where we believe no anime should get left behind! We are a group that started in/around July 2011 so we are a fairly new group. Stardust’s fansubbing philosophy is subbing shows that have never been subbed/shows that were dropped by other groups and never been picked back up. We will not sub shows that have been subbed by other groups already unless the subs aren’t in English.

We don’t get paid for doing this. We do this on our own free time which means things get released when we have time to work on them.

We will ALWAYS be free and NEVER ask for money.

Recuit:

Timers: We are somewhat different with the way we time with some of our projects. We sometimes time an episode before it’s translated, so the translation process can go a bit quicker. Some of our shows we are more traditional where we translate first, then time the script based off that, it mostly depends on the translator’s preferences. We are willing to teach timers. But it takes A LOT of time, so be willing to commit. Also, before beginning, it would help to download Aegisub (program used for subbing).

Translator (TL): Need to be fluent in Japanese and English (For a couple projects you can be fluent in Spanish, Chinese, Italian,  Korean, and some other languages). You will be asked to translate an episode of the show that you will be working on as a test.

Translation Checker (TLC): Need to be fluent in Japanese to English. Short test will be given.

Distro:
You will help in the distribution of our releases through Bittorrent, XDCC bot, direct download.

Editor: Be able to spot anything wrong.  Issues like spelling errors, grammar issues, consistency issues, etc.

Typesetters (TS): Must know how to select good fonts and styles for any show that’s being done. Change size, shape, and colors if necessary.

Quality Checkers (QC):
Just like an editor, a good knowledge of the English language is a requirement. You should also to be able to spot if the lines, typesetting, audio, video (a.k.a. encoding) are done correctly. The more Japanese you know, the better. If the translator missed a word from the dialogue, you’re the final person responsible in correcting it. You’ll be the final line in checking the script, so a good eye for details is very important.

Karaoke Effects: Putting effects on the opening and ending songs. This includes insert songs in the shows if needed. K-xfers are a major plus. Also if you know how to use a lua script, that’s even better. We don’t really do much kfx in shows anymore, it was more of a style thing back in the day.

Raw Provider / Encoder: Provide us with high quality raws if you can. If you can’t do that, just try to make them decent enough to work with. We’ll be happy with that. We prefer .ts/DVD/Blu-ray on all of our projects.

Contact: stardustfansubs@gmail.com or come chat with us at #stardust @ irc.rizon.net or pop into the Discord server.