Episode 3 Raw and Softsub while you wait

Just like the title says, for your viewing preference. There's no hardsub because I didn't make any changes to the script and it was already h.264.

Still no word on episode 5 yet. Once I know it's being worked on I'll post the promo for it. I'm figuring I'll just stick with the hardsub mp4 for the promos, if you want softsubs of them too, now is the time to let me know.

Raw: http://www.multiupload.com/XXZCIS123B

Sofsub: http://www.multiupload.com/C7QSLR4XUT

Episode 2, Fresh from the encoder

Here's fresh encodes of episode 2. Same as before with episode 1. The script is entirely unchanged. So if you're happy with the old versions continue being awesome. I've tweaked the Raw for anyone that uses iTunes, enjoy.

Raw: http://www.multiupload.com/PV8CVICHDG

Softsub: http://www.multiupload.com/EXWUGXJTRM

Hardsub: http://www.multiupload.com/SQGWMFKIDZ

Episode 1, now with softsubs

Volume 1 DVD Cover

I finished timing episode 5 this morning, and figured while waiting to translate I would look into how we encode and distribute the show. What does that mean? Not much, but I have brand new encodings of the episodes to give you, including for the first time ever, MKV softsubs, and the RAW. They are all h.264 video, encoded from the DVDs, The only difference between the Raw/mkv encode and the mp4 encode is the addition of the subtitles. Quality wise they are identical.

If you're wondering about the script, don't. I fixed the food error in the opening lyrics and it's Ohlé now instead of Ohle, but the episode itself is unchanged. Don't consider this V2, I certainly don't. If you're not picky don't feel obligated to download, you can enjoy your big old AVI file just fine.

One cool bonus before I stop posting. I said when we started this that we wanted our videos to be accessible on as many devices as possible. Well for all you out there with an AppleTV, iPhone or iPad (any iOS device really) I think you'll be pleasantly surprised if you try and add the Raw or Hardsub into your iTunes library.

Anyhow, here's the links, feedback is always appreciated and read (even if I don't respond). I'll go ahead and say now I'll be making more softsubs, and no I don't know when episode 5 will be released. That is entirely out of my hands for the time being.

Raw: http://www.multiupload.com/AEFEBZGKJZ
Softsub: http://www.multiupload.com/ULGNFMINAD
Hardsub: http://www.multiupload.com/43UFWIDG6H
Script: http://www.mediafire.com/?8a6ica73ftk3vv8

I'm not dead!

• Real Life(TM) sucks and is crazy right now
• I'm literally in the middle of timing episode 5 right now.
• Aegisub is open right now and everything
• No idea when it will get translated, but I plan to get back to this in earnest
• I apologize for the delay. Specifically I apologize for the lack of communication and the claiming it would be short.
• Anyone interested in our Raws? I know KingRanger was posting them on the GUIS website, but I'm willing to up mine if there's interest. They will be in MP4, same encoding as our other releases, sans subtitles of course.
• Back to timing.

Weekly Update, Week 3 of No New Releases

So it's week 3 and while I have no new Ohranger to give people I do have news.  Our translator has a stable internet connection and just needs to install Dropbox on his new laptop. Right now we're shooting to have either episode 5 or the movie released next week.

In the meantime here's a couple of freebies for you. I made encodes of the opening to test my mp4 encoding settings. I hadn't planned to release this since there's nothing of real value here, unless you're the kind of guy who likes to watch openings and endings without having to fast forward through an episode. Anyway I went and updated the script to the same as our last episode, so there's no food reference.

http://www.mediafire.com/?rqnjoq12xado8yz

Weekly Update...a week late

So I wish I had some good news on our subbing front, but I really haven't had time to time (pun not intended, but appreciated none the less). I can't say much on the translation front other than that he arrived in Japan ok, and has begun training and working at his new job.

Two Items of note I wanted to talk about. As I'm sure some of you are aware there is a Super Sentai Movie Blu-Ray box set coming out (out now?) that contains every Sentai Movie from Goranger to Ohranger that was not just a re-edited TV episode. Now here's the thing.  I would love to be able to release an HD version of the movie, however it would be to expensive to do so, as I do not have a Blu-ray drive in my PC or the necessary software to rip and encode it.  I know there are groups out there who do encode from Blu-ray, but we are not one of them.  As always our scripts will be released along side our hardsubs, and if someone wants to be generous and encode a HD version we will gladly share the link on here.

Last item of the day. Could anyone recommend to me a good iPad app for blogger?

OMFG! Where are these guys?!?!

I'm sure people have been wondering when we're releasing the next episode of Ohranger, and why we haven't posted anything since the beginning of april.

Short answer: we've been busy with real life.

Long answer:
Real life swooped in and took away our time. In my case this means work and school have ratcheted things up a notch, leaving me little precious time to time.  I spend my work days staring at a computer screen so when things get busy there the last thing I find myself willing to do is a highly repetitive task in front of a damn monitor.  Good news is my classes for school are winding down so I should have time to pick things up again, hopefully starting next week.

My roommate/the translator got a new job and  is moving to Japan. This is another reason that we have nothing to release. We both want to continue this series, but there will definitely be a delay for the foreseeable future, while he settles in. 

Where we stand right now:
Episode 5 is in the very early stages of timing. sgtkira from Hikari Senshi has provided us with a SRT file of a Portuguese translation of the movie. I did some spot checking of the timing, made a few shifts, converted it into an ASS file and sent it along to be translated (I have been told that it's been started on).  I would love if we could get one or the other released before the move. No promises though. I will continue timing during the delay, so hopefully we'll have a bit of a buffer on that front when we pick up again.

So I want to apologize for our vanishing act. We didn't have a post on here for over a month and that's just unacceptable.  I will try and post at least once a week with an update for people even if it's just to say that we didn't work on anything.  I also what to remind people (or inform if you've not noticed) that we have an RSS feed of the blog, which includes the entire post.  It's a great way to stay up on our progress without having to bother checking here only to see the same old blog post. As I mentioned it's a full post feed so you'll have DL links in there when we make a release.