Jimaku Animation

Jimaku Animation was a VHS-era anime fansub group that continued operating into the early digisub era. They were based in the UK, and translated many popular series. Some of these fansubs found their way to other countries,A personal copy of Escaflowne obtained through a club in the U.S., for example. despite Jimaku's policy not to directly ship outside the UK.Jimaku Animation Distribution Page "Distribution is limited within the United Kingdom (UK) only. International orders are NOT accepted at present time." Accessed Dec. 27, 2012.
==History==
Jimaku closed SASE distribution in March 1998,Jimaku Animation Accessed Dec. 17, 2012. but they remained open for trades after that time.Jimaku Animation Accessed Dec. 17, 2012. Sometime after January 2002, they stopped updating their website, but they may have remained active after that time.
Jimaku distributed in NTSC format only,Kaneda's frames "The only problem is that they only distibute in NTSC format (NO PAL)" page last updated June 16, 1999. Accessed Dec. 17, 2012. to match the Japanese materials. This did cause difficulties for some UK residents who only had access to PAL-based VCRs.
==Series==
Jimaku was known for fansubbing a large number of extremely popular series. They were prolific, and their completed series/OAVs includeFansub Database Accessed Dec. 17, 2012.Jimaku Animation Projects Accessed Dec. 17, 2012.:
*Ai no Kusabi
*Cardcaptor Sakura
*DNA^2
*Escaflowne (with Central Anime's scripts)
*Fushigi Yuugi (with Central Anime's scripts)
*Gundam Wing
*Gundam X (with Central Anime's scripts)
*Hand Maid May
*Hyper Police (with Central Anime and 3NA)
*Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou
*Kimagure Orange Road
*Lain
*Love Hina
*Macross 7 series and OVAs (with Central Anime's scripts)
*Magic Knight Rayearth S1
*Mahou Tsukai Tai (OVAs only)
*Nadesico (with Central Anime's scripts)
*Read or Die (OVAs only)
*Shamanic Princess
Their completed movies include:
*Ah My Goddess
*2 Cardcaptor Sakura movies
*Door into Summer
*Kiki's Delivery Service
*Kimagure Orange Road
*Laputa
*2 Macross 7 movies (with Central Anime's scripts)
*Marmalade Boy
*Mimi wo Sumaseba
*Nadesico
*Nausicaa
*Plastic Little
*Porco Rosso
*3 Ranma 1/2 movies
*2 Silent Mobius movies
*2 Slayers movies
*Totoro
*X/1999
Jimaku sometimes collaborated with other fansubbers. For example, they used Central Anime's scripts for some of their longer series, including Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi, Gundam X, their entire Macross 7 collection, and Nadesico. (This was a common practice at the time, as Central Anime provided their scripts to affiliated groups.) They also worked together with Central Anime and 3NA on Hyper Police.
==Impact==
Jimaku was one of the few prolific fansubbing groups in the UKUK Anime Fansubs "_NOTE_: UK fansub distributors are often overloaded with requests.
Please consider using North American sources" Accessed Dec. 17, 2012. and was an important resource that helped make several anime series popular among UK fans.Anime "For those of you new to Anime, you can obtain the very latest from Jimaku Animation." Accessed Dec. 17, 2012.HyperPolice.Net: Hyper Police Credits "The Jimaku Animation crew, for spreading the word about Hyper Police to UK anime fans" Accessed Dec. 17, 2012. Several of their releases were well-received, with praise for the quality.Ai no Kusabi "The fansub made by JIMAKU Animation is a piece of job made well." ~Sephiroth eX, posted July 23, 2003. Accessed Dec. 17, 2012.77077 Site Credits and Thanks "[T. S. T.] and Jimaku Animation for being the best fansubbers in the world." (Regarding their Macross 7 fansubs.) Accessed Dec. 17, 2012.
==References==
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