Hey everyone!
J Burogu has now, to my own surprise, reached it's 2nd birthday!
Well it seems that this blog has come a fair way since it's humble beginnings in April 24th 2011.
And that's very much thanks to you guys, for showing interest in the stuff that I do here.
Wait....the 24th was yesterday....for me anyway. I forgot to post this even though I had it ready for about a week. Fail. Except, I think this won't matter for people living in the USA (and some other countries) because I live one day ahead of you guys. Yes, I live in the future.
When I first started this blog, it was supposed to be a site based on Japanese culture in general, where I could write whatever I felt like, or post whatever I thought was interesting. Quickly, I found out that writing posts are generally very time consuming and tiring. By the time I'm half way or a quarter way through, I'd have lost my drive to write, and would have forgotten most of what I wanted to write.
Maybe it was burnout or something because, looking back at my older activity, it seems that my rate of posting bordered insanity, with about one every 2~3 days. Even when barely anyone read them. So thanks to the people who did view them back in the day and commented and stuff.
It only took a few months before I decided to start subbing short videos, with the first being a Hey Hey Hey episode featuring Hotei Tomoyasu. Man, it felt like it took me forever to do that one short clip though. Eventually, I picked up speed and began to sub full shows of around 40 minutes.
Gradually, as more videos were subbed, more people found them and the blog gained new fans!
......And I stopped doing written posts and mainly began subbing.
Anyway, I'm really happy to have been able to show you some of these Japanese shows, and hopefully I've introduced you to something that you can laugh and enjoy watching.
I appreciated your on going support, and will be continuing to provide subs to the best of my ability (and motivation) for the time being, and don't have any intention to stop just yet.
SO! Thanks to those who check this blog and look forward to more fun things in the future! But one day behind me.
Thanks for all the hard work you do to sub these videos. Me and my girlfriend watch all your uploads because Japanese is her first language. You have provided us a lot of hours of entertainment, and it makes me happy that she can relax and not focusing to listening or reading subtitles. We recently watched your subbed vids of Moya Moya Summers and loved it because Otake-san is one our favorites from Lincoln. Thanks again for what you do, and I hope you find the time to provide us with more!
ReplyDeleteThat's very nice to hear.
DeleteI'm all for mixed race couples (since I'm a product of one hehe)
so hopefully these videos can keep you two close!
Thanks for the comment!
and yeah, Otake is awesome.
Congrats on making it this far! It's been really great seeing your work in subbing and even greater seeing your commitment to your supporters.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Congrats on making it. You allowed me to learn more about Japanese pop culture with your subtitles. Thanks for the work.
ReplyDeleteGreat! You're welcome and thank you.
DeleteCongratulations on your 2nd year! i have learned a lot about Japanese humor and music through your subbed videos. Hope you do not tire doing these for us who are not familiar with the Japanese language. Thank you and keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, great to hear that you like the music posts that I very rarely do as well haha.
DeleteI'll try to do more in the future.
As someone who discovered you only recently I have to say you have become one of my favourite bloggers in recent memory. The work you do is phenomenal and it's pretty damn generous of you for investing the time and effort to sub these videos. I congratulate you on the two years you've been on jburogu and sincerely hope you continue to sub and provide commentary on the great videos that so many of us enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I hope you continue to check and enjoy the videos that I sub from now on too.
Deletewow already 2 years, congrats and thanks for everything !
ReplyDeleteYup, I'm a bit surprised that it's 2 years myself.
DeleteThanks for your support!
Omedetou,JBUROGU!
ReplyDelete\(^o^)/
Arigatou!
DeleteBwahaha love the pics!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your 2nd year! Your posts are always fun to read, and thank you for taking the time to sub too. Great job on the vid, plus I like the little side comments that you put there. It makes watching more interesting ^.^
Thanks for commenting often scattie!
DeleteIt's good to see you're back around again too.
Oh, and thanks for liking the comments that I write as well haha.
Wow, 2 years this blog has been around. I remember coming here last year when I was trying to find some good subs for variety shows I've seen on Youtube (or downloaded from other subbers). Thanks to your blog, I have something to do during my downtime between classes at school.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment! Hopefully I can sub more videos for you to watch in between classes.
DeleteHappy birthday! We really appreciate the work you put into subbing videos!!
ReplyDeleteThanks and you're welcome Firerevenge!
DeleteEpic congrats for the two years off quality subbing and releases, look forward to many more!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteNice! Happy birthday. Let's hope for 2 more years.
ReplyDeleteThank you! and yes, I hope so too.
DeleteYou have done great work for the western owarai community by subbing Suberanai Hanashi, Lincoln, Shabekuri 007 and all the other shows and clips. There aren't many active translators in the scene anymore, so you have all my gratitude and respect.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I thought there were more translators.
DeleteI was wrong :(
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! thank you for the hard work...i really enjoyed alot of the videos you posted and thanks to your efforts alot of my pre concieved notions on japanese comedy were broken and i became a fan of alot of comedians. extra thank you for subbing and introducing me to mota moya summer, that is a gem of a show. much love <3
ReplyDeleteThat's good to know that it changed the way you view Japanese comedy!
DeleteThat was one of my original goals actually, so that's great.
Happy Birthday! We are so happy to have you!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteCongratulations. I've been here for at least a year and loving your blog since I first started reading it. You were the first one to start subbing 40minutes shows that weren't downtown related and for that you deserve a place in history xDD
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your hard work and I hope I'll still see you around, here, and in the Gaki Team.
Marga
Thanks Marga!
DeleteOMG i can't stop laughing at godzilla's with the umbrella pic! hahaha so funny! Congratulations zilla, this is a great and funny blog, with many great videos,clips and things about japan and their culture. Because of you, we got a glimpse of what it's japanese comedy ...apart from downtown and gaki no tsukai. Keep it up with the good work man!(or girl lol)
ReplyDeleteThank you Ramon.
DeleteI am .........a man haha
Omedetou!
ReplyDeleteOtsukaresama deshita!! \(^^)/
I found this blog when searching some GACKT's stuff.. and you sub some videos of him!
Then i found some Arashi's videos too!
Arigatou gozaimashita!
I hope you'll be always active.. you've got my support
Just found this blog, feel free to take breaks and such. Don't get burned out, this site rocks too much! Thank you for all you do!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm a bit late but congrats !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for translating shows I've always loved and causing me to laugh so much I think I'm about to have tummy abs (?) lolz
Cheers and keep it up!