Just in case someone happens to be even slower than me: a new chapter of Academy Blues has been released a few days ago.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3158516/1/Academy_Blues

yay! more AB goodness. the nanoha section of ff.net is starving from lack of works such as AB and POV. =D

Chapter 26 updated on 31st Aug. Quite a chapter with Nanoha starting the assault on the Circle base with Starlight Breaker =D

Here's the song Laura is singing in that latest episode:
http://rapidshare.com/files/52698812/Concrete_Blonde_-_03_-_Free.mp3.zip.html

Yay, ch 27 released today!
...and Laura is officially the Black Devil, powerful enough to impress and frighten Nanoha.

hurray for 3 chapters in just as many weeks(?)

although Li sure is pitiful, nothing more than a smear left of him after jupiter's fist >_<

...and ch 28 is out!

>>7

thanks Fabien =D

first, wow, now the spoilers

On Fate Riot Zamber was kick ass, also note that as nanoha powers up she gets more armoured, fate becomes less

On Lightning Impressive, most impressive, they came out to play and did so, and looks like the befriending might work again

On the Knights DRILL, and signum looks damn sexy with her hair down

On Nanoha Getting major "White Devil" vibe from her new fin funnels, also good god and she's lower ranked than hayate.... glad she's a good guy

Numbers #4 got PWNED AT LONG BLOODY LAST, that was a great scene something along the lines of "no human can hit a target at this distance" then BAMN, good lord that was a good

again wow good stuff, raws now watched, awaiting subs and 26 raw.

-Gabe, who hardly understands japanese but when you watch a show for 20+ episodes to pick up on stuff....

also

on Vivio damn it they re-lolified her, at least we'll know she'll be a looker some day

-Gabe

>>2

I hope there'll be a 4th series set some 15 years later. Then I'd hit it with a force greater than OVER 9000 Starlight Breakers!!

>>4 glad i'm not the only one who feels this way.

given that after the relolied Hayate she still ended up stacked i'm guessing that the same will be true for Vivio

-Gabe

>>3
That's obvious isnt it? She intend to reduce everything to dust!

J/king

>>6

>She intend to reduce everything to dust!

...and befriend said dust.

>>7

Dust is very friendly

<cowers in terror>

-Gabe

Buster 3 Starlight Breaker = one hell of a spanking

-Gabe

>>5

And an adult Caro would be pretty stacked too. Tribal types tend to be good breeders (child-bearing hips & all that entails)

:9

Avast! This be time fer celebratin'!

On a related note, /r/ pirate version of a main character.

bah you guys are no fun :(

I never seen any pirate versions of nanoha or fate.

>>1

'International Talk Like a Pirate Day'?!

I'm a Brit, and I've never heard of this.

In case you haven't heard the news, season 1 and 2 of Nanoha has been licensed in the US. Because the yanks don't believe that there are any other countries in the world with internet capability (the authorities over there at least...), both season 1 and 2 has been taken down from the board. People who don't live in America get to bathe in the bullshit of America dictating how the world turns, once again.

This has been posted because I've noticed several people are unaware of the situation.

Ijou~

It's been licensed for a while now. I thought you guys didn't care about licenses. I hoped you didn't, anyway...

Well, I feel the same as you. I'm glad I don't live in America! My country is not at all strict with stuff that concerns anime. Heck, a local TV network even used a fansubbed episode of Naruto and aired it on national TV, complete with subtitles and local dubbing!
Just out of curiosity, are the staff members of DGz not Americans?

>>1
After that they ask: Why is the terrorist after us ??
Seem like they didn't realize they are annoying the entire world

Legally it's a copyright violation even if there isn't someone outside of Japan who holds the licenses, it is just seen as too expensive to go after people on the other side of major oceans.
The reason most English lang subbers stop after licensing, is because some American companies are willing to sue, and to honestly support the R1 release in some cases, but such differs from group to group

Based on industrial power, China makes the world turn these days. The US just acts like we're still at the top, but if we shaped up our act a bit and stopped being a certain nation's attack dog and rebuild our domestic production, we could return to our peak, and maybe move beyond it.

-Gabe, bitter son of a Detroit autoworker (fricken outsourcing)

If you are willing to foot the bill of any court and legal fees I may have as a result of hosting copywritten material and to support my livelihood when I lose my job due to possible criminal charges.... you get the picture.
Stop complaining. Oh, and America is NOT the only country with stiff copyright laws. Japan is pretty harsh itself.
Anyway, due to our willingness to cooperate with the anime industry over here, we have a sort of live-and-let-live relationship going on between subbers and companies.
Does this mean I like the anime industry over here? Not really. They do a crappy job of encoding and dubbing and overcharge for it.
But your complaining only sounds like some non-American complaining about how we American subbers aren't providing you with FREE entertainment. Start your own non-American group, have a ball, and host them yourself.

Katz stop confusing everyone with lies.

Both the first season and A's still ARE up on the tracker. Not the scarywater one, the other one. And for the record JJS is the only american amongst our staff (no idea where our new translator is from).

>>6
My bad var, I was talking about the fact that the downloads section at the top of this page no longer has the first two seasons. I also notice it doesn't have the 3rd season eps for some reason, but the first two seasons aren't even mentioned anymore.

>>5
Oh for crying out loud, I know all about the copyright law bullshit, hell I did a class on it. And to make a point, copyright's worst in Australia because of some shitty loophole that claims that we technically cannot legally own an ipod, or any other MP3 player, which includes mobile phones.
And to back up what Var said, JJS is the only American in this group that we know of.

There ARE some fan sites that still have MGLN & A's for (Direct) downloading, but you'll have to do some detective work (and some serious Googling) to find 'em. I've heard that some sites use the excuse (and potential loophole) that 'They're not licensed in the UK, France, Germany... [insert country of your choice here] yet'.

Actually in Japan, it takes too long to process a copyright lawsuit because the courts have to gather the evidence themselves (for civil cases I gather), unlike most countries.

Also the recording and dissemination of broadcast episodes isn't a crime there. So from a Japanese point of view, they are not doing any wrong.

The Berne Convention says otherwise, but who actually knows the Convention exists?

The copyright doesn't exist for the artist, it exist for the company that produce him since the artist in the first place want to be read, seen, listened... and the company want money.
If a artist do stuff just for money then it's not a true artist.
That doesn't mean a artist can't accept money !

My point of view !

Okay now one of the major traits in Nanoha is the engrish/german talkin' devices.
What type of device would you design for yourself?

-G

For myself? Hm. At present, I'm leaning towards a long-hafted double-headed battleaxe. Or would that be a poleaxe? Either way, let the curved blades meet at the focusing sphere or whatever that part is called, and fire beams as needed from the end.

Something like that, at least. Haven't thought of a name yet..

Twin long-swords that fuse into a claymore looking sword. While in claymore form, the top half could spilt so I can use it as a beam cannon. Think I'd call it Cerberus

I'm too much of a KH fanboi to give up on a Keyblade.

Hrm... I wonder what sort of keychain an Intelligent Device would make....

I prefer having the design of Subaru's Mach Caliber and Revolver Knuckle... I also like the voice used for Mach Caliber. Instead of making a new device for myself, I'll steal Subaru's. I am no good with ranged attacks, and my shooting skills are not so good as well. Many of my traits kinda match Subaru, except the part of her unique birth into the world.

Has anyone out there seen or created a usable text font based on the writings that appear in Nanoha? Rather, to be more specific, the written text used on Mid, the sort of wand-written style, not the text found in the anima banners.

Thank you in advance

--
Jon Berry

anima banners? someone plays exalted.......
No but one would be cool

-G

You tell me Nanoha isn't Solar.
Or Subaru an Alchemical.

It makes a good system if one wants to RPG these series'.

true i can't argue that
funny thing is my rpg club just requested exalted for this term

-G

Source:
http://midfont.refy.net/

>>5 oh cool

>>3 so most of the characters would be twilight caste? but what about their devices how many bloody dot of artifact would one need for them

-G

Thank you.

finally out subbed

add 21 to that. LOL 4 releases in just as many days.

its crismas for me:)))

And ep 22 as well. It's just out an hour ago.

yeah is cool