Groups / [AHQ]
Anime-HQ
Early dual-audio DVD encodes, flawless spelling/grammar standards, crisp softsubs.
Profile
A highly respected early-2000s fansub and archival distribution group renowned for delivering pristine DVD/TV encodes with exceptional translation accuracy and multi-audio support across flagship series. Also released a dual-audio, DVD-quality MKV run of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, reaching episode 30.
Anime Releases 6
Outlaw Star
26 / 26 eps · DVD · AniDB Outlaw Star (#171) English-inclusive group listing, catalog last update 2005-12-04; displayed episode columns 24+2, status complete, source DVD. Catalog timestamp is not the original release date. Count 26/26 for completed TV editions is normalized to show total; extra-count flags are not extra TV episodes. Does not establish independent Japanese-to-English translation.
26 / 26
Complete
1998
The Vision of Escaflowne
26 / 26 eps · DVD · AniDB screenshot: AHQ English-inclusive 26/26 DVD-source, last update July 23, 2004; original translator provenance unverified.
26 / 26
Complete
1996
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
1 / 1 eps · DVD · Documented English DVD-source Bloodlust release dated 2006-04-15 in the user-supplied AniDB release record.
1 / 1
Complete
2000
Lore Mentions 5
Timeline
Blood: The Last Vampire
Anime-HQ Is a Ripper-Era Record, Not Evidence of an Original Translation
2002–2000s: The Ripping Era Becomes Easier to Document
Stat Block
Initial D
Eurobeat Karaoke & Mechanical Tuning Translation
1998–2004: Eurobeat Typesetting & Street Racing Subbing
Lore
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
KickAssAnime and Anime-HQ Were the DVD-Era Alternatives
2002-2004: Real Groups, a Real Personal Crackdown, and New Groups Who Ignored It
Lore
The Vision of Escaflowne
Anime-HQ, Baka-Anime and SSX Join the DVD Shelf
2003-2011: The DVD-Era Modernizers
Lore
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Anime HQ [AHQ] · April 15, 2006
Documented English DVD-Source Releases
