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Anime-Kraze

Era Founded around August 2002; own-site evidence preserved through at least February 2006
Medium Fansub
Status Ongoing Unconfirmed
First release 2000
Last release 2006
Series 7
Episodes 239

Profile

Anime-Kraze is one of the best-documented early digisub groups in this archive. Its own 2003 anniversary post places the group's origin around August 2002, and an October 2003 leadership post names Zerox20 and Davis-chan as founders with Kirika and runpsicat in coordination/administration roles. Own-site release pages directly document Chrno Crusade, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gundam SEED, Samurai 7, Samurai Champloo and many other projects, including CRCs and batch files. A 2003-08-18 post says Anime-Kraze dropped Gundam SEED and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex after a request from a Bandai Entertainment marketing employee. Later snapshots show Samurai 7 eventually dropped at episode 15 and Samurai Champloo complete through episode 26.

Signature style

Own site exposed releases, torrents, XDCC and archive bots, staff, forums and later RSS. Release pages preserve project status, filenames and CRCs; the group also documented a trilingual Popgo collaboration.

Anime Releases 7

Blood+
1 / 50 eps · TV / broadcast · AnimeSuki preserves Blood+ promo/trailer material and an episode 1 release from Anime-Kraze. Broader episode coverage is not asserted.
1 / 50
Partial
2005–2006
Chrono Crusade
24 / 24 eps · TV / broadcast · Existing complete 24/24 status retained from the prior database record. Anime-Kraze's own site directly announces Chrno Crusade episode 1 on 2003-11-26, and its April 2004 releases page lists episodes 1–16 with CRCs and v2 releases for 7–9.
24 / 24
Complete
2003–2004
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
19 / 26 eps · TV / broadcast · Anime-Kraze's own April 2004 releases page marks Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Dropped and lists episodes 1–19. The group's own 2003-08-18 news post says Gundam SEED and GitS:SAC were dropped at the request of a Bandai Entertainment marketing employee.
19 / 26
Dropped
2002–2005
Inuyasha
124 / 167 eps · TV / broadcast
124 / 167
Partial
2000–2004
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
30 / 50 eps · TV / broadcast · Anime-Kraze's own April 2004 releases page marks Gundam SEED Dropped and lists episodes 1–30 plus separate DVD releases of episodes 1–2. The group's own 2003-08-18 news post says it dropped Gundam SEED and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex at the request of a Bandai Entertainment marketing employee.
30 / 50
Dropped
2002–2003
Samurai 7
15 / 26 eps · TV / broadcast · Anime-Kraze's own 2004-12-10 page shows Samurai 7 In-Progress through episodes 1–6. Its 2006-02-27 page later marks Samurai 7 Dropped and lists episodes 1–15, giving a direct primary-source endpoint.
15 / 26
Dropped
2004
Samurai Champloo
26 / 26 eps · TV / broadcast · Anime-Kraze's own 2006-02-27 releases page marks Samurai Champloo Complete, lists episodes 1–26 and preserves archive batches 1–8, 9–17 and 18–26.
26 / 26
Complete
2004–2005

Lore Mentions 6

Lore Chrono Crusade
Anime-Kraze Finished the Broadcast Run, July 2004
What AniDB Actually Documents
Timeline Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Anime-Kraze's Own Site Records the SAC Project and Its Drop
2002–2004: The Early Digital Fansub Era
Timeline Inuyasha
Anime-Kraze Stayed With InuYasha Deep Into the Run
2000–2004: Yomiuri TV Broadcasts & IRC Distribution
Timeline Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Anime-Kraze Documented Its Own Gundam SEED Stand-Down
2002-2004: Real Groups, a Real Personal Crackdown, and New Groups Who Ignored It
Lore Samurai 7
Anime-Kraze's Samurai 7 Project Eventually Stopped at 15
2004: Bi-Weekly Broadcast & Immediate Fansub Competition
Lore Samurai Champloo
Anime-Kraze Eventually Finished Samurai Champloo
Fuji TV Broadcast & BitTorrent Era (2004-2005)