Reprinted Feature- "Correcting the Previous Anime Labs Article
By Jakob Dorof "
By: The Great Saiyaman
Alright. This next piece is a correction of the former one. Anyway, I'll save my comments until after the interview.
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Let me start off by saying that I screwed up, big time. The people I was informed by were simply either lying, or were misinformed. I'm sorry that I didn't make the fact clear that last month's article was based on my research, and was merely an opinion. Numerous people have now informed me that I was incorrect, and I will quote them here so all is cleared up.
Quoted by Ramza:
"The first lie and proof thing you did. Anime Labs learned of what Travis did and changed their name to Zero Tollerance for a couple of tapes and said that Anime Labs was gone as a weird joke. Now ZT exists. It didn't really mean much of anything, actually. Secondly, your "proof" doesn't prove anything... "Why would an online impersonator claim that anyone online saying that they are Anime Labs is totally fake, on the same exact site that Zero Tolerance claimed that Travis was impersonating them on." Because that's something someone who's slightly skilled in the art of lying would do. I rest my case. To the second lie/proof thing. You've got your facts screwed up big time here. Anime Labs used the name AVP LONG before that site came about. They used a bunch of other names as well in the past. Rarely ever does Anime Labs actually use the name Anime Labs in their tapes, AL is just the name they're known best by. BTW, Project X and Anime Labs are two different people. I've met them at conventions, talked to them, ect. On an unrelated note, the Project X guy has the missing sources we (RZP) need for Dragon Quest Dai and Jon will be getting them soon. Forth, yeah, they probably do have an internet connection. Whether or not your email address of them is correct is... debatable. Fifth, as far as I know and what's pretty much been understood for a long time, the Anime Labs guy is in New York. That's all, I don't really care about the rest. That article is very misinforming. I look forward to your reply."
As quoted by Wandering Anime Guru:
"Ctenosaur is a script thief. We all know this. www.animelabs.com was a rip off site. It claimed to have every episode of DB/Z/GT, Gundam X, and Pokemon subtitled. I ordered three tapes and never got them. One of the surest telltale sign it was a rip off was that 2 years ago it claimed to have a subbed copy of Pokemon Movie 2 BEFORE THE MOVIE HAD FINISHED ITS JAPANESE THREATRICAL RUN." Lastly, credit goes to "Slow Timer," who was the first to inform me what was incorrect, and what the real truth was. Since he happens to know the head of Anime Labs, I'd expect that he'd might want to keep what he told me secret.
In conclusion, I am really, really sorry about all this. I have learned much from the incident, and it will not happen again. I'll make it up to whoever was a victim of this incident.
Sorry once again,
Jakob Dorof
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Hmm... this is quite interesting. Alright, so to break it all down, what have we discovered about the group Anime Labs?
1. Anime Labs eventually changed their name to "Zero Tolerance."
2. AVP Productions and Anime Labs are two completely seperate groups. AVP Productions existed first before Anime Labs
3. Anime Labs uses the name "Zero Tolerance" in their tapes for the most part even though they're still best known as "Anime Labs".
4. Project X and Anime Labs are two seperate people/groups. (apparently Anime Labs might be a one-man team?)
5. Anime Labs is located in New York and is a part of the New York City fansubbing scene.
6. The e-mail address "animelabs@aol.com" is most definitely false.
7. Whatever old website it was that had the e-mail address "animelabs@aol.com" on it (it's gone now, but I think it's in the web archives somewhere if anyone really wants to look. Ramza's "Dragon Ball Blast" site once mentioned some controversy regarding this site in an update long ago)
8. Animelabs.com was never the real Anime Labs. They just took advantage of the Anime Labs name for other purposes, and the people who ran the site were heavily dishonest, greedy and unscrupulous with their customers.
9. The last name of the Anime Labs translator is unknown. It's not certain whether or not it's "Ikeda", but chances are that it's probably not.
10. Kaio described Anime Labs as a "rather prevalent presence" living in Manhattan.
11. One of Steven J. Simmons' translated scripts fell into Anime Labs' hands at one point, described as "strange story that". The interview with Steven J. Simmons and Kaio can be found at "http://web.archive.org/web/20011206190734/www.planetnamek.com/steveinterview.html"
Whew! And that's that! Hope this answers some of the questions and sheds some light on the mysterious group Anime Labs.