Hi All, I'm starting a new fansub group that focuses on subbing trending youtube videos from Japan once a week I'm looking for Japanese -> English translators who's willing to help me out. I currently have a homepage for the group at www.yasub.com, and you can find more information over there.

In terms of legality, this is totally legal unlike other anime fansub groups. We do not subtitle TV shows/movies. Also, we do not reencode the video with subtitles. Rather, we create soft-subs, and overlay the subtitles to the original youtube videos to respect the owners work.

Our ultimate goal really is to bring latest trending videos in japan to others who don't understand japanese (or are still in the process of learning it) and to others who are fascinated with the culture in Japan.

If you guys are interested in helping out as a fansubber, you can reply to the thread here or via my email simple.yuji@gmail.com

This is a smart idea as long as you aren't reuploading the original video to a new channel (DO NOT DO THIS!). The overlay needs to be done on the original video on the original channel.

I'd also recommend contacting the owner and finding out if they'd be interested in adding the subs to the video in the captioning. You can create an easy step-by-step how-to guide to show how to do this.

I agree. One shouldn't reupload videos to a new channel since doing so will deprive the owner's potential income from youtube.

Good idea about contacting the owner and adding the subs to the video