Calendar

= Notable Dates in Fansubbing =

■ January

 * Jan 19, 2004 - Froth-Bite's anniversary.
 * Jan 20, 2007 - Illusion Subs's anniversary.

■ Feburary

 * Feb 01, 2008 - The Japanese Government's Media Content Task Force releases proposals addressing fansubbing and video-sharing.
 * Feb 22, 2004 - mIRC-X's suffers DDoS attack. Migration to Rizon begins.

■ March

 * Mar 07, 2002 - AnimeOne's anniversary.

■ April

 * Apr 04, 2004 - AnimeJunkies officially disbands and shuts down.
 * Apr 24, 2003 - Aniverse suffers DDoS attack. Migration to mIRC-X begins.

■ May

 * May 11, 2006 - FansubWiki's anniversary.

■ June

 * June XX, 2006 - Crunchyroll, a video streaming site, begins showing anime fansubs online from its headquarters in San Francisco.
 * Jun 13, 2007 - Jason "Nessun" Downey, owner of Rizon, is sentenced to 12 months in prison for running a botnet in 2004.

■ July

 * July 05, 2008 - Anime Expo 2008 holds first Industry Roundtable event discussing fansubbing, piracy and the anime industry.
 * July 09, 2006 - Kryptolus announces the discontinuation of Sabbu's development.
 * July 15, 2008 - chibi fansub's anniversary.

■ August

 * Aug 03, 2002 - Anime-Kraze's anniversary.
 * Aug 21, 2005 - Spore-Frog, a widely respected distro, passes away in car accident, aged 20.
 * Aug 25, 2003 - Shinsen-Subs's anniversary.

■ September

 * Sept 01, 2009 - ADV Films, after its bankuruptcy in May, closes down and sells its assets to 5 different companies.

■ October

 * Oct 15, 2008 - Crustol returns from retirement with ANBU, releasing Tytania episode 01.
 * Oct 25, 2006 - Atavus-Fansubs's anniversary.

■ November

 * Nov 11, 2004 - Crustol, record holder for most translations per year (168), retires in 2004 after four years.
 * Nov 12, 2002 - Scarywater serves its first fansub on Bittorrent: Hikaru no Go episode 53.

■ December

 * Dec 7, 2004 - Media Factory Incident. First Ceast and Desist (C&D) letter sent directly from a Japanese studio.
 * Dec 9, 2002 - DALnet suffers DDoS attack. Migration to Aniverse/ETG begins.
 * Dec 13, 2007 - Arthur Smith of GDH International (GONZO) publishes an open letter to fansubs & the anime industry.
 * Dec 19, 2008 - Froth-bite and Ureshii make their first release together under the new merger, Frostii.
 * Dec 26, 2002 - AnimeSuki's anniversary.