
- Code Geass R2 [720p,BluRay,x264] – THORA
- Video length: 25×24 min
- Video: 1280×720, x264
- Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 320 kbps
- English ASS
- Torrent: Ep 1-7, Ep 8-13, Ep 14-19
Pics below. Click for full size version.
o wow. finally! Thank you Thora.
you’re awesome. the tv episodes are not totally the same than the ones on blu-ray. i was really looking forward to some english translation of these and you’ve made it. thanks, guys.
Can I ask which group’s subs are used for this release?
I was just wondering when will s2 will air
I’ll join MacKubeX’s question as for which group’s subs are used.
I’ll also wanna ask why the huge file size, first two episodes are 600MB each, any special reason for that?
oh?!
nice!! but why no torrent link yet?
i believe these are (modified?) us-dvd subs
>_<
still no torrent?
What is wrong with having a large file size? Have you seen the quality of the releases? They are excellent as usual!
Nice… will there be a 1080p release?
digitalrorouni, I have no problems with a big file size as long as there is a good reason for it. you might wanna check out Eclipse’s version of R2, they have a great quality and 350 mb episodes, so from what you are saying i expect the quality from thora to be almost as twice as good.
WHOA!! 7 EPISODES?!?!?
NICEEE!! Very nice indeed!!
:: downloads ::
@KitaneNa
Each release takes what it needs, if it takes 600mb that means it needs that size, don’t measure quality with size
I still can’t understand why peopel complain about file size. If you download from Thora, you can expect big files…. and awesome quality
well, i would guess that the large file is is due to :
a. the raw (being that the source is a bluray, not a dvd)
b. probably using FLAC
c. the file is a 720p file
generally speaking, if you get something from thora, expect it to have a high file size, but enough to be able to archive the files as data-files onto a dvd (be it a standard size or a dual layer one).
There is happiness!
Thank you!!!
HELL YEAH! SEASON 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS THORA! =3
silentvoice84 Dont get me wrong, its not that im saying the file is so big for no good reason, im sure you have your reasons for it. 90% of the time i archive Thora’s version, thing is if its really so big cause its FLAC like suiton said, its a complete waste for me as i cant tell the difference either way, not that i think its FLAC cause its not listed [either that or AC3 2.0 320 kbps can actually mean FLAC].
at the end of the day i still appreciate all your hard work and would love to see more releases from you guys.
i dont consider it a waste or anything, and the file sizes aren’t that big. it’ll get costly buying those dvd+r discs and whatnot, but the thing is, if you’re not gonna go and buy the legit bluray or dvd discs, then i wouldn’t complain…
You guys are totally missing the point of why I’m asking this.
I’m only asking this because i don’t much space on my HDD but R2 is a series i really enjoy, so if the file size is big because of say stuff like image quality and maintaining high fps during action scenes or something, I’ll archive it anyway, but if its something like FLAC which makes no difference to me at all, I’ll stay with a smaller size release till i can get a new HDD, I never said the file being so big is a waste, just wanted to know the reason for it, that’s all.
It’s not FLAC. It’s clearly stated in the info: Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 320 kbps
hmmm, i compared some 1080i hdtv rips to this.. and they actually looked a bit better.
If you want to know about quality of Thora works. Let me show you a hint,download Ef-Tales of Melodies of both Thora and Chihiro sub. Compare them and you will see the difference. Just look to the color of cloud on the sky or the ocean in the the midnight.
Seriously, does anyone actually read what I’m writing?
I have quite a few of Thora’s releases on my HDD and i know how good their quality is, but the releases i have don’t have such a big file size as R2 episodes, the episodes i have are between 350-400 MB, i only wanna know why R2 episodes need 500-600 MB while other releases from Thora use 350 MB.
@KitaneNa: Each episode/show is different. Some episodes have absolutely nothing going on, and hence require less data. Some shows have long and detailed action scenes, so it would naturally be larger to keep the store the detail in each frame.
That’s why you see stuffed-up frames in encodes that have capped the bitrate below that which the frames require to look decent.
As for your previous comment that 600MB releases should look twice as good as 350MB episodes…that’s correct in a sense.
If all parameters (resolution, framerate etc) are kept the same, with the sole variable being the file size, then you can expect each frame to have twice the bits, aka data, aka quality.
So yes, it would have twice the theoretical quality. But what we see is “perceivable quality”.
The relationship isn’t linear. The larger your file size, the less perceivable is the quality/MB. Where you like to strike the balance between quality and convenience (of archiving) is up to personal taste.
Thanks Buffalobiian, that was pretty much what I wanted to hear ;D
Yeah and with R2 it’s going to be huge because it has a ton of action scenes that have alot going on
Why are the Picture Dramas in 720p and 1080p, and the episodes only in 720p?
……………………..
Batousai………………
um yeah!
And the picture dramas are there in only 720p
dont like it, then leave.
It’s not that I don’t like it if it’s not 1080p…. :S
What I mean is, that the torrent that I donwloaded, have 2 version’s of every picture drama, one in 720p and one in 1080p. I only want to know why that is, I’m not complaining
I think that the CGR2 BDs are, at least partially, in 1080i which would mean that a 1080p encode is out of the question. However, I guess it doesn’t really matter when it comes to the PDs as they are basically slideshows. Note that I’m only speculating, I don’t know a lot about these things. I remember reading something about the CGR2 BDs mixing 1080p scenes with 1080i scenes. Perhaps the PDs on the BDs are actually in 1080p?
And to those who are asking about the source for the subtitles – they’re not from any fansub group, they’re from the Region 1 DVDs. I noticed that the Picture Drama “Turn 0.923″ was using schneizelXkannonOTP’s (gg’s) subtitles though, but since they only subbed 2 out of 9 PDs I guess the rest will be done using the R1 subs as well.
Is this series going to have a 1080p release?
probably not seeing how thora only released a 720p edition for the first season.
I don’t why people keep asking and complaining for 1080p when they usually don’t have the hardware to even discern the difference between 720p and 1080p. You need a screen larger than 37″ to really see the quality jump in 1080p. Otherwise, they both look almost exactly the same on a smaller monitor. I’m using a 26″ 1080p HD monitor and I can barely tell the difference. Lines are slightly more refined… for double the file size.
omg, you guys just made my day a thousand times better, i’ve been waiting for these XD
thanks a lot for starting these, especially with the picture drama’s, which i’ve found impossible to obtain anywhere
FINALLY! R2 at last, and with official subs too. YES! But would it be possible for you to post and link non-creditless openings and endings. Thanks.
S1 with gg’s subs and S2 with official?
I hate mixes. >_>;
Is there anything wrong with gg’s subs? Why official subs? Noooo… I fear localization.
The question is why use gg’s subs when you can use Eclipse’s.
hey are there any playback problems like on season 1 the video lagged sometimes does that happen with this release?
Any video lag or de-syncing is a problem on your end. It means your processor isn’t fast enough. You might want to try switching your h.264 decoder from fddshow to coreavc if you haven’t already.
@fenixdown110:
For consistency’s sake. (And because we love gg? Lol…)
haha Well, since I can understand Japanese to a point, I can tell gg’s translations are sometimes very askew, to the point where I’m in outrage. Eclipse is very accurate on the other hand and translates word for word, literally. Not sure about honorifics, but very accurate.
i don’t remember what episodes pic5 and the last pic are in.
they are from picture dramas
@fenixdown110: Were the first season’s subs revised (hence gg-THORA)? gg’s subs might not be the best but I think I’d prefer it over official (localized) subs. I don’t know Japanese but it’s obvious that Eclipse = quality subs.
I believe so. I realize localized subs aren’t great either. However gg’s subs are temperamental. Sometimes the translations are accurate and other times they are horribly mistranslated. Meanings and phrases are sometimes seemingly guessed. But I think overall gg subs should be better than the localized version. I think Thora might have realized that too so they combined the localized with gg’s, taking the best from both. Hence gg-Thora like you said. I always watch gg releases as speed subs and use other reputable groups as archives. And almost all the time, gg’s translations will differ from the other group’s. I’m guessing their translator isn’t exactly fluent in Japanese.
The localization of the Code Geass subs aren’t that bad.
fenixdown110: for geass r2, eclipse and gg used the same closed captions. The translation isn’t different, editing is. gg localizes their subs while Eclipse leans to the literal side.
Ok. That clears things up. I guess that’s why I like Eclipse better.
Thanks!
I have code gaess r1 and r2 THORA BluRay 720p all I need is a subtitle file for this legendary Anime anyone guide me as possible to find it where please, guys
Get them from gg or eclipse.
Thank you for 8-13!
Thanks for the release of e 8-13.
I am the only one who is getting a lot of
pixelation on 8-13?
Thanks for release.
Nope Im getting it too, CoreAVC is doing it :/
Downloaded newest version and works fine now.
Newest version of what? CoreAVC 2.0? OMG I just checked. IT’S F*CKING OUT! I hope this isn’t a joke.
Done and installed. All artifacts gone and problem solved.
Awesome! Finally here.
Do you guys plan on releasing normal versions of the OP/ED or the rest of the PDs? Thanks again.
Can someone reseed the torrent episode 1 to 7?
i will seed after finish downloading too
thanks in advance
Thanks for the high quality releases. They’re as fabulous as they usually are.
I have a question though; what about Turn 9.34, Turn 12.31 and Turn 12.59 (the PDs)? Shouldn’t they have been included in the latest batch (Turn 08-13)?
Anyhow, thanks a lot for doing this!
hi.
Thanks Thora for your work
I wondered : does anyone know when the next episodes (R2, 13 to 25) would be released ?
Thora haven’t released a thing since 2 month ago. I hope that nothing went wrong.
thanks for the hard work so far!
yea i noticed that as well.
i also hope they continue releasing more blu-ray encodes
@aldo
No one knows when THORA will release the next episodes other than THORA.
They don’t have to give any progress reports let alone releases. These are 100% free stuff we’re getting.
Unless you want to either provide them with the ISO or purchase the actual BluRay and mail it to them, I would continue to wait. Or you could try checking their IRC channel.
OMG!!!!!!!!
THORA is finally back !!!
NICEEEEeeee!!
Im really happy to see u guys are back on business! It’s one of the best news for this start of the year! Wish you all the best in the world!!!
hm…seems like epi 15 is also released (on the bot)…
zomg!!
yea, the 1080 hdtv rips do look better than thoras rips.
Ah nice to see some life back in THORA!
But please rlz on torrent too!
That means adenozin is back?
Thank you THORA
@gunner00
Not necessarily. I was on the IRC channel earlier and unless I am mistaken, he wasn’t there.
Here is what I’ve been thinking.
a. They’re trolling. They’ve had lots of episodes already finished but didn’t release it and stayed quiet on the site and in their IRC channel to see how crazy it’d drive people insane.
b. They had the episodes nearly completed but life happened and they couldn’t get to finishing it. adenozin disappeared or stayed hidden in the background working on episodes.
Whatever the case may be, it would seem that THORA is (finally) releasing some episodes. Maybe we’ll get an explanation as to what (really) happened (or at least more details) later on.
Until then, let’s hope that THORA keeps on releasing more and more episodes.
Or… these two episodes were already finished, awaiting the completion of later episodes for the next THORA CG R2 batch, and they decided to release them on IRC since everything is officially stalled now.
From what they said in the IRC at the time, the files get added to the bot automatically when they are uploaded to the ftp server. So apparently someone secretly uploaded these releases to the ftp server without telling anyone else that they were doing it.
Oh, Turn 16 now as well? The ghost strikes again. :3
Wow, you guys are releasing again! I just hope adenozin would have encoded these cause I doubt you guys would have been able to find an encoder as good as him.
I’m lacking knowlege about this IRC stuff, and was wondering if someone can explain how can i download episodes 14-16?? Thanks in advance!
Great to see you guys up and runnin’ again! All the best!
@ Someotherguy
check the comments on Macross Frontier page, 3vj3 wrote a brief tutorial. If you still can’t make it, write again, I’ll try to explain.
Just google mIRC and download the client. Install it and run the program. You need to set the server that you’re going to connect to to “Rizon” since that is the network where all fansub groups have their official channels, except for DB who are for some reason hiding on their own server. Go “Tools” –> “Options”. Under “connect” you need to enter the necessary stuff, like your nickname for instance. Then move on to the “servers” section (expand the “connect” options and select “servers”) and pick “Rizon”. Move back to the “connect” options and click the connect button.
Once you’ve connected to Rizon, enter the following in the chat window; “/j #thoranime” and hit enter. You’re now in THORA’s channel. Now, at the top of this page you’ll see a section named “IRC”. Go there, search for your file, click on it, copy the information in the window that pops up and paste it into the IRC client and hit enter to send a request to one of the bots.
It should look like this: “/msg [bot name] XDCC SEND #[number]“. Just copy and paste that information and hit enter. The bot will send you the file and all you have to do is to specify where you want the file to be saved. It’s really simple.
Thora is on fire!!!
Torrent, pretty pulizu?
I just checked EP14 with MediaInfo, the encodes are completely new. EP14 has been encoded on 9th of March but just like the previous EPs (and many of Thora’s other releases), the x264 encoding options have been hidden. I think it’s safe to say adenozin is encoding these new EPs. I just wished I could understand why he hides the encoding options…
Still, had you guys prepared the subs beforehand or adenozin also took care of the subs himself previously?
Nice, Turn 19 is up now as well which means that Turn 14-19 have been uploaded by the ghost. These are the episodes that would have become the third batch, the only things “missing” are the PDs from in between Turn 08 and Turn 19. This is awesome, a few days ago I really didn’t think that these episodes would ever find their way to my harddrive.
All hail “mr Ghost”!
Yeah!!!..It’s been ages , thank you guys.
Sweet, the subs for the final 6 episodes are now available. Good luck wrapping this up. =)
Great. I hope you’ll get done with this one soon. =)
Brilliant, another complete release from Thora, great job guys!
Oops, seems I posted the above comment under the wrong article, LOL!
Oh crap, I just noticed that the R1 DVDs for CG R2 don’t include the Picture Dramas which means that THORA won’t have any translations available. :´(
They can use translations from a fansub group and edit wherever needed?
>_>
Anyway, thanks for more Geass R2 episodes (on bots). What happened to episode 22 though?
@suiton: The problem is that no group finished them. Those that were fansubbed have already been released by Thora.
Edit: Except for Turn 12.31 that is.
What makes you think that THORA is using a fansubbing group’s release for Geass R2? He makes no credit/note of it at the top.
Hence, he’s using the official BlURay discs for the script.
Also:
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5373
Plenty of groups finished Code Geass R2.
I know all that, I have four different releases of R2 archived and I own the DVDs.
If you go back and reread my post you’ll see that I’m talking about the Picture Dramas, not the episodes. The PDs were not included in the american release which means that there’s no official translation for those, and no group finished them either.
never mind. seems like you guys finished geass r2 now on irc bots…
=D
Spectacular releases; however, I can’t seem to find episodes twenty-two nor twenty-five in the IRC. Am I missing something?
Thanks. :3
In regards to my previous comment, I can’t find it either.
>_>
episode 22 and 25 are only available on THORA|Recent.
For episode 22:
/msg THORA|Recent xdcc send 75
For episode 25
/msg THORA|Recent xdcc send 74
Oh, thanks so much. I didn’t know.
Np, I just happened to run into them because of someone I know from another chan. Thought I’d share it on the website.
Aren’t you guys planning to release a batch for this? Or maybe you’re still working on the Picture Dramas?
hello.. i am new in here.. i want to ask something, i already download so many anime in here, but when i watched it why the subtitle is not coming out??? i watched using media player classic.. can someone help me please?? thanx you so much.
OMG Thanks a lot!
Domo arigato gozaimashita! =)
Waiting for 20-25 of finnaly pack.
Thora is the best English Fansub (I’m brazilian) I’ve know.
It’s real “fan to fan”!
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@seremochi
Can be any problem man. Try to click with your right bottom of mouse, go to subtitle and “enable”.
Well Thora isnt a fansub group really but I do like their stuff though this series is taking an awful long time to finish.
Are you just waiting for the Picture Dramas? Because the series has been finished for a while, and those are all that’s left to be done.
Hey, is anyone getting a problem with episodes 8-13? I’m currently using the latest K-Lite Codec pack. Everything else I ever watch including other Thora releases always work fine; but for some reason when I watch episode 8-13 it doesn’t work. The only problem with the episodes are the OP and ED. when the episode gets the the OP or ED, it gets super pixilated beyond recognition, lags, then freezes, then crashes (the sound is unaffected by the lag/freezing). the main body of the episode has no error what so ever, just the OP, and ED (if i just skip those parts, it runs fine)
@ Anth
You retard. EP19 is not the last episode =.=
MuzicFreq: The series have actually been completed for a while, all episodes ar aviable on the IRC.
@MuzicFreq
With all due respect, shove it. Learn to use IRC or sit patiently for your torrent files whenever THORA feels like creating them.
I’m waiting for the torrent of the last five episodes.
I know the series was it finished a long time, but I want to see the released of Thora and to me IRC speed sucks, cause my connection is a failure when about IRC transferences.
I don’t really care about the Pictures Dramas, but of course I watched that are in the torrents here.
I know there’s other fansub that already have done, English’s and Brazilians, however the Brazilians who sub this anime just sucks and I want Thora cause I like the best.
I don’t care if I have to wait, cause I will anyway.
Thanks guys again for what was it released here. It’s just the better can be find.
When will the Ep 20 – 25 [final] or Code Geass R2 be released?
yo ese i been waitin years for da last torrento to come out homes
any chicanos here racisto to meh mexicano backgroundo??
All of the episodes are available on THORA’s IRC channel. I’m pretty sure that consolidating the final episodes into a torrent has been put on the furthest backburner they have, right up there with Tenchi Muyo Ryo-ohki.
It’s really easy to use IRC. There are some great guides online, and I’m pretty sure there’s even one through the THORA site.
No haters ese. >3
where can i find the rest of the picture dramas?
i cant find 25.01