Copies of our fansubs are available on tape (VHS or SVHS) as well as in compressed digital format (DivX-encoded video). Tape copies are created directly from our source material; for tape-based distribution, these can be considered master copies. Compressed digital files are somewhat lower resolution (typically 640x480), substantially compressed (~200KBps) versions of our internal video files; these should not be considered master copies.

We have no plans to distribute DVD-R or other copies of our titles. If you see copies of our fansubs on DVD (for sale or otherwise) that are alleged to be “official,” then you are looking at a bootleg. (Some fansub distributors may offer DVD transfers of our titles – tape captures or AVI conversions to DVD video format – but they should be pretty clear about what they are offering. No one has DVD master copies of our titles, and any claims to the contrary are fraudulent.)

Tape masters are available upon request, for the cost of a blank tape plus postage. (See the table to the left for current costs.) You can pay via PayPal or money order (or even via cash if you are willing to run the risk of it being lost in the mail). We do not accept checks. Any title that is listed below as being available may be requested on tape.

If you are a fansubber who still subs to tape (actual tape masters, not AVI dumps to tape!) and you are interested in trading SVHS masters, email us and perhaps we can work something out.

Our tapes are in NTSC format; unfortunately, we do not have the equipment to create tapes in PAL or other video formats. (This should not be a problem for you if you are requesting tapes in North America, but it may be an issue from other parts of the world.)

For those who prefer DivX files rather than tapes, but who do not have a suitable Internet connection with which to download them, we also offer copies of our DivX files on CD-R. (These are just copies of the AVI files on CD, not VCDs.) We can fit about 650 MB per CD, but we cannot split an episode across multiple CDs. Generally this works out to three episodes or a single movie file per CD, but please be sure to check your math before submitting a request. (If you are not sure whether something will fit, please email us with a list of episodes that you want and we will let you know how many CDs will be required.)

When requesting tapes, we will need the following information:

When requesting CD-Rs, we will need the following information:

You can mix tape and CD requests if you wish (as long as the payment total adds up and everything is being shipped to a single address). Be sure to include all of the information listed above, or your request will be delayed while we try to contact you and sort things out.

For CD requests, please note that we can fit about 650 MB per CD, which generally equates to three episodes or one movie file per disc. Please check your math ahead of time, and if you are uncertain as to whether something will fit, please email us before sending any payment.

See the sidebar at the left for media and shipping costs.

If you will be paying via PayPal, include the above information in the PayPal payment email, and send it to paypal@instrumentality.org.

If you are not paying via PayPal, send an email containing the above information to fansubs@instrumentality.org. We will send you an email reply containing our (physical) mailing address and the name to put on the money order. Note that even if you already have our address from a previous request, you still need to send us an email before mailing off your request! Otherwise, unless we are expecting a letter, we may not check the P.O. box for weeks, and your request may be substantially delayed.

Once we have received your email, we will send you a response so you will know that we have received and are processing your request. (If you don’t hear back from us within a day or two, something may have gone wrong, and you should email us again.) We will also email you once your tapes have been sent out (usually within two days of receiving the payment, unless our request load is unusually high at the time – see the sidebar to the left for our current estimated turnaround time).

Our focus has always been on tape-based fansubbing; however, many fans these days do not even own a VCR any more, and so we have begun to release DivX-encoded copies of our titles in addition to VHS and SVHS copies. These DivX files are created directly from our (uncompressed) digital masters; they are not tape captures (nor are they “digital masters” of any sort). Unless otherwise noted, all of these files are compressed to 640 x 480 at a bitrate of around 200KBps, using the DivX MPEG-4 codec for video and an MP3 codec for audio. They can be decoded using the 3ivX (Mac OS, Windows, UNIX, Amiga, BeOS) or DivX (Mac OS, Windows, Linux) codecs, or by any video software capable of playing back DivX video streams from an AVI file. (VideoLAN Client is a very popular player that is available for most operating systems.) We do not recommend Windows Media Player, as it has been known to have issues playing back files using the DivX codec under some system configurations.

Copies of all of our DivX-encoded episodes are available using BitTorrent; for a list of torrents, see Lilith, our experimental BitTorrent tracker.

Please note that we do not have any sort of IRC presence, nor do we have any officially sanctioned third-party download sites. Certainly we do not wish to stop anyone from sharing copies of our fansubs (as long as the series in question remains unlicensed); but we do not officially endorse or otherwise recommend any particular site or source other than Lilith.

Additionally, we do not actually have the bandwidth to host file downloads ourselves; we rely upon friends and associates of the Project to keep the files on Lilith “seeded.” (Lilith is just a tracker – a server that helps peers connect to one another.) Remember, by keeping your BitTorrent connection active (even after you have completed your download), you are helping others to be able to get copies of the file as well. If at all possible, please help others by leaving your BitTorrent sessions active!

Below is a table listing all of our fansubs that have been made available in digital format. You can click on a file’s title (or filename) to bring up more information on the file, including file properties, encoding information, the script revision used, and a list of all known download sites/distribution points for obtaining a copy of the file.

Note that the filenames listed in the table below are the names that we used in our original distribution copies; subsequent users may have renamed files (or possibly even renamed a different file to one of these names). You can always compare a file’s size and its MD5 hash if you are uncertain as to whether or not it is one of our files. (A file’s MD5 hash is listed on its information page.)