On their Facebook, anime distributor Muse Indonesia put up a public statement regarding the recent controversy of translation in the In/Spectre season 2 anime subtitle. In their statement, Muse Indonesia apologises for their carelessness and promised that this accident won’t happen again in the future.
The controversy arose when viewers noticed the subtitles for In/Spectre season 2 episode 12 contained a highly inappropriate comment by the translation team. In the subtitle file, the translation team make jokes about sexual violence towards underage children and the religion of Bodhisattvas Ākāśagarbha. Those comments had not been erased when the aforementioned episode was uploaded to the Muse Indonesia YouTube channel and can be seen by the viewers.
Because of the incident, Muse Indonesia announced that they have terminated their working relationship with the translation team involved in the controversy. The translation team, which included translators named Ardie and Kresendo, will no longer work with Muse Indonesia in the future. However, Indonesian anime fans have already questioned the professionalism of the Muse Indonesia translators and the quality-checking process of Muse Indonesia’s releases
Later on their Facebook stream, Muse Indonesia representative, Daem, also explained further about the incident. According to Daem, the subtitle for the In/Spectre season 2 episode 12 happened to be late. Kresendo’s team delivered the subtitle only 1 hour before the release schedule. Because of this, the episode isn’t checked by the Quality Control team.
Muse Indonesia is an Indonesia-based YouTube channel part of MUSE Communication Co., Ltd. The channel has streamed various anime legally on YouTube for Indonesia with Indonesian subtitles. MUSE Communication also streamed various legal anime for South-East Asia audiences with English subtitles on the Muse Asia YouTube channel. Other than Indonesia, Muse Asia also created other country-specific YouTube channels in other Asian countries that stream the anime with subtitles in their respective languages.
Muse Indonesia also releases Indonesian-dubbed anime via their Muse ID dub TV YouTube channel. Some titles that are available with Indonesian dub are Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan, Spy x Family, Classroom of the Elite, One Punch Man, Tokyo Revengers, and Mob Psycho 100. Most of the titles are dubbed by ATM Studio, while Tokyo Revengers are dubbed by IYUNO. Some of their dubbed anime are also available on other streaming services such as Bstation, Viu, and iQIYI.
Also read:
How the Indonesian Dub of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” Gets Made – Part 1: A Visit to ATM Studio
The Indonesian Anime Times
