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FileSonic closed. Comments Disabled.

Aki — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:50:46 +0000

FileSonic has just shutted down its sharing functionality. We've also been hearing rumours about FileServe randomly deleting premium accounts without warning. Most filehosting companies are closing their doors after Megaupload was removed by the feds and the owners charged with criminal offences. No one knows what is going to happen to these companies, whether they will be back or may just be gone for good. JDrama Zone will cease all updates, sit back and wait a couple of weeks to see if anything changes. Please understand that there is no point in reuploading anything because any other filehosts could be closed anytime. Moreover, JDrama Zone do not keep any backups of those files anywhere other than the filehosts itself. Because of these events, we have disabled comments on the site to prevent mass requests of mirroring. Our forums will still be active for discussion but please bear in mind that all mirror requests will be ignored. Fundraising has also been removed as we do not think it's fair to ask our users to pay for the costs anymore. If you have contributed in "Fundraiser 2012" and would like a refund, please drop Aki a private message and a refund will be issued. Only contributions made in January will be refunded on request as all past contribution have already been used to pay for previous costs. We will continue to keep this site alive as long as we can with the fund reserves and at our own cost. Let's all hope that everything will be back to normal as soon as possible. Regards, The JDrama Zone Team Continue reading →

Feds Shuts Down Megaupload

Aki — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:40:35 +0000

We've just received news that the feds has shutted down Megaupload. The site is not accessible right now. Nobody is sure if it will ever be back again. You can read more about it here. http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-megaupload-com-file-sharing-website/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apnewsbreak-workers-indicted-at-one-of-worlds-largest-file-sharing-sites-megauploadcom/2012/01/19/gIQAJPIRBQ_story.html Please do not report any dead links to us. There is no way we can reupload them. If the series you are looking for only has RapidShare, Hotfile and Megaupload, please do not request a mirror. We have no way to access those files. We will probably reupload them in the future but definitely not anytime soon. We will be waiting a week or two to see if there is any chance of Megaupload coming back. And please note that JDramaZone will not upload to Mediafire. We've recently decided to go with 1 link per episode and Mediafire has a 200MB limit. Moreover, Mediafire doesn't keep the links around forever and it gets deleted quickly. We've also started a discussion thread on this topic on our forums. Feel free to discuss about this here. http://jdramazone.com/forums/?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=443.0 Regards, Aki Continue reading →

Accounts Compromised. Dropping Hotfile.

Aki — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:02:54 +0000

It is unfortunate that we have to bring this news during the holiday season. On 24th December, all our filehosting accounts were compromised. Someone has managed to log into all of them and changed the passwords. We were able to retrieve everything except our hotfile account. We've since contacted Hotfile to no avail. We wanted to wait few days before making this announcement. Apparently, Hotfile doesn't care if your account gets compromised. This is what they wrote in their FAQ.

My account was hacked? You must keep secure your account information. Any mails about hacked accounts, changed information and so on will be ignored! It is your responsibility to keep your account information safe.

Because of this, we are sad to announce we will no longer be supporting Hotfile with immediate effect. Existing Hotfile links will also be removed by January as we want the compromised account to expire ASAP. All currently airing dramas will have their Hotfile links removed immediately. We understand that many of our users are currently using Hotfile, we can only apologise and hope that everyone will switch to Filesonic soon. We will not be adding a new filehost at the moment until things have stablised. We are extremely demoralized but we will try our best to continue the work here. We seek your understanding. Thank you. The JDramaZone Team -------- On a side note, we will be holding our annual fundraiser in January. A decision has been made to have the fundraiser only once a year instead of multiple times. More details will be given once the fundraiser is up. Continue reading →

We are translating Freeter, Ie wo Kau SP!

Aki — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:07:44 +0000

Continuing from his brillant subbing work on "Freeter, le wo Kau", our lead translator, nihonfan5000 is currently working on the Special episode which was aired on 4th October 2011. According to him, he's about 50% done and we will be able to get it really soon. Head over to our forums for any discussions and update on the translation progress. On a side note, if you are interested in translating exclusively for JDramaZone, please drop Aki a private message and we'll work something out. Continue reading →

Thank you nihonfan5000!

Aki — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:42:17 +0000

nihonfan5000 has just finished subbing Freeter, Ie wo Kau for us. On behalf of the JDrama Zone community, I would like to thank him/her (I've never asked) for the incredible work done and we will be looking forward to your next project. Thank you! If you would like to thank nihonfan5000 personally, drop a comment in this post or head over to his/her thread in the forums here. Continue reading →

Introducing FileSonic

Aki — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:39:13 +0000

Thank you for your response on our poll earlier. According to the results, we will be adding FileSonic to all future uploads. We will be trying our best to update existing dramas with FileSonic links but it will not be our priority. That being said, a new section has been added to the forums for FileSonic mirror requests. We have also changed the way links are posted by grouping them according to filehosts as oppose to episodes like what we used to do. Lastly, we've done some minor tweaks to the site in hope of improving the speed. JDZ has lost its webmaster a couple of months ago which caused developments of various features to stop. If you are an experienced webmaster and would like to help us improve the site, please drop me a private message via the forums. Regards, Aki Continue reading →

Thank you!

Aki — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:40:43 +0000

We are extremely touched and surprised at the incredible response our users gave us in showing their support for the site in this time of need. It took less than 3 days for us to raise the amount needed. We've successfully upgraded the servers and the site should now be significantly faster. Once again, a huge thank you from the JDZ Team. Continue reading →

Emergency Fund Raising

Aki — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:03:12 +0000

Thank you! We've upgraded our servers! Our server has been crashing alot in the past few days and we've just received notice that we need to upgrade our servers or the site will be removed entirely. This is a one-time payment and everything should be smooth sailing after that with our usual monthly donations paying the bills. Please use the widget below if you would like to contribute to the survival of this site. Please note that the site will continue to be unstable until the upgrade is done. We will cease all updating until then and will continue to update everyone on our Facebook page and Twitter. Continue reading →

Are you a Native Japanese?

Aki — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:47:58 +0000

30% of our daily users compromises of native Japanese. Sadly, I am not fluent in Japanese and I can't communicate with any of them. We are now looking for Native Japanese speakers who are fluent in English to join us. We are planning to add a section in our forums for Japanese speakers and will be needing someone to look after them. So are you a Native Japanese who speaks fluent English? If you are interested in joining the JDrama Zone team, please send me a private message here, http://jdramazone.com/Aki/ with your email address and we will contact you shortly. Regards, Aki Continue reading →

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake hit Japan

Aki — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:51:43 +0000

We've just received news that an 8.9 Maginitude Earthquake has hit Japan this morning and triggered a tsunami. The earthquake's epicenter was 373KM away from Tokyo. We will be praying for the safety of everyone in Japan. Continue reading →