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UPDATED: RetroCrush's Magical Idol Pastel Yumi Stream Credits Unauthorized Fansub

Digital Media Rights' Magical Idol Pastel Yumi stream. The fansubber, who had previously distributed an unofficial English fan translation based on the official French titles, told ANN that he was not ed by RetroCrush regarding his translation.

RetroCrush announced on May 1 that it had acquired the license to the Magical Idol Pastel Yumi series, and it debuted on the same day. In response to the announcement, Johnny English Subs posted a blog post declaring that he would remove the fansubbed videos from MEGA and IRC, and that he would not seed the files anymore.

RetroCrush provided Anime News Network with the following statement:

As we were only provided subtitles to Pastel Yumi EP1 - EP15 from our licensors with no additional official subtitles available, we used available fansubs to release the series on time. It is our oversight and we apologize to the parties involved. Pastel Yumi will be taken down from the service until we resolve the subtitle situation.

Yuriko Fuchizaki) when she protects a flower from being stepped on. Although the power can also cause problems, she uses it to help her and her friends in everyday life.

Magical Idol Pastel Yumi previously ended in in 2015. The company attempted to crowdfund a home video release of the first 13 episodes.

RetroCrush is a free, ad-ed video-on-demand service available in the United States and Canada. The service has apps on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, launched through the STIRR streaming service on July 23.

The service plans to include a library of content that "hasn't had proper streaming releases outside of Japan."

RetroCrush's streaming partners include Happinet, among others.

Source: Email Correspondence, additional reporting by Lynzee Loveridge