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* ''[[Air Gear]]'' has the "Rez Boa" Dogs. You mean ''Reservoir'' Dogs, right? Oh! Great sucks at English.
* Toei's official subs for the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' TV series has quite a few mistakes (the humongous monster-like fighter called "Devil Rebirth" becomes "Devil Rivers") and odd translation choices (every martial art style and technique mentioned in the series is given a translated name instead of keeping their proper original one, yet all honorifics are kept), but it's a passable translation otherwise (if overly basic).
** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20190711025310/http://kentaifilmswww.blogspotkentaiblog.com/2009/05/fist-of-eastern-star.html?zx=b1f604a44ad646b Discotek sub] of [[The Movie]], on the other hand, is just filled with instances where the translator [[Did Not Do the Research|did not double check his translation]] or [[They Just Didn't Care|simply didn't care]]. ''Hokuto Shinken'' is repeatedly misspelled as "Hokuto Kenshin" (even though the correct spelling is used as well) and many terms used throughout are mistranslated as well (e.g. "''denshousha''" is translated as "savior" instead of "successor", while "''aniue''", a formal word for "elder brother" that Jagi uses when he's sucking up to Raoh, becomes "master" instead). Most egregiously there are several instances where a character is [[Calling Your Attacks|mentioning the names of their technique]] and the translator, not knowing what the characters were saying, simply replaced it with some made-up embellishment (i.e. ''Nanto Gokusatsu Ken'' or "South Star Hell Murder Fist" is translated as "Nanto cannot be harmed").
*** Discotek did rerelease it with correct subtitles in 2010.
* Although not an example of English or bootleg subtitles, the choice of words in the Finnish subtitles of the anime ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' was quite off rather frequently. A good example is during a pretty serious fight, when a swordsman, according to the subtitles, yells something that roughly translates into 'Have a taste of this sword'. Unfortunately, the phrasing made the request sound completely literal. And yes, the subtitles were official.
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