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Originally Posted by Sindalf
Im more wondering whats the first anime to be fansubbed preinternet releases. Back to the days of VHS fansubs.
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I think the current guess is Ranma 1/2 fansubs done by The Ranma Project in 1989. (They were a fansubbing group that was loosely connected to Cal Animage Alpha.)
There are some other contenders, though.
Old-timers have mentioned seeing what appeared to be a fansubbed version of Lupin III in 1986, but nobody has traced the provenance, so it's not quite clear if this is a fansub or some sort of commercial demo.
AnimEigo also claims to be the first fansubber, as before producing commercial VHS, they did a demo sub of Vampire Princess Miyu (probably around 1988) to use as proof-of-concept for getting Japanese licenses. However, since this was commercial rather than non-commercial, I'm not quite sure it counts as fansubbing.