Well, back then you mostly just wouldn't have heard much at all about most of the kinds of shows which just get an official sub and no fansubber attention. Ven

Well, back then you mostly just wouldn't have heard much at all about most of the kinds of shows which just get an official sub and no fansubber attention. Venture into the realm of even slightly obscure and you generally have ... zero to one choices of script translation, usually. To this day, even.