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Utsu no Miko
Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko (Heaven Chapter: Prince of the Skies), commonly called just Utsu no Miko, is a well-known OVA series, released in 13 installments between 1990 and 1992 and fully subtitled....
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Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko
And now the other shoe drops. Orphan presents the first English-subtitled release of the movie version of Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko (Prince of the Skies: Heaven Chapter). The movie, released in 1990...
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Tanjou: Debut
Tanjou: Debut (Birth: Debut) is a two-episode shoujo OVA from 1994. It was originally subbed in the VHS-fansub era. Its two stories revolve around a quartet of high school girls - Ito Aki, Tanaka Kumi,...
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Reader's Digest Condensed Anime - Cello Hiki no Gauche (1998)
Some Japanese stories are so beloved that the have been made into an anime many times. One of them is Miyazawa Kenji's Cello Hiki no Gauche (Gauche the Cellist), with at least five anime...
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Condensed Anime Take 2 - Hashire Melos 1979
Just like Cello Hiki no Gauche, Hashire Melos is a beloved Japanese story. Written in 1940 by Dazai Osamu, known for the novels No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Hashire Melos has been brought to...
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Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu
As I promised/threatened in my blog post about Naki no Ryuu'91, here is the predecessor three volume OVA, Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu (Flying Legend of Mahjong: The Calling Dragon), aka Naki no...
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Swearing Off Yakuza Shows
As I said in my previous post, Orphan is done with Yakuza shows, at least for a while. That means we won't be subbing Abe George Kattobi Seishun Ki: Shibuya Honky Tonk (familiarly known as Shibuya...
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Kimu no Juujika (Kim's Cross)
Kimu no Juujika (Kim's Cross) is a 1990 movie based on the novel of the same name by Wada Noboru. It tells the story of Koreans forced into slave labor in Japan during the waning days of World War II....
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Heart Cocktail: Spring Stories
As hoped/promised/threatened, DarkOrphanChaser is back with more Watase Seizou; in this case, his latest spin on the Heart Cocktail formula: Heart Cocktail Colorful. This series of 15 shorts is...
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Magma Taishi! (Ep 1-4)
Orphan is delighted to release the first installment of Tezuka Osamu's 1993 OVAs, Magma Taishi (Ambassador Magma). We'll be doing a second mini-batch of four, and a final mini-batch of five, episodes...
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Tooyamazakura Uchuuchou: Yatsu no Na wa Gold (Samurai Gold)
To paraphrase the great Jimmy Buffet, I think this one might be my fault; but darkcart also accepts some responsibility, so this is a joint Inka-Orphan clusterfuck.The awkwardly named Tooyamazakura...
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Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 5
No, Orphan didn't forget about this series. Real Lifeâ„¢ events sidelined the encoder, the timer, and others during the first quarter of 2025, but everyone's back now. So here are more ghostly doings in...
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Junk Boy
When I was "breaking into" fansubbing, if such a thing can be said to happen, I edited anything that was offered to me. That's how I ended up working on shows that were way outside my wheelhouse, like...
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Heart Cocktail Colorful: Summer Stories
DarkOrphanChaser is back with asecond set of Watase Seizou's Heart Cocktail Colorful episodes. These five are set in Summer; hence, "Summer Stories". Despite the season, these stories seems a shade...
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Heart Cocktail Colorful: Winter Stories
DarkOrphanChaser is back with its final set of Watase Seizou's Heart Cocktail Colorful episodes. These five are set in Winter (actually, Fall and Winter); hence, "Winter Stories". Despite the season,...
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Heart Cocktail Colorful Batch
So here is the batch torrent for Heart Cocktail Colorful. There are no changes from the individual "season" releases; this is strictly for convenience of downloading.This release marks the end of the...
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Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 6
Here's the last volume of Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), completing the series Orphan started last November. What, you say? Aren't there seven volumes of School Ghosts? There are, but technically,...
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Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Batch
So here's the batch torrent for Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), containing all six volumes. There have been no changes. This is strictly for convenience of downloading.The translator, Perevodildo,...
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The First Line
Here's another SIPâ„¢ (Skr Instant Project): The First Line. Skr saw this short, translated, timed, and typeset it, and then asked for help releasing it. Perevodildo translation checked, Nemeis and I...
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Usagi-chan de Cue
Usagi-chan de Cue!! (The Rabbit Is Cu(t)e!!) is a 2001 boob-and-pantsu sci-fi OVA. I've always had a soft spot for the show, because it was the very first orphan I tried to rescue. C1 had subbed the...
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Magma Taishi! (Ep 5-7)
After looking at the arc breaks, I decided it made more sense to release Magma Taishi (Ambassador Magma) in four batches of four, three, three, and three episodes, respectively. So this release include...
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Shin Gakkou no Yuurei
Orphan presents the sequel to Gakkou no Yuurei, simply called Shin Gakkou no Yuurei (True School Ghosts). It differs from the main series in several ways, for example, new animation houses and new...
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Magma Taishi (Ep 8-10)
In this next set of Magma Taishi (Ambassador Magma) episodes, things look increasingly bleak for the good guys. Goa's monsters continue to hunt for Murakami Mamoru, and only Magma and Gam can save his...
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Magma Taishi (Ep 11-13)
With its final three episodes, Magma Taishi (Ambassador Magma) winds itself up, runs at a furious pace, takes a gigantic flying left turn, and jumps over a Megalodon-sized shark. Tezuka Osamu's shounen...
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Magma Taishi, Batch
So here's Orphan's last word on Magma Taishi (Ambassador Magma), the 13-episode 1993 sci-fi OVA based (very loosely) on Tezuka Osamu's 1960's manga and tokustatsu TV series. The batch includes fixes to...
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