Domesday
The Orphan team has been expending a lot (too much) of its free cash buying analog media (VHS tapes and laserdiscs) in Japan and getting them transcribed to digital form. We really feel we're in a race...
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Izumo (1991)
No, not that one. And definitely not that one. Rather, it's this one, the first one, a two episode OVA from 1991. Izumo is based on a Tsuzuki Kazuhiko's four-volume manga from 1990. The manga has not...
View Article"The World Is Full of Bad Fansubs"
After almost every Orphan release, the nyaa comments section includes a couple of heartfelt pleas for Orphan to tackle other anime. Usually, these are untranslated shows or movies, but sometimes, they...
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Kasei Yakyoku
Here's a rare bird, not just for Orphan, but for anime as a whole - a four-part josei OVA, 1989's Kasei Yakyoku (Nightsong of Splendor). Josei is probably the least common of the mainstream anime and...
View ArticleTake Our Scripts, Please
I received a question on BakaBT about translating Orphan's scripts into other languages. Unfortunately, I deleted the question before I answered it, so I'll answer it here: feel free. You can use...
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Akuma Tou no Prince: Mitsume ga Tooru
Akuma Tou no Prince: Mitsume ga Tooru (The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island) was aired in 1985 as part of NTV's "Love Will Save the Earth" telethon. It was the seventh of nine specials to...
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Nine: Original-ban
Adachi Mitsuru and baseball romcoms go together like ice cream and chocolate sprinkles. For more than three decades, he has written hit manga series focusing on baseball and teenage romantic comedy,...
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Nine 2: Koibito Sengen
Here's the second installment in the Nine trilogy, Nine 2: Koibito Sengen (Nine 2: Declaring Love). It covers our heroes' (and heroines') second year at Seishuu High, with the usual double focus on...
View ArticleRaws from the Abyss
The team members in Orphan tend to collect rarities on analog media, even if there's no real intent of ever subbing them. So here's another raw release, the 1990 movie Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko. Not...
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Nine: Kanketsuhen
The Nine saga comes to a close with the third installment, 1984's Nine: Kanketsuhen (Nine: Final). Niimi Katsuya, Karasawa Susumu, and Kurahashi Eiji are all third-years, as are Nakao Yuri and Yasuda...
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Eguchi Hisashi no Kotobuki Gorou Show
Most of the time, Orphan gets its laserdisc encodes from Erik of Piyo Piyo Productions, but when it comes to ecchi, not to mention downright sketchy, material, our supplier of choice is ics- of...
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Oshare Kozou wa Hanamaru
The Margaret video series was a set of six shoujo OVAs released at monthly intervals in 1993. They were based on manga published in Margaret magazine and animated by Madhouse. In chronological order,...
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Happy Holidays from Orphan Fansubs
On behalf of all the dogs and cats and other critters of Orphan Fansubs...Here's wishing you a joyous, and safe, holiday season.(Yeah, it's last year's blog entry, but it's still cute.)
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Mahoutsukai Tai! vs Shamanic Princess
When Orphan released Oshare Kozou wa Hanamaru a few days ago, I told the team it would be the last release for 2018, and everyone could relax until next year. Little Did I Know what those unsuspecting...
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With Our Best Wishes
Who can resist a cute cat on Christmas Day?Best holiday wishes from the Orphan Fansubs team.
View Article2018 in Review
Another banner year for Orphan Fansubs, full of interesting releases, including two long and very different series, Stop!! Hibari-kun and Hidamari no Ki - both orphan rescues, by the way.Orphan...
View Article2019 Plans
(This is just a rewrite of my usual status-plus-recruiting post, so don't get your expectations too high.)I surveyed the team about what projects we should do in 2019, and as usual, there are more...
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Majo demo Steady
Orphan's first release for 2019!Although Erik at Piyo Piyo Productions is the most prolific ripper and encoder of Japanese anime laserdiscs that have been stranded on the wrong side of the digital...
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Eguchi Hisashi no Nantoka Narudesho!
As I've said before, 80s and 90s OVAs are like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to find. Some are good, some are great, and a few are outright stinkers. (Yes, I mean you, Bavi...
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Ultra Nyan (Theatrical Version)
When Orphan released Ultra Nyan: Hoshizora kara Maiorita Fushigi Neko, I thought that the encode looked a bit washed out. I asked the team to look for the laserdisc, in order to make a new encode....
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