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Meisou-Ou Border v2
Orphan is releasing a second version of Meisou-Ou Border (Wandering Kings: Border, or something like that), with vastly improved video. This version is so different that I feel it should have an...
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Tezuka Osamu Ga Kieta?! 20 Seiki Saigo no Kaijiken
Tezuka Osamu Ga Kieta?! 20 Seiki Saigo no Kaijiken (Tezuka Osamu Vanished?! The Last Great Mystery of the 20th Century) is a TV special created by Tezuka Productions in 2000 to celebrate its namesake...
View ArticleTranslators, Encoders Wanted! (aka Status)
I've mentioned before that Orphan's three-year run of frequent releases has come to an end, due to lack of resources, but I wanted to show how dire the situation actually is:Waiting on encoding (VHS...
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Singles v2
Here's a revised version of the 1993 Margaret OVA Singles. You can read all about the plot and the voice actors in my original blog post.This first version used an Internet raw that was very blurry and...
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Sangokushi movie 3
The third movie of the Sangokushi trilogy is Sangokushi Dai San Bu Harukanaru Taichi (Sangokushi: The Distant Land). With this release, Orphan completes its work on Sangokushi, at least for a while:...
View ArticleOkizari Reloaded
At the end of 2014, Orphan did a couple of hard-core h-anime that had been left unfinished. They didn't go through the same process as normal projects, and none of the staffers who worked on them...
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Tomoe's Run! - A New Version
Orphan has already released two versions of the 1991 OVA Tomoe's Run! (Tomoe ga Yuku!) - the original and a patch to fix a timing problem - so this is technically v3, but who's counting? Erik at Piyo...
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Let's Nupu Nupu
I have a secret (well, maybe not so secret) weakness for ecchi gag shows; for example, Hanaukyo Maid Tai. Here's one of the ecchiest and sketchiest, 1998's Let's Nupu Nupu. This is the first release...
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AWOL Compression Remix
The 1998 series AWOL is infamous in anime history because of its lethargic pacing. It was so poorly regarded that the original TV series was never released on home media in Japan. Instead, the series...
View ArticleImperfect Raws
Streaming services in Japan are republishing classic anime series and movies in record quantities, often in high definition, sometimes remastered. That's good news for fans of old anime, because many...
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Hashire Melos (1992) v2
I was a bit unhappy with Orphan's original release of the 1992 movie Hashire Melos (Run, Melos). First, it was very big - 2.3GB for a movie that wasn't even full SD. Second, the encode was in two...
View ArticleOrphans Dashboard
Except for short-runtime shows, few current series are left orphaned, because almost everything gets streamed and captured. Thus, orphaned series are mostly a matter of the back catalog.Orphans rescued...
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Hiatari Ryoukou
Every now and then, I remember that Orphan Fansubs was started to complete seriesĀ abandoned (orphaned) by other groups. Simultaneous streaming has reduced the likelihood of abandoned series, so the...
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Karuizawa Syndrome
Here's another OVA with a bit of a checkered past, 1985's Karuizawa Syndrome. As originally made, it included live-action sequences of nude AV models. The sequences had nothing much to do with the...
View Article2019 in Review
After three years of continuous project growth, Orphan cut back this year. Many people on staff, particularly the translators and encoders, were snatched up by that dread event called Real Life; others...
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Cleopatra Blu-ray
Here is the Orphan's third version of Tezuka Osamu's 1970 "erotic cartoon"Cleopatra. The first was based on topfh's excellent but upscaled DVD rip; the second on a high-definition web stream; and this...
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Hiatari Ryoukou! Kasumi: You Were In My Dream
Often, an anime movie that follows a successful TV series is a summary compilation, like the movies made from World Masterpiece Theater series or Blue Gender: the Warrior. Sometimes, it actually...
View ArticleStatus 2020
I haven't done a status update in a while, and the news isn't good. Most of Orphan's projects, or potential projects, are stalled for lack of resources, notably translation checking and encoding....
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Senya Ichiya Monogatari Blu-ray
Here is the Orphan's third version of Tezuka Osamu's 1969 "erotic cartoon"Senya Ichiya Monogatari, usually translated as 1001 Nights. The first was based on topfh's excellent but upscaled DVD rip; the...
View ArticleSubs Versus Dubs: The Debate Renewed
Korean drama Parasite's underdog win at this years Oscars has triggered anew the debate about subtitles versus dubbing. As this article in Vox explains, the subs vs dubs argument has now spilled over...
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