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Elf 17
Orphan's projects get started for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, a raw intrigues one of the translators. Sometimes, an orphaned series gets resuscitated by fortuitous circumstances. And sometimes,...
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Ten Years Ago on a Cold Dark Night...
It sort of slipped my mind with everything else that's going on these days, but this month is the tenth anniversary of Orphan Fansubs' first formal release.As I described in this blog post, the name...
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Eiyuu Banka Koushi-den
In these disastrous times since the 2016 US election, I've taken solace in watching (and endlessly rewatching) The Great British Baking Show. One highlight that sticks in my memory is when Mary Berry,...
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Waza no Tabibito
Here's a modern OVA that slipped under the radar, 2011's Waza no Tabibito (Skills Journey). Waza is virtually a one-man production - created, written, designed, directed, and produced bymangaka...
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Nagasaki 1945: Angelus no Kane (The Angelus Bell)
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, is less well known that the bombing of Hiroshima three days earlier, for several reasons. Because it was first, Hiroshima has become synonymous with...
View ArticleMea Maximum Culpa (Exper Zenon v2)
What, another v2? Yup... and for a problem that's happened before: timecodes. Several of the raws Orphan has used have had timecode problems. For example, a discrepancy between Aegisub and MPC-HC...
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Sweet Spot
Here's an almost totally unknown work from director Sugii Gisaburou, the 1991 OVA Sweet Spot. Based on a manga by Chuusonji Yutsuko, it tells the story of OL (office lady) extraordinaire and golf...
View ArticleChoosing Sources
Orphan does many of its show from analog sources - laserdisc by preference, VHS if need be. This reflects the team's interest in the "anime that time forgot" rather than nostalgia for old technology....
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Saiyuuki (1960) HD
In honor of the 60th anniversary of its release in 1960, Orphan is releasing a high-definition version of Saiyuuki, encoded from an HDTV version of the movie's recent 4K remastering. Our loyal fans...
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Makoto-chan the Movie
Some western anime audiences are familiar with Crayon Shin-chan, a very long running Japanese anime series about a five-year-old boy with lecherous proclivities and a tendency to run around without his...
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Sensou Douwa: Tako ni Natta Okaasan
Sensou Douwa (War Tales or War Fables) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In chronological order:2002Â Â Â Umigame to Shounen (The Boy and The Sea...
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Cool Cool Bye
When a laserdisc of the 1986 fantasy OVA Cool Cool Bye turned up in a pile of discs the team bought in Japan, I thought it would be nice to redo the show. Up until now, all releases have been based on...
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Ave Atque Vale, Moguro Fukuzou
It's has taken more than six years, but Evil-Saizen has finally finished the main sequence of Laughing Salesman. After 103 episodes, Moguro Fukuzou has satisfied (ensnared) his last customer (victim)...
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Botchan
Orphan is proud to present the first English version of the 1980 TV special Botchan. (It should not be confused with the shorter version that was included in 1986's Animated Classics of Japanese...
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Ipponbouchou Mantarou
Stop me if you've heard this one before. The son of a local grub shop is goaded by his father into seeking his fortune as a chef. He attracts the attention of powerful culinary forces as well as...
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Majo demo Steady... v3?
Ever since Orphan released Majo demo Steady (My Steady Is a Witch) two years ago, I've wanted to do a version with better video (the original raw isn't cropped properly) and audio (only one channel is...
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Apfelland Monogatari
For some time, BlueFixer has been looking for a better source to redo the 1992 movie Apfelland Monogatari (The Tale of Apfelland). When a used laserdisc turned up on a Japanese auction site, we bought...
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Amatsuki Re-Revisited
You might wonder, with good reason, why Orphan is releasing a new version of Amatsuki, six years after our first release. That release is quite watchable. Why are we bothering? First, the previous...
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Yume kara Samenai
And here's Orphan last release for 2020: Yume kara Samenai (Can't Stop Dreaming). An OVA from 1987, it practically screams "young adult title." It's aimed squarely at the teenage demographic, and its...
View Article2020 In Review
Boy, am I happy to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror. Pandemic, protests, political polarization... Millions dead world-wide... It can't end soon enough. Despite that, Orphan Fansubs had a pretty good...
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