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Chameleon 6 (Series End)
After more than seven years, it's done.Orphan started in on Chameleon in the spring of 2015, because it had been left unfinished - only the first episode was released in the US. It didn't take me long...
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Sugata Sanshiro
When Orphan released Botchan, I mentioned that YES raws had an equally good rip of the 1981 TV special, Sugata Sanshirou, just waiting to be translated. It's taken almost two years, but Orphan is...
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Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni
From the depths of the unfinished projects vault, Orphan and M74 bring you a new version of the 2014 sci-fi anime,Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni (Sleep Tight, My Baby, Cradled in the Sky). The first...
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Never Say Never Again (Cat-Eyed Boy 02)
Happy Halloween! Orphan again brings you some thrills and chills with the second episode of Umezz Kazuo's 1976 horror series Youkaiden Nekome Kozou (Spirit Legend Cat-Eyed Boy, here just Cat-Eyed...
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Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni (HD)
When we released Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni, a nyaa downloader asked why we hadn't used the high resolution R-Raws encode instead. There were three reasons:I wanted to finish the original...
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Wolf Guy v2
When Orphan released Wolf Guy back in 2016, I noted, "The laserdiscs came from two sources. The first three volumes are from Erik's collection and were encoded by him as Piyo Piyo Productions. The last...
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Kaitei 3-man Mile SD
Here's a standard-definition version of Kaitei 3-man Mile, encoded from the R2J DVD. There's not much to say about this release; it's a smaller version of the movie Orphan already released in...
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Hameln no Violin Hiki
Here's a project that everyone on the team loved: the 1996 short movie Hameln no Violin Hiki (The Violinist of Hamelin). Based on a 37-volume manga series by Watanabe Michiaki, Hameln tells the story...
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(Maris) The Choujo - Dual Audio
So... a dual audio version of Maris the Choujo, that is, an updated release including an English dub track. You may be asking yourself, "Has Collectr finally lost his marbles?" The answer is no; that...
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Fire Tripper
Orphan's Rumiko Takahashi mini-festival continues with 1985's OVA Fire Tripper. This is a terrific time-travel adventure, the first of the Rumic World OVAs. Orphan is proud to release a new version...
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Laughing Target
Orphan concludes (for now) its Rumiko Takahashi festival with the third Rumic World OVA, 1987's Warau Hyouteki (Laughing Target). This is a supernatural suspense yarn centering on a high-school student...
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Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep 16-18
Here is volume 6 of Tezuka Osamu's Tales of the Old Testament: In the Beginning, which concludes the Exodus story and starts the books about the conquest and settlement of the Promised Land.Episode 16...
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Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de 3: Kurenai no Tsuki
The Haruka Naru Toki properties, based on an otome game franchise from Ruby Party, is a persistent theme (or a running curse) running through Orphan's history. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Owarinaki...
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Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de 3: Owarinaki Unmei
And now the other shoe drops; Orphan presents a new version of the 2010 TV special, Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de 3: Owarinaki Unmei (In a Distant Time 3: Endless Destiny), the sequel to Haruka Naru Toki...
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What's in a Name?
Today, in honor of the anniversary of the passing of our late colleague, CP, QC extraordinaire for many groups, we have a mass release of ongoing shows: three episodes of the Yawara! Blu-ray series,...
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Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep19-21
The seventh volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament is the pivot point between the mythic and "historical" parts of the Bible. (Quotes needed, because little of the history of the United...
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Star Dust
Orphan's last release for 2022. The 1992 sci-fi OVA Star Dust is the brainchild of Itano Ichirou, a well-known action director who worked on Megazone 23, Macross, and other famous series. Most...
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2022 winds down as catastrophically as most other recent years. The war in Ukraine grinds on. A "tripledemic" rages in the US. Covid has returned to claim its due in China and elsewhere. (Three of our...
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Tengai Makyou
Our 300th release, or at least that's what is says on the release page. Orphan starts out 2023 on the right note with the first English-subtitled release of Tengai Makyou: Ziria Oboro Hen (Far East of...
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Doukyuusei: Climax v2
And now for something completely different. Orphan's next release is a revised version of the 1995 OVA Doukyuusei: Climax. The original release, done nearly ten years ago, used random Internet raws...
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