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Sanada 10 - The End of the Beginning... Actually, Just "The End" (Ep10-12)
The final episodes of Sanada 10 bring the series to a close... sort of. In fact, there are so many loose ends that it's clear the creators were planning a second season. But it never happened, so the...
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Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo!
Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo! (Wonderdog Liner 0011 Transform!) is a 1972 Toei sci-fi anime movie. It seems like a descendant of 1970's Kaitei 3-man Mile (30,000 Miles Under the Sea): same director,...
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Sanada 10 Batch
So here's Orphan's final word on Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi (Legend of the Warring States Heroes: The Ten Warriors of Sanada) aka Sanada 10: the batch torrent. It includes a...
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Heart Cocktail Vol 3
It would be difficult to riff changes on my previous blog posts about Heart Cocktail, so I'll focus on a different aspect of the series: the music. While the show usually features a light, jazzy...
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The Laughing Salesman Specials
With the release of the 23rd and last Laughing Salesman special, Evil-Saizen has completed its work on the series: 103 TV episodes, the pilot, and 23 specials. The project started near the end of 2013...
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Heart Cocktail Vol 4
Heart Cocktail, based on a manga series by Watase Seizou, is a joint project between DarkWispers (Darkonius), Lonely Chaser (MartyMcflies), and Orphan. Here is volume 4. This volume is basically just...
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Heart Cocktail Vol 5
Heart Cocktail, based on a manga series by Watase Seizou, is a joint project between DarkWispers (Darkonius), Lonely Chaser (MartyMcflies), and Orphan. Here is volume 5. This volume is basically just...
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Genji, Part 1
Here's another project that's been on my "to do" list for a long time: 1992's time-travel sci-fi mind-fuck OVA Genji (Part One). The "Part One" is the beginning of what will turn out to be a labyrinth...
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Heart Cocktail Vol 6
Heart Cocktail, based on a manga series by Watase Seizou, is a joint project between DarkWispers (Darkonius), Lonely Chaser (MartyMcflies), and Orphan. Here is the last volume, volume 6. It's basically...
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Heart Cocktail (Batch)
Here, as promised, is the batch release for Heart Cocktail.There are no changes.I really liked Heart Cocktail. I found it interesting, at times compelling viewing, despite the short length of the...
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Cat-Eyed Boy 03
Happy Halloween! Barely in time, Orphan yet again brings you some paper cut-out thrills and chills: the third episode of Umezz Kazuo's 1976 horror series Youkaiden Nekome Kozou (Spirit Legend Cat-Eyed...
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Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu
Here's another project that has been stuck in limbo for a very long time: the 2001 movie Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu (Life on Earth: The Summer of Dioxin). This is a very earnest,...
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Raiyantsuuri no Uta
Orphan is pleased to bring you the first English version of the 1994 movie Raiyantsuuri no Uta (The Song of Raiyantsuuri), a title so rare than AniDB doesn't even list any raw releases. Raiyantsuuri is...
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Okama Hakusho (Okama Report)
This one needs warning labels: Borderline hentai! Outdated stereotypes! Nudity! Sex, mostly gay, some straight, some consensual, often not! Watch at your own risk! So it's an Okizari release.Okama...
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Ai to Ken no Camelot
Some anime is great; some is awful. And some just leaves you scratching your head, not in confusion (like Genji, Part 1), but in bemusement. What have I just watched? Or Why was it ever made? That was...
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Uchuu Neko: Mardock no Bouken
So here's Orphan's holiday release, the 2016 short series Uchuu Neko: Mardock no Bouken (The Adventures of Mardock the Space Cat). This set of four shorts appeared on YouTube but remained sadly...
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A year of retreads and repeats, none of them good: War in Ukraine. War in the Middle East. Covid, flu, and RSV. Donald Trump and Joe Biden running for President. I want my year back.Orphan Fansubs...
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Fruit Brains
This one is literally hot off the presses - well, hot off the airways. Fruit Brains (Kudamonou) appeared on a Japanese variety show a few nights ago. It's so new that it doesn't appear in any anime...
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Mellow
Another year, another ecchi OVA about cross-dressing from Knack. This time it's 1993's Mellow, which is based on a manga by Kasahara Rin that has not been translated. Like Okama Hakusho, it poses its...
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One Pound Gospel
Takahashi Rumiko is best known for her long-running manga and anime series, like Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha, and Kyoukai no Rinne, but I love her shorter works. They showcase her talent for...
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