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DAYS OAD
Back in 2016, Orphan subbed DAYS: Touin Gakuensen, the second set of DAYS OADs and the next step in the Seiseki High School soccer team's quest for a championship. However, Touin Gakuensen was preceded...
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Asatte Dance
Here's another ecchi OVA from Knack: 1991's Asatte Dance (Dance till Tomorrow), adapted from a seven volume manga by Yamamoto Naoki. It's NSFW, but it's quite funny in its R-rated way.Our protagonist,...
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Nayuta
Nayuta is a 1986 sci-fi OVA,based on a three volume manga by Sasaki Junko. (The manga is not available in English.) It's another show that attempts to explain the meaning of Life, the Universe, and...
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Satsujin Kippu wa Heart-iro v2
Satsujin Kippu wa Heart-iro (The Murder Ticket Is Heart-Colored) is a 1990 standalone OVA based on a series of young adult novels for women by Yamaura Hiroyasu. Orphan released the show in 2016. We're...
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Heart Cocktail Again
Twenty years after the original Heart Cocktail manga, Watase Seizou released another anime collection, Heart Cocktail Again. Unlike the original series, which languished on the wrong side of the...
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Science Saru x MBS Original Short Anime Daisakusen
Here's another set of four 90-second anime from Japanese TV. Titled Science Saru x MBS Original Short Anime Daisakusen - the title takes longer to read than the episodes take to watch - these shorts...
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Boku no Oldies wa All-Color
After Heart Cocktail, Watase Seizou released three more anime collections based on his stories:1987: Boku no Oldies wa All-Color (My All-Color Oldies)1988: Chalk-iro no People (Chalk-Colored...
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Bakuen Campus Guardress
When I first watched Bakuen Campus Guardress (Combustible Campus Guardress), a four-episode episode OVA from 1994, I was gobsmacked by how trope-ridden it was. Ancient conflict between Light and Dark...
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I turn 77 today, reinforcing my title as Oldest Living Fansubberâ„¢. It reminds me how long I've been doing this (17 years - not as long as some, however), how many groups and people I've worked with...
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Raw, Raw, Raw!
It's my birthday (big whoop), so in honor of that, Orphan is releasing some more "raws from the attic." Or in more truthful terms, our stash of raws is overflowing, and we're releasing some in hopes of...
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Captain Bal
The Young Animator Training Project, variously known as Anime Mirai, Anime Tamago, and now, Anime no Tane, is an annual project sponsored by the Japanese government to train new animators. Except in...
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Chalk-iro no People
After Heart Cocktail, Watase Seizou released three more anime OVAs based on his stories:1987: Boku no Oldies wa All-Color (My All-Color Oldies)1988: Chalk-iro no People (Chalk-Colored People)1992: Two...
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Bride of Deimos
Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku (Bride of Deimos: The Orchid Suite) is a 1988 one-shot OVA. It's based on an incomplete 17-volume manga by Ashiba Yuuho and Ikeda Itsuko; even a seven-volume...
View ArticleHiatus, Involuntary (Again)
I'm giving advance warning that my fansubbing activities, and releases from the Orphan team, will be curtailed for a few months. This time, it's not Covid but cataracts: I'm having surgery in each eye,...
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I'm less than halfway through my enforced hiatus for cataract surgery, but something remarkable has happened. Instead of Orphan's work grinding to a halt, there has been an avalanche of activity,...
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Chuck Shimezou
I'm really fond of the Young Animators' Training Project (which has had various name, according to the Wikipedia article) and its OVAs. The shows vary widely in themes, art style, writing, etc.;...
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Ore no Sora
Ore no Sora:Keiji Hen (My Skies: Detective Chapter) is a two-episode OVA from 1991-1992. It's based on a best-selling manga by Mitomiya Hiroshi. It spawned multiple sequels and prequels, as well as a...
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Koiko no Mainichi
Koiko no Mainichi (Koiko's Days) is a two episode OVA, released in 1989 and 1990. It is based on a 32-volume manga by George Akiyama; the manga has not been translated into English. The manga is...
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Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi
Over the years, many people have asked Orphan to do Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi (Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes: The Prince's Journey), a 1992 OVA based on the video game from...
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Houkago no Tinker Bell
Houkago no Tinker Bell (After School: Tinker Bell) is a one-shot OVA based on the second in a series of 23 (!) light novels by Hyuuga Shouichirou, all of which riff on a fairy tail, a literary work for...
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