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Garden of Remembrance
Yamada Naoki is a modern anime auteur. She started at Kyoto Animation, where she became one of the youngest directors in its history, helming TV series including K-On and Tamako Market, and movies...
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Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni
This has been on my wish list for a very long time: the 1992 TV special Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni (Across the Surging Times). It is based on Suzuki Kouji's award-winning 1991 novel, Paradise, which...
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Princess Army
Princess Army: Wedding Combat (to give it its full title) is a two-part OVA from 1992. It's a teaser for a 12 volume manga by Kitagawa Miyuki that has not been translated into English. The story...
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Nijuushi no Hitomi
Nijuushi no Hitomi (Twelve Sets of Eyes) is a 1980 TV special based on a perennially popular novel by Tsuboi Sakae. In addition to this anime, it has been made into a movie twice and into a TV drama no...
View ArticleSeeding Bonanza!
Here's something extraordinary. [M]-V is Orphan's one-man distribution team. He provides Orphan|Arutha, the IRC bot that serves (and stores) Orphan's entire output. His other bots serve dozens of other...
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Nemurenu Yoru no Chiisana Ohanashi
Here's a charming all-ages OVA from 1992, Nemurenu Yoru no Chiisana Ohanashi(Little Stories for Sleepless Nights). It's based on a column by Hara Yuuko that ran in Monthly Kadokawa magazine. Hara is...
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Ryokunohara Labyrinth
Ryokunohara Labyrinth in a 1990 shounen-ai OVA. It centers on two boys, Imanishi Hiroki and Tokino Kanata, who have been best friends (and perhaps more) since childhood. One day, Hiroki is struck by a...
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Tottoi
Inka and Orphan are pleased to bring you Tottoi, an environmental fable (or fairy tale) from 1992. Based on a novel by Italian writer Gianni Padoan, it tells the story of a young Sardinian boy,...
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Ushiro no Hyakutaro
Ushiro no Hyakutaro (Hyakutaro Behind or Hyakutaro in Back) is a two-volume OVA from 1991. Based on a eight-volume manga by Tsunada Jirou, which has not been translated, it's an odd amalgam of...
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Comedy in the Raw
Time for some more raws from the attic. These two are rare comedies that never made it past laserdisc.Go Go Toraeman is a one-shot OVA from 1986. Based on a manga by Takahashi Haruo, it's a slapstick...
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Two on the Road
 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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Kingdom of Chaos: Born to Kill
At long last, another orphan project completed! In this case, it's a four-part OVA from 2003-2004, Kingdom of Chaos: Born to Kill. It is based on an online browser game, Kingdom of Chaos: Spectral...
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Cat-Eyed Boy Returns! (Episodes 4-6)
Orphan brings you more 1970s thrills and chills: episodes four to six of Umezz Kazuo's 1976 horror series Youkaiden Nekome Kozou (Spirit Legend Cat-Eyed Boy, here just Cat-Eyed Boy).When we last left...
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Portrait of the Psychopath as a Young Man (Aoki Honoo v2)
Aoki Honoo is a one-shot OVA from 1989, based on a six-volume manga by Yanagasawa Kimio, a prolific mangaka who is almost unknown in the West. It was translated by Random Masters and released by ACR...
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Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 1
Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts) is an anthology of ghost stories, mostly set at schools. Seven volumes were released between 1995 and 1999. Each volume has multiple, independent stories. Because...
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Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 2
Starting with volume 2, Gakkou no Yuurei began including live-action segments. Why? No idea. Perhaps live-action is less expensive to make. However, I find it disconcerting, and the special-effects are...
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Naki no Ryuu - Hiryuu no Shou
It's rare that I am totally baffled by an anime, but this one managed to do it. A one episode OVA from 1991, Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu - Hiryuu no Shou (Flying Legend of Mahjong: The Calling...
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OL Kaizou Kouza
Here's a ripe/overripe/rancid piece of Japanese misogyny from 1990, OL Kaizou Kouza (Office Lady Remodeling Course). The AniDB blurb attempts to cast it as a wacky comedy. It's not. At best, it's...
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Happy Holidays from Orphan Fansubs
Well, it's that time of the year again. In the immortal words of Otis B. Driftwood, "Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor."This...
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In Memorian (Cat-Eyed Boy Episodes 7-8)
Between the Halloween release of Cat-Eyed Boy episodes 4, 5, and 6, and this Christmas release of episodes 7 and 8, the anime world lost two major contributors of particular relevance to this show: the...
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