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Hidamari no Ki, Part 3
Here is the next installment of Hidamari no Ki: episodes 14 through 19. We're in the third quarter now, and the pace picks up accordingly. From natural catastrophes like a great cholera epidemic, to...
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Dallos HD
If you track Erik's laserdisc releases, you'll know that he ripped the Dallos special. I wanted to subtitle the special, but that required revisiting the original Dallos OVA scripts and piecing them...
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Bremen 4
With the release of the 1981 TV special Bremen 4, Orphan and M74 have completed their high-definition survey of Tezuka Osamu's feature length anime movies for NTV's annual telethon. The eight Tezuka...
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Zetsuai 1989
So here's the granddaddy of them all, the 1992 BL OVA Zetsuai 1989. While not the first BL anime (the first volume of Ai no Kusabi preceded it by six months), Zetsuai is arguably the most influential...
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Katte ni Shirokuma
Here's another lost, offbeat OVA, 1987's Katte ni Shirokuma (Whatever, White Bear). Iri picked it up from an auction site during one of his shopping forays for used Japanese laserdiscs. Eventually, the...
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Dallos Special
The Dallos special is an edited compilation of the four episode OVA series. Like most compilation specials, if you've seen the original show, you don't need to watch the special. However, the Japanese...
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Stop!! Hibari-kun! 13-18
As I said in my end-of-2017 summary, Orphan is working on two relatively long series this year. One of them, of course, is Stop!! Hibari-kun!, the 1983 comedy series. It's still a struggle, but here...
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A Viewer's Guide to Stop!! Hibari-kun 19
Episode 19 of Stop!! Hibari-kun! is a non-stop cascade of parodies, references, and verbal and visual puns - so much so that the normal "translation notes" simply won't suffice. During translation...
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Stop!! Hibari-kun! Episodes 19-24
Towards the end of this group of six episodes, Stop!! Hibari-kun! finally and irretrievably jumps the shark.The first 18 episodes had roughly three episodes of anime-original material; the last 17 have...
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Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo movie 1 HD
Aren't you sick of the first Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo movie yet? I certainly am. First, Orphan did the laserdisc version. Then we did the "full 480p" version. And now, here is a 720p version,...
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Stop!! Hibari-kun! Episodes 25-30
So here's some more Hibari-kun hijinks and mayhem, episodes 25-30. This batch includes the wrap-up of the Kurikara Detectives arc (thank goodness) as well as the last episode adapted from manga...
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Stop!! Hibari-kun! Episodes 31-35
So Stop!! Hibari-kun! stumbles across the finish line with five random episodes showing the scriptwriters scraping the bottom of the barrel for reused story lines and tropes. Time travel, body...
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Stop!! Hibari-kun! Batch
Here is Orphan's final word on Stop!! Hibari-kun: the batch torrent, with all 35 episodes. Episodes 12 and 13 received additional checking, while episodes 15, 16, 17, 20, and 23 have minor corrections....
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Kaguya-hime: Taketori Monogatari
So... Princess Kaguya hentai. Because...well, why, Japan?The idea of subbing the 1987 hentai OVA Kaguya-hime: Taketori Monogatari (Princess Kaguya: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) has been floating...
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Every Day Is Sunday
Mainichi ga Nichiyoubi (Every Day Is Sunday), a six-episode OVA from 1990 to 1992, is another show that's been percolating for a long time - in this case, more than two years. The project started when...
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Oruorane the Cat Player
Oruorane the Cat Player (Neko Hibi no Oruorane), a 1992 OVA, is a charming sleeper that has languished in totally undeserved obscurity. Thanks to Orphan and Piyo Piyo Productions, it is now available...
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Dokushin Apartment Dokudami-sou
Dokushin Apartment Dokudami-sou (Singles Apartment Dokudami-sou) is a very ecchi, not to say rather sketchy, three-part OVA from 1989. It was one of the very first laserdiscs that ics- ripped when he...
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Sangokushi (1985)
The Japanese are obsessed with chaotic parts of their history, like the Sengoku and the Bakumatsu, both of which have been the subject of numerous anime, movies, TV shows, manga, books, and games....
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Techno Police 21C
I've wanted to do a subtitled version of 1982's Techno Police 21C for quite a while, although not since 1982. A dubbed version has been available for several years, but it's a VHS source, and I had my...
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Bronze: Zetsuai ~ Since 1989
Bronze: Zetsuai ~ Since 1989 is the 1996 sequel to the pioneering BL OVA Zetsuai 1989, which Orphan released earlier this year. It brings the story of singer Nanjou Kouji and soccer prodigy Izumi...
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