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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…
Fullmetal Alchemist, Hellsing Ultimate, Fist of the North Star 2, Stop!! Hibari-kun!, Watt Poe
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…
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 Giann...
HAIKYU!!, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Silent Möbius, Yamato 2520, Dragon Century
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…
A Wind Named Amnesia, Amon Saga, Camelot, Hana no Ko Lunlun, Marine Express
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…
Oh! My Goddess, Bubblegum Crisis, Houkago no Tinker Bell, Mikan Enikki, Mr. Osomatsu
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;…
Outlanders, Run Melos, My Hero Academia, Golgo 13, Koiko no Mainichi
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...
Amon Saga, Bite me!, Cat's Eye, Rebecca, The Great Adventures of Robin Hood
Okama Hakusho (Okama Report)
This one needs warning labels: Borderline hentai! Outdated stereotypes! Nudity! Sex, mostly gay, some straight, some consensual, often not! ...
Urusei Yatsura, Captain Tsubasa, Kizuna, Peter Pan & Wendy, Sazae-san
Heart Cocktail Vol 5
Heart Cocktail , based on a manga series by Watase Seizou, is a joint project between DarkWispers (Darkonius), Lonely Chaser (MartyMcflies...
Akuma Tou no Prince: Mitsume ga Tooru, Bavi Stock, Dallos, Tree in the Sun, Ikkyu the Little Monk
Dallos (Blu-ray)
It's been more than ten years since Orphan first released Dallos . After release posts for the DVD version , the HD web version , and the la...
Joker Game, Karuizawa Syndrome, Magic Knight Rayearth, Bavi Stock, Bubblegum Crisis
Sanada 10 - The Battle of Sekigahara (Ep 1-3)
Sanada 10 - more formally, Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi ( New Legend of the Warring States Heroes: The Ten Warriors ...
BABYLON, Cowboy Bebop, Blue Flames, Blue Exorcist, Blue Sonnet
Sanada 10 Special
Once upon a time, in the ancient days of the mid-oughts, there was a TV series with the rather long title of Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densets...
Fire Tripper, Hellsing, Magic Knight Rayearth, Wild 7, My Hero Academia
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep22-24
The eighth volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales of the Old Testament covers the glory days of the Kingdom of Israel, its decline (mostly skipped)...
Armored Trooper Votoms, Run Melos, BABYLON, Tree in the Sun, Black Jack
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 o...
Death Note, Dragon Fist, Fruits Basket, Karuizawa Syndrome, Ushio and Tora
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 collec...
Even the Good Homer Nods (Don Dracula)
The Roman poet Horace noticed that in the Iliad , Homer reintroduced a character that he had previously killed off. Horace's comment was "Qu...
Urusei Yatsura, What's Michael?, Sangokushi, Doraemon, Doraemon
Arisa Good Luck
Here's a true bluebird: the 1999 one-shot OVA Arisa Good Luck . Last month, Tennouji, translator and proprietor of SakuraCircle, contacted m...
Nagasarete Airantou, Natsume's Book of Friends, Wedding Peach, Inukami!, Minion
Choujikuu Romanesque Samy: Missing 99
Choujikuu Romanesque Samy: MISSING 99 ( Superdimensional Romanesque Samy: MISSING 99 ) is a 1986 sci-fi fantasy that makes no sense along m...
Katte ni Shirokuma, Rurouni Kenshin, Sangokushi, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, Reign: The Conqueror
Chameleon 3
I bet you weren't expecting another episode of Chameleon . Frankly, neither was I. Even though laalg translation-checked all the remaining e...
Fruits Basket, Nozomi Witches, Saiyuki, Sangokushi, Tsuritama
Rain Boy v2
One of Orphan's earliest Tezuka Osamu projects was the set of six OVAs known as the Lion Books: 1 The Green Cat 1983 2 Rain Boy 1983 3…
Fire Emblem, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Chinpui, A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose, Fireball
Ohoshi-sama no Rail
I'm not sure how I feel about the 1993 movie Ohoshi-sama no Rail ( Rail of Stars ). Based on a 1983 autobiographical novel by Kobayashi Chi...
The Golden Bird, Nine, Stop!! Hibari-kun!, High Speed Jessie, Kinnikuman
Amatsuki Re-Revisited
You might wonder, with good reason, why Orphan is releasing a new version of Amatsuki , six years after our first release. That release is q...
Ghost in the Shell, Hand Maid Mai, High Score, Joker: Marginal City, Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid
Ipponbouchou Mantarou
Stop me if you've heard this one before. The son of a local grub shop is goaded by his father into seeking his fortune as a chef. He…
No Money!, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Mars, Oishinbo, Night Head Genesis
Cool Cool Bye
When a laserdisc of the 1986 fantasy OVA Cool Cool Bye turned up in a pile of discs the team bought in Japan, I thought it would…
Phoenix, Stop!! Hibari-kun!, Maris the Chojo, White Fang, Ai no Kusabi
Ten Years Ago on a Cold Dark Night...
It sort of slipped my mind with everything else that's going on these days, but this month is the tenth anniversary of Orphan Fansubs' firs...
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, Hand Maid Mai, Tree in the Sun, Nagasarete Airantou, Sanctuary
Amon Saga
This one is a bit odd: a new release of the 1986 sword-and-sorcery movie Amon Saga , based on a laserdisc rip. Amon Saga has already been…
Amon Saga, Bavi Stock, Gintama, Golgo 13: The Professional, Joker