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Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep25-26
With the return of the Jews (as they were now known) to Jerusalem, the historical narrative in the Old Testament basically peters out. The b...
Hellsing Ultimate, Moonlight Mile, Samurai 7, Senya Ichiya Monogatari, Video Girl Ai
Tengai Makyou
Our 300th release, or at least that's what is says on the release page. Orphan starts out 2023 on the right note with the first English-subt...
Cosmic Fantasy, Crest of the Stars, Tree in the Sun, Laughing Target, Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid
2022 in Review
2022 winds down as catastrophically as most other recent years. The war in Ukraine grinds on. A "tripledemic" rages in the US. Covid has ret...
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...
Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni
From the depths of the unfinished projects vault, Orphan and M74 bring you a new version of the 2014 sci-fi anime, Nemure Omoigo, Sora no S...
God Eater, Beast Saga, Berserk, D4 Princess, Girl from Phantasia
Chameleon 6 (Series End)
After more than seven years, it's done. Orphan started in on Chameleon in the spring of 2015, because it had been left unfinished - only the...
Bite me!, D4 Princess, Exper Zenon, One Piece, The Adventures of the Little Prince
Kimami ni Idol
Kimama ni Idol (Free-Spirited Idols) is a 1990 comedy OVA based on a manga by Kotani Kenichi. It tells the madcap tale of three teenage girl...
Fruits Basket, High Speed Jessie, Kaleido Star, Kizuna, Nozomi Witches
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
S3E8 - Burning (2018)
Hello everyone, In this episode of Heroic Purgatory: An Asian Cinema Podcast, John and Jason discuss the 2018 Lee Chang-dong film, Burning. They talk about the film's themes, style,…
Nana Toshi Monogatari
Here's another project that BlueFixer asked Orphan to redo: the two-part sci-fi OVA Nana Toshi Monogatari: Hokkyokukai Sensen ( A Tale of S...
Cherry no Manma, Everlasting Heart, D4 Princess, Sore Ike! Anpanman, Black Lion
Chameleon 5
We're seven months into a catastrophic 2022. War ranges unchecked in Ukraine. Inflation is at a forty-year high. Drought is killing the rive...
AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave, Candy Candy, Bite me!, High Speed Jessie, Ai no Kusabi
Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de 2
Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de ( In a Distant Time ) is an otome game franchise developed by Ruby Party. It spans at least a dozen…
Ah My Buddha!!, The Story of Saiunkoku, Waza no Tabibito, Ai no Kusabi, Batman: Gotham Knight
Status
I haven't done a status report in a long time, because for a long time, there was nothing to report. Now, though, there are quite a few proj...
Culture Club’s Impact on Me
In early 2021, a chance meeting with Karma Chameleon, Culture Club’s biggest hit, changed my life forever. And yes I know, that sounds quite dramatic, but it’s true.…
2021 in Review
The world continues to go to hell in a handbasket. The pandemic continues to rage. The world supply chain is borked. Inflation is rampant. W...
Rain Boy, Yawara!, Bakumatsu no Spasibo, Super Cub, Horimiya
Chameleon 4
What's this? Two episodes of Chameleon in the same calendar year? Is Satan gliding around his domain on ice skates? In the blog post for epi...
Mother: Saigo no Shoujo Eve
Here's another project whose antecedents are lost in the mists of time: an English subtitled version of the 1993 sci-fi movie Mother: Saigo ...
Fruits Basket, Joker, Kimagure Orange Road, Yamato 2520, Ai no Kusabi
To-Y Blu-ray
To-Y is a 1987 OVA about a Japanese indie rock band and its lead singer. It is based on a ten-volume manga by Kamijou Atsuji. To-Y …
Death Note, Karuizawa Syndrome, Satsujin Kippu wa Heart-iro, VINLAND SAGA, Black Lion
Komi Can’t Communicate #02 — Social Chameleon
What the show definitely needed was a slobbering gorilla threatening to rape someone. Impressions: This one lost quite a bit of shine from the first episode as…
Kageyama Tamio no Double Fantasy
Kageyama Tamio was a Japanese actor and writer. He is probably best known to anime audiences for his book Coo: Tooi Umi Kara Kita Coo , whic...
Summer Days with Coo, Mezzo, Oedo wa Nemurenai!, Dragon Ball, Okama Report
The Detective Is Already Dead Episode 11 Review – Best In Show
The Detective Is Already Dead Episode 11: Chameleon has Kimihiko trapped, and the sidekick just fired his last bullet. Now what can he do?
Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru. | Episode 11 Review
Episode eleven contained a little bit of irony that I found pretty funny. We have Chameleon say “Well now, that’s enough talk” then proceeds to continue talking. Then…
Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru - Episode 11 - Charlotte Shoots Bigger Machine Gun
Charlotte brings the big gun to help Kimi fight Chameleon. Helicopters and big bullets are helpful too. Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru - Episode 11.
Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru - Episode 10 - Charlotte Lost Again
Charlotte is a gambler. Not for casino games, though. She's terrible at those things. Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru - Episode 10.
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
Out of Gas
You've probably noticed that Orphan's releases this year lean heavily towards re-releases of past projects or of previously fansubbed material. Basically, the group is out of gas; our…
Nijuushi no Hitomi, Sakyo Komatsu's Animation Theater, Ambassador Magma, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Maps
Yamatarou Comes Back 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…
The Green Cat 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…
Billy Inu, Makoto-chan, The Green Cat, Sherlock Hound, Techno Police
Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro
Let's get 2021 started with a bang (so the speak), with another really obscure OVA, 1990's Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro ( Milky ...
Ai no Kusabi, Akai Hayate, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, The Magnificent Zorro, Naruto
Ideas for 2021
After 2020, "plans" seems altogether too strong a word for Orphan Fansubs' projects in 2021. So rather than write down some impossible set of goals, or even an…
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, Idea, Ambassador Magma, One Pound Gospel, Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro
Setsuna Yuki steals the show (and my heart) again
When nostalgia comes back to bite me in a very good way.
Bite Me: Yofukashi no Uta Initial Impressions
Kotoyama, the author of Japanese snack-themed manga Dagashi Kashi has a new manga: Yofukashi no Uta (“Song of Staying Up Late”), named after a song by the band…
Fall Shows I’ll Be Watching
Oh, right. I still have this thing. Hi again, everyone. Schoolwork came back to bite me in the ass. I’ve been subsisting on energy drinks, candy bars and…
OtakuGeneration (Show #19) with the Monday's Podcast crew
NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugeneration LJ community. Shownotes :: (show 019) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the cast…