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Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko
And now the other shoe drops. Orphan presents the first English-subtitled release of the movie version of Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko ( Prince...
Dragon Fist, High Speed Jessie, Sangokushi, Slam Dunk, Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Tsuyoshi no Time Machine de Shikkari Shinasai
My Discord colleagues in the Inka kairetsu have a dismissive term for the vast bulk of anime that is neither outstanding nor outstandingly ...
Sailor Moon, Akai Hayate, Gakkou no Yuurei, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Graduation
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 Outdated stereotypes!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


The Best Anime to Watch on Halloween
A list of some of my favorite anime to watch on Halloween Vampire Hunter D, Call Me Tonight, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Paranoia Agent, Curse of Kazuo Umezu, Pet Shop…
Mononoke, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Princess Miyu, Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
SNS Interview: Wataru Watari and Hironori Hoshino
Hello everyone! Your late host Sakaki here with another auditory update! This time we had the pleasure of interviewing Wataru Watari autho...
Girlish Number, Macross, Master Keaton, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Ghost Sweeper Mikami
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
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
Laughing Target
Orphan concludes (for now) its Rumiko Takahashi festival with the third Rumic World OVA, 1987's Warau Hyouteki ( Laughing Target ). This is...
Death Note, Laughing Target, Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro, Nozomi Witches, One Pound Gospel
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
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
Hayou no Tsurugi
Hayou no Tsurugi was a series of forty (!) light novels by Maeda Tomiko, published between 1989 and 2017. (A spinoff series, Hayou no Tsuru...
Perrine Monogatari, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Zipang, Dragon Fist, MAJOR 2nd
Sotsugyou: Graduation
There are lots of OVAs with Graduation in the title. This one is the two episode OVA from 1995. It is based on a dating sim game and…
Boku no Boukuugou, Cerberus, Fruits Basket, RahXephon, Sailor Victory


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


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


Blue Sonnet
Akai Kiba Blue Sonnet ( Crimson Fang Blue Sonnet ), usually known as just Blue Sonnet , is a five-episode OVA series from 1989. It is based...
Maps, Nozomi Witches, Reign: The Conqueror, AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave, Kiba


MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-tachi
Here's a wonderful example of the "wide-screen baroque" school of anime science fiction, the 1987 movie MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-t...
1990’s TV Anime – What Anime Looked Like In 1993
Shows starting in 1993: Miracle Girls, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Little Women II: Jo’s Boys, The Brave Express Might Gaine, Sailor Moon R, Gosaurer Mobile Suit V Gundam, Ghost…
Dragon League, Little Women, Lupin III, Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon R


OtakuGeneration (Show #302) Terminology, Part 2
Shownotes :: (show302) :: () :: () :: () :: () With terminology, recorded live March 20th, 2011. This week we continued our discussion on terminology and talked…
Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Guin Saga, Linebarrels of Iron, Durarara!!, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood


OtakuGeneration (Show #301) Terminology
Shownotes :: (show301) :: () :: () :: () :: () With terminology, recorded live March 13th, 2011. This week we discussed the various terminology that we otaku…
Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Linebarrels of Iron, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
OtakuGeneration (Show #300) Madoka Magica
Shownotes :: (show300) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Madoka Magica, recorded live March 6th, 2011. This week we talked…
Durarara!!, Heroic Age, Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, Sgt. Frog, Soul Eater
OtakuGeneration (Show #299) Bartender
Shownotes :: (show 299) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Bartender, recorded live February 27th, 2011. This week we discussed…
Clannad, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Durarara!!, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Guin Saga


OtakuGeneration (Show #294) Winter Preview (part 2)
Shownotes :: (show 294) :: () :: () :: () :: () With the Winter Preview, recorded live January 24th, 2011. This week we watched more anime from…
Naruto: Shippuden, Pandora Hearts, Vampire Knight, Durarara!!, Gantz


OtakuGeneration (Show #293) Winter Preview (part 1)
Shownotes :: (show 293) :: () :: () :: () :: () With the Winter Preview, recorded live January 16th, 2011. This week we watched a bunch of…
Durarara!!, Gantz, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden


OtakuGeneration (Show #292) MAGFest
Shownotes :: (show 292) :: () :: () :: () :: () With MAGFest, recorded live January 12th, 2011. This week we talked with Nick from MAGFest, to…
Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Gravitation TV, Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom


OtakuGeneration (Show #285) Spice and Wolf
Shownotes :: (show 285) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Spice and Wolf, recorded live November 21st, 2010. This week we watched and discussed the…
Armitage III, Birdy the Mighty, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Hell Girl, Hell Girl: Three Vessels


OtakuGeneration (Show #284) AnimeUSA 2010
Shownotes :: (show 284) :: () :: () :: () :: () With AnimeUSA 2010, recorded live November 14th, 2010. This week we talked about our experiences at…
Birdy the Mighty, Girls Bravo, Initial D First Stage, Our Home's Fox Deity, Kaleido Star


OtakuGeneration (Show #283) FLAG
Shownotes :: (show 283) :: () :: () :: () :: () With the FLAG, recorded live November 7th, 2010. This week we discussed the anime FLAG. Did…
Comic Party, Our Home's Fox Deity, Armitage III, Birdy the Mighty, Comic Party Revolution


OtakuGeneration (Show #282) Fall Preview 4
Shownotes :: (show 282) :: () :: () :: () :: () With the Fall Preview 4, recorded live October 31st, 2010. This week we completed our anime…
Comic Party Revolution, Gunslinger Girl, Magic Knight Rayearth, Oh! Edo Rocket, Out of Sight