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Condensed Anime Take 2 - Hashire Melos 1979
Just like Cello Hiki no Gauche , Hashire Melos is a beloved Japanese story. Written in 1940 by Dazai Osamu, known for the novels No Longer ...
Aesop's Fables, Gauche the Cellist, Run Melos, No Longer Human
Utsu no Miko
Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko ( Heaven Chapter: Prince of the Skies ), commonly called just Utsu no Miko , is a well-known OVA series, released ...
Bakumatsu no Spasibo, Tree in the Sun, Nightsong of Splendor, Otaku no Seiza, Tetsujin 28
Tistou Midori no Oyayubi
Tistou Midori no Oyayubi ( Tistou of the Green Thumbs ) is a 1990 movie, based on a beloved French children's novel by Maurice Druon. It te...
What's Michael?, Zenki, Dog of Flanders, Hashire!, Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo
Zetsuai 1989 v2
Redoing Zetsuai 1989 was not in this year's plan (or any year's, for that matter), but when WOWmd did a new Domesday Duplicator rip of the ...
Yuukan Club, Zetsuai 1989, Ai no Kusabi, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Gravitation TV
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
Bakuen Campus Guardress
When I first watched Bakuen Campus Guardress ( Combustible Campus Guardress ), a four-episode episode OVA from 1994, I was gobsmacked by ho...
Combustible, Cosmic Fantasy, Hashire!, Blue Sonnet, Gallery Fake
Heart Cocktail Again
Twenty years after the original Heart Cocktai l manga, Watase Seizou released another anime collection, Heart Cocktail Again . Unlike the or...
Banner of the Stars, Galaxy Angel, Hashire!, Love Hina, Ozma
Noel's Fantastic Trip
Iruka (which means "dolphin" in Japanese) is a Japanese folk singer and children's book author. In 1983, she wrote the songs and story for a...
Baton, Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san, Hashire!, White Fang, Noel's Fantastic Trip
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
Retro Anime Reviews: Hashire Melos! (1992)
Retro Anime Review #10: Hashire Melos! (1992) directed by Masaaki Oosumi #anime #retroanime
Hakozume – Kouban Joshi no Gyakushuu – 13 (END)
A Part 「勝負は一瞬」 (Shōbu wa Isshun) "Victory is Decided in an Instant" B Part 「コマよ走れ」 (Koma yo Hashire) "Run, Grunt" Wanting to be all the things, means you're never gonna be good at any…
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
Kaitei 3-man Mile
Toei Douga pioneered the feature-length theatrical cartoon in Japan, starting with 1958's Hakujaden . Orphan has released several Toei featu...
Lupin III, The Little Norse Prince, The Green Cat, Triton of the Sea, Dororo
Hashire! Shiroi Ookami
Orphan hasn't done a critter feature in a while, so we're quite chuffed to present the first English-subtitled version of the 1990 movie Has...
Aspect Ratios
In this blog entry, I am venturing into deep water without a life jacket, because I'm not an encoder, and I don't play one on TV. To keep…
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