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Nayuta
Nayuta is a 1986 sci-fi OVA,based on a three volume manga by Sasaki Junko. (The manga is not available in English.) It's another show that a...
Mobile Police Patlabor, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Akuma Tou no Prince: Mitsume ga Tooru, Botchan, Fist of the North Star
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...
The Manga Review: Super-Sized Edition
Before I get to this week’s links, a quick programming note: next week’s Manga Review will be my last of 2022. Expect a round-up of podcast and review…
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
December 1990 Pt. 8 Manga round-up
We still had a few on-going Manga comic-books and Anime based comic-books that could be still found “On the racks” in December of 1990, suc...
Crying Freeman, Dirty Pair, Laughing Target, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Outlanders
Anime OVAs You Missed - 3x3 Eyes, Bio Hunter, and The Laughing Target (Halloween Special)
https://myanimelist.net/profile/animebackwhen In this episode debut of season 4, we cover three classic OVA series from the 90s. 3x3 Eyes also known as Sazan Eyes is a top 90s anime ova…
Fire Tripper, Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, Rumic World, 3x3 Eyes
(Maris) The Choujo
I'm not as familiar with the works of Rumiko Takahashi as an anime fan ought to be. I've never watched Maison Ikkoku , Urusei Yatsura , Ranm...
Akuma Tou no Prince: Mitsume ga Tooru, Fire Emblem, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Fumoon, ISLAND
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
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
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
Rumik World: THE LAUGHING TARGET (1987)
I revisit one of Rumiko Takahashi's lesser known works.
Evidence #19 (or rather #5): V.Max (Vol.2 Issue #1, 1993)
After 3 years, this blog still not gonna hurt nobody... Wow, 3 years already... Has it been that long since my first post?…
