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Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 1
Gakkou no Yuurei ( School Ghosts ) is an anthology of ghost stories, mostly set at schools. Seven volumes were released between 1995 and 19...
Dirty Pair, Gakkou no Yuurei, Macross, Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro, Orphen
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…
Ushiro no Hyakutaro
Ushiro no Hyakutaro ( Hyakutaro Behind or Hyakutaro in Back ) is a two-volume OVA from 1991. Based on a eight-volume manga by Tsunada Jir...
Galaxy Express 999, The Twelve Kingdoms, Bite me!, Girl from Phantasia, Fruits Basket
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
Princess Army
Princess Army: Wedding Combat (to give it its full title) is a two-part OVA from 1992. It's a teaser for a 12 volume manga by Kitagawa Miyu...
Dallos, Joshiraku, Oh! My Goddess, Akai Hayate, Doukyuusei -Classmates-
Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni
This has been on my wish list for a very long time: the 1992 TV special Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni ( Across the Surging Times…
Judo Story, Oishinbo, Fire Tripper, Tree in the Sun, Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitou no Ryuu
Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi
Over the years, many people have asked Orphan to do Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi ( Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes: The P...
Angelique, Bite me!, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Judo Story, Techno Police
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
Chuck Shimezou
I'm really fond of the Young Animators' Training Project (which has had various name, according to the Wikipedia article ) and its OVAs. The...
Aoi Hitomi no Onna no Ko no Ohanashi, Fortune Dogs, Sangokushi, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Urusei Yatsura
Bride of Deimos
Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku ( Bride of Deimos: The Orchid Suite ) is a 1988 one-shot OVA. It's based on an incomplete 17-volume ma...
Vampire Hunter D, The Golden Bird, Junk Boy, Nightsong of Splendor, Katte ni Shirokuma
Satsujin Kippu wa Heart-iro v2
Satsujin Kippu wa Heart-iro ( The Murder Ticket Is Heart- Colored ) is a 1990 standalone OVA based on a series of young adult novels for wo...
Kiddy Grade, Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro, Sangokushi, Angel Cop, Explorer Woman Ray
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
DAYS OAD
Back in 2016, Orphan subbed DAYS: Touin Gakuensen , the second set of DAYS OADs and the next step in the Seiseki High School soccer team's q...
Yowamushi Pedal, The Familiar of Zero, AJIN: Demi-Human, Yona of the Dawn, Antique Bakery
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
Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu
Here's another project that has been stuck in limbo for a very long time: the 2001 movie Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu ( Life on Earth...
Genji Part 1
Here's another project that's been on my "to do" list for a long time: 1992's time-travel sci-fi mind-fuck OVA Genji (Part One) . The "Part ...
The Eccentric Family, Captain Tsubasa, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Izumo, Nightsong of Splendor
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
Sanada 10 - If SIx Turned Out to Be Nine... (Ep 7-9)
At long last, Sanada 10 stops setting the stage and moves into telling a story. However, it promptly runs into a prime difficulty of histor...
Nagasarete Airantou, Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz, Ai no Kusabi, Joker, Sailor Moon
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
Rehab Assignment (Grimm Douwa: Kin no Tori Full HD)
When it came to Covid, I was pretty lucky, considering my age. No hospitalization required, no lingering after-effects. Still, it knocked me...
Phoenix, Ikkyu the Little Monk, Jarinko Chie, Super Gal Asari, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken
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
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
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep19-21
The seventh volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament is the pivot point between the mythic and "historical" parts of the Bible....
Cowboy Bebop, Witch Girl Meg, Nozomi Witches, Yamato 2520, Initial D First Stage
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
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...
Sugata Sanshiro
When Orphan released Botchan , I mentioned that YES raws had an equally good rip of the 1981 TV special, Sugata Sanshirou , just waiting to ...
GeGeGe no Kitaro, Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Ushio and Tora, Future Boy Conan
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
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
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
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
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
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep 13-15
Here is volume 5 of Tezuka Osamu's Tales of the Old Testament: In the Beginning , which continues the Exodus story through the giving of the...
Fire Emblem, Ghost in the Shell, Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz, Ninku, Sanctuary
Salvaging an Investment (Cherry no Manma)
Many, many years ago, members of the team were interested in translating Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage , a three-part horror OVA from 1989. The...
Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon, That Girl is 1000%, Call Me Tonight, Cherry no Manma, Lupin III
Romance of the Three Kingdoms ROTK 13 Fame and Strategy Expansion Pack 三国志 XIII PuK Custom Portraits Tutorial
So technically this is not an anime game, but I thought it would be helpful to anyone looking for how to create custom portraits with transparency. Because it…
Winter 2022 Schedule
Sunday Sabiiro no Armor: Reimei 22:00 TOKYO MX (01/09) Bara Ou no Souretsu 22:30 TOKYO MX (01/09) Futsal Boys!!!!! 23:00 TOKYO MX (01/09) Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku Hen 23:15 Fuji TV (10/10) Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final…
Futsal Boys!!!!!, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Love of Kill, Saiyuki Reload, Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
First Look: Fantasia Sango – Realm of Legends
In the Three Kingdoms period of China, a group of ragtag misfits must hunt down the demons that are possessing people and turning them into rampaging monsters.
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
Yuki
Forty years ago, the famed "social realism" film director Imai Tadashi released his one and only anime movie, Yuki . It was based on a 1976 ...
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
Sangokushi Dai San Bu Harukanaru Taichi (HD)
The third movie of the Sangokushi trilogy is Sangokushi Dai San Bu Harukanaru Taichi ( Sangokushi: The Distant Land ). With this release, O...
Shin Takarajima
It's no secret that practically every staff member in Orphan is mad for Tezuka Osamu. The team has done more shows by the God of Manga that ...
Pro Golfer Saru, Urusei Yatsura, Wanpaku Tanteidan, Bakumatsu no Spasibo, Fire Emblem
Cat-Eyed Boy (Youkaiden Nekome Kozou) 01
Just in time for Halloween, Orphan presents the first episode of Umezz Kazuo's 1976 horror series Youkaiden Nekome Kozou ( Spirit Legend Ca...
Anne of Green Gables, Chinpui, Haguregumo, Perrine Monogatari, Rain Boy
Sangokushi Dai Ni Bu Choukou Moyu!
Here, after an unconscionable delay, is the HD version of the second movie in the Sangokushi trilogy, 1993's Sangokushi Dai Ni Bu Choukou M...
Ai no Kusabi, Fullmetal Alchemist, High Speed Jessie, Naruto, Phoenix
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