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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 ...
Auto-tagged Yuukan Club, Zetsuai 1989, Ai no Kusabi, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Gravitation TV
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...
Auto-tagged Baton, Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san, Hashire!, White Fang, Noel's Fantastic Trip
Fire Tripper
Orphan's Rumiko Takahashi mini-festival continues with 1985's OVA Fire Tripper . This is a terrific time-travel adventure, the first of the ...
Auto-tagged Joker Game, Katte ni Shirokuma, Eguchi Hisashi no Kotobuki Gorou Show, Izumo, Joker


RWBY: Ice Queendom – 04 – Her World, Her Rules
If you’re going to go three weeks between episodes (since the first three were available in week one) following with a character-centric bottle episode is probably the way…
Auto-tagged RWBY: Ice Queendom


RWBY: Ice Queendom – 01-03 (First Impressions) – Uncut Gems
01 – Dust to Dust Based on a popular web comic I haven’t had the pleasure of ever seeing (probably true of a lot of viewers), the charmingly…
Auto-tagged RWBY: Ice Queendom
The Magician's Secret
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Auto-tagged When They Cry, White Fang
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...
Auto-tagged Rain Boy, Yawara!, Bakumatsu no Spasibo, Super Cub, Horimiya


A Long Time Coming: King Fang
About four years ago, a gentle Swede who goes by the handle Go no Ken found a rare VHS tape of the 1978 TV special Daisetsuzan no Yuusha…
Auto-tagged Botchan, King Fang, Perrine Monogatari, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tokimeki Tonight


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...
Auto-tagged 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...
Auto-tagged Golden Boy, White Fang, Nine, Zetsuai 1989, Botchan


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...
Auto-tagged Angelique, Blue Sonnet, Elf 17, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Maps
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…
Auto-tagged Nijuushi no Hitomi, Sakyo Komatsu's Animation Theater, Ambassador Magma, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Maps


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…
Auto-tagged Phoenix, Stop!! Hibari-kun!, Maris the Chojo, White Fang, Ai no Kusabi


Thoughts on RWBY Volume 5, Episode 3: Setting Up The Pieces
With Episode 3, we’ve got lots of important setup going on–and for the most part, I am all for it.
Auto-tagged White Fang


Thoughts on RWBY Volume 5, Episode 3: Setting Up The Pieces
With Episode 3, we’ve got lots of important setup going on–and for the most part, I am all for it.
Auto-tagged White Fang


Thoughts on RWBY Volume 5, Episode 3: Setting Up The Pieces
With Episode 3, we’ve got lots of important setup going on–and for the most part, I am all for it.
Auto-tagged White Fang