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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 Outdated stereotypes!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
Raiyantsuuri no Uta
Orphan is pleased to bring you the first English version of the 1994 movie Raiyantsuuri no Uta ( The Song of Raiyantsuuri ), a title so rar...
Juliet, Raiyantsuuri no Uta, Wolf's Rain, Girl from Phantasia, Arc the Lad
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...
Cat-Eyed Boy 03
Happy Halloween! Barely in time, Orphan yet again brings you some paper cut-out thrills and chills: the third episode of Umezz Kazuo's 1976 ...
Heart Cocktail (Batch)
Here, as promised, is the batch release for Heart Cocktail . There are no changes. I really liked Heart Cocktail . I found it interesting, a...
Heart Cocktail Vol 6
Heart Cocktail , based on a manga series by Watase Seizou, is a joint project between DarkWispers (Darkonius), Lonely Chaser (MartyMcflies...
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
Heart Cocktail Vol 4
Heart Cocktail , based on a manga series by Watase Seizou, is a joint project between DarkWispers (Darkonius), Lonely Chaser (MartyMcflies...
The Laughing Salesman Specials
With the release of the 23rd and last Laughing Salesman special, Evil-Saizen has completed its work on the series: 103 TV episodes, the pil...
Heart Cocktail Vol 3
It would be difficult to riff changes on my previous blog posts about Heart Cocktail , so I'll focus on a different aspect of the series: t...
Sanada 10 Batch
So here's Orphan's final word on Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi ( Legend of the Warring States Heroes: The Ten Warriors ...
Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo!
Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo! ( Wonderdog Liner 0011 Transform! ) is a 1972 Toei sci-fi anime movie. It seems like a descendant of 1970's ...
Cyborg 009, Dororo, Future War Year 198X, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Graveyard Kitaro
Sanada 10 - The End of the Beginning... Actually, Just "The End" (Ep10-12)
The final episodes of Sanada 10 bring the series to a close... sort of. In fact, there are so many loose ends that it's clear the creators…
Dallos, Gintama, Hell Girl, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Heart Cocktail Vol 2
Heart Cocktail , based on a manga series by Watase Seizou, is a joint project between DarkWispers (Darkonius), Lonely Chaser (MartyMcflies)...
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 Sanada Six (Ep 4-6)
Although the series title (and the folk-tales on which it is based) refer to ten brave Sanada warriors, at this point, we've only met six, a...
xxxHOLiC, Fairy Tail, Made in Abyss, Sasuke, The Ancient Magus' Bride
Heart Cocktail Vol 1
Heart Cocktail , based on a manga series by Watase Saizou, has been on my wish list for a long time. Our media maven in Japan acquired the…
Ai no Kusabi, Karuizawa Syndrome, Urusei Yatsura, Fumoon, Kobo-chan
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
Wan Wan Chuushingura (Full HD)
Another re-release in full HD, courtesy of Ioroid's raws. Wan Wan Chuushingura is a 1963 feature-length cartoon from Toei Douga. It tells t...
Moomin, Nutcracker Fantasy, Unico, Anne of Green Gables, Lupin III
Noel's Fantastic Trip (LD Version)
As I mentioned in my post on the DVD version of Noel's Fantastic Trip , the movie was originally released to home video on VHS tape and…
UTOPA (1080p)
Recently, a fellow who goes by the handle Ioroid has been uploading high-quality 1080p webstreams of a number of Orphan's releases. We've al...
Black Summoner, Actually, I Am, Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari, Nobody's Boy Remi, PES: Peace Eco Smiles
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
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
Junkers Come Here v2 (Laserdisc)
In my original blog post for the 1994 OVA Junkers Come Here:Memories of You , I wrote, "The show was never released on laserdisc, let alone...
One Small Step for VHS Tapes (Hayou Tsurugi v2)
When Orphan released Hayou Tsurugi last year, I noted that " the tape had copy protection, which caused problems during the ripping proces...
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
Hiatus, Involuntary
Orphan's seven fans must be wondering what is going on. It's been a month since the last blog post, and even longer since the last release. ...
It's Broken, Broken, Broken
For some time, I've wondered why anime groups have taken to specifying exactly which video players they support for their releases. Some say...
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament: Batch
So here, four years after we started, is Orphan's final word on Tezuka Osamu's Tales of the Old Testament: In the Beginning . The batch cont...
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep25-26
With the return of the Jews (as they were now known) to Jerusalem, the historical narrative in the Old Testament basically peters out. The b...
Hellsing Ultimate, Moonlight Mile, Samurai 7, Senya Ichiya Monogatari, Video Girl Ai
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
Sotsugyousei Revisited
Back in the airly days (2013), Orphan did a number of projects based on the -uusei eroge franchise, starting with a three episode OVA from ...
Rosario + Vampire, Banner of the Stars, Dominion Tank Police, Ergo Proxy, Sanctuary
Doukyuusei: Climax v2
And now for something completely different. Orphan's next release is a revised version of the 1995 OVA Doukyuusei: Climax . The original rel...
Maison Ikkoku, Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz, Sazae-san, Cosmic Fantasy, First Loves
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...
Star Dust
Orphan's last release for 2022. The 1992 sci-fi OVA Star Dust is the brainchild of Itano Ichirou, a well-known action director who worked o...
Death Note, Dragon Fist, Fruits Basket, Karuizawa Syndrome, Ushio and Tora
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
What's in a Name?
Today, in honor of the anniversary of the passing of our late colleague, CP, QC extraordinaire for many groups, we have a mass release of on...
Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de 3: Owarinaki Unmei
And now the other shoe drops; Orphan presents a new version of the 2010 TV special, Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de 3: Owarinaki Unmei ( In…
To Heart, Yowamushi Pedal, Gintama, Gravitation TV, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom (2010)
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep 16-18
Here is volume 6 of Tezuka Osamu's Tales of the Old Testament: In the Beginning , which concludes the Exodus story and starts the books abou...
BAKI, Canaan, Fire Tripper, Kai Doh Maru, Mashin Hero Wataru
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
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 ...
Joker Game, Katte ni Shirokuma, Eguchi Hisashi no Kotobuki Gorou Show, Izumo, Joker
(Maris) The Choujo - Dual Audio
So... a dual audio version of Maris the Choujo , that is, an updated release including an English dub track. You may be asking yourself, "Ha...
Hameln no Violin Hiki
Here's a project that everyone on the team loved: the 1996 short movie Hameln no Violin Hiki ( The Violinist of Hamelin ). Based on a 37-vol...
Barbapapa, Satsujin Kippu wa Heart-iro, Sol Bianca, Yawara!, Akai Hayate
Kaitei 3-man Mile SD
Here's a standard-definition version of Kaitei 3-man Mile , encoded from the R2J DVD. There's not much to say about this release; it's a sma...
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...
Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni (HD)
When we released Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni , a nyaa downloader asked why we hadn't used the high resolution R-Raws encode instead. T...