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Student Days
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that r...
Oh! My Goddess, Igano Kabamaru, My Neighbor Totoro, Sangokushi, Bio Armor Ryger
Season of the Sun
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Angelique, Bubblegum Crisis, Fullmetal Alchemist, Future GPX Cyber Formula, Gakkou no Yuurei
AI on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Trust)
Inka-Subs and Orphan Fansubs finish their work on Anime no Tane 2025 with Trust. The other three shows were:Dive-In!, no dialogGalaxy Apartment Cosmo Hills, subtitled by Inka and…
Apocalypse Hotel, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Nora, Undead Murder Farce, Dead Leaves
The Toei Douga Project
As I mentioned in the 2025 review, Orphan is planning to redo "some" of the early Toei Douga (today, Toei Animation) feature-length cartoons; they weren't called anime back…
Hans Christian Andersen Stories, Animal Treasure Island, Mazinger Z, Panda no Daibouken, The Little Norse Prince
Sora and the Big Tree
Inka-Subs and Orphan Fansubs return to the scene of their last Anime no Tane heist with another short from the 2025 edition, Sora and the Big Tree. The other…
Love Stage!!, Trust, Aikatsu!, Gleipnir, Hoshi no Kodomo to Hajimari no Ki
Growing Up
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Oh! My Goddess, Captain Tsubasa, Captain Tsubasa, Bite me!, Gon
Shounen Jack to Mahou Tsukai
As promised (or threatened), Orphan is releasing more of the early Toei Douga anime movies; in this case, the 1967 tenth anniversary release, Shounen Jack to Mahou Tsukai…
Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi, Chocchan Monogatari, Fushigi na Melmo, Mitsume ga Tooru, Sangokushi
A Ghost Story (Hoichi the Earless)
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Galaxy Express 999, Kariage-kun, Queen Millennia, Sangokushi, Gatchaman
Nessa no Wakusei
Okizari presents the first English-subtitled release of the original version of Nessa no Wakusei (Desert Planet or Hot Sandy Planet), a mid-1990s borderline hentai OVA. It's better known in North America…
Bakuen Campus Guardress, Gakkou no Yuurei, Gon, Nightsong of Splendor, Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Botchan (1986)
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Rose of Versailles, Space Runaway Ideon, Techno Police, Tokimeki Tonight, Dance Till Tomorrow
Kyuukyoku no Chef wa Oishinbo Papa
A new year, a new Okizari hentai release. This time it's the 1990 OVA Kyuukyoku no Chef wa Oishinbo Papa (The Ultimate Chef Is Gourmet Papa), based on…
The Old (Seeding) Order Changeth
Since late 2017, the Arutha foundation has provided Orphan with its torrent seeding and IRC XDCC bot capability. That means Orphan's releases have been continuously available, instead of…
Hiroshima ni Chiban Densha ga Hashitta
A new year, a new Orphan release about the atomic bombings in World War II. This time, it's the 1993 NHK TV special Hiroshima ni Chiban Densha ga…
Akai Hayate, Anne of Green Gables, Getter Robo, Judo Story, Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Tsuyoshi no Time Machine de Shikkari Shinasai
2025 in Review
2025 turned out to be even more calamitous than I had feared. I couldn't bear to watch the news, as one horror followed another.Orphan FansubsDespite the adverse conditions…
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE, The Apothecary Diaries, Princess Knight, Zetsuai 1989, Apocalypse Hotel
Yawara, Complete
The batch torrent for all 124 Blu-ray episodes of Yawara! has just been released. So, after more than 14-and-a-half years and close to 200 scripts, it's done.The complete…
The Dancing Girl
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
High Speed Jessie, Lady Georgie, Mahou Tsukai Sally 2, Rain Boy, Bavi Stock
Angel
Okizari presents a new English-subtitled version of the 1990 hentai OVA Angel. The show is based on a fragment of a long-running manga by the prolific ecchi and…
Yawara! Live Action Movie
This is pretty much the final gasp of the Yawara! project: the live action movie. It was actually released in 1989, less than half way through the manga's…
The Sound of Waves
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Urusei Yatsura, AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave, My Hero Academia, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Nora
Hi no Ame ga Furu (It Rained Fire)
Orphan has already released an anime movie about the firebombing of Japanese cities, 2005's Ashita Genki ni Naare! Although that film began with the firebombing of Tokyo, it was…
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, Hello WeGo!, Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz, Nodame Cantabile, Bunny Drop
On the Malleability of H-anime: The ProxyMan Project
The handle ProxyMan has cropped up several times in this blog as a source of rare anime, both mainstream (Shibuya Honky Tonk, Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi)…
Colorful, Shin Chan, Macross, Revisions, Santa Company: Christmas no Himitsu
Ashita Genki ni Naare!
The firebombing of Japan's cities is less well-known than the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but they caused heavy loss of life and enormous property damage.…
Princess Tutu, Letter Bee, Cat's Eye, Comic Party, Dragon Fist
Orphan at 15
Orphan Fansubs turned 15 in September. I missed it completely, just like I did its ten-year anniversary, but better late than never.In that blog post, I recounted the impetus…
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature, Chocchan Monogatari, Shin Chan, Adventures of the Monkey King, Kingdom of Chaos: Born to Kill
The Izu Dancer
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Heavy
Orphan has done a couple of shows about boxing already: Takahashi Rumiko's 1989 OVA One Pound Gospel and the 1992 three-part OVA Nozomi Witches. We're now releasing another,…
Karuizawa Syndrome, Nightsong of Splendor, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vampire Princess Miyu, Dragon Half
Heart Cocktail: Spring Stories
As hoped/promised/threatened, DarkOrphanChaser is back with more Watase Seizou; in this case, his latest spin on the Heart Cocktail formula...
Chalk-iro no People, Colorful, The Gokusen, One Piece, One Piece Film: Gold
Heart Cocktail Colorful: Summer Stories
As hoped/promised/threatened, DarkOrphanChaser is back with more Watase Saizou; in this case, his latest spin on the Heart Cocktail formula...
One Piece, One Piece Film: Gold, Chalk-iro no People, Colorful, The Gokusen
Kimu no Juujika (Kim's Cross)
Kimu no Juujika ( Kim's Cross ) is a 1990 movie based on the novel of the same name by Wada Noboru. It tells the story of…
Graveyard Kitaro, Billy Inu, Zipang, Dororon Enma-kun, Juliet
Swearing Off Yakuza Shows
As I said in my previous post, Orphan is done with Yakuza shows, at least for a while. That means we won't be subbing Abe George Kattobi Sei...
Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu
As I promised/threatened in my blog post about Naki no Ryuu '91 , here is the predecessor three volume OVA, Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu...
Dallos, Doukyuusei -Classmates-, Fullmetal Alchemist, Treasure Island, Secret of the Seal
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
Reader's Digest Condensed Anime - Cello Hiki no Gauche (1998)
Some Japanese stories are so beloved that the have been made into an anime many times. One of them is Miyazawa Kenji' s Cello Hiki no Gauche...
Tanjou: Debut
Tanjou: Debut ( Birth: Debut ) is a two-episode shoujo OVA from 1994. It was originally subbed in the VHS-fansub era. Its two stories revol...
Nozomi Witches, Star Dust, Bungo Stray Dogs, Dirty Pair Flash, Tree in the Sun
Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko
And now the other shoe drops. Orphan presents the first English-subtitled release of the movie version of Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko ( Prince...
Dragon Fist, High Speed Jessie, Sangokushi, Slam Dunk, Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude
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
Toraemon
In 1985, the victory of the Hanshin Tigers in the Japan Championship, the equivalent of the US World Series, occasioned a one-shot OVA, Tor...
The Golden Bird, High Speed Jessie, Nightsong of Splendor, Yuukan Club, Queen Millennia
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
Another anthology show, far better than the last one... Sakyou Komatsu (1931-2011) was a Japanese science fiction author and screenwriter, ...
A.D. Police: To Protect and Serve, mono, Mononoke, Princess Mononoke, Senya Ichiya Monogatari
Mikosuri Han Gekijou
Mikosuri Han Gekijou dates from 2013. It's basically a collection of short (30-40 second) dirty jokes grouped together by setting. It's bas...
Yuri!!! On Ice, Appleseed, Fate/Zero, Golden Kamuy, Hell Teacher Nube
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Tsuyoshi no Time Machine de Shikkari Shinasai
My Discord colleagues in the Inka kairetsu have a dismissive term for the vast bulk of anime that is neither outstanding nor outstandingly ...
Sailor Moon, Akai Hayate, Gakkou no Yuurei, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Graduation
Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), volume 4
More ghostly doings in Japanese schools. Gakkou no Yuurei ( School Ghosts) , volume 4, is much like volume 3: six segments of about the sa...
X-Men, Hand Maid May, Macross Plus, First Loves, Fruits Basket
Seirei Tsukai (Elementalors)
Seirei Tsukai ( Elementalors ), not to be confused with Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance , is a one-shot OVA based on a manga by Okazaki Takesh...
Dragon Half, Berserk, Bosco Adventure, Marmalade Boy, Seitokai Yakuindomo
Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), volume 3
Let's start out 2025 on a scary note, 'cause it's gonna be a scary year. Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), volume 3, features more supernatu...
Monkey Magic, Iron Virgin Jun, Kujibiki Unbalance, Macross, B.B. Fish
2024 in Review
A year of retreads and repeats, none of them good: War in Ukraine. War in the Middle East. Famine in Sudan. Famine in Gaza. Covid and…
Blue Flames, Chalk-iro no People, Gakkou no Yuurei, The Apothecary Diaries, Dance Till Tomorrow
Plastic Little
Let's face it: the world does not need another version of the 1994 OVA Plastic Little . kuraze spent years wrestling decent video from the D...
Cowboy Bebop, MegaMan: Wishing upon a Star, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, Oishinbo, Plastic Little
Natsufuku no Shoujo-tachi
As I wrote in my blog post on Kuro ga Ita Natsu , artists have grappled for more than a century with the problem of presenting massive trage...
Phoenix, Kuro ga Ita Natsu, Unico, Barefoot Gen, Barefoot Gen 2
Ichigatsu ni wa Christmas
Orphan doesn't often do holiday releases and has never done a Christmas show, as best I can remember, so here's a first: the 1991 shoujo OVA...
One Pound Gospel, Peter Pan & Wendy, Rebecca, Sazae-san, Cowboy Bebop
In Memorian (Cat-Eyed Boy Episodes 7-8)
Between the Halloween release of Cat-Eyed Boy episodes 4, 5, and 6, and this Christmas release of episodes 7 and 8, the anime world lost tw...
Happy Holidays from Orphan Fansubs
Well, it's that time of the year again. In the immortal words of Otis B. Driftwood, "Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the stre...