Yami no Teiou - Kyuuketsuki Dracula (16mm HD 1080p Scan)

 

https://nyaa.si/view/1597516

Happy Halloween! Here's a release you guys might like: an HD scan of "Yami no Teiou - Kyuuketsuki Dracula", scanned directly from 16mm!

This was an adaptation of Marvel Comics' "Tomb of Dracula", done by Toei. In this anime, Dracula steals a woman that was intended to be a bride for Lucifer—overcome by love, he is unable to suck her blood and instead decides to marry her & the two even have a kid together. However, Lucifer isn't happy, and a lot of people are out to get Dracula—including a distant relative of his and the children of several victims whom he killed many years ago...

After this aired on Japanese television, well—much like Toei's Frankenstein adaptation (which aired years later and which I also subbed lol), it never re-aired after that and was never officially released on any form of Japanese home media. Can't say the same for Frankenstein, but for Dracula there's actually no way of knowing if this is indeed lost media—and no I'm not just saying that because there's no home media release in Japan. Through a separate source...Toei has admitted that this isn't even in their archives—either they legitimately don't have this anymore or they do and they just haven't bothered digging that deep for it.
This however did get an English dub release in America and several DVD releases in Europe, one of which included the JP audio track as a bonus. 

These reels were acquired from Yahoo Auctions JP in...2019 I think? Fun fact: a separate auction for the reels had shown up on the same site when I was in high school and stayed up for quite some time, but alas I could not buy these as the listing was expensive at the time and OFC I had no means of purchasing them as a jobless student.
I really do wish I had somehow gotten those reels instead, because the ones used for this release aren't pretty unfortunately. LOTS of dirt, scratches, and blue mold everywhere...color correction was done for this release, but beyond that, a full restoration is impossible currently. Though if new reels ever show up again I'd definitely look into getting those and doing a v2 of this!

As usual, scanning & encoding was by Kineko Video. The subs for this release were taken from Over-Time, however their version had mistranslated/missing lines which have since then been fixed up for this release—work courtesy of Yume. The English dub has also been stitched to this scan, stitched by Jefferson Taylor and taken from a newly-recorded VHS copy of his.

Enjoy!

Sonic Soldier Borgman - Batch 2 (Episodes 01 ~ 13)

https://nyaa.si/view/1596703

This is the 2nd batch torrent for my ongoing Sonic Soldier Borgman fansub. With the exception of Episode 10, this contains v2's and v3's of previously released episodes.

A list of the changes can be found below:

• Ep. 1 -  Switched Randou's "It hurts..." line to "Ow..."
• Ep. 4 - Fixed episode title (added a comma)
• Default dialogue lines' height level was raised in Episodes 01 ~ 04
• Ep. 6 - "Dolor" changed to "Droll"
• Fixed "Psysonic" / "CySonic" inconsistency in previous EPs. Will be going with CySonic for future episodes
• Ep. 10 episode name was changed/fixed at the end of Ep. 9
• Will be using "Toru" & "Randou" instead of "Tooru" and "Rando". This has now been fixed in previous episodes.

This batch also contains the first ever release of Episode 13: the first actual showdown between Dust Gead and Ryo! Unfortunately, if you've seen Episode 12, you'll already know what happens in this battle—but still worth a watch regardless! What the Ep. 12 next episode preview didn't reveal was the possible origins of Dust Gead, which certainly caught me by surprise...

Many thanks to the people who continue to help me out with these releases. You know who you are :)

Getter Robo Go - Episode 10

https://nyaa.si/view/1595498
Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

After the events of the previous episode, the crew at NISAR HQ work to create aerial upgrades for the Getter Robo. However, Randou's henchmen use this opportunity to attack the base by surprise via the use of underwater Metal Beasts instead...unfortunately the Getter Robo is not yet suited for underwater combat. Who will win?

 

Choriki Robo Galatt - Episode 13

 

https://nyaa.si/view/1594633
Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

The third part of the ongoing "Space Arc" (out of four). Michael & friends have yet to find a way to return to Earth while they're stuck on the alien planet Peanut.

In this episode, Michael and the others participate as supporting actors in an upcoming movie—but is it really worth it when you aren't getting the main roles AND having to deal with pure destruction along the way? I don't think so...
Tamano the Fuel Thief from a couple episodes back makes an appearance here, alongside some other villains that had previously shown up before :)

NOTE: Apparently I had incorrectly written the name of the NEP in Ep. 12—should have been "Space Arc III" but I wrote "Space Arc II". This will be fixed in an upcoming batch in the future.

D-1 Devastator 01

https://nyaa.si/view/1592854
Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

My first joint project ever! Inka-Subs and I have collaborated together to finally begin subbing D-1 Devastator—a two-episode OVA released in 1992 that tells the story of Ryou, who joins the vehicle company Yaes to follow in the footsteps of his missing friend Masato. Upon joining, he discovers the existence of a monster-filled mysterious dimensional space that can only be entered upon reaching 300 km/h—and thus, here begins the attempt of Ryou and his crew to fight back against these invasive creatures. Meanwhile, the president of Yaes seems to have other plans in mind...

This was an original project by Takara that was intended to be a multi-media franchise consisting of OSTs (of which only one was released, ironically...), video games, this OVA, and a manga work. However, once the plan actually came into fruition, it was made clear that some aspects of the OVA couldn't have been understood without having read the manga in advance—as a result, this sold poorly and forced Takara to exit the video industry.

Previously, only the first episode had been subbed...by ARR of all people. Self-explanatory. And so began this project :)

Episode 2 will come out whenever we can get to it.

Read InkaSubs's write-up here:
http://www.inka-subs.net/2022/10/lonelychaser-inka-d-1-devastator.html

Cipher - The Animation (1989)

https://nyaa.si/view/1592610
Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

This is a short OVA from 1989 based off the manga of the same name, taking place entirely in New York and recorded exclusively in English. This had already been uploaded onto the net on various occasions before but I wanted to coordinate a project with the sole purpose of recapturing the LD using a Domesday device this time, with the cooperation of Kineko Video (who assisted with encoding) and user "zawa113CJ", who graciously provided their copy of the LD (thank you!). Also translated the behind-the-scenes special since nobody else had seemingly done so yet.

This version of the encode is different than what Kineko Video had previously uploaded onto YT a while back. It has been updated this time—both files are now in 60fps as they should be and the frame ghosting that was present on the YT upload is no longer visible here.

Enjoy!

Choriki Robo Galatt - Episode 12

https://nyaa.si/view/1586852
Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

Sorry for the delay on this one. The second part of the ongoing "Space Arc" (out of four) is now here! Michael & friends are still stranded on an alien planet and must find even more ways to get back to Earth. 
In this episode Michael works on a farm with a bunch of...space dinosaurs? Camille and Patty also work at a bar, where Camille engages in some cross-dressing antics. 

Sonic Soldier Borgman - Episode 12

 

https://nyaa.si/view/1585244
Credits can be found in the link above.

Shinji decides to check out one of the 4 meteorite crystals inside Megalo City when it begins glowing blue one day (which, hilariously enough, nobody else in the city bats an eye at...). However he gets a little too close and gets sucked into it 😱

The Megalo City police prove themselves to be as useless as ever when they refuse to investigate this, so along comes Borgman again to save the day.

This has some nice animation here and there compared to the previous episodes so far. Also, Kaneto Shiozawa returns as the villain again! (At least, I think that's him...)