Makyou Gaiden Le Deus (1987)

Another stalled project done & dusted...

JTaylorPro from Twitter had gotten a LD copy of this OVA and got it captured via Domesday with tanks404—I requested to have an encode sent my way since I was interested in doing something with it, but alas... this was back in July 2024. I hadn't touched this until this month LOL

It's finally done now, though :)

So, what is this OVA? Just a one-off project by Ashi Productions featuring designs by Aran Rei and directed by the same dude who'd eventually go on to direct Sonic Soldier Borgman for Ashi Pro, too—who would have thought? Plot-wise, this takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where treasure hunter Liot, alongside his two pretty sidekick twins, are searching for a mysterious treasure that is said to save anybody if used correctly. Unfortunately for them, Kaiser and his gang are after it too for their own nefarious purposes...

I had listened to the soundtrack long ago (which rocks) but only just now got around to watching this. I seriously wonder WTF Ashi Pro were doing when working on this. There is an insane number of shots where you can see the edges of the cel sheets used, another shot where some black bar slowly begins to start eating up the image at the bottom around the OVA's halfway point, and even one scene near the end where the MC is triumphantly yelling in his Le Deus mecha before engaging in battle—except he doesn't actually say his full line because the editor accidentally cut him off before he could even finish 💀

I like the OVA and think it's pretty good, but production-wise? This is a mess.

This OVA had actually gotten an official release at some point, via a UK company that released it on VHS—naturally, this has long since been out of print. These subs were eventually OCR'ed and slapped onto a mediocre-quality LD rip back in 2012. The subs weren't bad, but admittedly barebones & required some fixes—all in all, the adjustments aren't minor, but not major enough to call this a new translation from scratch either.

What I do consider major, though—besides this release utilizing a first-ever Domesday rip—is the inclusion of new song translations in this release. I think things have changed since then but the Le Deus OST was somewhat rare to acquire back then and for that reason I think nobody had attempted to translate neither the insert song or ending song because of it. Thankfully I have a physical copy myself, so that's been covered in this release :)

Typesetting for the title logo was also added in by our resident Russian, perevodildo. 

That's all I got. An HD release of this OVA would be preferable, but given Ashi Pro's track record, this is probably the best we'll be getting for now.

This can be found at the usual spot under the [LonelyDildo] tag. 

Dragon Quest 3 (SFC) - VHS Promotional Video

Back in 2023 I was contacted by tanks404—an encoder I've frequently worked with on various projects—about a seemingly rare promotional video on VHS that popped up for sale of the SFC version of Dragon Quest 3.

There didn't seem to be any rips of it online, so he went ahead & acquired it for me—naturally, I helped pay for it.

The tape looks something like this, for reference...

The tape was acquired in July '23, captured in August of that same year... I think? After that, I later sent the encode over to Windii for her to help time, translate, and typeset it.

 

And then I forgot about it for two whole years. The end!!

 

Nah but for real though, I did actually forget about it and didn't even realize I had this on me until last week, as embarrassing it is for me to admit it. As soon as I remembered the first thing I did was get to work on editing the subs—I did change the font for the default narration to something of my own liking (nothing special, literally just the same default font I use for my projects now), but the rest was otherwise left unchanged.

 

I also de-clicked the tape's audio, as it was way too clicky for my liking. A little too loud as well, so Kaleia78 assisted me & helped lower the volume while also carefully de-clipping it at the same time.

 

That's really all I got. I posted this onto YT a few days ago so I'm posting it onto Nyaa as well since I now finally have time for it. 

 

This can be found for download on the same usual spot as always, under the [LonelyChaser] tag. Enjoy. 

 

Tongari Boushi no Memole - Batch 1 (Episodes 1 ~ 13)

 

First batch release for the show is now up—this contains episodes 01 through 13. Only a few episodes in here needed v2 for typos and a muffled line that previously went by unnoticed, but the rest of the episodes have otherwise not been touched again aside from that.

Can be found at the usual spot under the [LonelyChaser-Inka] tag.

Inka's write-up:
https://www.inka-subs.net/2025/09/lonelychaser-inka-tongari-boushi-no-memoru-1-13-batch/ 

Choriki Robo Galatt - Episode 21

 

The Galatt crew receives a distress signal from Grego—Princess Marian's caregiver (still remember her?). As Grego tells it, one of the Space Syndicate's goons—Dothan, specifically—has kidnapped the princess and Pirate Kid injures himself attempting to rescue her. With Dothan seemingly holding the princess hostage on a deserted planet prone to constant earthquakes & sandstorms, the Galatt crew travels there to rescue Marian, but little do they know that something else lurks there that neither Dothan & the Galatt crew are expecting...

Episode can be found for download at the usual spot.