Bari Bari Densetsu - Episode 2

EDIT 6/25/2025: Due to multiple DMCA notices that I received, torrent link has been removed for the safety of this blog. The actual content itself can still be found on the usual spot—that is, if the torrent page there wasn't deleted by me.

Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

Continuing off from Episode 1, here's Episode 2 of the 80s Bari Bari Densetsu OVA. Here, Gun & Hideyoshi reluctantly collaborate with each other at the request of Miyuki for the purpose of participating in their first professional motorcycling racing event.

I don't dislike the first episode by any means...but something I neglected to mention when I wrote the post for it was that you could easily tell that the OVA was just simply a compilation of multiple random(?) manga chapters re-purposed into a single OVA. As a result, to me at least, there isn't really a clear plot to Episode 1. Not that this is a bad thing, as I've actually subbed similar material myself before—it just simply threw off my expectations is all. BC of it, I don't feel strongly about Ep. 1. How I feel about this kind of storytelling really depends on my mood and how interested I am in the title itself.

Episode 2, on the other hand? HUGE improvement over Episode 1. It's got better BGM, a more interesting storyline to go along with it—heck, I don't even want to spoil anything cause it would ruin the excitement otherwise but the first 5 min of the OVA instantly caught my attention and had me wondering throughout the rest of the OVA how it would conclude.

It is also for this reason that I'm damn well disappointed that there were no further plans to continue the OVA beyond this point. All that was released after was a compilation movie...and that's it.

There's a good chance that this could get a new anime adaptation someday, which I'd happily watch, but it very likely won't have the same feels as the 80s OVAs have. It is what it is...

Anyways, some final notes: a VHD rip was used for Episode 1 but we've changed video sources this time. An SDBD for this was released in Japan a few months ago and, shockingly enough, is in much higher quality than anything that's been released previously. So, what you see here in this episode is sourced directly from that SDBD.

Inka's write-up:
https://www.inka-subs.net/2023/09/lonelychaser-inka-baribari-densetsu-02.html

Enjoy!

Bari Bari Densetsu - Episode 1

EDIT 6/25/2025: Due to multiple DMCA notices that I received, torrent link has been removed for the safety of this blog. The actual content itself can still be found on the usual spot—that is, if the torrent page there wasn't deleted by me.

Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

Another collab with Inka. This time we got the English-subbed version of the 1st episode to the Bari Bari Densetsu OVA, based off the manga of the same name by Shuichi Shigeno (whom you might recognize for another work featuring cars... LOTS of cars...)

As with most old anime, my introduction to this title began when I was going through the discography of composer Ichiro Nitta—a musician who's arranged music for various JP singers and has also done various other anime OSTs. I eventually stumbled upon the existence of Bari Bari Densetsu after seeing that he did both the OVA OSTs & image music for the manga, and later searched up what the current status of the anime was.

Unfortunately, the status (then) was not good! Both episodes 1 & 2 of the OVA were untranslated, with only the compilation movie receiving subs, and not even good ones at that. Raws for all three were also in shit condition.

Thankfully, that changes now. We will eventually be moving onto the 2nd episode of this OVA, and later the movie.

The raws used for Episodes 1 & 2 will be sourced from the VHD version—the movie will be sourced from a Domesday-based rip.

Inka write-up:
http://www.inka-subs.net/2023/07/lonelychaser-inka-baribari-densetsu-01.html

Enjoy!

Aitsu to Lullaby: Suiyobi no Cinderella (1987)

 

EDIT 6/25/2025: Due to multiple DMCA notices that I received, torrent link has been removed for the safety of this blog. The actual content itself can still be found on the usual spot—that is, if the torrent page there wasn't deleted by me.

Fansub credits can be found in the link above.

English fansubbed version of an anime adaptation of a manga by Michiharu Kusunoki, telling the story of motorcycle enthusiast Kenji and his attempts to race against "Wednesday's Cinderella", a Porsche driver whom motorcyclists try to race against every Wednesday and fail doing so. This movie adapts a small portion from the manga (at least, based off what I saw on Wikipedia JP).

I had already acquired this on VHS long ago but hadn't managed to do much with it for a while—thankfully the folks over at Kineko Video acquired this on LD and capped/encoded it using a DdD. Their raw was used for this release :^)

Enjoy!