Mach GoGoGo! (1967) - Episodes 03 & 04

The next two part story in this joint project with Luurah Productions, "Challenge of the Masked Racer."

Trivia: in the English dubbed version of this show, this enigmatic racer actually was called "The Masked Racer" in these episodes. It wasn't until his next appearance in episode 5 that they changed his name to "Racer X".

The torrent is here.

Direct download links are here: Episode 03  Episode 04

Sabu and Ichi's Detective Tales (1968) - Ep 02

Wow. I try not to hype my releases, but this episode is really good. Sabu investigates a rash of serial killings of local pickpockets, and ends up discovering a plot to overthrow the local government. This is one of those episodes that reminds me of why I love anime.

Trivia: this was actually the first episode aired on MBS (Mainichi Broadcasting System), but aired as episode 2 on NET (Nihon Educational Television, Japan's version of PBS or BBC1).

If you downloaded that zip file I accidentally uploaded with two versions of the episode, you can delete the one with the older date. The only difference is that the version with the newer date has a more detailed listing of the voice actors, otherwise the two files are exactly the same.

Massive thanks to Hokuto no Gun, don't forget to check out their website for lots of manly anime and manga downloads, including translated versions of the original Sabu and Ichi manga by the legendary Shotaro Ishinomori.They have so many amazing releases, like the 1970s Spider-Man manga, Mitsuteru Yokoyama's original Giant Robo manga, Grendizer manga by Go Nagai. Also don't forget to check out the websites of their partners in these projects, HappyScans and Dynamic Pro Scanlations.

If you only watch one color anime series this year it should be Genshi Shonen Ryu. Color televisions were selling like hot cakes in the early 1970s, with the Sony Trinitron leading the pack, and Toei's ink and paint crew were working their asses off to make sure that every background painting would take full advantage of this new technology. GENSHI SHONEN RYU, IN COLOR!!! Seriously, watch this show, you will not be disappointed. It's available (along with all of HnG's other manga & anime projects) on their downloads page here.

Sabu & Ichi #2 torrent is here. The corrected direct dowload link is here.

And for those of you who are wondering about my other projects, such as Casshan, Cyborg 009, Starzinger, Jeeg, Dororo, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Gekko Kamen, etc., have no fear. This has been a pretty busy year for me so far with work and family commitments, but I continue to make progress slowly but surely on all of your favorite projects, as well as a few surprises. I know there are some people who would rather I just stuck to a couple of shows (namely whatever their personal favorites happen to be) but that's just not my style, I like to keep my hands in a lot of different projects to keep myself from getting bored.

Sabu and Ichi's Detective Tales (1968) - Ep 01

This is a show that a lot of people have requested in the past. I got the first episode translated a few years ago, but I never had a high enough quality raw source to release it. Now this series is finally a go thanks to the manly folks at Hokuto no Gun, who are doing it as another joint project with me. I assume if you follow my blog you probably already know about HnG, but on the off chance you don't, definitely check out their site. In addition to all of their work on Hokuto no Ken spinoff manga & anime, they have tons of other great projects. To name a few: Genshi Shonen Ryu (one of the finest anime series ever made in my opinion), Ashita no Joe (classic 1970s boxing anime), Kinnikuman (hilarious 1980s wrestling anime). Their manga projects include Queen Emeraldas, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Giant Robo, Cobra, Spider Man & Grendizer. And those are just my personal favorites, they've done tons of other great stuff as well.

This show is based on a manga by the legendary Shotaro Ishinomori, which is being scanlated as a joint project between Hokuto no Gun and HappyScans.

The torrent is here.

Direct download link is here.

Dororo (1969) - Episodes 01-04

Since I never got around to making a torrent for episode three, and I also forgot to post any of these episodes on Animesuki, I figured I'd just post a batch of the first four episodes subtitled in this joint project with Hi no Tori Fansubs. If you have already downloaded any of these episodes, you can unselelect them in your torrent client.

Episode four is really cool, and a major series plot point is revealed after Hyakkimaru's battle with the Yokai Bandai.

The batch torrent is here.

Direct download links: Episode 1   Episode 2   Episode 3   Episode 4

Gatchaman II (1978) Episodes 01-52 (full frame)

When Vortex finished subtitling Gatchaman II last year, the format it was released in was a bit unusual...windowboxed with the subtitles in a black area below the video. I asked if it would be possible to redo them in the usual 4:3 frame, and she graciously agreed to do so.

While I have been doing the encoding on Gatchaman F (more episodes should be forthcoming soon), I can't take any credit for this project, other than using my seedbox to distribute it.  Seeing Gatchaman II fully subtitled has been something I've wanted to see for many years. Massive thanks to Vortex and everyone involved in the project!

The torrent is here. Direct download links to follow.

New releases soon

It has been a few months since I released anything, so I just thought I'd make a brief post to let people know that I am all right. Real life has been rather busy lately, but I'm still making progress on several different projects every week. New episodes of Casshan, Dororo and Mach GoGoGo are in the final stages of quality checking and will be out very soon, plus a lot of regular projects and surprises are in various stages of completion. And Vortex has completed the full frame versions of Gatchaman II, so I will be posting a batch torrent and DDLs soon as well.

I also wanted to thank aardvark for his generous donation, that will be a big help in getting a jump start on several things that I haven't been able to afford to send to my translator. The majority of my projects are done by freelance translators for hire. And thanks to all the other people who have donated in the past, such as Tony H., Bill V., Connor C., Eric J., Sandro S., Keith J., Samuel B. and Alex H. I'm not earning nearly as much as I used to before the crash of 2008, and thus I don't have as much disposable income to spend on translations, so you folks have been a big help in my continuing to get episodes released in these difficult economic times.

Enough of that...more releases soon!

SF Saiyuki Starzinger (1978) - Episode 03

Here's the latest of my digitally remastered upgrades of the VHS sourced releases from ILA Fansubs. ILA did a great job with these, and I'm really enjoying watching them again.

The torrent is here.

Direct download link is here.