Dmon's Anime World

A man has to keep his word... unless he's way too late and thus his endever is now pointless...

2012-01-18T13:21:00.000-08:00

So yeah... Cloud is doing a DVD version. Said DVD version does have lower video quality, but is uncensored. Apparently there was a lot of stuff that was fixed for the DVD version. He also has subs that are on par with mine. So... yeah... no point in me continuing this. I'm going to go and see if I can help him in any way.

Everything is on hold. I've put this off long enough. This is it. This is the only project I'm going to work on untill it's finished. Everything else is stalled. There will be two exceptions: the final volume of Tiger & Bunny and the fist batch of Ikoku Meiro no Croisee.
~~ZTC releases start next week. Also, please answer the poll question.~~

Suggestions openend

2012-01-13T23:00:00.000-08:00

Well, there is only one more volume of Tiger & Bunny left, two volumes of Deadman Wonderland and half of Ikoku Meiro No Croisee. Feel free to suggest some other shows. There are rules, of course:
1. The show must have available raws. Can't encode what I don't have. That means don't suggest Itsuka Tenma No Kuro Usagi. There have been no BD images since volume 1. If you know where to get them, that's another story.
2. The show must not have been released in BD before. Also counts if it is currently being released by a group.
3. The show must have been SOFT subtitled. If there are no subs available I won't do it.
4. The BD must not be a crappy upscale.

For the record: No matter what I pick, it's going to be 720p 10bit video with AAC audio.

Things suggested:

Legend:

Red: Not accepted.

Blue: Considering.
Green: Accepted.

01. Tantei Opera Milky Holmes SS : Already done by KiteSeekers - Wasurenai back in August. They will re-release it on BD as well.
02. Zero No Tsukaima - Priness No Rondo: Doki has released the first two season on BD already. It is quite obvious they will release the third as well. No need for me to butt in.
03. Shinryaku! Ika Musume Season 2: If, by some amazing chance, CoalGirls does not release the BD for this, like they did for the first season, I will consider it. When/if BDs are available, of course.
04. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon: Zurako has already released the first episode in a quality I am fine with.
05. PaniPoni Dash!: There are PaniPoni Dash! Blurays?
06. Kamichu: joseole99 has already released Blurays for Kamichu. It's a very poor upscale though.
07. D4 Princess: I know, I know.... I'll get to it.
08. C^3: While Tenshi couldn't encode properly to save his life, you can download the Final8 version. It's very good.
09. Seto No Hanayome: Great show. BDs done by Doki. The OVA was not included on the Blurays. God knows why not, but they remain DVD only.
10. Chaos;Head: Released by Exiled-Destiny.
11. Chihayafuru: That's a good suggestion. I'll keep it in mind.
12. Datalian No Shoka: Yup, Tenshi sucks. Here, download these first two volumes form tlacatlc6. I think he did a wonderful job: http://tlacatlc6.blogspot.com/search/label/dantalian
13. The Big O: After downloading both version, I came to the conclusion that it's not worth it. The BD version looks maybe a little better, but it's not that much of an improvement for me to work on it.
14. Future GPX Cyber Formula: Hell no. A don't like sports anime.
15. Seikon No Qwaser 2: This one's probably a given. I will do it eventually.
16. Sacred Seven: I'll consider it, but keep in mind, I liked ggs subs for it, so I will use them.
17. Soukyuu No Fafner - Dead Aggressor - Heaven and Earth: I'll look into it.
18. Himitsu: The Revelation: No thank you.
19. Mouryou No Hako: No thank you.
20. Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water: If a show was released only in 1080p, I'm not going to touch it. Especially since this is a 4:3 show, and thus only 1440x1080.
21.: Maria Holic: No, I did not enjoy that show at all.
22. Mobile Guint Gundam 00 - Special Edditions: Stupid pointless recaps. No thank you.
23. Dog Days (With IB subs): Hiryuu is doing BDs and their subs are better.
24. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni!: TV version was fine for me. BD didn't add anything to it.
25. Omamori Himari: Rizlim want's it. No point in both of us doing the same thing.
26. Kamisama Dolls: Zurako is doing them, and I'm helping with the specials.
27. Nekogami Yaoyorozu: I was considering this myself.
28. Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox: Ginseg is releasing it.
29. Un-Go: Maybe. I'll wait and see.
30. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai: Chihiro will do a BD version.
31. Ben-To: Final8 is releasing it.
32. Zettai Karen Children (2nd half): Yeah, I should get on that.
33. Blood-C: I still think Underwater's going to do it. If he won't, I might step up, but for now, no.
34. Nurse Angel Ririka SOS: I so want to do this. It's even encoded. I just don't have time.

Deadman Wonderland 01-08 (BD, 720p, 10bit)

2012-01-12T09:21:00.000-08:00

While it IS uncensored, it's not as uncensored as we'd all wish it was.
Video: 1280x720, x264, 10bit, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC
Subtitles: English, SGKK-Ruri

Torrent: Deadman Wonderland 01-06
Deadman Wonderland 07-08

Tiger & Bunny 01-22 (BD, 720p, 10bit)

2012-01-12T01:39:00.000-08:00

I've gone back to per-volume releases. Waiting for 3-4 volumes to pile up is both boring and annoying.
This is my first 10bit release. Enjoy. Also, even if you don't download this show from me, you have to watch it. I don't care what group/site you're using, you have to watch this show. It's exceptionally good.

Video: 1280x720, x264, 10bit, mkv
Audio: Japanese, AAC 320kbps, stereo
Subtitles: English, softsubs, Commie

Torrent: Tiger & Bunny 01-07 (BD, 720p, 10bit, AAC) v2
   Tiger & Bunny 08-13 (BD, 720p, 10bit, AAC)
             Tiger & Bunny 14-19 (BD, 720p, 10bit, AAC)
             Tiger & Bunny 20-22 (BD, 720p, 10bit, AAC)

Commie VS DmonHiro (based on episode 1, because I'm sure people will ask)

Dance In The Vampire Bund Intermission (BD, 720p)

2012-01-02T08:04:00.000-08:00

These small manga-like specials were released with each volume. I put them all in one file.
Video: Same as usual, I'm going to stop writing this.
Audio: AC3, 192 kbps
Subtitles: edited R1 subs styled like Chihiro's BD release.

Torrent: Dance In The Vampire Bund Intermissions

I just watched: Vexille: 2077 Nihon Sakoku

2012-01-01T13:32:00.000-08:00

Yeah.... watching this sure was a mistake. Oh... and spoiler alert, I'm gonna ruin the story for you. Well, I would, if the story wasn't already ruined to begin with.
How I watched this: Alone, in my room.
Why I watched this: It was a random pick from my list.
What version I watched: Blitz DVD rip.

Synopsis from AniDB: 10 years has passed since Japan had decided to leave the United Nations to go into isolation. They have completely blocked the islands with an ultra magnetic field which prevents anyone to see what is going inside, nor for people to travel in/out of the country. This was a result to opposing to a treaty which UN has passed, preventing the development of all bio and robot technology which has evolved drastically and has become a threat to the human beings. When Japan finally begins to move, the US government sends in a special force team SWORD, lead by a female commander Vexille, to investigate what is really happening inside the closed country. What has become of Japan? Why did this happen? What is Daiwa trying to do? Who is Maria, and why is she helping Vexille? Will Vexille be able to find out the answers to avoid the world from falling apart? One mystery leads to another which directs to the dramatic ending....

OK, so I watched this after it was randomly picked by my random number generator. I didn't really know much about it except that is was CG and it was similar to GitS. Well, it's not. It's much, much worse then that. GitS is in another league compared to this drivel. But, let's get right down into it, shall we?

Story: The story is pretty straight forward. After the UN banned the R&D of androids, Japan was outraged and left the organization. They were upset because they were the leaders in that filed, and not allowing them to continue was considered an insult. So, they isolated themselves by creating am electro-magnetic barrier around Japan that did not permit any king of signals to leave or enter the island. They also imposed heavy guards around the territory of Japan so as nobody could enter or leave. Cut to many years into the future, and nobody knows anything about what goes on in Japan.

The story starts off with a lot of action, mechas and personal powered suits. A team of soldiers equipped with personal battle armor break into a mansion where several world leaders are meeting with someone from Japan.

Did I mention he's the villain? No? Because I don't have to!

The mansion is guarded by robots who fight off the intruders, who have their own mecha to deal with them. It's quite a good action scene, showing off nice battles, exciting movement and lots of explosions.

You will never see this cool looking mecha again.

And I sure hope you enjoyed it because that was the height of the action for this movie. It's all downhill from here. They corner the guy, but he escapes by cutting his own leg off, and setting his house to self-destruct.

It was an brilliant move to have your house explode after all your enemies got out. Wait...

Thus the mission ended and we're properly introduced to the heroine of this show: Vexiile. She's part of a private military organization called SWORD. She was the one to got closest to the target before he cut his leg off.

Look freaking familiar?

We're introduced to the world our story takes place in: Generic Future City no.65421. Nothing about this place is original. There are robots everywhere, hovering cars, etc. For some reason, there are Japanese robots all over the place, in spite of the fact that nobody knows what the hell Japan has been doing for the last decade. Those could be walking bombs for all they know, but nobody seems to question the fact that they are buying and using robots they know nothing about.

So what if they're breaking our laws? They have awesome robots.

Anyway, turns out the leg they got is artificial, made from a type of bio-metal, in clear violation of UN laws. Thus, the UN orders the leg to be returned to Japan before it could be studied properly because of political pressure from Japan. Wait, what? They're giving it back, in spite of the fact that it proves that Japan broke UN laws by sending an android/cyborg into their territory? Yup.

They did manage to defeat him once... they can do it again.

Then we get a flashback scene when someone from Japan actually makes it outside, but is chased by evil robots. Two SWORD operatives take on the robots and before the young Japanese man dies, he tells them about the meeting that took place at the beginning of the movie. He also mentions Maria, who one of the soldiers knows.

It's a good thing he gave them so many details.

The next course of action is to infiltrate Japan to see what the hell they are up to. They will then set up a transmitter that will allow SWORD to decode the diffusion pattern that keeps Japan safe from any long range surveillance. Good plan, no? Not really. A better plan would be, I don't know, a couple of stealth jets equipped with film-cameras? There is no way every single border would be 100% protected by Japan, as you will see later in the film, and even if it was... you're the freaking UN. You could stomp on Japan until says "Uncle". But OK, let's do it your way.

So much for that radar of yours, Japan.

They somehow manage to infiltrate Japan quite easily. And go an plant the transmitter. It takes 3 minutes for the signal to set up and they actually show us the timer. Oh gee, I wonder if it's going to make it to 2:50 and then something will go wrong? Myeah... what a shocker, the team is discovered, and even though they are all in the same personal armor suits from the beginning of the movie, they are all easily picked off by guys with bazookas... and unlimited ammo.

Damn it, if only we had powered armor able to defeat mechas with. Hey wait a second!

The team sacrifices themselves to let Vexille survive. Why? Because she has the only backup transmitter. The fuck? Why the hell does she have the ONLY backup transmitter? This is the whole purpose of the operation, and they only brought two? The hell is wrong with this idiots?

WHY? Were they out of transmitters at the shop? BRING MORE YOU MORONS!

Anyway, she escapes and waked up in a small house where she meets Maria. She is the leader of the resistance group. But the evil people from Daiwa Heavy Industries come looking for her, and she has to escape with a young boy named Takashi. SWORD manages to track her, but it turns out she's the only human on the entire island.

What a twist. This could have been interesting.

It turns out that Daiwa used some sort of virus on the people of Japan that turns them into machines from the inside out. When they are completely transformed, they will obey Daiwa. And Daiwa did this to experiment with the virus so that they could replace the world leaders with machines so that they may take over the world. Also, the only habitable place is now Tokyo, the rest of Japan having been reduced to a wasteland, because.... evil?

Take that, Captain Planet!

In this wasteland there exist giant ~~sand~~ metal-worms that are just metal parts joined together by magnetism and that try and eat other metal parts to grow in size. The reason they are partially sentient is that... uhm... a wizard did it?

A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.

Anyway, the little boy is converted to machine and Maria kills him as to not revel their position. They have a sad, tearful burial scene for the kid... who nobody really cares about. We knew him for 20 minutes, and we didn't know anything about him except his name. The scene is long, tedious, and boring since there is zero emotional connection to him... or anyone else for that matter.

Alas, poor Takashi, we hardly knew thee. And I mean that.

OK, it's time to take down Daiwa. The plan is to lead those ~~sand~~ metal-worms into the place so that they eat everything. They will do this by attaching a metal wire to the cars and driving really quick through the tunnels. Everyone from the resistance will try their luck, and will, of course, all die except Maria and Vexille. The fact that they try actually try and make this scene anything other then a cliche is laughable. Nobody cares about those other people. We don't even remember their damn names.

Oh no... that guy is dead. Who was that guy again?

Anyway, Maria and Vexille make it, but the plan is a bust because there's a gap in the bridge leading to Daiwa, and the ~~sand~~ metal-worms can't jump that far. Even though they shouldn't be able to jump to begin with and should be levitating thought electro-magnetic energy.

Did those plans you stole not show the giant gap?

Anyway, the ladies get captured and taken to the big bad, who captured the other survivor of Vexille's team. He used to be Maria's boyfriend. I forgot his name, so I'll just call him Man.

Hey, I remember him! Wait, no I don't. I remember him existing, does that count?

The bad guy tries to infect Man with the virus, but the girls manage to escape while the city rebels and opened the bridge to Daiwa. They let some ~~sand~~ metal-worms inside, that are not able to jump the gap... for some reason, and they start tearing the place apart.

The worms must have had a bigger running start and waited until the last second to jump. Yeah...

Bad guy and Maria die while Vexille and Man are rescued by a SWORD aircraft that was ordered to not interfere by the president, but did so anyway. The end. No, really.... that's it.

Good God, that was a chore to watch. The pacing is horrendous, the story is cliche, and the climax is.... anti-climactic. This tries to be really deep and matrix-like, but it fails horribly. The only reason I even remember the story is because I made notes for this review. It is as bland as it could have been, in spite of an interesting premise. The part about the virus was quite interesting, but it never went beyond, we will use it to take over the world. Whoopty-freaking-do!

Execution: Yeah, the director should indeed be executed. Oh, wait, the other kind of execution. My bad.
Well, nothing about this movie is well executed. The action to story ratio is abysmal. There are only 5 action scenes in the entire movie, and those are very short. The premise is interesting, but presented in such a boring way that it's impossible to get invested. Not much is actually explained. Why do those metal creatures exist? Why did Daiwa allow them to exist, considering how dangerous they were. Why did they turn Japan into a wasteland anyway? These kinds of plot holes ruin the credibility of the movie. Bottom line, this movie is very poorly executed. It threw everything at you at the beginning, and then remembered it literally threw everything it had at you. As such, there's nothing left for the rest of the movie.

Why was he in this picture again? Oh, to die and makes us feel sad.

Charatcers: Despite this movie using 3D animation and being in 2D, the characters in it are in 1D. They are not even cardboard cutouts, they are just cardboard. Nothing about these characters is even remotely memorable or likable. There is absolutely no development to their personality. The only one that even has a story to tell is Maria. We know absolutely nothing about Vexille. Nothing, nada. The villain's motivation is complete BS... for what it's explained anyway. There's not even much to say about them. They are as bland as you can get. The only thing you'll remember (maybe) is that Vexille kind of looks like Deunan from Appleseed.

Deunan, a much better character from a much better movie.

Visuals: The movie looks OK. Not great, but OK. The 3D animation is passable, but way behind other movies that use the same technique. I will say that they at least tried (to ripoff other 3D movies). Not much to say here... it's just as bland as the rest of the movie. The character's movements are a tad off, and their faces are very uncanny.

Everything is way too slick for being underground and built from scrap.

Acting: The voices are passable, but it does seem nobody gave a crap about acting. And why should they? The dialogue is forced, and there's no real emotion behind it. You can't just tell us all this stuff at once, you have to gradually introduce it to us.

Bla, bla, bla... even the characters don't care.

Sound: I honestly can't remember anything about the music or sound affect of this movie. That should say a lot about that. I do not remember a single song or BGM. I can't even say there was much BGM. The explosions sounded really nice though.

Boom, house-shot!

Enjoyment: What enjoyment? I didn't enjoy a single minute of this. It was one of the most boring things I've ever seen in my life, and I had to sit though Twilight - New Dawn (Part 1). There is absolutely nothing worthwhile about this movie. The characters are boring and bland, the story had a good start but turned to BS. The action was promised but not delivered. Avoid at all costs. Go watch Appleseed Ex Machina instead.

Indded you do, better 3D SF action movie, indeed you do.

Ikoku Meiro No Croisee 01-06 (BD, 720p, 10bit)

2011-12-30T13:53:00.000-08:00

Prepare your nutbladder, for it's going to rupture. This show is cute. Yune is adorable and even Alice is pretty cute with her 19th century weeabo attitude.Claude is so tsudere it hurts though.
Video: 1280x720, h264, 10bit
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AC3
Subtitles: English, Interrobang, Ayako (for episode 4,5, edited to fit with the rest)

Torrent: Ikoku Meiro No Croisee 01-06

Hen Zemi (BD, 720p, 10bit)

2011-12-28T00:17:00.000-08:00

Enjoy the depraved show. Do not eat while watching. No, seriously, don't.
Video: 1280x720, x264, 10bit
Audio: Japanese, Stereo, AAC
Subtitles: English, Interrnobang (missing lines filled in by me)

ATTENTION!!!!
Episode 01-05 WILL announce the audio as being 3.0. Of course, it is not, but for some reason, no matter how many times I tried, it still says it's 3.0.

Torrent: Hen Zemi

GET OFF MY DAMN SITE, BLOGWALKERS!

2011-12-15T01:28:00.000-08:00

I am sick of idiots spewing God knows what language in the shoutbox. Take your retarded blogwalking somewhere else. I have no interest in your stupid blog, not now, not ever. You imbeciles aren't even writing in English, or about a subject even remotely close to anime. I don't give a shit about your blogs, so leave me the hell alone! If you have an anime blog, then by all means, I'd love to see it (provided it's in English). Otherwise, fuck off!

Oh, who am I kidding, most of those twits are from Taiwan or some shit, and have no clue about English.

Rio - Rainbow Gate! 01-14 (BD, 720p, AAC)

2011-12-01T14:23:00.000-08:00

Many people dissed this show because it was stupid. I watched it knowing it was actually trying to be stupid. Also, for added fun, watch the show immagining Rio is a time lord. Trust me, you'll be able to make sense of a lot more in this show if you just watch it thinking Rio is a time lord.
Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv

Audio: Japanese, AAC, 320kbps
Subtitles: English, KiteSeekers, Howard, DmonHiro

Torrent: [DmonHiro] Rio - Rainbow Gate! (BD, 720p, x264, AAC)
[DmonHiro] Rio - Rainbow Gate 14 (BD, 720p, x264, AAC)

A-Channel (BD, 720, 10bit, AAC) (Includes +A-Channel)

2011-12-01T01:12:00.000-08:00

I actually loved this show. Specials later.
Video: 1280x720, x264, 10bit
Audio: Japanese, AAC, 320kbps
Subs: English, EveTaku

Torrent: A-Channel (BD, 720p, 10bit, AAC)
+A-Channel (BD, 720p, 10bit, AAC)

In case you're wondering why I haven't released anything lately...

2011-11-24T04:00:00.000-08:00

I have a copy of Skyrim. So yeah... everything's stalled at the moment.

Dororon Enma-Kun Meramera (BD, 720p, 10bit)

2011-11-13T08:17:00.000-08:00

I enjoyed this show a lot. It's absolutely insane, and many jokes and references will fly right over your head if you aren't versed in older anime. As a bonus, I've spliced in the clean openings and endings. It was a pain.

Video: 1280x720, x264, 10bit, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AC3 320kbps
Subtitles: English, softsubs, gg

TV VS Bluray Screenshot

Torrent: Dororon Enma-Kun Meramera (BD, 720p, 10bit, AC3)
Bonus: Bluray Menu 1 Bluray Menu 2 Bluray Menu 3
Download HD Bluray Menu Pictures

Needless (BD, 720p, FLAC)

2011-10-25T11:17:00.000-07:00

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, FLAC, stereo
Subs: English soft subs by Ayako (modified for consistency, correctness, and removal of useless swear words and TL notes) and from Doutei for the specials.

Torrents: Needless 01-24 + Specials

Status Report

2011-10-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

Bonus points for who gets the reason for the above picture.
Right now, I'm in a bit of a slump. Work is piling on, and I've kind of lost the energy for anime work. Now, don't worry, I'm getting better. Here's what I'm going to start working on starting next week:

1. Seikon No Qwaser II: Doki asked me to work on this season as well. I really wanted to start this month, but lot's on things happened, and I wasn't able to. I will NOT drop this, EVER.

2. D4 Princess: I went and reencoded everything from the DVDs. It's not in much higher quality, and will be released in a full batch. Right now, I'm 20% done.

3. Really cold case: This is something I should have done a loooong time ago.

4. Rio: I have no bluray raws for episode 07+. Nobody does. Can't do anything without those.

5. The Just Watched section will be starting soon too.

Introducing a new section

2011-10-01T10:44:00.000-07:00

OK, I’m going to intoduce a new section called “Just watched”. It’s quite simple, I’m going to watch something, either a movie, OVA, series, or ongoing, and write up my opinion of it. It’s going to contain some spoilers, of course. I hope you like it.

The thing I’m going to watch will be chosen at complete random out of a 1500+ titles list, using a random number generator.

The post itself will contain a synopsis, my thoughts on the story and charaters, and a grading. Of course, it’s all 100% subjective, but I’d appreciate any type of comment.

The grading system will be split into the following categories:

Story: Well… what is the show about? Does it sound interesting? Does it sound stupid? Keep in mind, the story doesn’t have to be perfect for the show to be enjoyable. You can have the simple story of “fighting tournamnet”, and have the show still be awesome to watch. Because what really matters is…

Execution: You can have the blandest idea in the world, if you make it fun to watch, I’m a fan. How were the scenes show? Does it look exciting? Is it predictable? Have you already guessed who the killer is? All these things take from and increase enjoyment.

Charatcers: Who cares if you have an award winning story, if nobody gives two shits about the characters? Oh no, random guy no.23 was shot to death. If the charatcers are static and two dimensional (no pun intended), we’re not going to be invested in the story.

Visual: this will include the artwork, the charater design, the effects and everything about the video part of the production.

Acting: This one’s for the voice acting, of course. We’ll talk a little about the voice acting of the characters, and weather the artist sounded geniune or not.

Sound: Was the music awesome? Are you humming Towa no Kizuna right now? Is that how a giant laser cannon would sound?

Final grade – Enjoyment: This is it, the big one. How much did I enjoy this show? Was I yelling at the screen, cheering for the characters, or was I checking my e-mail during the “epic” conclusion?

G-On Riders (HKDVD, h264, 480p, AC3)

2011-09-25T23:00:00.000-07:00

So yeah... I bought a HKDVD just to see if the quality would suck. Surprise... it's decent.
Video: 720x480, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanaese, steleo, AC3 192 kbps
Subtitles: Engrish, vobsub

Torrent: G-On Riders

Sei Juushi Bismarck v2 (DVD, x254, AC3)

2011-09-23T00:16:00.000-07:00

So, the quality of what I released last week was pretty poor. Those were indeed the only raws you could get, but someone pointed out that I could get the ISOs from AsianDVDClub. I had previously not found them because I misspelled "Bismarck" as "Bismark". So, enjoy these much higher quality raws.
Video: 640x480, h254, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AC3 384 kbps
No subtitles.

Torrrent: Sei Juushi Bismarck v2

I've been an idiot

2011-09-02T17:10:00.000-07:00

Something has accured to me. Rant incoming. Also I've decided against FLAC.
What the hell happened to just watching anime? Who cares how the audio was encoded? Does anyone actually stop during watching an episode and say "You know, if only the audio was encoded in FLAC instead of AAC at 32o kbps, my experiance of this anime would be grately enhanced". Why does is matter if it has ordered chapters or not. So what if it does? It's not like you watch the freaking OP/ED every single episode. So what if it doesn't? It's not like 100MB per episode is going to kill your HDD. Yeah, video is something you can complain about. If it's blocky, it it has severe banding, if it's in a low resolution or upscale it takes away from the viewing experience because you can pitpoint exactly what's wrong instantly. But the other stuff?
I'm a sucker too. So what if it doesn't have chapters? Yeah, it's kind of stupid, but it's not like I'll die if I watch the OP too, or skip manually. And why the fuck am I releasing anime with two versions of the same audio track? It's STUPID, and I won't do it every again. I'll upload a FLAC version on MU for those truly obsessed, but having the same audio twice in the file is stupid IMO. Also, just because 10bit encoding & decoding is now possible does not mean you need to request every single anime ever released in 8bit to be re-released in 10bit. You can still watch the 8bit anime, you know. You've been watching it for years, it's not going to kill you. Sure, newer stuff should be encoded in the better format, and maybe even some classics, but I've seen people asking "Are you going to re-release this in 10bit" all over. It's like all of a sudden, every 8 bit release is now invalid. What are you going to do? Not watch anything older then 1 year? And on that note, you don't actually expect me to believe that you're going to stop the video and say "Hey, this scene has banding". If you can do that, then clearly you're not paying much attention to the anime. And another thing: why the almost univeral vocal hate of vobsubs? What's wrong with them? Is it because they are yellow? I've seen people preffering the unstyled .srt for shows with MANY sings. In .srt, those cannot pe placed well, and end up messing up the lines. And people STILL want those instead on the DVD subtitle.

This rant was brought to you by the "It's 3 AM and I can't sleep" fundation.

After spending 3 days listening to every audio test I can find, I came to the conclusion that I can't tell the difference between FLAC 16bit and AAC 320 kpbs. Used different speakers, HQ headphones... still nothing. So screw it, if I can't tell the difference, why am I releasing in dual-audio? Hell, I watched this in TV rips and I didn't complain. I'm trying my best to stop with this perfectionist crap, it's taking too much time and effort, and most don't care.

Sora No Otoshimono - Extra Pack

2011-09-01T02:26:00.000-07:00

In celebration of tlacatlc6 finishing the first season of Sora No Otoshimono, here are every extras ever.
Let's have a rundown, shall we?

1. The menus form the Bluray release. Includes the .mkvs with the animation, and .pngs for the still (sexy) pictures. Six in total.
2. The scans from the Bluray release. Includes the box, the story guide, the disc labels and 29 illustrations from the gallery on the discs.
3. The bonus CDs from the DVD edition. 4 CDs in all, with songs and interviews. These are 320kbps .mp3 and are not translated.
4. The main event for some: all clean openings and endings. That's 3 OPs and 14 EDs. 720p, mkv, FLAC.
5. The scans from the DVD editions. Includes the box, covers, DVD/CD labels and the postcards that came with every DVD.
6. A collection of extra videos. These include the previews, TV and DVD spot, sponsorship cards and illustrations, "cut" scenes and a separate video of Ikaros' song Fallen Down.

Torrent: Sora No Otoshimono - Extra Pack

Project status

2011-08-31T00:36:00.000-07:00

OK guys, you wanted a project status report, here it is. Oh? You didn't? Well too bad, you're going to read it.

Active projects, in order of importance:

1. Seikon No Qwaser (with Doki fansubs): I only have 3 episodes to do, and I'll be done with this show.

2. NEEDLESS: Yes, after I finish Seikon No Qwaser for Doki, I'm going back and finishing NEEDLESS. Needles to say I'll be releasing a batch for episodes 13-24. No single torrents.

3. D4 Princess: This project has gone back to its roots. I didn't really like the first encode: it was xvid, it had a weird resolution and it had black borders. I went back and reencoded the whole freaking thing. It's 10bit now, btw. I didn't like the sub style I used either, so that's gone too.

Active Bluray projects, released in batches of 4/6/7 episodes:

1. Tiger & Bunny: The next batch of Tiger & Bunny is a long way off, and will contain episodes 08-13. That's the end of the first arc.

2. Dororon Enma-kun: I have no clue when the next volume will come out, but it will contain 4 episodes.

3. Rio - Rainbow Gate: The batch will contain the last 7 eps. No estimates on this, because I'm using someone elses subs (Howard).

Future Bluray projects, that I want to do, have prepared to do, but will drop if someone else releases the show with the same subs I want to use:

1. Sora No Otoshimono Forte: This one is an exception. I'll be releasing this one regardless of anything. I will be editing the CR subs a bit for it. I have already encoded this, and spliced in the clean OP/ED for each episode. Will release full batch only.

2. A-Channel: I know Eve-Taku is releasing their own version of the Blurays, but somehow, my encode looks better and is smaller. I also loved the show, and I think it's worth it. First batch will have 6 episodes.

3. Seikon No Qwaser II (with Doki): I signed up for season II of Seikon No Qwaser. I'll work on it in the second half of September.

In case you're wondering, these are the Bluray projects that I dropped:

1. Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: I didn't think KiteSeekers would release anything past episode 1 of the Blurays. No point in releasing it.

2. Working!!: I was going to do this, but tlacatlc6 beat me to it, and used the same subs and codecs (sans 10bit).
3. Ore-tachi Ni Tsubasa Wa Nai: Howard has a 720p release. Enough said.
4. Sengoku Otome: I actually enjoyed this show, and the Bluray has tits. So what the hell? Ginseng's doing this, and with 10bit to boot. No need for me then. Thanks to katsukasa for the tip.

Other projects I really want to work on when I have the time:

1. Nurse Angel Ririka SOS DVD rip: I really want to make a decent rip of all this show. I really like it and I think it deserves better.

2. Zettai Karen Children 27-51: I've been meaning to redo my old shitty translation of this show for years now. Someday, I'll get it done.

3. Digimon Movies 3 7 6: These don't have a good DVD rip. I want to fix that.

4. Yes! Pretty Cure 5 21-49 HD rip: The DVDs are SHIT, so I want to continue where Arienai left us, with good HDTV quality. Trust me, it's much better the the blurry as hell DVDs. BTW, these are xvid. Transcoding them would lose quality.

5. Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!: same as above. Also xvid.

Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu (BD, 720p, AAC)

2011-08-28T05:58:00.000-07:00

Long overdue, but worth it, IMO. I loved this show, it was so wrong but so right.
Yes, I know, this should have been out aeons ago.

Video: 1280x720, x264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC 256kbps
Subtitles: English, softsubs, CrunchyRoll with karaoke by FFFPeeps
Extras: Clean openings and endings, the Bluray menus from both seasons, the Bluray scans from season one. If anyone has the scans from the second season, please share.

Torrent: Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu (BD, 720p, AAC)
Alternative BakaBT torrent: Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu! [DmonHiro]

And now, a word from our sponsor (updated)

2011-08-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

It's rant time... kind of. I've been getting a lot of ~~FLAC~~ flack from these new releases, so I thought I'd define how I do it.

You all know me, I'm pretty much a prick with sudden bursts of niceness. I am going to share my policies with you, and then you can flame me and call me a fag.

VIDEO:
- I will only be releasing 720p, unless the show is DVD only. Then I'll release 480p. I will never release upscaled DVD anime;
- everything I release will be mkv, h264. Everything I started in 8bit will be finished in 8bit, but everything new will be 10bit;
- I am a fan of ordered chapters, but I will not be using them. They are a lot of trouble, and the only two benefits form them (less HDD space and less encoding time) mean nothing to me. Also, I kind of like everything in one file;
- splicing in clean OP/ED will not be the default. I will do it once, for one episode, but that's it. There are two execptions: when the OP/ED is part of the story, and the text distracts (like Mitsudomoe 13), or when there is a different OP/ED each episode (Enma-kun). The reason for the later is that since there are more versions, I'm going to include them anyway, so I might as well splice them in.

AUDIO:
- Japanese audio only, no exceptions;
- ~~I will be releasing FLAC and AAC/AC3 from now on. The reason is simple: I have not yet decided which one I like better;~~
- change of plans: next show released will have AAC 320 kbps audio, and a separare FLAC file uploaded on MU that people who want can just download and mux themselves. Everyone should ba happy;
- for those curious, 16bit FLAC for a 25 minute episode is 120MB, while AAC/AC3 at 320kbps is about 60MB.

SUBTITLES:
- softsubs, of course;
- I am not a fan of facy fonts, so if vobsubs are available, I will use them. I am perfectly fine with vobsubs;
- no karaoke, just the song translation, as in no romaji unless someone already put them in. Never kanji.

OTHERS:
- I will alywas include chapters. It's stupid to not have chapters in .mkv;
- I will not provide DLL. Torrent only;
- I will always try to include an archive with the DVD/Bluray scans and extras.

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan (01-12+OVA) (Bluray, 720p, AAC)

2011-08-26T05:36:00.000-07:00

Here you go, 720p. Styling done by Polished. Go thank him.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC
Subtitles: English, softsubs, CR

Torrent: [DmonHiro] Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan (01-12) (Bluray, 720p, AAC)
    [DmonHiro] Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan OVA v2 (Bluray, 720p, AAC)

Megaupload: Chapter 01 Chapter 02 Chapter 03 Chapter 04 Chapter 05 Chapter 06
                 Chapter 07 Chapter 08 Chapter 09 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12
       OVA v2

Vandread (DVD, wmv, mp3)

2011-08-17T14:43:00.000-07:00

I freaking love this show. I love everything about it. Sadly, you can't get a decent version anymore.

So far, I have found four other versions of this: KTYM, Baka-Anime, Exiled-Destiny, Arigatou and ZX.
Mine's a custom version made with some R2 raws I found on Japanese P2P years back. They look better then what I have ever seen from R1 rips.
You be the judge:

KRYM VS DmonHiro
Baka-Anime VS DmonHiro
Exiled-Destiny VS DmonHiro
Arigatou VS DmonHiro
ZX VS DmonHiro

My conclusion: Baka-Anime is filtered though hell and back and looks horrendous. ZX is an old Divx5 .ogm version, and it shows. KRYM looks as bad as ZX without the excuse of being old. Exiled-Destiny is decent, but even more cropped then mine. Arigatou looks about the same as mine, better in some cases, but when your watching it, it seems a little off, I can't explain why. Also, they have the only styled .ass subs, but they are very poorly styled, hugging the bottom of the screen. If you want the English audio, go with Arigatou.

Video: mkv, 640x360,WMV3
Audio: Japanese, mp3 128 kbps
Subtitles: English, R1, srt

Torrent: Vandread (DVD, wmv, mp3)

To Aru Kagaku No Railgun #13,5

2011-05-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

I'm still stalled for a couple of months, but here's a present to get you though it. This is the bonus mini-episodes released with the manga that serves as an extra to the actual 13th episode. Enjoy.
Quality's decent, considering the state the ISO itself.
Video: 704x396, h264, mkv

Audio: Japanese, stereo, AC3
Subtitles: English, softsubbed, UTW styles

Torrent: To Aru Kagaku No Railgun #13,5
MegaUpload: To Aru Kagaku No Railgun #13,5

Chrono Crusade - Extra Goodies Pack

2011-04-25T05:04:00.000-07:00

I redid Azmaria's lessons, so you can get those from the new torrent or MU. Don't get it from the torrent with everything else.
I've been hunting down the Azmaria's Lessons for many years, and having finally found the version with the original Japanese audio (the R1 release only had English audio for Azmaria's Lessons, God knows why), I decided to share them. I also included all the other DVD extras for this great show. Let's break it down now.

Azmaria's Lessons: Azmaria teaches you all the things you need to know.
Video: 640x480, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, 256 kbps, mp3
Subtitles: English, vobsub

Chrono Crusade Chronicle: more detailed info about characters, weapons, places
Video: 640x480, h264, mkv

Production sketches: designs of characters, weapons, places
Video: 640x480, h264, mkv

Clean OP/ED:
Video: 640x480, h264, mkv
Audio: SBR AAC

Torrent: Chrono Crusade - Extra Goodies Pack
Azmaria's Lessons

MegaUpload: Azmaria's Lessons Chrono Crusade Chronicle Clean OP/ED
Production sketches Azmaria's Lesson 02

(Shin) Koihime Musou (Otome Tairan) - Extra Goodies Pack

2011-04-25T03:19:00.000-07:00

This is a collection of all the Bluray Extras from all three seasons of Koihime Musou.
Be warned, the three chibi-shorts are NOT translated.

The specials (one for each season) are:
1. Short chibi episode: no subtitles, 720p, h264, AAC
2. Clean opening, ending, OVA opening, OVA ending: 720p, h264, AAC
3. Slideshow. This is the image slide show present on the disks themselves. NSFW: 720p, h264, AAC
4. Calendar. These are the same images from the slide show, but with extra nudity. NSFW: 1600x1200, jpg
5. Illustartions. A collection of different illustrations present on each Bluray/DVD. Half NSFW: 1600x1200, jpg

Hope you enjoy.

Torrent: (Shin) Koihime Musou (Otome Tairan) - Extra Goodies Pack
MegaUpload: (Shin) Koihime Musou (Otome Tairan) - Extra Goodies Pack

Mitsudomoe 01-14 (BD, 720p)

2011-03-13T06:07:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this show. It is the funniest anime I've seen all year. So I just HAD to release it.
Finally finished. Enjoy, and yes, I'll be doing the 2nd season.
Episode 13 has the clean ending spliced in, because it was relevant to the story, and the text was distracting. The song isn't subtitled for the exact same reason. I'll be making a batch torrent (my first) tomorrow.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC
Subtitles: English, softsubs, CR & FFFPeeps
Torrent: Mitsudomoe (BD, 720p, AAC)
MegaUpload:   Episode 01 Episode 02 Episode 03 Episode 04
                      Episode 05 Episode 06 Episode 07 Episode 08
                      Episode 09 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12
                  Episode 13 Episode 14 Clean Opening Clean Ending

Ookami-san To Shichinin No Nakama-tachi (Is canceled)

2011-03-10T23:31:00.000-08:00

Yes, I'm dropping this, but there's a very good reason.
Elysium-Subs released a 720p version that is pretty much identical to mine, down to the file sizes. Same subs, same audio/video means that there's no point in me doing it. Grab their version, I did.

(Elysium-Subs) Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi 720p

How did you not get this?

2011-02-23T13:40:00.001-08:00

Of course it's Pita Ten you dweebs. Don't you know about my love for Tamura Yukari's voice? That alone is enough to get me to watch any show. I already have some raws, because God forbid the actually good shows have ISOs available. I might have found some better DVD raws, so I'll just hope to get lucky.

OK, it's not Full Moon Either.

2011-02-23T09:53:00.000-08:00

I absolutely love this show, but someone else is going to (probably) do it. I have decided to do something else, something that people who read my posts on ANN/Animesuki/MAL, should have guessed by now. There's no more need for the poll either.

I'm getting the feeling most people aren't quite getting it.

2011-02-18T00:22:00.000-08:00

First rejected show was a decent ecchi, second rejected show was a bad ecchi. If you didn't see this coming, you failed to recognize a simple pattern. I liked the KoiKoi7 manga, but the anime was trash. They even hype the hell out of the final battle, only to skip it entirely.

Prism Ark? Seriously guys? THAT'S what you think I'll do?

2011-02-16T23:56:00.000-08:00

Why in the name of God would I work on this show?

It's not Tonagura.

2011-02-14T23:56:00.001-08:00

As the title says, stop voting for it. I'll be randomly crossing stuff of the list, and resetting the poll, after deleting the entry. I am not rejecting Toradora because it's a bad show, I'm rejecting it for other reasons.

Koihime Musou (01-12 + OVA) (Bluray, 720p, AAC)

2011-02-13T00:25:00.000-08:00

Because I hate having only seasons 2 and 3 in Bluray. Quality is quite good.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC
Subtitles: English, softsubs, PFSub-AonE-Menclave

Torrent: [DmonHiro] Koihime Musou (01-12 + OVA) (Bluray, 720p, AAC)

Megaupload: Feast 01 Feast 02 Feast 03 Feast 04 Feast 05 Feast 06 Feast 07
Feast 08 Feast 09 Feast 10 Feast 11 Feast 12 OVA Clean OP Clean ED

Let's play a game

2011-02-12T05:14:00.000-08:00

OK, here the thing. I'm going to start workind of a DVD version of something else. Knowing me, I'm curious if you guys can guess what that anime is. I'm sorry to say, there is no real prize. Vote if you want to test your precognition powers.

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai 13-18 (DVD)

2010-11-12T03:21:00.000-08:00

I noticed that WinD's site is down, and they may not finish releasing the last DVD episodes of HiguKai. If they don't you may use this release to complement their DVD episodes and have a full DVD collection of HiguKai.

Video: 720x480, mkv, h264 (Encoded from DVD ISO by BLINKX01)
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC, 292 kbps
Subtitles: English, VOBSUB, Hauu~
Torrent: Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai 13-18 (DVD)

Umineko No Naku Koro Ni 01-26 (BD, 720p)

2010-11-07T07:43:00.000-08:00

This show never did get the love it deserves. So, now in Bluray quality, after much waiting. Enjoy.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv (provided by Leopard Raws up until episode 12)

Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC

Subs: English, softsubs, gg

Umineko No Naku Koro Ni 01-12 (720p)

Umineko No Naku Koro Ni 13-20 (720p)

Umineko No Naku Koro Ni 21-26 (720p)

Hanamaru Kindergarten 11-12 + Extras (BD,720p)

2010-10-21T00:33:00.000-07:00

And here we have the final two episodes, along with the Bluray extras. Enjoy.

The extras include: clean opening and clean endings, a preview to the anime, that contains scenes not present in the anime, or present but differently handled, and three "previews" to "Kindergarten Warriors - Hanamaru Girls"

Torrent: Hanamaru Kindergarten 11-12 + Extras (BD,720p)
MegaUpload: Episode 11 Episode 12 Extras

Haibane Renmei (BD, 720p, AAC)

2010-08-24T00:46:00.000-07:00

Haibane Renmei, because I wanted to watch it. This is a smaller version for those who don't want to download 13 GB. The quality is pretty much the same, just with less grain, if you're into that sort of thing. Enjoy.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC
Subtitle: English, softsubs, cestfait

Torrent: Haibane Renmei

Status report

2010-08-22T04:29:00.000-07:00

Alright, time for some status report. Things were a little hectic in RL for the past month, so here's the thing.

~~1. 11eyes is dropped. FTV-Wasurenai is releasing a very nice 720p, which I am also downloading. As such, I see no reason to continue my work. Thank you FTV-Wasurenai for saving me the trouble.~~

~~2. Umineko No Naku Koro Ni is stalled indefinitely. I have no raws or ISOs to work with, so I have no way to release more 720p. IF raw>13 THEN release +.~~

~~3. Needless is progressing nicely. Gonna try for 3 episodes a week.~~

~~4. Dance In The Vampire Bund is in the works. I have chosen to use the Yuurisan scripts, because I liked them more. The fact that those got more votes had not actual contribution to this decision.~~

5. D4 Princess is going slowly, but it is in no way dropped. I will probably release this whole, or in batches of 6.

6. Haibame Renmei. What a lovely show. I actually hadn't see this before. Expect the 720p soon. I think this will also be a batch release.

7. Nurse Angel Ririka SOS and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 are both stalled for now. I'm not in the mood to work on those right now.

Hanamaru Kindergarten 09-10 (BD,720p)

2010-08-13T02:56:00.000-07:00

Here are two more adorable episodes.

Torrent: Hanamaru Kindergarten 09-10 (BD,720p)
MegaUpload: Episode 09 Episode 10

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - 2nd (Bluray, 720p, THORA)

2010-07-28T02:33:00.000-07:00

Same deal as before, except this time, there is no other 720p version. Also, this season was worse then the first, with plots and super powers coming out of nowhere. Also, Marina is the most useless "main" female character in any Gundam show. Fa? She even piloted an MS to help out once. Relana? Almost united the whole damn world. Lacus? Stole one of the god-tier Gundams and a freaking battleship. Marina? Sang a song.

Torrent: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - 2nd Season

PS: No, I'm not uploading 15 GB to MegaUpload, stop asking.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Bluray, 720p, THORA)

2010-07-26T01:28:00.000-07:00

Two days ago I wanted to finally update my Gundam 00 with sexy Bluray rips. But, the only versions I found were not to my liking. The first was OCZ. It had English audio(waste of space), official subs (inferior to Menclave) and not so good timing (when a person cut over someone else, it would show the second persons lines above the first, but before he/she started talking, because of the shitty R1 subs). So, I turned to THORA, but their 1080p seemed like a waste of space (many would disagree, and that's alright). So, I made this re-encode from THORA's files, in 720p. Now, don't worry, everything is identical, and yes, the ordered chapters still work fine. The only bone I have to pick with THORA is that they stopped making regular chapters for the episodes after 13. Why? No clue, but I've never seen anime that uses ordered chapters and lacks regular chapters.

So, here's the torrent: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (720p, THORA)

PS: This release fits very nice of 3 DVD-Rs, if you spread it out like this:
DVD 01: #01-#09, OP1, ED1, Clean OP1, Clean OP2, Clean ED1
DVD 02: #10-#17, OP2
DVD 03: #18-#25, Clean ED2

Also, yes, I'll do the second season. Judging my the animation, that one will be 4 DVD-Rs.

Kishin Houkou Demonbane (DVD rip)

2010-07-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

Got tired of waiting for BakaBT. Here's one of my favorite mecha/magic anime.
Included is the OVA as well. You can watch that after episode 3. Read below for info about the files.

Video: 640x360, DivX5, mkv
Audio: Japanese, 160 kbps, mp3
Subtitles: English, softsubs (Original by Shinsen-Subs, ripped by Retrofit, styled by me)

Torrent: Kishin Houkou Demonbane (DVD)

Here's the deal. I didn't like Retofit's styling, so I made my own. But, that's not all. I also added the EXCELLENT Shinsen-Subs episode notes at the end of these episodes. I ask everyone to read those notes after watching the episode. They explain a great deal about the world of H.P. Lovecraft.

Hanamaru Kindergarten 07-08 (BD,720p)

2010-07-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

The summer episodes.

Torrent: Hanamaru Kindergarten 07-08 (BD,720p)
MegaUpload: Episode 07 Episode 08

Sekirei (Bluray, 720p)

2010-07-08T04:29:00.000-07:00

Because the Bluray box came out.

Video: 1280x720, h264, QTS
Audio: Japanese, stereo AAC
Subs: English, softsubs, Titanium

Torrent: Sekirei (Bluray, 720p)

Sora No Otoshimono - DVD Extras

2010-07-01T02:38:00.000-07:00

While I wait on some encoding stuff, here's the DVD extras to a lovely show.

This includes clean versions of the opening and all 13 endings, tv spot, previews and outtakes. Enjoy.

Torrent: Sora No Otoshimono - DVD Extras
MegaUpload: Sora No Otoshimono - DVD Extras
MegaUpload: Sora No Otoshimono 13 - Director's Cut

Hanamaru Kindergarten 05-06 (BD,720p)

2010-06-27T03:16:00.000-07:00

Bla bla bla, episodes 5 & 6.

Torrent: Hanamaru Kindergarten 05-06 (BD,720p)
MegaUpload: Episode 05 Episode 06

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 12 (720p)

2010-06-26T02:09:00.000-07:00

This is it, the last episode, the end of the battle........until the next season, I guess.

Torrent: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 12 (720p)

MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 12 (720p)

It's summer hollyday for me!

2010-06-24T12:28:00.000-07:00

Alright, I finally finished my exams, with 4 A+ and 1 A-, thank you very much, so, I'm going to get cracking on some anime projects starting next week. I have a ton of things I want to do, so there's going to be updates on lot's of things, but first, lemme just give a small preview of what I'm going to be working on. The releases, however, will be 100% random. Included is a screen shot from the encodes.

D4 Princess (DVD)
I'll finally have time to get this one down. I'm using my own DVD rips, provided buy a very nice guy from BoxTorrents 2 years ago. Hate to say, I forgot his name, but he has my thanks. FYI, this show will fit perfectly on one DVD when it's completed.

Urusai Yatsura OVA (DVD)
Yes, I'm going to release this. Someone provided me with a DVD ISO, and I've already encoded it.

Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (DVD)
This show is very dear to me, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why it didn't catch on. Maybe it was too dark, I don't know. What I do know is that I finally got all 35 DVD episodes encoded and ready to go.

Rental Magica (DVD)
Why yes, I will be doing the last 15 DVD rips episodes of this. The first 9 episodes were done in DVD quality by Shinsen and T_T a long time ago, but nobody bothered to do the rest. Well, I bother.

Needless (Bluray)
Well, I have the first 14 episodes encoded from the bluray...all I can say is MEMORIZED!

~~Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (720p)~~
Bet you didn't see this coming. Arienai stopped at 19, and nobody ever continued. I have all the rest of the episodes encoded, even though the quality is a little shoddy sometimes. Hey, it was a bitch to get even these files, so don't complain or I'll shove a pretty cure plastic toy up your ass.

Note: Yes! Pretty Cure 5 delayed indefinitely because of raw problem.

PS: I also have a few surprises.

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 11 (720p)

2010-06-18T23:40:00.000-07:00

Time for the final battle, fine request, and final silly plan.

Torrent: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 11 (720p)

MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 11 (720p)

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 10 (720p)

2010-06-12T02:30:00.000-07:00

Prisons, escapes, and voyeur ninjas. Enjoy.

Torrent: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 10 (720p)
MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 10 (720p)

Hanamaru Kindergarten 01-04 (BD,720p)

2010-06-09T10:43:00.000-07:00

Because I wanted to.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC, vbr
Subtitles: English, softsubs, pwq

Torrent: Hanamaru Kindergarten 01-04 (BD,720p)
MegaUpload: Episode 01 Episode 02 Episode 03 Episode 04

Kampfer - Bluray Extras (720p)

2010-06-06T06:25:00.000-07:00

Since gg-remux finished with Kampfer, I decided to offer this complementary pack with all the extras (except the live action ones) These are from many sources, some with AAC some with FLAC, as I shall go in detail.

This pack contains:
1. Clean versions of the two openings and of the ending.
2. The Kampfer picture drama, subbed by Hatsuyuki.
3. Three extra scenes: Natsuru groping Shizuku, Natsuru and Akane changing (pictured above) and Shizuku's extended shower scene.
4. Clean transformations of Natsuru, Mikoto, Akane and Shizuku.

Torrent: Kampfer - Bluray Extras (720p)
MegaUpload: Kampfer - Bluray Extras (720p)

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 09 (720p)

2010-06-05T02:31:00.000-07:00

Reunions, little cat-girls, and boobs.

Torrent: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 09 (720p)
MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 09 (720p)

The Sacred Blacksmith 11-12 (1080p)

2010-05-29T06:39:00.000-07:00

And here's the end of this cute little show. Lisa is mine. The raws switched to FLAC for the last two episodes, and I didn't feel like reencoding the audio.

Torrents: Episode 11 Episode 12

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 08 (720p)

2010-05-29T02:52:00.000-07:00

Cat-Gilrs, giant elephants and boobs are the highlights of this episode. Quite funny, to me at least.

Torrent: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 08 (720p)
MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 08 (720p)

Moetan (DVD) & About the poll.

2010-05-25T03:28:00.000-07:00

Well, isn't this unexpected? Moetan got the least number of votes, yet here it is. Well, I always thought polls were kind of boring, so in a twist ending, I've decided to do the shows based on my poll, in reverse, from least votes to most. Now isn't that something?

Now, keep in mind I didn't do all these episodes. More then half were done by MBT, but the other ones didn't have a DVD version, so I decided to use Loidan's translation as a base for those. Hope you enjoy. Also, do NOT try to resume using episode 01 by Essedus. It's not the same file.

Video: 704/848x480, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, vbr, AAC
Subs: English, softsubs

Torrent: Moetan (DVD) (and no, I'm not doing MU links)

PS: No, I'm not actually going through the poll in reverse. Just that the poll turned out to be redundant. I've already spoken with someone who will do Full Moon, so rather then both working on the same show, I've decided to help him. Same thing, but a little more uncertain, with Da Capo. Out of the three left, I did Moetan first because I already had 2 of 5 episodes completed. Next release by me will be for D4 Princess.

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 07 (720p)

2010-05-22T04:23:00.000-07:00

New episode: fights, childhood friends, and make up ~~sex~~ sleep.

Torrent: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 07 (720p)
MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 07 (720p)

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 06 (720p)

2010-05-14T22:56:00.000-07:00

Here's episode 06. Not much to say. Assassins, rivals, and the beginning of friendship.

Torrent: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 06 (720p)
MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 06 (720p)

D4 Princess - Volume I (DVD)

2010-05-12T00:38:00.000-07:00

I started this project like 2 years ago, and I let it die. Now, I have resurrected it, and will finish it by the half of the next month. This is a really nice, gem of an anime, and I hope you enjoy it.

Video: 592x448, xvid, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, 192 kbps, AC3
Subs: English, softsubs

Torrent: D4 Princess - Volume I (01-06)
MegaUpload: Episode 01, Episode 02, Episode 03
Episode 04, Episode 05, Episode 06

PS: This will be released in batches of 6 episodes (to reflect the DVDs), so the next batch will be 07-12 (out of 24 episodes)

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 05 (720p)

2010-05-10T01:17:00.000-07:00

Here is episode 05. In this episode: flashbacks, idol costumes, boob padding and thieves. Also, ~~a spoiled~~ two spoiled princesses. Enjoy.

Torrnet: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 05 (720p)
MegaUpload: Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 05 (720p)

Here are the MegaUpload links for the first 4 episodes:
Episode 01 Episode 02 Episode 03 Episode 04

PS: These links were kindly provided by mazn. Thank you.

About that poll...

2010-05-09T12:35:00.000-07:00

Before anyone else asks, yes, I would actually try and deliver the DVD version of the winner*. I already have the raws for the series I added to the poll. However, feel free to suggest anything else, but following the following rules:

1. Series must NOT have a DVD/Bluray version with English subtitles either completed or ongoing (stalled for months is OK)
2. Series must have been subbed at some point in English (I will not translate myself, I do enough of that on current shows), and must be available for download in a reasonably accessible way. **
3. Raws must exist, and access to them must be relatively appropriate.

tl;dr version: suggest a show that was subbed, but has no DVD/Bluray version.

*: I will start this new series after I finish D4 Princess next month (first half)
**: If the group who's subs I am using objects to them being used, he/she may contact me and ask me to stop using them

Later edit: OK, forgot something important. I like anime like Needless, Nanoha, Gundam SEED, Bleach, etc. I'm a "mainstream" anime fan. I do not usually like overly experimental anime (Kuuchuu Buranko), I hate boring slow-moving plots (most Bee-Train), I don't like sports anime, and I have an aversion to ninja/samurai anime (don't know why, I just don't like those historicalish types). Basically, I won't bother with the types of shows that get dropped by all groups for lack of interest (unless I'm personally interested), or get one group working on them (like Kuuchuu Buranko).

Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan 01-04 (720p)

2010-05-06T03:34:00.000-07:00

Here is what I released. It's an upscale, but it's decent. Do not replace this with the Bluray version when it comes out, because IMO, both should be kept as they have different scenes.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC, 192 kbps
Subs: English softsubs, Cruncyroll

Torrents:
Episode 01 Episode 02 Episode 03 Episode 04

MegaUpload:
Episode 01 Episode 02 Episode 03 Episode 04

I Segreti Dell'Isola Misteriosa (Italian Dub)

2010-05-06T03:26:00.000-07:00

Time for something different. This show (Kyouryuu Boukenki Jura Tripper) was never subbed in English and the Japanese raws are next to impossible to find. I grew up with the Italian dub version, and decided to share.

Video: 640x480, xvid
Audio: Italian, stereo, mp3, 192 kbps
Subs: No subtitles

Torrent: I Segreti Dell'Isola Misteriosa (Italian Dub)

Shugo Chara! Pucchi Puchi! (720p)

2010-05-06T03:22:00.000-07:00

As you all know, the third Shugo Chara! season had a live action segment (which sucked), a normal anime segment (subbed well by Chihiro), and a chibi segment. This is that chibi segment.

Video: 1280x720, h264, mkv
Audio: Japanese, stereo, AAC, vbr
Subs: English softsubs, Crunchyroll

Torrent link: Shugo Chara! Pucchi Puchi!
The normal anime version can be found here: Shugo Chara! Doki Doki!

Kodomo No Omocha 01-51 (DVD)

2010-05-06T03:04:00.000-07:00

Here's another great show. Sadly, only episodes 01-51 have been released in R1. I will try to made some decent subs for the rest of the episodes in the future. Also, note that while these ARE done by AniMecha, I removed the English dub, as I saw it pointless.

Video: 576x432, xvid, mkv, R1 source
Audio: Japanese, stereo, vorbis
Subs: English, R1 vobsubs

Torrent link: Kodmo No Omocha 01-05 (DVD, single audio)

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's (720p)

2010-05-06T02:57:00.000-07:00

Well, you see, Nanoha A's was broadcast in HDish quality some time ago. What was actually shown was the DVD version. Since I love Nanoha, even though there isn't much gain, as you can just get the DVD version, I decided to release this, just because it's Nanoha.

Video:
Audio:
Subs: English softsubs by Triad

Here is the torrent link: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's (720p)
If you want to get the DVD version of all the Nanoha anime, follow these links:
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (DVD)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's (DVD)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (DVD)

The Sacred Blacksmith 01-10 (1080p)

2010-05-06T02:35:00.000-07:00

Alright then, here are the first ten episodes of this nice little anime in 1080p. The subs used were from gg and Amber.

Video: 1920x1080, h264, mkv, bluray
Audio: stereo AAC, vbr
Subs: English softsubs

Here are the links for episodes 01-10:
Episode 01 Episodes 02-04 Episode 05 Episode 06
Episode 07 Episode 08 Episode 09 Episode 10

For those who prefer Nuke's subs, or FLAC audio, please get Coalgirls' version: http://coalgirls.nyaatorrents.org/?p=250

Third time is a charm

2010-05-06T02:17:00.000-07:00

Well, this is my third attempt at making a blog that does not suck. We'll see how it goes. Gonna start posting releases soon. First it's going to be the long awaited (?) D4 Princess. This project was started long ago, stalled, and has now been resurrected. After that, I'm going to be doing something I've been wanting to do for a long time: Rental Magica DVD. And after that, who knows? But first, as a test of this damn blog, I'm going to post the first 10 episodes of The Sacred Blacksmith that I have been releasing these past months.