Rizelmine 17 - Why don't *I* have a seat over there?

Sorry for the delay, but random fluctuations to my sleeping patterns have kept me from having energy for subtitle editing. Here's episode 17 of Rizelmine, which is one of my favorites. I can point to the summer evening back in 2007, when I was watching this episode with a drink in hand, as the time I finally fully embraced trashy ecchi anime and (fictional!) loli fanservice. It's just so wrong that it feels right. Perhaps even more right than the height of the trees in Michigan.

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Iriya's Sky, Summer of UFOs 02 - The Hazards of Dating

Not quite in time for Valentine's Day, here's episode 2 of Iriya's Sky, Summer of UFOs. It's Asaba and Iriya's first date, and with it comes a host of thrills, chills, and dangers. A small chain of "stalkers stalking stalkers" develops, culminating in an action sequence that's worthy of the Back-to-the-Future-esque music. Later, we get a look into Iriya's past. And who else thinks that Naoyuki's younger sister Yuuko should've been played by Rie Kugimiya or Sakura Tange? Too bad the latter wasn't doing anime voice acting at the time.

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Now, you may notice that the file for Ep 02 is a bit on the large side, especially for a 480p release. However, keep in mind the content of this episode. Aside from the constant flickering light of the theater scenes, there's a grainy flashback sequence... of a sandstorm. All of that drives video bitrate requirements through the roof. If you compare the flashback scenes (20:15-22:15) in this release with the 233 MB AnY-Spork file, or especially with the 154 MB Ayu release, I think you'll see a clear advantage. And fear not, none of the remaining 4 episodes are any larger.

Rizelmine 16 - Why don't you have a seat over there?

The epic school trip to Kyoto and Nara has begun, and Tomonori and Rizel wind up on a double-date with another would-be couple. Ryuunosuke Hououin proves that he knows what the cleanest best, pleasure is... until he gets a massive Logic Bomb dropped on him. And not surprisingly, there are some unexpected tagalongs on this journey. This arc will continue over the next two episodes.

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Sky of Iriya, Summer of UFOs 01 - Here come the Men in Black

Thanks to a bit of fortune nearly six years ago, I did not have to transcribe or OCR subtitles for this nice little OVA from 2005. So I'm going to try and bring it out as a fairly quick release. Like SaiKano from 2002, Iriya's Sky, Summer of UFOs is a story about a girl being turned into a weapon of war, and about the boy who loves her. But compared to SaiKano, it's more down-to-earth and less bleak.

Being an OVA, the existing hardsubbed releases by Ayu and AnY-Spork are already DVD source, so there's obviously no decensoring or added scenes involved. However, this is a new encode by Jumonji-Giri, rather than a remux with existing raws, and there are substantial video quality improvements over AnY-Spork's XviD/avi release and Ayu's h264/avi(?!) release. You may also hear an upgrade in the audio department, as this uses FLAC rather than transcoded mp3.

In addition to the two groups listed above, Iriya's Sky, Summer of UFOs was also translated (though not fully released) by Lunar. These subtitles contain the best of all three scripts, along with my usual brand of improvements. The OP and ED have been largely rewritten, and I used letterbox overlays to make the ED "fake 16:9," thus allowing for subdued ED karaoke that does not clash with the scrolling credits.

Anyway, the file sizes will be bigger than the older releases due to FLAC and other reasons, but I think you'll find it all worth it in the end. Additional technical info can be found on the torrent page.

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Rizelmine 15 - I love you from cradle to flatline

Just three episodes into the second season, things in Rizelmine take a turn for the deadly serious. Among other things, that means a trip down memory lane and some grained-up reused animation. But Rizelmine also shows that it has the power to emotionally blindside viewers who came in expecting nothing but ecchi comedy. Expect some shocking revelations into the origins of Tomonori's attraction to older women, as his relationship with Rizel takes two steps forward and one step back.

But don't worry, there's a school trip arc coming up with plenty of hilarious hijinks, including cosplay and mind-control.

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P.S. Anybody know where I got the post title, without the aid of Google or similar services?

What should be next?

So you may have noticed that there haven't been many releases lately, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working behind the scenes. Rizelmine will still be continuing, but with Lime-Colored War Tales wrapped up, it's time to start a new project. The question is, what do people want to see? I have the following series with all raws and subs ready to go, either from transcription or because they were softsubbed or otherwise available.

(name of show - raw - Fansub group)

* G-On Riders [unkown wmv] [Mugen] (note that DmonHiro has released subbed DVD-rips of this, though from HKDVD source]
* H2O ~ Footprints in the Sand ~ [essenapa-jSwar] [Ureshii&F-B]
(if somebody can get me CR's subs for H2O, that'd be a big help for TLC)
* Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu [new encode] [mix of Lunar/Ayu/AnY-Spork]
* Kagihime ~Eternal Alice Rondo~ [CASO] [F-B]
* Kanon 2002 [yR] [AI&A-F]
* LoveDol ~Lovely Idol~ [AME] [WinD]
* Mamotte Shugogetten [unknown raws] [A-Flux]
* Minami-ke Okawari [URaws] [Ayako-Sae]
* My Wife is a High School Girl [Russian raws] [LIME]
* Saint October [essenapa-Jswar] [Ryoumi + mbt&l-w + AoG]
* Ultimate Girls [unknown raws] [A-W]
(not sure if I want to do 2 m.o.e. shows at once, though)
* Wind ~ A Breath of Heart [GFE (German release with hardsubbed romaji/kanji karaoke)] [A-Keep or SS]

If you want to request something that's not listed here, you can do so on the Reqeusts Page.

Lime-Colored War Tales OVA 2 - A Farewell to Harems

It's the first release of 2012 after too long a hiatus, and it's also the end of a series. Somewhere among the bikini-stripping antics and increasingly bizarre fantasy sequences, they snuck in just a bit of action, plot and drama. And of course, there's more of a lead-in to the sequel series, Lime-iro Ryuukitan X Cross, as Tsumugi Shima gets in on the action. In more ways than one. All in all, it's not too bad of an ending, or at least it's better than what most 12-14 episode anime get these days.

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