It’s already Halloween in Japan, so here is Orphan’s Halloween release: the first English version of Umezz Kazuo’s 1976 TV series Cat-Eyed Boy (Youkaiden Nekome Kozou), episode 1. Based on Umezz’ manga Nekome Kozou, the TV series is done in “gekimation” - paper cutouts plus special effects. This gives the show a very different and somewhat static appearance:

Raws for this series are incomplete. Three episodes were included on the box-set of the live-action Cat-Eyed Boy; this encode is taken from there. See this blog entry for more information.

Regretfully, this release is a “one-and-done”; Orphan is not going on with the series. Sorry, gang.

This release, and all Orphan releases, are available for direct download from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.