I know, I know: the world does not need another version of the 1994 OVA Plastic Little. kuraze spent years wrestling decent video from the DVD releases, and his version is unlikely to be surpassed unless or until a remastered source becomes available. But Urushihara Satoshi was involved with only a handful of shows, and a chance to revisit his stunning character designs cannot be overlooked.

Back in the early days of the Domesday Duplicator, one of Orphan’s encoders bought, ripped, and encoded a Japanese laserdisc of Plastic Little to see if might be better than the horribly mastered DVDs. The raw lay fallow until one of the translators found it. He thought a new version, with a checked script, might be useful. So here it is. Is it it a visual improvement? Probably not; but with Urushihara’s talents on unfettered display, who’s paying attention?

Plastic Little is a “little guys vs big bads” sci-fi tale centered around the “pet shot hunters” in the Cha Cha Maru, led by captain Tita Tita Miu Koshigaya.

Out shopping one day, she rescues a beautiful blonde girl named Elysse Alto Mordisch, who is being pursued by military thugs.

Tita, Elysse, and the crew must take on the military single-handedly to thwart a Dastardly Plot™. This involves plenty of chases, explosions, and opportunities for Tita and Elysse to get naked (sorry, no screencaps here; this ain’t sukebei) and get to know each other better.

See this blog entry for more details.

So… do I really have to give you a reason to watch Plastic Little again? 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.