But wait! You didn’t think that was all we had for this year, did you? Oh, no, no, no, no! The Yawara batch is now ready for download, including a number of fixed episodes. So if you were waiting for all of your Yawara to be in one place before downloading and watching it, here you go! A massive thanks to everyone involved in this project, as well as all of the fans who have waited (very) patiently for us to finish it up. Happy new year, everyone!
Also, special thanks to our joint partners (and fellow old-timers) for this project, Live-eviL, who made it all possible. Be sure to go thank them and check out their wonderful and varied back catalogue.
You didn’t really think we’d sign off this year with a streak of Baby and Me episodes that didn’t include the finale, did you? Yes, we’ve finally reached the end of Minoru’s heartwarming adventures, and it’s only taken us 11 years this time! But while the names on the staff list may have changed a few times (We’ll collate all of that for the batch), the determination to finish this project never did, so thanks to everyone who saw this one through to the finish. Now go watch the episode already!
What’s better than having one episode of Baby and Me to watch over the festive period? That’s right: two episodes of Baby and Me! But what’s this? Minoru has the mumps? Poor kid.
We hope everyone’s having a good holiday period and stuffing themselves silly with good food and drink (It’s what this time of year is all about, right?). This episode isn’t particularly seasonal, with the boys and their dad going to a safari park to see a whole bunch of wild(?) animals, but hopefully you’ll enjoy it all the same.
It’s Christmas Eve, and while all the festivities of the season are in full swing (We all hope you’re having a good yuletide. I’ve opened a box of chocolates if anyone wants some), Saizen and a few other groups celebrate the life of our much-missed fansubbing colleague, ConsiderPhlebas, on what would have been his birthday. This year marked 10 years since we lost our friend, but we still keep his memory alive as best we can by continuing the projects he had a hand in or would have enjoyed. It was only fitting that we finally finished our Yawara Blu-ray project this year (watch out for a batch release for that very soon), since CP was the one who bought the Blu-rays for us to work on, and this title meant a lot to him. We were very glad that we were able to see it through to completion.
But hold on! The Yawara team, ever the completionists, have gone one better and subbed the Yawara Live Action movie from 1989 too! This apparently came out a good half a year before the anime started and it seems to span the whole run-up to the Barcelona Olympics, which is some feat in such a short runtime. The staff list for this one is as follows:
Now would usually be the point where I say “Keep your eyes peeled for more releases throughout the day,” but I’m not sure how much we’ll actually get out today, so instead I’ll say keep your eyes peeled for the rest of the week. We do have more to bring you, we’re just not very good at working to schedules >.>
As with the anime series, this is a joint release with the very fine folk over at Live-eviL so be sure to go thank them too. I think they have also released some episodes for CP Day, and I have a sneaking suspicion Orphan Fansubs might be releasing some stuff later too, so go check all that out.
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