Desperately Seeking Raws for Sasuke

Hi, merry followers of Saizen! Here in Saizen, we’re always looking out for potential projects to fill the void when our current ongoing series have ended. At the moment, with Igano, Ashita no Joe, Captain Tsubasa and Yawara all being pretty much midway through, there’s no rush for us to pick up any more series – and in fact, it’d probably put too much strain on the group to produce any more series. But one series has caught our eye that we would potentially like to produce subs for in the near future (Read: when any of those series ends). I present Sasuke: a popular series made in the late 60s about a young ninja who’s on the run because he and his father have been charged with war crimes. The penalty: death.

 

This series was a precursor to a lot of ninja series you see nowadays and there’s no doubt that shows like Naruto owe a lot to Sasuke. The only issue we’re having is this 29-episode title is out of print. No DVDs are currently on sale except for ridiculously high secondhand prices on amazon.jp. So we thought we’d give this a try – if there’s anyone out there who already has the DVDs, we are requesting the ISO’s so that we can produce a good sub of it for all the wonderful people who download our junk. There was an Italian version released at some point, as far as we can tell, so that might make the raws easier to come by, but unfortunately without the raws, Saizen’s hope of subbing this series will remain a pipedream.

This has been a public service announcement by Saizen. We thank you for your attention.

P.S. You can find a trailer for the series here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9h7fmy20D0 (it might spark a few memories!)

Igano Kabamaru – 09

“Hi there. Remember me? Yes, it’s Kabamaru-kun. You know… the one with the crazy ninja skills? Never mind. I’ve fallen on hard times recently – the tuition fees at Kingyoku cleaned me out – so I had to get a part-time job to pay my way. I met this director (well, he had a camera at least) who told me I had the right face for adult entertainment, so I started doing some shooting with Poopy for his next film. I’ve now perfected the ‘flying rape’ technique which is really fun. I’ve linked the video below. Hope you enjoy it. Gimme a call if you want to cast me in anything. Peace.”

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CONTAINS SOME NUDITY AND HEAPS OF DOWNRIGHT SILLINESS. WE AT SAIZEN HAVE RATED IT “G” FOR “GREAT NEWS!” PLEASE USE DISCRETION WHEN ALLOWING MINORS TO WATCH THIS PRESENTATION.

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Igano Kabamaru – 08

And now to take a trip down Memory Lane. In this episode, Kabamaru recalls how his Gramps used to be a bodyguard for a famous actress. Here they are, shooting a scene to one of her most critically-acclaimed films Waterworld, when the actress in question started struggling with the rush of water. But don’t worry, our favorite old codger dived in and saved her. What a man! Oh wait, she’s dead? Bummer…

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Igano Kabamaru – 07

And here comes episode 7 for you! In this episode, Kabamaru goes to a stunt show where he sees this exciting motorbike stunt! He also runs for a bit, but that’s probably not as interesting to the plotline as the above snapshot. Enjoy!

Edit:
If you’re archiving our releases, get the v2, otherwise ignore. ^^
Also, if you think you have got the right skills to help us out, please apply by sending an e-mail to saizen.recruits@gmail.com
/Juggen

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Igano Kabamaru – 06

 
So we’ve cut our release time by a third to bring you ep 6, which isn’t bad going, right? In episode 06, Kabamaru finds out that he has superpowers and uses his newfound power of flight to fly to the nearest yakisoba eatery. He considered making a cape and a costume, but found that these required too much effort and just made him hungry again.

Enjoy!

Edit:
I’d like to add that we’re in a situation of desperate need of quality checkers in Saizen, so if you think you’re up for it, please apply by sending an e-mail to saizen.recruits@gmail.com
/Juggen

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Igano Kabamaru – 05

So it’s finally happened: Igano has regressed into a monkey. He spends this episode picking bugs out of Mai’s hair and hunting for bananas, while attempting to conjure up a cloud to float about on.

Thanks to everyone for being so patient with us in waiting for this episode to come out – due to the difficulty of certain sections, a lot of head-scratching was done before we could produce anything even remotely resembling a translation. Extra kudos (with cherries on top) go to the following people:

  • arsmagna for his help in identifying the passages of text the students read out in class.
  • sangofe and his French contacts for help with the delicacies.
  • the collective might (and uber researching skills) of umai and ANBU who also aided us with naming the delicacies.

Fingers crossed that the next episode is a mite easier so that it doesn’t take another three month slog to bring you guys another release!

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