Gundam-san – 01

Surprise, surprise! Saizen is getting its feet wet with another mecha (sorta?) anime! Mobile Suit Gundam-san parodies the original series of the same name sans the ‘-san’, that aired in 1979. The gag anime is based off a yonkoma still serialized in the monthly Gundam Ace magazine.

What better time than our 10th anniversary as a fansub to work on this show, as it’s also Gundam’s 35th anniversary! This is a big year for the Gundam franchise with Unicorn already out, two TV series and an OVA series in autumn, and now this. We’re going to have a lot of fun with this little project, and hope you all enjoy the ride with us whilst you await the rest of the series this year.

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Leiji Matsumoto’s The Cockpit

cockpit newspost pic

Hey, everyone! Last but not least in our Summer Special Grande Finale, we bring you Leiji Matsumoto’s “The Cockpit.” It’s a World War II anthology based on Leiji Matsumoto’s Battlefield manga. The 3 distinct and unrelated to one another (other than being about WWII) pieces are written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takashi Imanishi and Ryousuke Takahashi.

Kawajiri’s Slipstream follows a Luftwaffe pilot on his mission to protect Germany’s trump card: the world’s first atomic bomb. Imanishi’s Sonic Boom Squadron explores the last hours of a Kamikaze pilot on August 6, 1945. Takahashi’s The Knight of the Iron Dragon tells the story of two Japanese soldiers in Leyte as they attempt to keep a promise. (Thanks wikipedia! :P)

As a warning to people who download this, some of the opinions expressed in these may rub some people the wrong way as it pertains to history and how things happened. If you have very strong feelings about World War II, you may not agree with some of the content in these.

Anyway, the Blu-Ray source used for these was completely redone from the original 25mm film. A big thanks to Timescar for doing the ED Kara for us, and juggen, limpakos, Falsedawn, konnakude and CP for QC’n on the various OVAs (Hope I didn’t forget anyone :p).

This project started when our Kuroko encoder mentioned to me that he was grabbing these. I asked him if he wanted me to help him throw some scripts together and he said sure. From there, he took care of the encoding and timing while I took care of the other jobs that I haven’t mentioned yet.

And with this, we see the end to our Summer Special Grande Finale. A big thanks to everyone out there that helped make not only this release and this release spree happen, but Saizen happen as well. Every single person out there who has worked in Saizen to those who have watched something we’ve put out too. You’re all a part of this. 10 years is a damn long time on the internet. Thank you.

Releases 10-12 of Saizen’s 10th anniversary release bonanza!

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