Orphan presents a new English version of the first Rumic World OVA, 1985’s Fire Tripper. It’s a terrific time-travel adventures, showcasing Rumiko Takahashi is her dramatic rather than comedic mode. Original Kotomi subs have been translation-checked and updated. New encode from a Japanese laserdisc. The source is a mess, so the encode is at 60fps, to minimize the visual artifacts. It mostly works, but not always. See this blog entry for more details.

But wait, there’s more. Once again, niki has provided an English dub track, taken from the US Manga Corps dubbed VHS release. You can convert the single-audio version to dual audio with this patch. The dual-audio version also includes a songs-signs only subtitle track.

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. The dual-audio version is there as well, if you don’t want to take the do-it-yourself route with the patch.