Happy Halloween from Orphan Fansubs! We're pleased to continue the saga of our favorite half-youkai with episodes 4 to 6 of Umezz Kazuo's *Youkaiden Nekome Kozou* (*Spirit Legend Cat-Eyed Boy*, or just *Cat-Eyed Boy* for short). The DVD source material has run out, so this batch is based of episodes on the laserdisc box set. It's considerably rougher - lots of grain, film burn, a static-y audio track - but it somehow suits the material. After all, this is "gekimation" - paper cut-out animation - from nearly fifty years ago.
This time, our intrepid hero faces down three more monsters as he journeys to find his missing mother:
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Big shout out to Skr for doing the heavy lifting on this series. For more details, see [this bog entry](https://collectr.blogspot.com/2024/10/cat-eyed-boy-returns-episodes-4-6.html).
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.
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