Orphan presents a new version of the 1990 shounen-ai OVA Ryokunohara Labyrinth: Sparkling Phantom. It centers on two boys, Imanishi Hiroki and Tokino Kanata, who have been best friends (and perhaps more) since childhood:

One day, Hiroki is struck by a truck and apparently killed, but he then gets up, unharmed, as his perplexed spirit looks on. His body has been possessed by Fare Ruu, an evil spirit (and a rather fetching one at that):

After several confusing turns in other dimensions, and a couple of musical montages for padding, all’s well that ends well.

My involvement with this show dates back more than a decade, when the bad timing and grammar of the original fansub so enraged me that I made a personal resub. (P.S. I don’t do that anymore, so don’t ask.) This version uses a 3-disc laserdisc stack, ripped on the Domesday Duplicator, for the best possible video quality. FLAC audio. See this blog entry for more details.

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.