Licca-chan Fushigi na Mahou no Ring OVA episode 1 released!

Here's surprise #2.

Licca Fansubs has been working on a small side project over the last week, and today is the release of this small side project.  This is one of the original Licca-chan OVAs that were aired in the early 1990s.

You can obtain this from your standard anime torrent indexing sites.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 35 released

We did promise a surprise later this week, did we?  Well, it's time to deliver that promise!

We actually have multiple surprises.  First off, another Super Doll Licca-chan episode.

If you remember Mark from episode 10, he's back in this episode getting married!  However, with Misty around, the wedding does NOT go as planned.  I've got a friend getting married next July, and I do hope her wedding (which I will be going) won't turn out like this.

You can obtain this episode from your standard torrent indexing sites.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 34 released

Doll Isamu versus Misty.  Who is going to win?

You can obtain this episode from the standard anime torrent indexing sites.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 33 released

Well, Catherine reveals who she really is...

You can obtain this episode from your standard anime torrent indexing sites.

A little surprise is coming up!

We've got a little surprise coming up later this week.  Stay tuned!

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 32 released

Doll Licca goes to rescue Doll Isamu, leaving Doll Izumi against Misty.

You can obtain this episode from your standard anime torrent indexing sites.

On a small break until Sunday

We will be taking a small break; the next release (episode 32) should be this Sunday.  We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 31 released

Sometimes, bigger is better in this case.

You can obtain this episode through the standard anime torrent listing sites.

Batch torrent!

Hey, everyone! We've got a batch torrent for episodes 1-26 ready. 

Please download it from your typical anime torrent indexing sites and help us seed it if you already have the episodes. 

If you need assistance in setting it up, the BakaBT Wiki has an informative article that you may find helpful.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 30 released

Puru and Vaya are in real trouble this time around!

You can obtain this episode from your standard anime torrent indexing sites.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 29 released

What is it with Rika and really high places?

Also, the 3rd ending song is here!

You can obtain this episode from the standard anime torrent indexing sites.

A special request for help

Does anyone have the official lyrics to Sakurai Tomo's "Destiny", the insert song that is sung during episodes 40, 50, and 52?  If someone can point us to where we can find it or can scan it from the CD inserts, we would be most grateful.

Thank you in advance.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 28 released

 

 

This is Scarecrow's last stand... or is it?

You can obtain this episode via the standard anime torrent listing sites.

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 27 released

Well, real life took an unexpected backseat.  With that, we're releasing episode 27.

The increased filesize is no joke.  I've encoded this to the increased filesize in anticipation of requiring bigger filesizes to keep the quality reasonably good.

You may obtain this from your usual anime torrent indexing sites.

Torrent seeding, direct download, and XDCC bots

First off, let me reiterate one thing before I say anything else.

WE WILL NOT OFFER DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS.  ANY DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK THAT YOU SEE IS NOT OFFICIALLY FROM US.

I have had a sour taste in my mouth every time I've dealt with a DDL source.  All the "free" DDL sites have adware/drive-by downloads/other forms of nastiness.  With Firefox, adding appropriate addons can protect you from them, but they also kill your ability to even download them from the places in the first place.  Renting web space doesn't help either because the people downloading them will saturate any bandwidth that you buy.  Colocating a server is expensive if you want it to be a DDL source for anime.  Our group members do not have money coming out of faucets, if you know what I mean.

For that reason, we also do not have an XDCC download bot in our channel.  Our group members are not college students.  In fact, we're past that stage in our lives.  That means we do not have access to university connections, and if we wanted something that would be good for XDCC sources, we would be back to the colocation problem.

Now, that brings us back to the torrent seeding issues.  Yes, that is a problem that needs to be addressed.  We will handle this in a few ways:

1.  If one of our torrents has absolutely no seeds at all, please e-mail us or talk to me in our IRC channel.  I will personally arrange to have them seeded. 

2.  If one of our torrents has a really slow seed, please talk to me in our IRC channel, and I'll decide on a case-by-case basis.

3.  We will be creating a batch torrent as soon as we finish the series.  Batch torrents have this mysterious quality of being perpetually seeded for whatever reason, per my experience.

Next episode release will be next week

Due to real life happenings, we will release episode 27 early next week.  We apologize in advance for the delay.

The NyaaTorrents chatbox as a source of amusement

For obvious reasons, I do not directly reply to the chatbox.  However, I'll leave any pertinent discussion of what is being said to the people who read this.

Official IRC channel

We have an official IRC channel.

We are in #licca-fansubs at irc.chatspike.net.  No bots, please, and please keep the conversation civil.

I myself will try to be in there as much as I can, but since I can't be there 24/7, please try to behave yourselves.  :)

Super Doll Licca-chan Episode 26 released

Rika makes a better juggler than I will ever be.  :)

This episode can be obtained through your standard anime torrent indexing sites.

This episode marks the half-way point.  Here's what's coming up for the next 13 episodes.

1.  Scarecrow is going to get really screwed over.
2.  Doll Isamu is going to be the subject of a rescue attempt.
3.  Remember the guy in the trenchcoat in episode 11? He's coming back.
4.  We'll have a new ending song coming up in episode 28.

Here's to another 13 episodes!

How are Doll Knights summoned?

This comment asked about certain things that may not be immediately obvious so far in the series, namely how exactly are the Doll Knights summoned.  In light of this, I'm going to see if I can explain it a bit more clearly.

Basically, there two requirements to summon each Doll Knight:

1. Each Doll Knight's Calling Bracelet must be on the person that will be protected.  This is why Yae could not summon Doll Isamu until Dai found his Calling Bracelet (and Scarecrow took it and put it on).
2. Each Doll Knight's master control trinket where the summoning words are uttered must be equipped.  (This requirement is altered starting in episode 28.)

Let's go to each Doll Knight for specifics.

Doll Licca

Doll Licca's Calling Bracelet is currently being worn by Rika.  Her control trinket, the Calling Pendant, is worn by Nanae (Rika's grandmother).

Doll Isamu

Doll Isamu's Calling Bracelet is currently being worn by Scarecrow.  His control trinket, the Calling Watch, is worn by Yae (Nanae's twin sister). (It's called a watch because it looks like one of the old-fashioned windup watches that is on a chain.)

Doll Izumi

(This is behind a cut because there's a spoiler about 10 episodes ahead.)