More Raws from the Attic

Time to share a bit more buried treasure with the anime universe. Today's offering is Super Real Mahjong, a pair of OVAs from 1990 which share a theme (mahjong) and major characters (Kasumi, Miki, and Shouko) and not much else. According to MyAnimeList.net,

• Super Real Mahjong: Kasumi Miki Shouko no Hajimemashite: An anime based on characters from the strip mahjong arcade game, "Super Real Mahjong 2.
• Super Real Mahjong: Mahjong Battle Scramble-  Konran-teki Sento Mahjong: Mahjong-playing sisters Kasumi, Miki, and Shouko are sent to a world where mahjong tiles are currency. In order to return to their world, they must defeat a mahjong-playing rabbit who rules the land.

This screencap of the three protagonists is from Konran-teki:

Sourced from Japanese laserdiscs, ripped on the Domesday Duplicator, and encoded by Intrepid.

The next one really hurts. Tabako Ippon no Story: Heart Cocktail, or Heart Cocktail for short, is a series of 78 vignettes about love, each no longer than the time it takes to smoke a cigarette. Originally issued in 1986 to 1988, it was fiendishly difficult to find. A partial reissue on DVD rarely surfaced, and the complete set of laserdiscs was offered at truly exorbitant prices (more than $700). Over the last two years, Orphan has purchased individual volumes and finally got a complete set, only to find... no translator available or interested. It's a shame. Perhaps releasing the raws will spark some interest...

... but I doubt it. Sourced from Japanese laserdiscs, ripped on the Domesday Duplicator, and encoded by Intrepid.