Charanpo Land no Bouken

Here's the last untranslated OVA from the Anime Tamago class of 2017: Charanpo Land no Bouken (Adventure in Charanpo Land). The other three from that year have already been subtitled in English:

• Red Ash: Gearworld, released on Blu-ray with official subs
• Zunda Horizon, subbed by multiple groups
• Genbanojou, subbed by Moving Lines

In his relentless drive to collect all the Young Animator Training Project films, DmonHiro found a raw for Charanpo. The raw is not great. It was been reframed from 23.976 (24) fps to 29.97 (30) fps. This makes all motion shots, whether horizontal or vertical, look jerky. Still, this is the only raw available, so Orphan has used it for this release.

Charanpo Land no Bouken is an "all ages" fantasy about a group on anthropomorphic animals living on an isolated island in the South Seas. At the center of the island is an enormous baobab tree that drops "lotto eggs" (the plastic eggs found in Japanese vending machines).

These eggs contain food, clothes, and other necessities of daily life. As a result, the inhabitants don't have to do anything except laze around. Then one day, the tree ejects a golden egg, but after that, all further lotto eggs are empty. 

Three children - Kometora the tiger, a wannabe hero; Pyon the rabbit, his best friend; and Gunma the bear - set out to find the golden egg and return it to the baobob tree, which (they hope) will solve the problem.

However, they are not alone in the search. Foxy Dr. Akan wants the egg for his "research." 

Tanuki mayor Poncho wants the egg because it will grant any wish. 

Even Kometora's parents want the egg, just because. Kometora and his friends, aided by Kaba the hippo and Ojigihibi the "bowing snake", must outwit Akan and Poncho and outrun the other townspeople. 

There are slapstick adventures and minor perils before the children are able to accomplish their mission. But life on the island will never be the same...

As you might surmise, the plot is slight, an excuse for (mostly) comic incidents. Dr. Akan and his machines, and Mayor Poncho and his hench-animals, are no match for the faster and more nimble young ones. The main draw is the animation, which is beautifully colorful.

However, the frame rate screw-up makes the video annoying to watch, at least for me.

The voice cast includes: 

• Sakamoto Chika (Kometora) played Campanella in Night on the Galactic Railway, the title role in Tsuruhime, Nonoko in Tobira wo Akete, Tendonman in the Soreike! Anpanman franchise, and Agumon in the Digimon franchise. She appeared as Kijimuna in the Utsu no Miko movie, Miko in Ohoshi-sama no Rail, Yasuda Yumiki in Nine, and Suzume's erstwhile love interest, Katagiri-kun, in Stop!! Hibari-kun!, all Orphan releases.
• Oowada Hitomi (Pyon) played Midori in Shirobako, Ayano in Hanebado, and Charlotte in Tonikaku Kawaii.
• Ochiai Fukushi (Gunma) played Bonda in Gurazeni, Kimura in Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san, Bou in Bucchigire!,  and Louis XVI in the Versaille no Bara remake.
• Nose Ikuji (Dr. Akan) had had numerous featured roles.
• Taketora (Poncho) has also had numerous featured roles.
• Oohara Sayaka (Baobab Tree Spirit) played Aki in Colorful, Layla Hamilton in the Kaleido Star franchise, Raquel in Scrapped Princess, Ezra Scarlet in the Fairy Tail franchise, Yuuko in the xxxHoLic franchise, Ridget in Suisei no Gargantia, Irisviel in Fate/Zero franchise, Titania in Mahou Tsukai no Yome, and Priscillaria Shamaran (Sari Rayer) in Love Love?, Cosprayers, and Smash Hit. The last two are Orphan releases.
• Gotou Hiroki (Kaba-san) played Kakisuke the monkey in the Hoozuki no Reitetsu franchise.

The show, from Studio Cometm was directed by Misawa Shin, who also directed Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai and Gingitsune.

After the raw surfaced, Perevodildo, with the greatest reluctance, translated and timed it. I edited and typeset. Nemesis and Uchuu QCed. The raw is from DmonHiro. If a better (i.e., properly encoded) raw surfaces, Orphan will release a v2.

Charanpo Land no Bouken reminds me a bit of Parol no Miraijima, an OVA from Anime Tamago 2015. It has non-human characters, an exotic island setting, and colorful, kinetic animation. However, Parol has a more compelling story, and of course, the raw (a full HD Blu-ray encode from Commie) is much better. Still, if you can ignore all the juddering, Charanpo is a decent watch. I'm glad that the Anime Tamago class of 2017 is now complete in English. You can get the show from the usual torrent site or from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.