The Old (Seeding) Order Changeth

Since at least 2018, the Arutha foundation has provided Orphan with its torrent seeding and IRC XDCC bot capability. That means Orphan's releases have been continuously available, instead of frequently going unseeded or unavailable, as had been the case before then.

But all things must pass, and after more than 15 years of serving the anime community, the Arutha foundation is closing down. All its seed boxes and IRC XDCC servers will go offline on January 31, 2026. I want to thank the Arutha foundation, and its benevolent proprietor, for providing a safe, secure, highly available home for Orphan's releases. I wish them all the best in their next endeavors. So long, my friend, and thanks for all the fish.

Accordingly, Orphan is switching to a new torrent seeding server, provided by and shared with our back-catalog comrades at Saizen. As of today, all the Orphan and Okizari torrents are being seeded from the new server, as well as the Arutha server while it remains online. However, there have been and will be changes.

1. When Orphan's releases required minor fixes, I often didn't bother to make a new torrent; instead, I just released a patch for the old one. However, the original files have long since disappeared, and only the v2 (or v3) is actually archived. Accordingly, I've had to make new torrents for a handful of releases. I've pointed out that these are not new, but simple remediation for my past laziness. If there other patched releases that need updated torrents, please let me know.
2. The new seed box will not support XDCC. This is painful to IRC stalwarts like me, but in fact, IRC usage has been steadily declining, as the downloads from the Orphan|Arutha bot show. With a robust new seeding capability, all of Orphan's releases will remain available. If any release is not being seeded, please let me know.

If you are an IRC user, you have until January 31, 2026, to download whatever you want or need from Orphan|Arutha. After that, it is gone with the wind. 

The Orphan team will continue to serve you treasures and trash from anime's deep, dark past. Thanks for watching!