The 1992 OVA/TV special Boyfriend had a complicated release history. It was released as a 110-minute OVA on two VHS tapes or one laserdisc. It was also released as an abridged, 94-minute TV special, on one VHS tape.

TOVA-1117 - TV special version 94 minutes (VHS)
TOVA-1118 - OVA first half "The Encounter" 59 minutes (VHS)
TOVA-1119 - OVA second half "The Promise" 51 minutes (VHS)
TOLA-1131 - OVA first and second half, 110 minutes (laserdisc) 

Orphan’s original release used the abridged TV version, as encoded from VHS tape by ARR. After a long delay, our intrepid raw provider was able to buy and rip the laserdisc version with the Domesday Duplicator. Erik of Piyo Piyo Productions created encodes from that. Accordingly, we’re rereleasing Boyfriend, now a two-part OVA: The Encounter and The Promise. For more information, see the blog entry.

If you’ve downloaded the previous version, you’ll want this one for its significantly better video and audio. There’s no need to keep the old version; this one is a proper superset in terms of content.

All Orphan releases are available from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.