Zukkoke Knight - Episode 09 (16mm HD Scan)

https://nyaa.si/view/1895741
Fansub credits can be found in the description above.

Bit of a funny story behind this one. I acquired this episode on 16mm back in March 2023 but didn't actually get it scanned until a full year after this was acquired LMAO

This got translated in July 2024 but I hadn't begun looking at it until the last few weeks of October. It was pretty last minute, but it suddenly hit me that I wanted to post this on Halloween since it was a Dracula-themed episode, and so I made every effort to try and get this edited & TLC'ed so I could post it on time.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it on time for 10/31... but at the very least, this episode is finally finished now, so I'm posting it tonight to get it over with.

That said... this is a film scan of Episode 9 of Zukkoke Knight: Don de la Mancha. This show hadn't received a full release of any sorts until earlier this year when it finally got added onto streaming, but it uses a very bad tape master and some of the episodes are even corrupted...
Ashi Pro still has the masters, but they're unable to get them scanned in HD due to budget issues, so an official HD remaster isn't happening any time soon. For now, this is the closest we'll get to seeing what the show would look like in HD.


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