Friendly Neighborhood Otaku Dennis

I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha

Are you *fucking* kidding me? They call him Captain Marvel in a Marvel-published webcomic?

DC! For all that is fucking holy, call him Captain Marvel in the comics! You can do this! Stop with this "The Captain" nonsense.

Model Kits & Chill workshop at Anime Los Angeles returns! I grabbed a bunch of kits this last week when I visited Gunpla Style & Neohappyland, and then Mecha Warehouse had to offer a great sale as well.

(Though I should add some kits with a mono-eye along with some non-mecha)

DVD volume 1 cover of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team featuring a green Zaku II standing over a fallen Gundam. The machine gun barrel is smoking from use. Top text: Vintage Anime Club Bottom text: Episode 223

Ep 223 "Don't Drink the Water" is up! Join hosts Dennis, Diana, Ed, Karen, Kate, & returning guest Mike for the 1st part of our Mobile Suit #Gundam: The #08thMSTeam podcast miniseries. 🍷 #VintageAnime #Bandai #Sunrise #NozomiEntertainment #Kanpai vintageanimeclub.libsyn.com/episode-223-...

Aina wearing casual clothes is delighted to see someone.

Aina wearing her Zeon normal suit inside a cockpit. The hatch is open because you can see snow on the controls.

Aina with Norris Packard on her right, wearing a fancy dress for a ball.

Aina wearing a black dress, and staring angrily at someone.

Today's anime #wcw is Aina Sahalin from Mobile Suit #Gundam: The #08thMSTeam. She's a Zeon pilot who wants to help her brother end the One Year War, but a chance encounter with a Federation pilot gives her another perspective. 🍷 #VintageAnime #Bandai #Sunrise #NozomiEntertainment #Kanpai

Shiro with a slight grin after a mission to save a village.

A wounded Shiro has a stern look while standing on a frozen mountain. His hands are wrapped in bandages due to frostbite.

Shiro casually draping his shirt over his shoulder during a mission briefing.

Shiro in the cockpit of his Gundam.

Today's anime #mcm is Shiro Amada from Mobile Suit #Gundam: The #08thMSTeam. This ensign becomes commander of the 08th Team after some thrilling heroics, but will his world view change after a chance encounter with a Zeon soldier? 🍷 #VintageAnime #Bandai #Sunrise #NozomiEntertainment #Kanpai

If you see this, reskeet with a Sentai team that is not Power Rangers or Super Sentai.

Hell yes, Shinesman!

It should not be almost 90°F in November in LA.

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.”
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DVD/Blu-ray cover of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team featuring the RX-79[G] Ground Type Gundam kneeling in the jungle, holding a beam rifle. There are also two humans in the background with parachutes deployed.

Today's anime #tbt & next podcast topic is the 1996 OVA series #MobileSuitGundam: The #08thMSTeam. We're covering all 12 episodes over the next three podcasts, so watch it along with us: either for the first time or rewatch your favorite moments! 🍷 #VintageAnime #Bandai #Sunrise #Kanpai

Densha Otoko, 20 Years Later: Why the TV Drama is Still Great in an Ever-Changing Otaku Landscape Twenty years later, the TV drama adaptation of Densha Otoko remains undefeated in the realm of Japanese drama shows. It’s a wonderful depiction of real anime otaku and their interests that manages to humanize geeks and nerds for normies who might not always understand where we’re coming from and builds a realistic, meaningful love story fueled by the power of pure camaraderie and friendship.

Densha Otoko, 20 Years Later: Why the TV Drama is Still Great in an Ever-Changing Otaku Landscape: Kaylyn Saucedo, explores Densha Otoko, with a focus on the TV drama. She examines the work and why it remains a valuable work within the greater otaku subculture today.

Home video cover of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust featuring D clad in all black as usual, with bats and a crucifix tombstone marker behind him. The movie title centered in red. Top text: Vintage Anime Club Bottom text: Episode 222

Ep 222 "Onlyfangs" is up! We got a spooky one with Dennis, Ed, Karen, Kate, & guest Bryan @darkkingzoro.bsky.social to talk #VampireHunterDBloodlust, just in time for Halloween. Hope you enjoy! 🍷 #VintageAnime #Podcast #Madhouse #DiscotekMedia #Kanpai

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It's the only day you can post this:

Dressed in all black, wearing a large hat and wielding a long sword, it's D from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

D meeting with the men who hired him for his current job. Being a dhampir allows him to walk in the sunlight, but too much exposure will weaken him.

D seated atop his trusty horse. Unfortunately, the horses never get named.

Close-up of D attacking with his sword.

Today's anime #mcm is D from #VampireHunterDBloodlust. This dhampir/dunpeal is the best vampire hunter you can hire, even though common villagers aren't able to fully trust him. But he's very capable of holding his own against full-blooded vampires. 🍷 #VintageAnime #Madhouse #DiscotekMedia #Kanpai

Happy birthday!

English theatrical poster of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. D riding a horse, silhouetted by the moon. Also slightly visible are characters Leila and D in the foreground. Top text tagline: When the sun sets, the hunt begins. Bottom text: Credit block for the film, Fall 2001 release date, and expired website promoting the movie.

Today's #fbf & next podcast topic for our Kawajiri month is #VampireHunterDBloodlust, aka Vampire Hunter D: The Movie. Come join as we cap off spooky season by revisiting this one before Sunday's recording! 🍷 #VintageAnime #Podcast #Madhouse #DiscotekMedia #Kanpai

Anyone planning a December or January Japan trip? If you happen to be around the area...

RSVP to DDPP w/ DJ Disco Biscuit + DJ Khaleesi | Partiful Join us in the studio on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at 4 PM! You can dance however you like to a different, one-hour playlist each week. DDPP Chicago welcomes all women, trans, nonbin...

Chicago women and people of marginalized genders who want to dance some anguish out while also being spooky: I'm co-DJing Dance Dance Party Party on Sunday! Come be feral for an hour: partiful.com/e/tKQIGnndue...

“As You wish”

Inktober Day 23 - Original framed painting now up on jameshance.com ❤️✨🎨

(Inconceivable! This piece comes with a FREE super secret additional framed “The Princess Bride” painting 🏴‍☠️👰)

31 days of favorite characters!

Got to stage 6 in Rondo of Blood. Here's hoping I can beat this before Halloween!

(Yes, I used Maria to fight Death. Hoping to go back and beat him with Richter later.)

Mephisto as very pale skin, long black hair, and a long, red trench coat.

Mephisto sitting casually in his gothic office.

Close up of Mephisto in a stairwell. Sign behind him says Pool along with a few billiard pool balls, with the rest of the words cut off.

Mephisto brandishing his weapons: scalpels that explode.

Today's anime #mcm is Mephisto from #DemonCityShinjuku. This mysterious man helps out Kyoya & Sayaka, but he has no hope for humanity as a whole. 🍷 #VintageAnime #Madhouse #DiscotekMedia #Kanpai

Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.

Blu-ray cover art of Demon City Shinjuku, primarily featuring Sayaka in the center with the background of Shinjuku in a summoning circle, with Kyoya in the foreground. Top text: Vintage Anime Club Bottomg text: Episode 221

Ep 221 "Nempo Baby" is up! Join hosts @ichnob.bsky.social, @ippennokuinashi.bsky.social, @ryacosplay.bsky.social, & @taikochan.bsky.social for the first of our spooky Kawajiri month double feature with #DemonCityShinjuku. 🍷 #VintageAnime #Podcast #Kanpai vintageanimeclub.libsyn.com/episode-221-...

Sayaka, with her wind swept hair, about to enter Shinjuku.

Sayaka's default facial expression: shocked & disturbed.

Sayaka calms down the two-headed dog Kuro.

Sayaka standing next to a cracked wall.

Today's anime #wcw is Sayaka Rama from #DemonCityShinjuku. The president's daughter will need a lot of help from Kyoya to rescue her father and save the world. But at least she's a fast runner and has a laser ring. 🍷 #VintageAnime #Madhouse #DiscotekMedia #Kanpai

OK, one more: Between Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko), Nobuhiro Watsuki (Kenshin), and now Kenya Suzuki (Oshiete Galko-chan), the greater Japanese anime and manga industries have made it clear that they're eager to go to bat for pedophiles so long as they're profitable.

That's... fucked up.

A bit of a retread, but I'll probably never forgive MAPPA for what they did to Sayo Yamamoto.

The studio ground up one of the most brilliant minds the anime world has seen in a generation, and discarded her, while having a big mad over her signature work because THEY misjudged its potential.

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Kyoya imbues his wooden sword with nempo before striking, making it glow blue.

Kyoya standing in the ruined city of Shinjuku. One hand in his front pocket, the other holding a wooden sword.

A much more playful looking Kyoya at the beginning of the movie.

Side profile photo of Kyoya in the sewers.

Today's anime #mcm is Kyoya Izayoi from #DemonCityShinjuku. This young boy is tasked with saving the world, armed with only his bokken and psychic powers known as "nempo." Can he succeed where his father failed before him? 🍷 #VintageAnime #Madhouse #DiscotekMedia #Kanpai

Demon City Shinjuku poster featuring Kyoya at center front with a wooden sword, Sayaka wearing pink & holdering her own hand, and a mysterious shadowed figure in the back with bat silhouettes. A city in the background is glowing with a mystical circle.

Missed yesterday, so today's #fbf & next podcast topic is #DemonCityShinjuku. With the start of the spooky season, might as well fit the theme! Stream it on Prime, Retrocrush, or some FAST channels before we record Sunday, & let us know your thoughts! #VintageAnime #Madhouse #DiscotekMedia #Kanpai 🍷