Vintage Anime Club Podcast

On this episode, Bryan Newton returns to join in on the finale for the first season of The Big O, with Karen, Garrett, Ed, Kate, and Dennis. In the final four episodes, we take an extended look at the most noir-like episode of the series so far, how missing memories and amnesia might actually affect day to day life, mobile desks, Pagan holidays, the best mech fight of the series, and that cliffhan...

On this holiday weekend recorded episode, we sit back and relax with Eve, Ed, Dennis, Garrett, Karen, and returning from her work inflicted exile is Caitlin, as we cover episodes 5-9 for The Big O season 1. After a brief tangent regarding anime related shirts, we get straight into the important topics such as: more of Roger being a louse, explorations of Dorothy's "memories," music theory, cats we...

On this episode, we're recording over Discord for the first time, so bear with us in a new, but not too often recurring format. We've got Dennis, Ed, Han, Garrett, and Karen here to talk about the Toonami classic, The Big O. We go over the international fan influence, is Roger actually a ladies man or does he just think he is, the fluctuating weight of Dorothy, what it's like living in Paradigm Ci...

In our second Ghibli movie for our second anniversary month, we've got a new visitor! Mike joins the show (a different Mike than previously) along with Diana, Dennis, Ed, and Han to discuss Isao Takahata's film Pom Poko. For this review, we go over some bits regarding Japanese folklore, especially regarding one of the tanuki's prominent body features. We also discuss some of the more serious messa...

On this episode, most of the hosts are afflicted with mysterious anime disease preventing them from rewatching this movie, but fear not! Dennis and Eve are joined Garrett, Karen, and new special guest Alicia! It's our second anniversary, and we're honoring the late, great Isao Takahata as we go over his celebrated classic Grave of the Fireflies. We get Alicia's anime origins, poor family decisions...

On this episode, Karen returns to chat with Eve, Ed, Kate, and Dennis to discuss the final episodes of Naza. Soon, we will be reincarnated to watch a different set of anime, but for now we'll end the tale of Incan anime reincarnation. There's the last awakened spirit, the final end all plan to defeat Tate, a wavering heart or two, Jigumi/Shiogami's true motivations, and what happens to the Tate fa...

On this episode, we return to Tawantinsuyu as Dennis, Ed, Eve, Kate, and Garrett discuss episode 5 through 8 of Nazca. There's coffee talk with Dan, Kyoji's growth as a warrior, that other girl talks and her name is Tatsuko, and Yuka's regression. Some mysteries are solved, but more questions abound. So say a prayer to Iriyatesse, and hopefully you can break the reincarnation cycle. Dennis: @ichno...

On this episode, Diana and Sam return with hosts Ed, Kate, Dennis, and our regulars Garrett and Han to discuss the 1994 OVA series Macross Plus. Full disclosure, Diana loves this series and makes it known. We don't go into as much of an episode by episode breakdown as in previous podcasts, but there's still lots of discuss. There's lots of talk about the music, the mechs, and the military tech. Th...

On this episode we have hosts Dennis, Ed, Eve, and Kate along with regulars Karen and Garrett to talk about Nazca, another anime featuring reincarnation. But this time, dealing with the Inca Empire. We talk about a swordsman's pride, kendo scandals, ancient Incan fashion, bromance to romance, skateboard gangsters, and Malcolm in the Middle. Now walk out like a badass, never looking back. Dennis: @...

On this episode we have Dennis, Ed, Kate, Garrett, Caitlin, and Karen to discuss the 1979 theatrical film Galaxy Express 999. We discuss common Toei Animation cost cutting measures, Tetsuro's always moving eyes, Matsumoto's female character designs, soundtrack fitting for the era, and the pacing issues that happen when trying to condense dozens of episodes into a greatest hits clip show for a movi...

On this episode we have Ed, Kate, Dennis, and Garrett all watching New Dominion Tank Police for the first time. While most of us have seen the original 1988 Dominion Tank Police, the 1993 sequel never came across our screens until this recording. We talk some logistics of having a Tank Police squad, Leona and Al's relationship, some character differences between the two series, and the barebones r...

Happy 2018 everyone! We have Dennis, Ed, Kate, Garrett, and Karen to talk Please Save My Earth, a 1993 six episode OVA based on a long running shoujo manga series. It's got everything! Love, romance, reincarnation, yazuka, psychic battles, and aliens! But is it any good? Better hope that your terrible neighbor demon child doesn't force you to become engaged, because we've got a doozy of a show to...

On this very special episode, we decide to throw all the rules out the window and go over what we feel will become a classic anime title twenty years from now: Makoto Shinkai's your name. And you know what that means, right? SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS! Seriously! Join Ed, Kate, Dennis, Han, and Garrett as we try to break down this film. And please go see this movie befor...

On this episode, Dennis, Eve, Han, and Karen are joined by special guest Bryan Newton, director on Rick & Morty and previously Teen Titans GO! plus host of the Animation Success Stories Podcast. Bit of a downer in the intro as we discuss Hiromi Tsuru's passing and Nobuhiro Watsuki's arrest. The discussion does pick back up as we discuss the banned from Toonami episode "Hot Springs Planet Tenrei" i...

On this episode, Alcuin returns as a guest as Dennis, Ed, Kate, Karen, and Han continue going over Outlaw Star. We also talk a little about the recent North American premieres of Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower and Takeshi Miike's 100th film Blade of the Immortal. We also talk the Outlaw Star spinoff show Angel Links, Jim's innocent and pure love, the best space fight so far in...

On this episode Dennis, Ed, Kate, Caitlin, Garrett, and Karen are joined by Han to discuss episodes 15-18 of Outlaw Star. We discuss the Anten Seven, emo Gene, Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, Harry MacDougall's mechanical MacArm, the poor treatment of Melfina in half of these episodes, fighting for love, Firecat's fate, and the return of the Caster gun. We also discuss Aisha's cooking, Aisha's nicknam...

Dennis, Ed, Kate, and Garrett are joined by Sanjay and Rishon for some more Outlaw Star discussion. We delve into the great space race, a real introduction for the MacDougall brothers, biohacking, "Is This Filler" along with comparisons to some Cowboy Bebop episodes, and weird spaceship shenanigans. Thanks to special guests Sanjay (@ sanjay.vas ) and Rishon (deviantART @ bishounenizer ), who unfor...

Gene Starwind, on this episode the Vintage Anime Club is once again joined by Han to continue discussing Outlaw Star. Gene Starwind, there will lots of Fred Luo talk, the ending of Gene vs Suzuka, sassy Gilliam being sassy, filler episodes, and off-model characters. Gene Starwind, there is also the confusing manner in which Gene is in debt to Fred, or vice versa (not really sure). Gene Starwind, y...

On this episode, Dennis, Ed, and Kate are joined by now regular show members Caitlin, Garrett, and Karen, plus special guest Han as we discuss the first five episodes of the Toonami classic series, Outlaw Star. A definite fan favorite now seeing a new resurgence with a recent Funimation re-release plus a re-airing on Toonami (as of this recording). We also discuss, some of the broadcast versus unc...

Dennis, Diana, Ed, Kate, and Sam are joined by Garrett and Karen to discuss Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea, more commonly referred to as Escaflowne: The Movie. Since most of the actors return for their respective roles, we don't really go over who played who in this episode, which is a first. We have many opinions especially in comparing it to the TV series. So join us on the final trip to Gaea. Speci...

On this episode, Dennis is the lone host joined by returning guests Garrett, Sanjay, and Rishon to discuss the Funimation release of The Vision of Escaflowne. A new dub! Uncut version, too! After we get to know Rishon's anime origins, we get to delve into the 2016 re-release of the series that was partially funded via Kickstarter. We talk about the deleted scenes that most of us haven't seen until...

On this episode, Dennis, Ed, Eve, and Kate are joined by Caitlin, Garrett, and Han to talk Eve's pick, the 1992 OVA Tokyo Babylon, from famed studios CLAMP (for the manga) and Madhouse (for the animation production). We talk about Subaru's onmyoji powers, Hokuto's fashion sense, and Seishirou's true motives. Also, thoughts on Japanese Oasis? Thanks to special guests Caitlin (Instagram @kouject ),...

Short episode today as Kate, Ed, Dennis and guests Caitlin and Garrett bore Han with our SDCC 2017 lows and highs. We talk some of the off-site events, shuttles, panels, Marvel, cosplay, lines, and then some. And then we just catch up on what we've been watching, which leads to some interesting stories we never expected. Thanks to special guests Caitlin (Instagram @kouject ), Garrett (Twitter @blk...

On this episode, Kate, Eve, Ed, and Dennis are joined again by Caitlin, Karen, and Han to talk about The Special Combat Duty Unit Shinesman! But bear with us as we recall and recover our experience at this year's Anime Expo. For the sentai parody that is Shinesman, we talk a lot about the dub & translation differences (which we highly enjoyed), monster corporate sabotage, unfulfilled plot points,...

  On this episode, Dennis, Ed, and Kate are joined by Caitlin, and new special guest Sanjay, and eventually his wife Rishon! We only had time to ask Sanjay some questions, but we promise to get Rishon next time she's on. Too busy working towards Anime Expo. Our main topic of discussion: the first Cardcaptor Sakura movie. Kate and Dennis are pretty out of their element when it comes to Cardcaptor S...