Meals for Monsters: UROTSUKIDOJI: LEGEND OF THE OVERFIEND
By Jenny Orosel

If you’ve seen enough hentai, you’ll know where this is going….

UROTSUKIDOJI: LEGEND OF THE OVERFIEND (1989) is a Japanese animated flick based on the idea that Earth is made of three different realms: the human world, the demon world and the man-beast world.  Every 3000 years the Overfiend is born, and will either unite the three worlds or bring utter destruction.  This time around, the Overfiend was born as a completely oblivious and sexually frustrated high school boy.  He’d like to be able to hook up with the popular girl, but at inopportune moments he blacks out and becomes a hideous monster.  Meanwhile, creatures from both the demon and man-beast realms are trying to kill him.  What’s a kid to do?

UROTSUKIDOJI is famous for being one thing—it was the movie that popularized the “tentacle porn” subgenre of anime.  Yes, this being Japanese, portrayal of genitalia would be considered obscene and, thus, illegal.  So whenever the demons or the Overfiend himself rape a victim, it is with giant tentacles sprouting from their bodies.  Most victims explode into giant bursts of light upon the tentacled violations.  Women, men, no one is safe from the tentacle rape.  There’s even a scene where an entire hospital is raped with enormous tentacles.  Not the employees, but the actual building itself.

This being the kind of movie it is, I wouldn’t recommend it for a date movie.  If your love interest doesn’t run screaming from the house, it isn’t likely she’ll be in the mood for much.  No, UROTSUKIDOJI is best enjoyed as a party movie with a small crowd of people who are ready for some shocks and laughs.  And drinks.

Today’s drink is a Sake Bomb.  Not only is it at least somewhat Japanese, but it’s quick to make, quick to consume, and quick to refill.

SAKE BOMB:

1 glass Japanese beer

1 shot glass of sake

Drop shot glass into beer glass.  Consume.

As far as food, you’ll want some easy party finger foods.  Chips and dip work, even a veggie plate.  But, for a movie so famous for its tentacles, calamari is a must.  The following recipe is good for about three people, so multiply it out by however many people are coming.

FRIED CALAMARI

Buttermilk

2/3 pound squid (Tubes and tentacles.  Go heavy on the tentacles if you have the option)

1/2 pound raw shrimp (for the people weirded out by eating squid)

Cooking oil (vegetable, canola, etc)

For the coating:

1 cup flour

1 cup cornmeal

4 tablespoons garlic powder

3 tablespoons paprika

1 tablespoon salt

Pinch of cayenne pepper

Line a cookie sheet with either paper towels or newspaper, and put a cooling rack on top of that.

If the squid isn’t already prepped for you, make sure there is no cartilage or eyeballs.  Slice the tubes into 1/2 inch rings, and if the tentacle bunches are large, cut in half.  Soak in buttermilk for a half hour.

Meanwhile, fill a large pot about halfway with the oil.  Heat to 375F.

In a large bowl, mix the ingredients for the coating.  When the oil is ready, take the squid and put it in the coating mixture.  Then put the shrimp into the buttermilk.  Make sure the squid is well coated with the mix.  CAREFULLY drop into the hot oil (you may need to work in batches, depending on how big the pot is).  Cook for a minute or two until light brown.  Drain on cookie sheet, sprinkling with salt.  Repeat with the shrimp (which, depending on the size, may take a little longer than the squid).

Serve with warmed marinara sauce, cocktail sauce, or an Asian dipping sauce made of 2 parts Ponzu sauce, 1 part Sirracha chili sauce and 1 part soy sauce.  Mix and serve either cold or at room temperature.

To make this a well-rounded meal, sweets are a must.  For something that can be set out on a plate and enjoyed at partytime leisure, why not homemade gummy tentacles?  It’s a lot easier than it sounds.

GUMMY TENTACLES

1 small box lime flavored gelatin

4 envelopes unflavored gelatin

2/3 cup water

Mix all the ingredients together in a small saucepan and let sit for a half hour.  Line a cookie sheet with wax paper.  After the thirty minutes have passed the mixture will be a weirdly solid texture.  Heat over low heat until it’s completely melted.  Remove from heat for about two minutes.  Pour onto the cookie sheet in swirls and curves.  Depending on the humidity, it will take between 30 minutes to an hour to set.  Cut up in desired lengths.

One note about the movie—there are two versions of UROTSUKIDOJI: LEGEND OF THE OVERFIEND (not to mention four sequels).  One is noted as “Perfect Collection” and is the completely uncensored, 146 minute version.  The other has a lot of the more graphic scenes cut and logs in at 108 minutes.  Whichever version you think your guests will appreciate more is up to you.

© Copyright 2011 by Jenny Orosel

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