Overabundance of “swimming with animals and with each other” imagery aside, the final episode of Free! Eternal Summer (and of the franchise, I suppose, though wouldn’t a return for the 2020 Olympics in Japan be neat?) was excellent. The reactions from my Tumblr follows was pretty much this: tears, tears, and more tears. Although I… Read More Free Eternal Summer Episode 13: The Whole Story
Is there a specific characteristic that sets great anime protagonists and heroes apart? While there are perhaps plenty of common traits they share, one that really just out is their ability to be themselves even when being yourself isn’t cool. Naruto Uzumaki provides us a good example of this funny trait. The Naruto manga is… Read More Naruto and Futaba Just Don’t Care (and Neither Should We)
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Here’s an email that Stephen recently sent us: I just stumbled across your site while looking for Christian manga reviews. I like what you’ve got here: Do you also do manga as well as anime? We do, Stephen! Though to be honest,… Read More Untangled: Manga Recommendations for Christians?
Episode 12 ends Blue Spring Ride without much of anything resolved. Summer has come. Kou doesn’t have to take summer classes. The group of friends continue to bond. Yuri and Futaba agree to increase their efforts for Kou’s affections. The only major thing that’s happening is this: Kou has started to open himself up to… Read More Blue Spring Ride Episode 12: Opening Up
It always seems as if season finales sneak up on us, and summer 2014 was no different, with shows ending their runs this week. That also means that a packed new season of anime is about to begin! Last night, Japes and Kaze conducted our first live stream, reviewing a number of this season’s shows… Read More Video: Summer 2014 Anime Review & Fall 2014 Anime Preview
One week left. Just one week… Episode 10 of Terror in Resonance (Zankyou no Terror) continues to press this ambitious story forward at breakneck speed. In twenty-something minutes, we get Nine’s arrest, Twelve’s rescue, Shibazaki’s confrontation of Mamiya, Five’s killing of her handler, and Five’s suicide, enough action to fill two episodes. But somehow, Watanabe… Read More Terror in Resonance Episode 10: Fine Line
Tomorrow night, Beneath the Tangles hosts its first live streaming event! Kaze and JP will be reviewing the summer 2014 anime season and previewing the fall 2014 season through Ustream, and we’ll be interacting with you through the platform. We hope you’ll join us between 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM ET tomorrow, Saturday, the 20th!… Read More Live Streaming Summer Season Review/Fall Season Preview, Tomorrow at 9 PM ET
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