There are Christian devotionals—works that contain daily readings related to and providing teaching about scripture—for virtually every idea and theme you can think of. But are there devotionals for otaku? You bet there are! The team tackles a couple of those works this week featuring some of the most popular anime of the past decade: My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, and The Promised Neverland.

We’d also love to hear your feedback! What’s a connection you’ve seen between an anime or anime character and the Christian faith? Let us know in the comments below!

0:00 Introduction and announcements
1:50 Fall season anime and Thanksgiving plans
7:21 Devotionals and Anime
11:23 Discussion—My Hero Academia and our gifts
24:03 Discussion—Attack on Titan and steadfastness
39:05 Discussion—Finding Neverland and the power of faith
50:28 Closing

Podcast Links:

• “The Gifts We’re Given” is written by Twwk and “Remaining Steadfast Against Titans” by Casey L. Covel. Both devotionals can be found in the first volume of Thy Geekdom Come. A second volume, focusing on science fiction, is also available.
• “Finding Faith in The Promised Neverland” is written by Moriah Jane and can be found in volume one of Finding God in Anime. A second volume is also available. Both were edited by Moriah Jane and our own, Laura A. Grace.
• That is Kyoko Hori herself, Marisa Duran, you hear on that opening bite! Follow Marisa on Twitter and Instagram, and check out this interview we conducted with the inspirational voice actress!
• Mike is enjoying Beast Tamer and Paris loved Romantic Killer. Our writers’ first impressions of these series were similarly positive.
• Paris highly recommends the Through the Word devotional mobile app.
• Here are the Bible verses and passages that the team read and referenced today: Exodus 31:3-5, I Cor 12:4-7 and 12-27, Daniel 3:17-18, I Samuel 17, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Hebrews 11, and James 2:19
• The definition of ‘aman is to be firm, faithful, and true; to trust; to have belief; and to believe.
• Can’t get enough anime devotions? We have partners who do devotionals that include those involving but not limited to anime, including Geek Devotions and Daily Nerd Devo.
• Check out all the other things that Mike, Paris, Tyler, and Dennis (our editor and the fourth member of the Tangle x Cast team) are doing.

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Featuring music by Celotron (all rights reserved) and edited by Dennis.

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