One of the classics of Christmas anime is Toradora, and we timed our watch parties so that we’ll be watching the Christmas arc this week! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 17-19 of the classic series and chats with you! Our stream will be this Wednesday, December 23rd at 7pm Central / 8pm ET.… Read More Let’s Stream the Toradora Christmas Episodes!
What do you think of when you think “Christmas?” Santa Claus? Snow? Presents under the tree? Romantic dates, Christmas cake, and KFC? Wait…KFC? If the Colonel came to mind, you’re our kind of people. While we want to emphasize the holy meaning of the holiday, as expressed through the Advent season, we also want to… Read More The 12 Days of Christmas Anime
It’s two and a half weeks until Christmas, and a few more days from there until the new year. And we at Beneath the Tangles are super excited about celebrating with you all! Our 12 Days of Christmas Anime posts—where we count down the days until the 25th by talking about a specific Christmas episode… Read More Twwk and Eleven Arts Talk Holiday Anime LIVE This Friday!
A tradition as hallowed as the beach episode, and nearly as common, the Christmas anime episode is an opportunity to put anime boys and girls into festive (and often romantic) holiday situations. It works well for a variety of anime, particularly since Christmas mostly lacks the religious element that it has in the west, being… Read More Master List of Christmas Anime Episodes
Last year, three members of our TangleCast podcast team (editor Celetron and on-air talent David and Holly) recorded their renditions of some Christmas classics. Here they are to stream or download! They’re really pretty little clips! David leads worship at his church and studies the craft, Holly was part of a worship team herself, and… Read More Christmas Songs from our TangleCast Podcasters!
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Vol. 1 Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend—cute, sweet, bashful. But Izumi knows that’s only half her personality. Like some moe Jekyll and Hyde, in moments where her boyfriend needs her most, she becomes a super cool and dashing young woman, and it’s especially that part of her personality that… Read More Otaku Reader’s Corner: One Piece, Cutie Shikimori, and a Detestable Demon Falls in Love
The 2018 film, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, combines the techniques and style of recent Shikai films with all the sadness of romantic fare like Your Lie in April—and with fans of both types on our TangleCast team, you can bet they were impacted by this gem of a movie! Come listen to Peter,… Read More TangleCast 83: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Ever been winter camping? Although I grew up doing a lot of camping, it always in the spring or fall, so it’s been both fun and a learning experience for me to see how the girls of the Outdoor Activities Circle (and other friends) have camped during winter in Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp). And in… Read More Fanart Friday: Warm Up with Laid-Back Camp’s Outdoor Activities Circle!
November 11th brings together two unlikely bedfellows—Veterans Days, likely to be ignored by younger audiences except those that get the day off from school, and Pocky Day, which older audiences may be at a loss to even comprehend. And yet, here we are, the earlier celebrated because November 11th, 1918 was the day that WWI… Read More Enjoy Veterans Day AND Pocky Day with this Royai Art
We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 14-16 (Kitamura’s arc) of the classic series and chats with you as we stream this Wednesday, November 11th at 7pm Central / 8pm ET. We’ll post the link shortly before airtime on our watch party page. If you need… Read More Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!