In Episode 6 of Fist of the North Star we are introduced to…God Army. What is “God Army?” It’s a group of soldiers who believe that they are doing the will of their god. Their god is revealed in a later episode, but what they basically believe in is power over all else. They take… Read More Newman’s Nook: The God Army
Fist of the North Star is an anime series from the 1980s about a martial artist named Kenshiro who is…well, at the moment just wandering around helping people in a post-apocalyptic future set in the year 199X. In the first few episodes of Fist of the North Star, we are introduced to Bat. Bat is… Read More Newman’s Nook: Bat and Gehazi
Ninja Girl and Samurai Master (Nobunaga no Shinobi) is a short form anime series set during the warring states period of Japanese history coming from a historical fiction standpoint. In the current story arc we were recently introduced to a political, military, and Buddhist religious leader named Hongan-ji Kennyo. After his introduction, it becomes clear that… Read More Newman’s Nook: Amida is not Jesus
There are not a lot of anime that I’ve watched with married couples in them. Sure, there are some parents in the background, but showing a married couple at the forefront of the story, doesn’t happen all the time. When it’s all packaged in a short form series, I’m all in favor of checking it… Read More Newman’s Nook: Real Marriage and Short Anime Marriages
Not that long ago, I was in the field with a coworker of mine. She was talking about a recent trip she took to Japan. It was a cool conversation and touched on all the fun she had on the trip. She also started to discuss how she had recently gotten into anime. Her boyfriend… Read More Newman’s Nook: Evangelizing the Wrong Thing
Vatican Miracle Examiner (Vatican Kiseki Chousakan) is an anime series based on a series of light novels of the same name. The series centers on a pair of Roman Catholic priests who are sent across the globe to examine and determine the validity of potential miracles. They are scientists and investigators at heart, so when they… Read More Newman’s Nook: Vatican Miracle Parentage
Shonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan is a short-form ongoing anime series aimed at children. It’s about an elementary school aged boy, Ashibe, and his pet seal, he named Goma-chan. The show follows the everyday life of Ashibe, his friends, his family, and his seal Goma-chan as they deal with a seal being in their life.… Read More Newman’s Nook: Ashibe’s Family
Sanrio Boys (Sanrio Danshi) is an anime series based on the manga of the same name about a group of high school boys who are into the cuteness of Sanrio products. We’ve got Kouta all into Pompompurin. We’ve got Yuu who loves My Melody. Shunsuke who’s a huge Hello Kitty fan. Seiichiro who’s in love with Cinnamoroll… Read More Newman’s Nook: Sanrio Self Loathing
In the isekai manga series, Final Fantasy Lost Stranger, Yoko and Shogo Sasaki are siblings who loved Final Fantasy games as kids. They pledged to one another early in life that together they would get jobs at Square-Enix and create their own Final Fantasy game. Now as adults, they seem to be living their dream as… Read More Newman’s Nook: Lost Stranger Martyr
Donyatsu is an interesting manga (and short-form anime series) about a post-apocalyptic world setting where, so far, the only survivors are animals who’s bodies are also pastries. And mice. The main character is a donut shaped cat named Donytatsu. Seems fitting. After a strange attack by other-worldly beings, Donyatsu gets lost from his pastry animal… Read More Newman’s Nook: Donyatsu’s Prayer and Questions