There are a lot of sweet Christmas anime episodes out there, but the one from pseudo-gothic mystery series Gosick is not one of them. Instead, it’s a bit of a travesty, really, mixing together Christmas and Hallowe’en, with a dash of secular Easter and a pinch of birthday, topped off with a thicker layer of… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 10: Gosick’s Weird Christmas
This May, a week after the election of Leo XIV, I visited Japan for the first time. I have many wonderful memories of that one-week trip with my wife and her family, but my favorite was a boat tour on the Sumida River. As the sun set over the riverside and lights turned on in the streets,… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 7: Astro Boy and the Consolation of the World
An ideal Christmas for many of us would be full of family, feasts, and, of course, gift-giving, as carols play, snow falls, and, I suppose, chestnuts roast on an open fire. Reality tends to be quite different, however, as busyness, indifference, and stress push their way into our holiday season and put a pall over… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 4: A Grateful, Cosmos Christmas
Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Anime! Starting today and marching right through the 25th, we post about Christmas anime each and every day in hopes that these little connections will point you to the joy, love, and redemptive meaning of the holiday. We might post a piece of fanart, chat about a classic… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 1: SANDA, Santa, and the Fatherly God-Man
Did you know that in bowling, when you get three strikes in a row, it’s called a “turkey”? So that means that this post, being the third in a week on the spectacular original anime series Turkey! Time to Strike, is in fact a Turkey turkey! (This is not the end of the dad jokes… Read More A Deep Dive into Turkey! The Bowling Anime That’s Not About Bowling…Except When It Is
Every sports anime comes down to a climactic play. But in the last episode of Turkey, the final throw by bowling club captain Mai is not just about proving herself, winning a championship, or bringing the story to a satisfying conclusion. No. Instead (spoilers), Mai’s throw will determine which of her friends will live and… Read More Miracles from the Gutter, Turkey ep. 12
Picture this: An aspiring manhua artist (or manhuajia) has defied family and fate alike to finally meet her role model at a signing event. Nervously, she gifts the experienced artist with a sketchbook of her drawings and asks her, with a quaver in her voice, for advice: should she pursue her dream? The sage professional… Read More Link Click: The Parable of the Difficult Way
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