12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 5 x The Power of God and Anime Podcast: DENKI-GAI and Our Christmas Party

Christmas is just around the corner, and Mike has a lot of gifts for you today on this special Christmas episode of The Power of God and Anime Podcast! He joins in the 12 Days of Christmas Anime series here at Beneath the Tangles by looking at a Christmas party in DENKI-GAI and comparing how… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 5 x The Power of God and Anime Podcast: DENKI-GAI and Our Christmas Party

12.18.202501.07.2026 mikesgeekworld1 Comment

12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 4: A Grateful, Cosmos Christmas

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

12.17.202512.23.2025 Twwk1 Comment

12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 3 x Kissing Frieren Figure Giveaway!

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a gift, right? And we’ve got one for you that’s just in time for a new season of one of our favorite anime—and one of the most popular and critically acclaimed ones of recent years: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End! And it depicts one of the series’ silliest and most memorable… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 3 x Kissing Frieren Figure Giveaway!

12.16.202512.15.2025 Staff2 Comments

12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 2: A Fullmetal Advent

Christians since the Middle Ages have celebrated Advent, a counting down of the four weeks leading to Christmas in anticipation of the coming of Christ—both toward the commemoration on Christmas Day and to help us think about his Second Coming. This year, Advent started on November 30th—and we’ve been counting down in our own unique… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 2: A Fullmetal Advent

12.15.202512.17.2025 Twwk1 Comment

12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 1: SANDA, Santa, and the Fatherly God-Man

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

12.14.202512.23.2025 Twwk1 Comment

The 12 Days of Christmas Anime Begins Sunday!

Can you feel it in the air? Christmas is just around the corner! I know for my household, that means an attempt to emphasize the Advent season, focus on joy, and look to Jesus—but it often results in stress, stress, and, oh yeah, more stress. If you’re anything like us—and assuming you’re also an anime… Read More The 12 Days of Christmas Anime Begins Sunday!

12.08.202512.13.2025 TwwkLeave a comment

12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 12: Buddy Daddies & Why We Need Many Christmases

A Christmas encounter with an orphaned pre-schooler forever changes the lives of two hitmen in P.A. Works’ comedy Buddy Daddies. Not your usual Christmas anime episode! (Especially considering the on-screen executions, trigger warning!) But don’t worry, Buddy Daddies is just getting started: the final three episodes also revolve around Christmas, one year later, and it’s… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 12: Buddy Daddies & Why We Need Many Christmases

12.25.202412.30.2024 claire3 Comments

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