If you’re looking to anime for the “true meaning” of Christmas, you might want to look elsewhere. But if you’re looking for a story that overflows with the joy that accompanies the season, anime might be just the place to find it. Excitable, cheery characters become all the more so when Christmas is added to… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 1: The Promise of Christmas in Rainbow Days
It’s all the little details that make this piece so much fun—that and Panda with a Santa jacket on. ★ 【時島シクカ/ twitter】 「 Merry Christmas × 呪術廻戦 」 ☆
Christmas is just a few weeks out, and as we anticipate its coming, our staff at Beneath the Tangles wants to encourage you to consider how meaningful the holiday is. We do that each year through the most otaku of ways—by commenting on Christmas episodes of anime! Join us beginning on December 14th as we… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime (2022)
This Miku reminds me that there are two basic types of decorated Christmas trees—those that are fun and full of cheer, and prettier, wintry ones. This Miku is most definitely the latter. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? ★ 【Osage】「 🎄 」 ☆
The platter, plates, and gravy boat are scrubbed clean, the family has returned home from Grandma’s house, and the turkey is all gobbled up (well, most of it). Black Friday has also come and gone. That’s right, we’re now officially into the Christmas season! At Beneath the Tangles, that means we’re closing in on our… Read More Help Us Build Our List of Anime Christmas Episodes!
For Ayaka Steiger, Christmas is awful. When she was still a child, the conflicted antagonist of Kurau: Phantom Memory lost her entire family on Christmas Eve to a group of gunmen with a grudge against her father, a top agent with the government’s secret service, the GPO. As an adult, she has followed in her… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 12: The Many Christmases of Kurau: Phantom Memory
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:10-11 Each Christmas, before presents or anything else of consequence, our… Read More Merry Christmas!
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