A year ago…taking my son to the hospital reminded me of Usagi Drop… …and my own surgery at a hospital did as well. A year ago…Angel Beats caused me to think about our way versus God’s… …of how Christians should love one another… …about bullying from a grace-centered perspective… …and about dads. A year ago…I… Read More A Year Ago on Beneath the Tangles
The new season of anime has started! Each season brings with it a series or two that deals with spiritual, supernatural, and/or religious themes. Since these ideas are often used simply as a plot device with little meaning, I tend to ignore these shows. But Shin Sekai Yori may be a little different. And at… Read More Something More: Evil Religion in Shin Sekai Yori, Catholic Context in Angelic Layer, and My Seven Little Deadly Sins
Ushiromiya “Battler” (or Batora if you will) has a problem, to say the least. When he and a group of 17 family members and staff at his grandfather’s estate come together in 1986 for a reunion, one by one those 17 others start suffering violent deaths. Before long it is clear that the original purpose… Read More Readers’ Choice: Initial Impressions for Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Characters: Sawako Kuronuma and Shota Kazehaya Series: Kimi ni Todoke Occupation: students Bible Twin: believers and God Overview Kimi ni Todoke is a wonderful series for a number of reasons, but perhaps most of all for its two leads: the socially inept Kuronuma and the popular and kind Kazehaya. Shojo manga and series, like any… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Kimi ni Todoke
What a juxtaposition between the easy-going and humorous first half of episode 13 and the tense second half! But perhaps as trivial as the early part of the episode seems, as Kirito tries to fish out a humongous catch for a newly found fisherman friend, it reveals an interesting question about the game: If you… Read More Sword Art Online, Episode 13: Heaven is a Place on Earth
Ty-chama examines the connections to the story of Noah’s Ark and to the ideas of faith and hope in Christianity within the film, Angel’s Egg. [Watashi wa Bucho!!] Nick Calibey continues his series of posts about Madoka Magica by examining the connection between body and soul, as expressed in the series and by St. Cyril.… Read More Something More: Sayaka Miki’s Body and Soul, Yui’s Idols, and Hope in Angel’s Egg
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention a little newsbreak. Kodansha’s Morning magazine announced that the long-awaited anime adaptation of the manga, Saint Young Men, will be going into production. Instead of a series, a film will be made. Saint Young Men is the critically acclaimed manga by Hikaru Nakamura featuring Jesus and Buddha… Read More Saint Young Men to Be Adapted into Anime Film
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