Unless you’re Charlie Daniels’ Johnny, making a deal with the devil probably won’t turn out too good for you. The idea of making a pact with the devil, or a devil figure, is prominent in works of fiction, anime included. Series like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Black Butler, and Code Geass (if you count C.C. as such a… Read More 3-2-1 Contract! Making a Deal With the Devil
The readers have voted! A couple of weeks ago, we posted a poll asking for you to choose the shows that we would watch and blog next. Revolutionary Girl Utena won easily; it was followed by Xam’d. So, we’ll be watching these series as a couple of others that placed highly as well. TWWK and… Read More Readers’ Choice: Utena, Umineko No Naku Koro Ni, and More!
Adoption is a beautiful thing. In the U.S., adoption is so powerful because in one process, a child’s life is changed forever through the immense sacrifice of an individual or couple. While Yui is never officially adopted, for all intents and purposes, she might as well be. This theme of adoption runs strongly throughout episode… Read More Sword Art Online, Episode 12: Learning to Adopt
The religious-themed Haibane Renmei was released as an inexpensive box-set last week, and a number of outlets have since reviewed it. ANN’s Theron gives it an “A” and comments on the purposely vagueness of religious aspects of the series, but how many will comment on these themes (us). [Anime News Network] Stig Høgset, a big… Read More Something More: Haibane Renmei Reviews, Aniblogging Sins, and Buddhist Bye-Bye in Natsuyuki Rendezvous
On Beneath the Tangles, we invite readers to ask questions of the staff. We’d love to hear your concerns and questions, and maybe give you our feedback. A couple of weeks ago, VW, a Catholic Christian and anime fan, dropped in with a question. For the sake of space, I’ll just present you bits and… Read More Untangled: What Are Your Thoughts on Watching a Series That is Censored?
Periodically, I like point back to some of the more than 500 posts we’ve written here on Beneath the Tangles. Besides the “A Year Ago” series I began several months ago, I plan to occasionally post about blogging milestones – those little breakthroughs when posts hit certain numbers of significance in terms of hits. Three… Read More Mileposts: Interview with Caitlin Glass and Visual Novel Characters with Disabilities
I love to sing. I’m practically tone deaf, but that hasn’t stopped me from singing dozens of songs each day, out loud, to the horror delight of my wife and kids. And as we rear our children, I frequently sing with them, as we join together to bellow out everything from kid’s Bible music to… Read More Fly Me to the Moon: A Child’s Lullabye
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