Anime movies in U.S. theaters are typically released on so few screens that most major movie critics don’t review them. However, Studio Ghibli films, released by Disney and bolstered by Hayao Miyazaki’s 2002 Oscar win for Spirited Away, buck that trend. With a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the Ghibli film, The Secret World… Read More How Catholic and Protestant Reviewers Scored The Secret World of Arrietty
Whenever an anime or other piece becomes enormously popular, there’s generally a reaction against it. In the case of mediocre or poor works (is it too easy to use Twilight as an example?), the backlash can be overwhelming. In the anime community, there’s inevitably at least one strong blogging or reviewing voice speaking out against… Read More When Our Opinions Run Counter to the Culture (Otherwise Titled: K-On! and Hunger Games Suck)
Today, Studio Ghibli’s latest release, The Secret World of Arrietty, hits American shores. Disney is giving it a surprisingly wide release; as with Ponyo, I was delighted to see commercials for the movie during regular (and popular) programming on television. As such, it’s being reviewed as any typical U.S. studio created animated film might be. Todd… Read More Christianity Today Reviewer Calls Arrietty a “Beautiful, Wondrous Film”
It appears to be Catholic week here at Beneath the Tangles, emphasized by a couple of blog posts relating Catholicism with anime: I am not arguing that the Church is a lot like the Pokemon world. (Alright, I am.) But more than that: The natural cry of the human heart — as best shown in… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Pokemon and Priests, Dreams of Crusading Anime, and Superflat Artist Tackles Buddha in Qatar
Last week, R86 kicked off the “Fruits of the Spirit” series here by talking about the first fruit, love, and how Honda Tohru of Fruits Baskets shines with that trait. Today, I’ll be discussing a fruit that often connected with love, the second fruit: joy. Joy is a vibrant word, not only because of it’s… Read More Fruits of the Spirit: Sasami and the Two Joys
One of my favorite songs about heartbreak and love is “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Sinead O’Conner’s striking voice rings beautifully in the simple chorus of a song that was oh so 90’s. I was a child when it came out, and the song now additionally carries that nostalgic feeling that is often associated with love.… Read More Nothing Compares – Steins;gate, Chat Rooms, and Real Love
In multitudes of anime series, the children largely have free reign, and often in very dangerous situations. One or both parents are nowhere to be seen – they’re either just not part of the script or one is deceased. TV Tropes calls it “parental abandonment.” What’s rarer than deceased anime parents is finding those that… Read More The Stigma of an Anime Divorce
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