In the time between the Anime Today of two weeks ago and today, we have seen two more episodes of Gingitsune and more development of the Shinto-inspired story and cast. In particular, the nature of the local deities (or heralds to them, apparently) has been getting much of the attention, beginning with a tortoise (kame/亀)… Read More Anime Today: When Tradition Becomes Legalism
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind if activity in the world of otaku with the changing of seasons… and with the changing of seasons comes the changing of anime! I have been particularly excited about a number of anime that have started up (or continued) and the possibilities that they have opened up… Read More Anime Today: Biblical Values in Gingitsune
The last few weeks have seen the wrap-up of the 2013 summer anime season, and with it, a number of pleasant surprises… as well as a number of letdowns. Sunday Without God, a creative series that showed a lot of promise in its early episodes, unfortunately, can be counted as one of the latter. Now… Read More Anime Today: Sunday Without God… Without God
TWWK Note: Welcome to the first post for Anime Today, a new column on Beneath the Tangles focusing on current series. Japes, formerly of the Japesland blog, is joining our group of writers as our first columnist. Please give him a warm greeting – I’m really excited to have him aboard, as we’ve been close… Read More Anime Today: Happy KINMOZA Kurisumasu
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