I often receive questions from concerned viewers of anime who struggle with certain aspects of the medium, or in some cases, the entirety of it. On occasion, it feels appropriate to share that question with our broader audience, as well as my response. Here’s an example I recently received: Is it okay to watch Naruto… Read More Can a Christian Watch Naruto and Dragon Ball Z?
In our Untangled column, we answer questions (edited for clarity) from the readers. Feel free to email us a question or ask us one through any our social media platforms. Today’s question comes from Connor: When a pretty safe series has one or two aspects you don’t approve of, how do you react? Ex. I… Read More Untangled: Beloved Anime with Problematic Scenes
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Today’s submission comes from “M”: What are your thoughts on shipping? I ask because there is a shipping pair that I have grown extremely fond of since seeing the anime and I have written some and read quite a bit of fanfiction about them.… Read More Untangled: Should Christians Ship?
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Today’s submission comes from Patrick H.: My Name is Patrick H. I’m 21 years old, a devout (or at least trying) Catholic and I’m a big fan of Anime. Actually, to be specific, I love story-telling in general. Ever since I was… Read More Untangled: On Scrupulosity in Anime
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Today’s submission comes from Jon: Throughout my short life, I have come across a small amount of “devoted Christians.” An amount so small, in fact, I can count them with one hand. I have my own belief why this is so: God… Read More Untangled: Where Have All the Devoted Christians Gone?
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Today’s submission comes from Michael: Hello I have some questions about clannad. 1 would you recommend this title? 2 which version of clannad should I read/play first to get the whole story, from start to finish? (VN, LN, anime, manga). Thank you… Read More Untangled: Clannad Visual Novel or Anime?
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Today’s question/comes courtesy of Hannah, who dives into anime, animation, and writing on her site, Lady Hannah Beth: I take the martial art aikido in California at a Christian dojo, however, I am moving to Hawaii very soon and I would like… Read More Untangled: How Should a Christian React at a Japanese Shrine?
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Today’s question/comment (revised) comes from a long-time reader of our blog: Junketsu no Maria 7 won’t leave my mind. Here we have Ezekiel berated for the sins of love and mercy. And he (she?) does deeply regret ignoring Heaven’s orders… only he… Read More Untangled: Maria the Virgin Witch and Being an Ezekiel in Christian Society
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. For today’s post, we received the following from a forum member through the Christian Anime Alliance forums: Something has been bothering me a lot lately, and that is unanswered prayers. I am told that prayers either go amiss because of sins that… Read More Untangled: Why is God Silent?
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. For today’s post, we received the following from Projected Realities: My heart had been kind of hurting because of Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah”… not so much because of what it did to the Biblical story (that much I can deal with and ignore,… Read More Untangled: I Like This Anime, But…