There are a lot of sweet Christmas anime episodes out there, but the one from pseudo-gothic mystery series Gosick is not one of them. Instead, it’s a bit of a travesty, really, mixing together Christmas and Hallowe’en, with a dash of secular Easter and a pinch of birthday, topped off with a thicker layer of… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 10: Gosick’s Weird Christmas
Our Twitch stream is on a short break right now, but fear not! Whit has dropped by for a little Christmas cheer anyway! She asked our communities on Discord and Instagram to decide which series she should draw a Christmas doodle of for the holiday! The choices were all upcoming 2026 anime series: And no… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 9: Visiting Frieren and Eisen Claus
The tree is ready to be trimmed, the Santa hats are waiting to be donned, and the icing for the strawberry shortcake is setting in the fridge until cake assembly time. Our fearless shachou, Twwk, still needs to put in the KFC chicken order, but otherwise, it is time for…drum roll please… BtT’s first-ever Staff… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 8: BtT Staff (& Friends) Christmas Party!
This May, a week after the election of Leo XIV, I visited Japan for the first time. I have many wonderful memories of that one-week trip with my wife and her family, but my favorite was a boat tour on the Sumida River. As the sun set over the riverside and lights turned on in the streets,… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 7: Astro Boy and the Consolation of the World
I’m going to just imagine that this AU illustration of Himmel and Frieren dressed up in Christmas gear and ever so cutely clinging onto and kissing one another really happened. Yep. I like this universe better. ;_; ★ 【_】 「 葬送まとめ11 」
There’s something satisfying about an old-fashioned revenge story—seeing justice served and the bad guys getting their just deserts. But what is the price of vengeance? And what sort of culture does it breed? These are some of the questions Mamoru Hosoda explores in his latest film, Scarlet, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Scarlet retains the… Read More Film Review: Scarlet
This illustration just makes me wonder…does Santa enjoy camping? I bet he does. Oh, and look at Chikuwa with the reindeer antlers. ADORBS! ★ 【yas】 「 Merry Christmas⛺️✨ 」 ☆
The easiest way to keep up with Beneath the Tangles is to sign up for our email newsletter, Above Anime, on Substack!
Each Friday, you’ll receive an original anime devotional along with links to all our reviews, analysis, videos, and other content for the week. It’s the easiest way to keep up with our ministry!