Happy 15th birthday, Beneath the Tangles! Whit whipped up this lovely drawing of our own BtT-chan celebrating 15 years during her stream last week. Ain’t it lovely? Here’s a time-lapse video of her stream from Wednesday evening: Follow us on Twitch and YouTube to catch Whit next time she draws! She’s been polling her followers… Read More Fanart Friday: Happy Birthday, BtT!
All week long, we’ve been celebrating 15 years of Beneath the Tangles, but today is the day. It’s our birthday! Happy birthday to us! On September 12th, 2010, we went live with my very first article, entitled “My So-Called Virtual Life.” A short rumination on Love Plus, digital girlfriends, and the loss of authentic relationships… Read More Happy Birthday, Beneath the Tangles: Fifteen Years and Still Joining the Party!
Over the years, dozens of regular and guest writers have contributed their craft and passion to Beneath the Tangles, making the BtT blog a site of rich, biblical reflection on anime, manga, and light novels. So it will come as no surprise that many of us from the current BtT writing team started out first… Read More Throwback Thursday with the BtT Writers: A Few of Our Favorite Posts
The surveys have been gathered, the votes have been counted, and we are ready to feud! This Saturday, our Discord community will gather for the BtT Family Feud! This fun event is part of our commemoration of Beneath the Tangles’ founding 15 years ago. And we hope you’ll join! If you want to participate, just… Read More Reminder: Join Our Family Feud on Saturday!
As always, we start this episode of the podcast with football. Wait…what? Yes, college football is on Mike’s brain as he talks about what’s going on in his life before giving this week’s anime recommendation and diving into the 15th anniversary for Beneath the Tangles and what it has to do with One Piece and… Read More The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 29: BtT’s Birthday, the Straw Hat Pirates, and Christian Unity
Want to support us in a fun way that directs people around you to our ministry? How about wearing us? You can now get Beneath the Tangles merchandise! Head over to our Tee Public store to see our t-shirt designs; in addition to our usual logo, designs feature our staffer Uvie’s take on BtT-chan. They’re… Read More Buy a BtT-shirt and Support Our Ministry!
What an interesting mix of series we’ve reviewed this week! From a classic boxing manga getting the hardcover treatment to a new, stylish sci-fi manhua, and from low points in the middle of a manga series to the stirring finale of another, this week’s Reader’s Column runs the gamut. And how appropriate that variety—a hallmark… Read More Reader’s Corner: Yan (Vol. 2), Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards (Vol. 4), and Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow (Vol. 3)
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