Rewatching Violet Evergarden (the series) recently reminded me why it is still my favorite anime, even after seven years since it first aired and five since its brilliant conclusion. Despite the influx of major shounen action productions during this period, few have matched its impact on me. The storytelling, character depth, and emotional resonance of… Read More Violet Evergarden and Understanding the Meaning of Love
We sat down recently with voice actor extraordinaire James Arnold Taylor to talk about his newest project, the Angel Studios-released film, The King of Kings—a most unique retelling of the Jesus story. JAT talks all about that work and so much else, including voicing both Marty McFly and Doc Brown from Back to the Future… Read More Hello There! James Arnold Taylor Talks The King of Kings, Being a Christian VA, and The Animatrix!
Hello, friends! On today’s episode, Mike takes on a more modern anime in my recommendation, talks about his Anime North plans, and looks to a classic shounen anime and one of its main characters (Bleach and Ishida Uryu) to explain how God’s offer of salvation is gift that we choose to reject or receive. All… Read More The Power of God and Anime, Episode 20: Ishida Uryū and the Gift of Salvation
Zenshu has been a favorite around here this season, and the finale did not disappoint! It pulls together all the threads that we wrote about for earlier episodes (spoilers ahead!): there’s Memmeln’s continued faith in the Lord Exister and the hope it gives her to the very end; there’s QJ’s resurrection, completing his Christ-like arc… Read More Zenshu and Spiritual Warfare: The Power of Creating
God loves us for more than one reason. Sounds simple, right? But when you pause to think about it, if you’re anything like me, you may be left wondering whether you’ve ever taken this simple truth to heart. Scripture tells us that God loved us first, but why did he do so? Why does he… Read More The Villainess’s Bestie and Why God Loves
Mike is back and feeling well! And he’s charging forward this week with thoughts on generosity, starting with that muscular (and extremely kind) lug, Goku! But it doesn’t stop with Dragon Ball Z—generosity should be part of who we are and what the church is. So buckle up and listen as Mike dives into the… Read More The Power of God and Anime, Episode 19: Generosity of Goku, the Church, and You
In this Anime Artisan post, Zion illustrates Natsuko and Luke while reflecting on the series—one our writers have also reflected upon in recent weeks. To be hungry is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? To be just so famished, your own flesh turns against itself, eating to a point of atrophy. The only remedy for such… Read More Zenshu: Where the Heart Is
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