Gourmet Girl Graffiti (Japanese name: Koufuku Graffiti) is one part cute-girls slice-of-life anime and one part an exploration of the role of food in social life and the joys of eating good food, mixed with some… very detailed depictions of eating food and just a bit of Studio SHAFT’s signature style. You can read my review… Read More The Secret Stars of Anime: Gourmet Girl Graffiti
Of all the full-length anime I’m following this season, AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue is my least favorite. I don’t have a good explanation for why I kept watching after the first two episodes. But the plot did become somewhat interesting by the seventh episode. And in the eighth, the characters hit on a universal theme: fear… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: Aokana and Fearing Failure
We’re down to Eight Anime series in our Anime March Madness and the matches keep getting closer! An updated bracket is below: Did your favorite series make it? You can vote via the link here or from the form below. Get out and vote!
At first glance, the uncanny merging of Christianity with Trigun’s western/sci-fi antics seems as unlikely as Vash and Wolfwood’s apprehensive friendship. But the implausible combination ultimately works as irony—one that reflects the protagonist Vash’s many apparent contradictions: pacifist/gun-slinger, wanted criminal/savior, demon/angel. Try justifying those personas within a single person, and you have the enigma that… Read More Between the Panels: Salvation According to Trigun
Relationships are hard. I’m not just talking about romantic ones, either. I’m talking about relationships in general – from family to friends to dating to marriage. Relationships are incredibly hard. Despite the popular belief that “love’s all you need,” so many relationships fall apart. Now, I’m no Sherlock, but to me, that suggests that love’s… Read More “Say ‘I love you’ ”? *“Say ‘I trust you’ ”
I’ve been meaning to get around to (re)writing this piece for quite some time as it was the idea that really got me into writing about the intersection of anime and my faith. I have alluded to this comparison many times in the past, but I don’t think any I have ever gone into detail… Read More Akemi Homura and the Argument of Faith
Welcome back, my faithful readers and newcomers, to another edition of Gaming With God. This is part two of a series of posts on the game Tales of Xillia 2 which I started and am about 10 hours in already. It’s a fantastic game, even though it has some flaws here and there. If you’re looking into… Read More Gaming With God: When The Spiritual World Crosses Over
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