The holidays in your household may be full of tradition – setting up Christmas decorations, watching holiday movies, spending time with family, observing holy days. At Beneath the Tangles, our blog has a yearly tradition of counting down the twelve days approaching Christmas by discussing Christmas episodes of our favorite series (there are enough of… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime!
In a bout of nostalgia, I re-opened the manga adaptation of my favorite video game of all time, half expecting to hear the anticipative “hidden item” fanfare as I did so. As a child, I specifically remember the hero of Ocarina of Time capturing my interest. Link was both admirable and player-impressionable, which allowed me… Read More Between the Panels: The Power in Link’s Silence
My favorite series of the season, and one of my favorites of the year, is Everything Becomes F: The Perfect Insider. As I told Japes in our last podcast, the show is what I like: it’s really smart and is a little pretentious, but not so pretentious that it loses me. I love it. But… Read More Lain and Dr. Magata: (g)oddesses Reflecting (G)od
On Tuesday, I posted part one of an interview with Stephen Brock, who is preparing to go on mission sin Japan with his family. He is also an artist, drawing in manga-style, and the rest of our conversation below focuses on how he plans on using his artistic talent (and if you’re interested, how you… Read More Interview with Stephen Brock, Artist and Missionary (Part 2)
One of our interests here at Beneath the Tangles has to do with outreach to Japan. We’ve posted about missionaries to the country before, and we even have two writers who are currently in Japan in some missionary capacity. Today, I want to introduce you to another individual who is planning mission work in Japan.… Read More Interview with Stephen Brock, Artist and Missionary (Part 1)
I absolutely love Pixiv – I spend more time on that site than probably any other. It feeds my obsession for fanart of my favorite series, as well as the content of my Tumblr blog. For those of us that frequent this artist community, we know that trends come and go, hitting Pixiv like waves.… Read More Remembering Your First Love (Which is, of Course, Ayano Tateyama)
Chris Kincaid wrote a really interesting article recently comparing Superman and Goku, grounding it in the idea that the two heroes are fundamentally different – the first represents American, individualism, Christianity, and a perfect idea to strive for, while the latter represents community, Buddhism, fatherhood, and growth. Chris contends that “[Superman] inspires us, but his… Read More Something More: Goku/Superman/Jesus, Riku’s Sinful Nature, and Loving Death Like Sakurako-san
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