I’ve mentioned this before, but to me, Shirobako feels like family. There are some members that annoy me, some that I embrace, but regardless, I care about them all. I want to know what’s happening with everyone – a week seems too long to wait to catch up with the cast. I streamed the first… Read More Destroying Seiichi Kinoshita: Shirobako and Murderous Words
What’s the deepest you’ve ever loved someone? Was it for your parents? Friends? A spouse or lover? Have you ever loved someone so much that would have pursued them, even if you knew you only had months left to live? Your Lie in April is full of love stories, ranging from a typical high school… Read More Kaori Miyazono’s Letter: Your Grace in April
Warning – plenty of spoilers ahead. Please watch episode 22 of Your Lie in April before reading this article. The final episode was Your Lie in April was wonderful – a heartwarming, moving second half joined together with a beautifully animated, wonderfully musical first half to create a memorable finale. Indeed, it was a tale… Read More Your Lie in April, Episode 22: Why Look to the Sky?
Zeroe4 is taking the week off for Throwback Thursdays, but arranged for a fellow YWAM Tokyo missionary, Sheridan Reid, to be a guest writer. Sheridan is an avid reader and writer of fantasy and sci-fi books and lover of action/adventure anime. If she’s not working or immersed in a good story, she is probably at… Read More Throwback Thursdays: Darker Than Black
Ten or so episodes of Ashita no Joe convince one that many Christian themes run through it. One even locates a Christ figure in Rikiishi and a Marian character in Yoko Shiraki. Therefore, Joe Yabuki (especially when one considers the slang “average Joe”) might be looked on as an everyman–a representative of graceless humanity needing a… Read More Examining Old School Anime: The Christ Figure Antagonist
Thank for checking out my column here on Beneath The Tangles. Every week I will do my best to highlight different games of Japanese origin or deal with common gamer issues. Please let me know in the comments what you would like me to write about, as I am very attentive to every word my… Read More Gaming With God – Discrimination And Video Games
I’ve been meaning to watch Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi (Okami-san and her Seven Companions) for a while. This twelve-episode anime draws heavily on fairy and folk tales, and my love for these classic stories never dies. I finally watched it this past week. It was… decent, once the narrator’s voice stopped annoying me. The title… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: Ookami-san and a Favor that’s Impossible to Return
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