For our sixth episode, we are excited to have Sean Elfers, an aspiring writer, theologian, and expert on mythology, as our guest. For this episode we do not have a co-host, meaning JP hosts the episode by himself. Rest assured, we will return to our normal format next episode! Additionally, due to technical difficulties, we encountered… Read More The Tangles Anime Podcast: Episode 6
Bear with me, but I’m going to be controversial for a moment (or perhaps not, depending on who you are). Of everything I’ve heard in my formal undergraduate education, one phrase that has absolutely frustrated me the most is the following: “If the plain sense makes sense, seek no other sense.” It seems innocuous enough… Read More Anime Today: When Context is King – The Culture Gap Shared by Shirobako and Scripture
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun won our “pick an anime for me to watch” poll…but Shirobako won my heart. Or something like that. I decided to start watching Shirobako in addition to Nozaki-kun, mostly because of Japes’ post on the series and because of its surprisingly high placement in the Anime Power Rankings. A few episodes in,… Read More Shirobako: Live Out Your Passion
Through the years, our website has changed drastically – in tone, audience, message, and design. Beneath the Tangles is a better site now than it once was, in no small part because of my wonderful team of writers. That team has now grown to include additional members! You’ll recognize most of these names – they’ve… Read More Welcome Our New Writers and Contributors to Beneath the Tangles!
Death Parade presents its own attempt in answering the always interesting question of “what happens after death?” Recently deceased characters wind up in a bar called Quindecim where they are told to play a game they must stake their lives on and are judged during the game on whether their soul will go to heaven (reincarnation)… Read More Judgment in Death Parade
One of the more interesting series this season is Junketsu no Maria, which I became aware of through my friend Alexander, of Ashita no Anime. The first group of links below discuss the series’ tone toward Catholicism and the Catholic Church, and join another gaggle of terrific posts about religion from anibloggers this week. Junketsu… Read More Something More: Junketsu No Maria and the Church…Oh Boy…
Much of the action in episode 14 of Your Lie in April (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) takes place in a confined space – the bare walls of a small hospital room. But while the action in this episode is passive, our protagonist’s thoughts are moving a mile a minute. Two trains of thought are… Read More Your Lie in April, Episode 14: Choosing the Song
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