A long-running project of mine is to get my wife to become an anime fan. It started when we were dating and I got her to fall in love with Studio Ghibli. Over the years, I’ve shown her a number of series, too, and they’ve been a hit (mostly): Clannad, Kids on the Slope, Attack… Read More Honey and Clover, Potter and Clay
While Barakamon continues to provide Christian bloggers with some juicy themes (how am I not watching this series?), a number of writers visited older titles this week as they talked spirituality: Courtney tackles the question, “Should a Christian watch anime?” [Geek Meets World] Medieval Otaku looks as the falsehoods shown in Nisemonogatari and what role… Read More Something More: Yuri for Christians, Religion Inverted, and Dostoyevsky in my Nisemonogatari
Periodically, I like point back to some of the more than 900 posts we’ve written here on Beneath the Tangles. “Mileposts” is about blogging milestones – those little breakthroughs when posts hit certain numbers of significance in terms of hits. Three articles recently hit such mileposts. Sword Art Online, Episode 10: You Complete Me Milepost:… Read More Mileposts: Kirito x Asuna, Karuta God, and I Can’t Believe This Got a Thousand Hits
If last week the tables were turned, in episode six of Terror in Resonance (Zankyou no Terror), the players are now hurtling in opposite directions. Nine and Twelve are racing into traps to disable bombs while the authorities, controlled by Five and the FBI, have the upper hand. This episode deals a lot with set-up… Read More Terror in Resonance Episode 6: Pale Yellow
In our Untangled feature, we answer questions posed to us from our readers. Here’s an email sent by Mason a few days ago: How do you guys go about choosing your anime? I don’t watch a lot but I like watching currently airing ones (because I have something to look forward too) so I would… Read More Untangled: How Do You Choose Which Anime to Watch?
Anime Expo is always a crowded, good time, filled with fun events, including the Masquerade, a competition featuring choreographed, costumed performances. Beforehand, groups are able to play a short introductory video. For one group, cosplaying as Magi, that video gave them an opportunity to showcase their message: You are loved just as you are. Based… Read More Jesus Otaku: Ministry for Anime Fans
Episode six of Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) picks up right where episode five left off, dealing with Yuri’s admission to Futuba that she likes Ko. While Yuri tells Shuko the same and deals with the pains and delights of a crush, the scenario puts pressure on Futuba to really think about her feelings… Read More Blue Spring Ride Episode 6: Sisters Before Misters
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