Japes, our Anime Today columnist, has written a number of articles about the intersection of Christianity and anime for his other blog, Japesland. He is editing and resposting a number of these entries, including the one below, to Beneath the Tangles. Right off the bat, I feel compelled to say that Vocaloid is an enormous passion… Read More Vocaloid as Artistic Expression
It’s not uncommon to hear people say that you must watch up until the third or fourth episode of an anime to be able to tell if it’s any good or not. With that in mind, I watched these next two episodes knowing that if they were terrible, most people would stop watching. Episode 3:… Read More Mekaku City Actors, Episodes 3 and 4: Mekakushi Code and Kagerou Days
“Anime” and “Corrupt Church” are two terms that, sad as it is, seem to fit hand-in-hand all too well. Nearly anyone who has seen any substantial amount of the medium can list off at least a handful of examples in which a corrupt church is written to be a primary antagonist (without referencing any outside… Read More Anime Today: The World is Still Beautiful and the Corrupt Church
Hunter x Hunter Manga Returns in June – Kaze The Hunter X Hunter manga will be returning from its hiatus this June. Of course, this is only the continuation of the cycle as the writer Togashi is infamous for never being able to write for very long. As such, it is surely only a matter of time… Read More Take Four – April 2014
Medieval Otaku is run by a bookworm inflamed with a desire for learning and for God. The study of foreign cultures, literature, and history eventually led to him discovering anime, which hooked him with the remarkable richness and beauty of its stories and is likely to remain a strong hobby of his for decades to… Read More Guest Post – Contra Divitias: Kill la Kill’s Opprobrium of Wealth
Dear Readers, This September, Beneath the Tangles will be four years old. In the summer of 2010, I surveyed the blogosphere and found a void in the type of blogging I felt God leading me to do. With one simple post, I was off and running. If you know me, the person who quits everything… Read More Letter from the Editor: Shiny, Happy Changes
Nana Mizuki released her 10th album on April 16th, so I’ll be doing a little review of it. Although I’m hardly a music critic and am obviously quite biased with anything involving Nana, so it will be mostly my own ramblings. I actually already made my predictions when the setlist was announced earlier, and I was right… Read More Supernal Liberty Review
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