New Legend of the Galactic Heroes Anime – Kaze Considered by many to be one of, if not the best anime of all time, Legend of the Galactic Heroes is getting a new anime. It is emphasized that this is not a remake but a new adaptation, meaning we can expect things to be different this… Read More Take Four – February 2014
Lazarinth explains how Evangelion helped turn him into an atheist. [Fantasy and Anime] Rob continues his Christian-centric anime reviews, with this week’s including the latest episodes of Gundam Build Fighters, Golden Time, and Chuu2. [Christian Anime Review] Aroduc mentions the typical characterization of Christians in a post about episode 8 of Magical Warfare. [Tenka Seiha]… Read More Something More: How Evangelion Converted Me to Atheism
Legendary animator, Hayao Miyazaki, has long been teased for his habit of retiring and then returning to work shortly thereafter. But last September, when he again announced his retirement, the buzz felt a little different. The then 72-year-old admitted that his hands, the critical tools of an animator, could no longer function like they once… Read More Journeys of Truth in Hayao Miyazaki’s Films
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. Several days ago I wrote a piece that I titled “(Superficial) Christianity in Anime“,… Read More (Real) Christianity in Anime
Stop; take a breath. We’re just past the halfway mark of the winter anime season. I can feel the warm breezes of spring coming (along with Jojo part 3! \o.o/). With the crazy snowstorms behind us and the feeling a bit of a chilly winter still nipping at our noses (or not, if you’re living… Read More Mid-season review: The winter anime is not as terrible as the weather has been.
It seems like a gimme that almost every anime fan wants to visit Japan one day. Here on Beneath the Tangles, we have one who will be going soon on a short term mission trip, and several who have already made the pilgrimage – Kaze (who’s there currently), R86, and Zeroe4. This week, Zeroe4 returns… Read More Sending Off One of Our Own: Zeroe4 in Japan
D.M. Dutcher shares about Tomo, and out of print OEL manga. [Cacao, put down the shovel!] Medieval Otaku touches on the theme of providence in Tokyo Godfathers. [Medieval Otaku] He also explores religion in Wings of Honneamise. [Medieval Otaku] Rob reviews recent episodes of a number of series, including Golden Time, Engaged to the Unidentified,… Read More Something More: Providence of Tokyo Godfathers, Honneamise Religion, and Christian OEL Manga
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