For me, the height of Angel Beats! was episode 3. Although I enjoyed most of the rest of the show, this particularly episode moved me and ended with a mystery that, unlike in many other anime of the same vein, actually made me think and wonder. The episode is simple in nature and in fact,… Read More Re-Viewed: Angel Beats! Episode 03 and Choosing Your Way
Following a testimony he shared last week, David Gilman-Frederick shares another beautiful story – this time of a most interesting young lady helping with relief efforts in Tohoku. In remembrance of 9/11, Tenchi provides a list of prayers and thanks and Eugene Woodbury takes the opportunity to educate about mokutou, or Japanese silent prayer. Alafista.com… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: First Prayer, Silent Prayer, and 9/11 Prayers
Trigun: Badlands Rumble Funimation Entertainment 120 minutes NR Set well before the finale of the television series, Trigun: Badlands Rumble is a feature length film based on an extended exploit involving everyone’s favorite donut-chomping bounty head, Vash the Stampede. His “peace and love” meddling twenty years prior has returned to haunt him in the form… Read More Review of Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Last week’s episode of Usagi Drop followed Daikichi as he cared for a sick Rin, with help from Kouki’s mom. As a parent, I can say this – the episode did a bang up job of conveying a parent’s feeling of helplessness and the dependence a small child has on her parent or guardian (perhaps… Read More Usagi Drop Episode 10 and My Own “Sick Rin” Story
Many of us have a list of anime we’d like to watch one day. Within my own list is a smaller one consisting of anime that I particularly want to watch because of Christian themes, symbols, or characters contained within. I’ve avoided that list for a while, but now I’m digging in. I decided to… Read More Jumping Into…Chrono Crusade
Judith: Captive to Conqueror Volume 1 Story by Gabrielle Gniewek Art by Sean Lam Published by Manga Hero What would you do if you lost what you loved most? What if your world was literally coming to an end? Would you fight back? Would you know how? Would you be brave enough? Or would you… Read More Manga Review of Judith: Captive to Conqueror, Volume 1
Kathleen Kern, who works for a Christian peacekeeping organization, writes about her absorption with anime and how it developed into a novel. David Gilman-Frederick shares the wonderful story of an elderly Japanese man’s transformation in the months following the Tohoku earthquake. Canne talks about her spiritual retreat from the busyness of the world, including media… Read More Tohoku Testimony, Retreat from Anime, and Descending into Hell
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