Eden of East – Paradise Lost Funimation Entertainment 82 minutes Rating: M Summary With Mononobe turning up the stakes in the game to determine the final seleção left standing, Takizawa returns to Japan to face public scrutiny as a terrorist, as well as the widowed wife of the man who is apparently his father. Meanwhile,… Read More Review: Eden of the East – Paradise Lost
Have you ever loved someone so much that you’ve become violent toward them? That sounds strange, an oxymoron even. But it happens all the time – and even if you don’t have a spouse or kids, perhaps you have some hidden shamefulness in your past toward a family member, a friend, or a pet. In… Read More Mitsuru Adachi’s Touch: She Had it Coming
From the impression given by its title through to the very end of the series (at least thus far), Eden of the East conveys strong Christian symbolism. Months after I drew allusions between three of the Seleção in the series and Biblical individuals (Shiratori and the adulterous woman, Mononobe and Lucifer, and Takizawa and Christ),… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Eden of the East (Part 4)
In episode 4 of the Hourou Musuko anime, the somewhat volatile character, Chiba, goes to church. She hasn’t been there in quite some time, but she feels the necessity to lift up a prayer to God, asking for God to place her opposite Nitori in their gender-bender play. The whole scene was unexpected, as was… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Chiba Converts
Although the main phase of the Aniblogger Testimony series has come to an end, I always welcome further additions. Recently, Renato Barros Ezquerro submitted a post for this series. The only problem? He’s not a blogger. Still, I’d be glad to call this post an “Otaku Testimony” if it meant I could fit in his… Read More Aniblogger Testimony: Why Am I Catholic?
In this week’s Brain Diving column on the Anime News Network site, Brian Ruh (a fellow Austinite who literally works just a few blocks away from me) discusses A Gathering of Spirits: Japan’s Ghost Story Tradition: From Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga, a self-published book by Patrick Drazen. Ruh reviews the book, giving… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Diving into Japanese Ghost Stories
I’m the king of things I’ve always despised I’m the gingerbread man who got eaten alive I’m half-baked! I’m fake! But see I’ve got hotels on Park Place and Boardwalk And two hundred bucks I pass go but, oh! Life’s taken its toll Have I won Monopoly to forfeit my soul? I’ve got the company… Read More Usagi Drop Episode 04: It’s No Sacrifice
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