One of the most unique and reviled manga-influenced series of the recent past is Serenity. Even from the Christian community, the response has been mixed at best. Since seeing the series on bookshelves years ago, I’ve always been interested in digging in, though I’ve never wanted to put the bucks down to read a series… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Serendipitous Serenity
After the final episodes of Madoka aired in late April, there was a rush of postings about the shows, with many discussing religious aspects of the finale. While I saw Christian elements in the final episodes, others focused on the the Buddhist principles expressed in the series end. I studied Buddhism in college, but that… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Buddha and Madoka
Anime and Christianity are two terms that seem to be incompatible and even complete opposites. Particularly in America, anime is about as foreign a media as one can consume. Lauren Orsini’s recent guest post drove the differences between these concepts home even further. Of course, my blog attempts to show the connecting point that many… Read More Christian Parents Guide to Anime
I haven’t been paying much attention to one Spring 2011’s most highly anticipated (and by now, maybe most disappointing?) shows, [C]: Control: The Money and Soul of Possibility. But after reading Michael’s latest post at Anime/Otaku, I’m keen on giving the show a chance. Michael makes some interesting connections between the summoning cards in the… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: The Tetragrammaton and C
Who would’ve known that Anime Boston 2011 would’ve been such a gold mine for posts about Christianity? I’ve already given links to posts about con-goers celebrating Easter and Charles Dunbar’s panel. Here is a third addition to this group of posts, focusing on a cosplayer known as con-Jesus. The team behind Cosplay Nation, an in-the-works… Read More Any Excuse to Avoid a Shave: con-Jesus at Anime Boston 2011
This is the eighth in a series of Aniblogger Testimony posts, where select writers will discuss their personal faith. Today’s post is by Annalyn of Annalyn’s Thoughts. The previous posts in this series were written by Lauren Orisini, R86, Nikko, Arianna, Ed Sizemore, Canne, and an anonymous blogger. I became a Christian at a very… Read More Aniblogger Testimony: God’s Not Done With Me Yet…Or God, My Identity, and a Small Touch of Anime
Charles Dunbar, the Anime Anthropologist, posted a section of his masters thesis on his website, Study of Anime. Entitled “All Roads Lead to Otakon – Pilgrimage and Anthropology of the Anime Convention,” the essay discusses the connections between anime cons and religious pilgrimages. To make his case, one idea that Dunbar stresses is that a… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: All Roads Lead to Otakon
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