One of my favorite bloggers is someone I met by happenstance on the web. While participating in a forum thread about religion, Annalyn jumped into the conversation with her thoughtful posts about Christianity. It wasn’t until later that I discovered she was an avid blogger. Last month, she wrote a post about the anime and… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: The Wallflower and the Prince of Peace
Off-topic – this post has little or nothing to do with either anime or religion – but I’ve just meaning to share a little bit about Egypt and Libya. Of course, I support the overthrow of the dictatorships in both countries (particularly in Libya – no matter how much Muammar Gadhafi has toned down in the… Read More My Heart with Egypt and Libya
Hourou Musuko has totally captured my heart. Each episode leaves me wanting more, while reveling in the joy of the what I’ve just seen. Episode 7 (“Rosy Cheeks ~Growing Pains~) was no different. I really enjoyed the pairing of Nitori and Anna; they’re such a weird coupling, which I find wonderful. I’m also a fan… Read More Hourou Musuko Episode 07: A Little Empathy
If you’re like me, sometimes you watch an anime that doesn’t seem all that great, but for some reason captures your imagination anyway. Perhaps you realize why only later. For me, Onmyou Taisenki (“The Great Battle of Yin and Yang”) was such a show. The premise of the anime is nothing that hadn’t been explored… Read More “Shikigami! Summon!” Spiritual Gifts Personified in Onmyou Taisenki
Thousands of people need help. If you won’t help now, when will you? – Sakae Jinnouchi Summer Wars is a multi-layered film with a number of themes, including perseverance, redemption, the dangers of identity theft, family bonds, and doing what is right. But perhaps the theme that stood out most to me was the important… Read More Summer Wars and the Art of Loving Others
So, after all that, what does it all mean? I’ve given some analysis of the results in each of this week’s posts, and many of you have contributed thoughtful comments and additional breakdown. As a whole, though, here are some of thoughts about what the survey revealed: The Aniblogging Generation The aniblogger sample for this survey… Read More Anime and Religion Survey: Conclusions
While I’m open to exploring all sorts of religious connections to anime and manga on my blog, my focus is on Christian spirituality. I’m a Christian, and so I was very interested in how anibloggers felt about the faith. As I mentioned earlier this week, 1/4 of survey respondents identified themselves as Christian, much lower than the… Read More Anime and Religion Survey: Anibloggers and Christianity
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