We’re starting this week out with a special treat – a guest post from a fellow aniblogger! Kai has been aniblogging at Deluscar for over a year, and today we’re happy to present an article that Kai submitted through our guest post section. Admin Note: Coming from a different religious belief as that of Kai,… Read More Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita – Possibility Of A New Race
We’re starting this week out with a special treat – a guest post from a fellow aniblogger! Kai has been aniblogging at Deluscar for over a year, and today we’re happy to present an article that Kai submitted through our guest post section. Admin Note: Coming from a different religious belief as that of Kai,… Read More Guest Post: Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita – Possibility Of A New Race
Yesterday, I gave numbers one through six on my list of the years top posts regarding anime and spirituality. It’s been difficult selecting the top posts of the year, though I’ve found again and again, they’re written by my favorite writers in the blogosphere. These wonderful bloggers seem to be adept at writing about a… Read More Top Blog Posts About Anime and Religion in 2011: #7-12
The Mawaru Penguindrum front this week is headlined by Kylaran’s post on how fate is symbolized through the “visual landscape of the show.” The analysis of all sorts of items related to the fate within the show, including extended talk about the fruit and it’s relation to sin and other ideas, is deep and well-thought-out.… Read More Duel of the Fates (and Penguins), Jesus Anime = Bad, and Anime and Religion for Buckeyes
More than ever, Mawaru Penguindrum gave its audience food for thought in the way of religious symbolism in episode 20. ajthefourth compares Himari’s punishment to those of Adam and Eve. Draggle also mentions the Adam and Eve symbolism and discusses the portions of the episode in terms of Christianity, the Gnostics, and Buddhism. Finally, SnippetTee… Read More Adam, Eve, an Apple, and a Spinning Penguindrum
Mawaru Penguindrum continues to deliver week after week, defying conventions on the way. Among other things, episode 20 was a beautiful episode about romantic fate. The flashback to Himari and Shouma as children is both touching and difficult to watch. There’s little as heartwarming as watching two kids love on a stray kitten (and little… Read More Mawaru Penguindrum, Episode 20: Himari and Shouma, the First Man and Woman
We often laugh at the Japanese interpretation of American culture and of Christianity through anime (although they’d like likely do the same if the opposite were true). The intent of Christian symbolism in anime is typically stylistic, often use to set a mysterious, mystical and/or gothic mood. But sometimes, the symbolism runs a bit deeper.… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Abel and Cain, Vampire and Priest