Today in his House of 1000 Manga column at Anime News Network, Jason Thompson describes Osamu Tezuka‘s epic work, Buddha. As one who rarely watches anime or reads manga created earlier than the 1990s, I know Tezuka only by reputation and not by experiencing any of his works. As such, and I think this may… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Buddha and Religious Criticism
Not long ago, I posted a beautiful anime-style short. Following a trail from Twitter, I was led to the site where it was featured, and to my surprise, it was Rober Ebert’s website. But, I was only surprised for a second – after all, the nation’s leading film critic (and the first to ever win the Pulitzer Prize) has championed… Read More Roger Ebert: Critic, Pundit, Skeptic, and Friend to Anime
One blog that I’ve followed religiously in recent years is Topless Robot, run by Rob Bricken. Timely and often hilarious, Bricken’s site discusses all forms of nerdery, including anime on occasion, as Bricken was editor of Anime Insider magazine and wrote for Anime News Network for a time. Religion is only very occasionally discussed, though never deeply. … Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Nerd Religions
For the past couple of months, I’ve really been enjoying “Jason Thompson’s House of 1000 Manga,” a new column at Anime News Network. This week, he’s featuring a manga many Christians might either rejoice about or dislike: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Jesus. His conclusion is that the manga doesn’t take a stance on Jesus’ divinity (or even… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Manga Jesus is Just…Man
Splitter of Chocolate Syrupy Waffles just released a scathing open letter to Anime News Network addressing the company’s leak of episode two of Oreimo one day before it even aired in Japan. The comments following the letter have been equally vicious. The letter made some very strong points. Now, I didn’t pay for ANN’s streaming… Read More Love Your Neighbors…Even ANN
Anime News Network to Begin Simulcasting News: Anime News Network, which offers a streaming video service, will be streaming episodes of select series, like Oreimo and togainu no chi ~Bloody Curs~, which are currently airing in Japan.Views: It’s nice to see a trusted source entering the simulcast business. This offers yet another outlet to those… Read More Week in Review (Oct 2 – 8)
If you were like me, you were entranced by last season’s gorgeous, genre-crossing work by Key, Angel Beats! The show started with so much promise based on an interesting storyline, fun characters, beautiful animation and credibility based on Key’s recent series. From there, fans were divided about whether or not the show met it’s early promise. … Read More One More Brave Song