A year ago…I was all about family and anime, releasing our Christian Parents’ Guide to Anime and writing a post about parenting in AnoHana. A year ago…we still couldn’t get enough of Madoka… …or Evangelion 2.22… …or Shikamaru… A year ago…I revisited Kino’s Journey… …Spied out Someday’s Dreamers… …and set anime pictures to George Strait… Read More A Year Ago on Beneath the Tangles
It appears to be Catholic week here at Beneath the Tangles, emphasized by a couple of blog posts relating Catholicism with anime: I am not arguing that the Church is a lot like the Pokemon world. (Alright, I am.) But more than that: The natural cry of the human heart — as best shown in… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Pokemon and Priests, Dreams of Crusading Anime, and Superflat Artist Tackles Buddha in Qatar
I must confess that I have been viewing anime fanart much more than I’ve been producing it in my time at deviantArt. In doing so, I’ve been trying to get a handle on what all these other fanartists are doing, and why. To be honest, I haven’t fully understood what I’ve been doing, and why.… Read More For Love of the (Fan)art, And Of Its Subject
I love to feature art that is influenced by anime and which has some Christian theme. A number of artists have been gracious enough to let me feature their art on Beneath the Tangles. I recently came across an artist, Keiko, whose work I adore! In fact, I couldn’t pick just one work to show… Read More Interview with Christian Artist, Keiko
We’ve made it to the end of the aniblogger testimony project! This is the tenth and final in a series of Aniblogger Testimony posts, where select writers will discuss their personal faith. Today’s post is by Katie (Kokoro Hane) of Breaking Metal Windows and Kokoro no Uta. The previous posts in this series were written… Read More Aniblogger Testimony: Mangaka on a Mission
The deviantART community is home to a large group of Christian artists whose work is influence by anime. I’ve been blessed to feature examples of work by Beau Soir, sA-oHime, pancake-waddle, GenevieveGT, and ShouYume thus far. Today, I want to show a beautiful piece by another talented artist, ~Snow-in-Spring. This wonderful piece of digital art… Read More Fanart: crouching at her door
The deviantART community is home to a large group of Christian arts whose work is influence by anime. Some of the most talented have graciously allowed me to feature pieces of their art, including Beau Soir, sA-oHime, pancake-waddle and Genevieve GT. Today, I’m featuring another amazing artist: ShouYume. She has many wonderful pieces, including several… Read More Christian Fanart: Digital Art of Japanese Woodblock Style
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