Last week, I went to a Thanksgiving lunch my son had at his school. I sat with him and had the opportunity to just hang out and talk to his friends a little, too. It was nice – a wonderful reminder that if we slow down and think about all the small things, we each… Read More Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi, everyone! It’s Charles, here, taking over JP’s Anime Today column. Just for one week, though, I promise! When I think of villains, anime and otherwise, what usually comes to mind isn’t just the antagonist, but his or her goal. These aims are usually something that occupies, consumes, and transforms them. Aizen from Bleach is… Read More Anime Today: The Holy Grail and Other Treasures
Is there a specific characteristic that sets great anime protagonists and heroes apart? While there are perhaps plenty of common traits they share, one that really just out is their ability to be themselves even when being yourself isn’t cool. Naruto Uzumaki provides us a good example of this funny trait. The Naruto manga is… Read More Naruto and Futaba Just Don’t Care (and Neither Should We)
Few series have frustrated me like Bleach. Two minutes into the first episode, I was hooked. One season in, I thought I’d found one of my favorite anime. Two seasons in, I was still loving it. But the subsequent Aizen storyline was draining and uninteresting, and the series lost so much of the momentum with… Read More Unohana and Kenpachi: Dying to Live
A couple of weeks back, my family and I saw Switchfoot, in concert. I was very excited, as Switchfoot is very possibly my favorite band, and I hadn’t been to one of their concerts since I was in college. Back then, I was so crazy for the band. I have pictures of myself with the… Read More Meant to Live For So Much More
The new season of anime has started! Each season brings with it a series or two that deals with spiritual, supernatural, and/or religious themes. Since these ideas are often used simply as a plot device with little meaning, I tend to ignore these shows. But Shin Sekai Yori may be a little different. And at… Read More Something More: Evil Religion in Shin Sekai Yori, Catholic Context in Angelic Layer, and My Seven Little Deadly Sins
Character: Sousuke Aizen Series: Bleach Gender: Male Occupation: soul reaper (formerly) Bible twin: Satan Overview Bleach is a manga and anime that needs little introduction. It follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student who is bestowed with the powers of a Shinigami (soul reaper), beings who send tortured souls to the afterlife and who fight… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Bleach
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