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
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
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
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
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
When I was in college, a friend invited me to her apartment for tea. I had always admired her faith, and we naturally began to talk about that topic. At one point, she mentioned that she was at a point in her faith in which she was unafraid to be martyred for her beliefs; but she… Read More Review: Silence by Shusaku Endo
I was dusting out blog drafts, and found this completed entry among them. I don’t know if I would’ve written it today…but nonetheless, here it is! Several years ago, while I was still in college and unmarried, a group of close guy friends and I had a conversation about “animated women.” My friend blogged about… Read More Belldandy, Nagisa, and What it Means to Be Pure
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