The blogosphere is full of great (and not-so-great) blogs. One of the first blogs I came across when I first started searching them out is also one of the best. Many of you frequent the wonderful site, GAR GAR Stegosaurus. While rummaging through notes I’ve developed, I noticed that I found a post about Christian… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Christian Symbolism and Fullmetal Alchemist
Twitter can be a wonderful tool. It’s great for networking, establishing relationships, and finding out about news and new ideas. It can also feed a blog. A few weeks back, Otakurean, Prede and I were tweeting, and Otakurean mentioned that the father in Serial Experiments Lain was symbolic of God. I was confused at first… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Serial Experiments Lain
Many of you have probably already read Ghostlightning’s latest post, but I though I’d mention it anyway. He discusses an episode of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, in which a character, Minerva, draws some interesting parallels between character situations and God and Christianity. Ghostlightning’s analysis advances the ideas further. It’s quite an interesting read, and suddenly… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Symbolism of God and the Cross in Gundam Unicorn
My final selection for this weeklong series on analyzing Eden of the East characters through the lens of Christian spirituality will come as no surprise, nor will the the comparison I make. Akira Takizawa is unmistakably similar in character to Jesus Christ. And while the savior motif is extremely common in anime, Takizawa’s connection to… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Eden of the East (Part 3)
Continuing my mini-series on parallels between seleção in Higashi no Eden (East of Eden) and Biblical individuals, the focus of this post is on Daiju Mononobe, the primary antagonist of the series. Mononobe is Lucifer himself. While it’s easy to compare almost any villain to the Devil, Mononobe makes a more interesting parallel than most. He isn’t… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Eden of the East (Part 2)
My “I’ve been meaning to watch that…” list is growing weekly, it seems. There are so many good series out there, and so little time! But one anime that has intrigued me for months and which immediately topped my list was Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East). I started watching it a couple of… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Eden of the East (Part 1)
Earlier this month, Revolution of Eva ran a panel at New York Anime Festival (NYAF) entitled “The Psychology of Evangelion.” While it wasn’t necessarily well-received, it did spark my interesting in visiting the group’s website. There, I found a new video that the group created: “Project Eva Episode 04: Explanation of Religious References.” If you’re… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Evangelion’s Symbolism in 9 Minutes
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