Back in 2013, a charming little short-episode anime series with the awkward English title of Encouragement of Climb debuted. In it, we were introduced to Aoi, a girl who had once made a promise to climb a mountain with her friend Hinata, but has since acquired a fear of heights after a playground accident. Now… Read More First Impression: Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit
Almost as if to make up for a poorly received (though perhaps underrated) summer 2022 season, the anime premiering this fall are fierce and highly anticipated, and out in full force starting next weekend! They include adaptations of some of the most popular manga of recent years (Chainsaw Man and Blue Lock); sequels or second… Read More Fall 2022 Anime First Impressions
The leaves are falling, winter is on it’s way, and the holiday season is upon us. And that, apparently, means lots of people are finding connections between anime and religion. This week’s column is full of links to excellent article connecting the two topics! Medieval Otaku tells how he draws allegories from and symbolism out… Read More Something More: Secret Christian Anime, Saya no Thank You, and Good Librarian, Good Intentions
Happy Halloween, all! This is probably a good place to mention that the writers here at Beneath the Tangles are NOT the type to tell you avoid Halloween festivities because of pagan stuff blah blah blah. Enjoy your night – but be safe!! Unfortunately, no spooky posts below…though maybe the first one, regarding a… Read More Something More: Blue Exorcist Pluralism, Jesus in Planetarian, and More Godoka
After the plethora of posts last week, we only have two for this week’s column. But fret not, they’re both wonderful articles by terrific writers. Frank draws some significant lessons involving the journey of faith from the first four episodes of season two of Encouragement of Climb. [A Series of Miracles] Annalyn looks back toward… Read More Something More: Skip Beat Dependance and Christian Encouragement of Climb
The beginning of a new anime season is always fun! Anibloggers are most active during this time, with literally a thousand or more anime articles coming out this week. Luckily, a number of those are spirituality-related, and we have a slate of great articles to link to today! Frank is excited about the new season… Read More Something More: Deva Orochimaru, Humble Kirito, and Bishie Satan