Happy Friday, otaku! Here I come again with another “old school” anime devo, but as Discotek Media says in all their sizzle reels, “Blu-rays are forever. So are the classics.” Speaking of them, they released today’s subject on Blu-ray a few years ago: Iria: Zeiram the Animation (1994). This six-episode OVA (original video animation) from… Read More A Relentless Enemy: Zeiram and the “Roaring Lion” Called the Devil
Happy Friday, otaku! I hope you enjoyed celebrating the resurrection of our Lord during Easter last weekend! Speaking of Easter, many of you probably participated in Lent, even if all you did was give up something like junk food, TV, or, in my case, energy drinks for 40 days. Fasting of any kind is a… Read More Train like a Shonen Hero!
Pride is the most insidious of sins, and it can make an alien cactus think it’s a god—until the Outlaw Star’s pilot, Melfina, stomps it flat. It’s the end of another week and another month! Wait…wasn’t it Christmas yesterday? What is time?! Joking aside, I’ve been reflecting on another scene from an old a classic… Read More Pride Goes Before a Fall…of a Cactus
In the first episode of Season 2, Azusa meets again the deity who brought her to this isekai when she reincarnated after death by overwork. Pretty much everything about the episode’s depiction of divinity is pure silliness: The goddesses are likened to idols on the performance circuit, complete with glow sticks and other merch, a… Read More I’ve Been Killing Slimes’ Unexpected Insight into the Heart of God
This piece is adapted from this week’s newsletter. Consider subscribing to Above Anime, which sends an original anime-focused devotional and a rundown of our content each week to your inbox. The subscription is free. Good Friday is a day of contemplation for Christians across the globe as we head into the more celebratory Resurrection Sunday.… Read More Good Friday and the Silence of God
Life has been hard for 17-year-old high school student Uryu Kamihate. Having grown up in an orphanage after losing his mother to illness, Uryu is determined to make it into the top medical school in Japan, and as such decides to live at a shrine in Kyoto to focus on his studies, even though he… Read More First Impression: Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, has the inscription “Don’t forget 3.Oct.11” carved inside his silver pocket watch, the symbol of his office. It is a memorial of the day a new life opened up before the maimed Elric brothers—one of alchemy, detective work and military service. And if we had silver pocket watches at BtT, mine might say: “Don’t forget FMA:B”. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood was my doorway into anime,… Read More A Tale of Two Alchemists, I: FMA (2003) and Existential Technology
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