Hi, readers! TWWK here with a final plea this week. We’re conducting a mini-drive through Friday to partner with patrons who will help financially support our ministry at Beneath the Tangles. Those of you who are long time followers or who have just found us might know that we share our faith by developing content… Read More Pledge $2. Help the Needy. Win Kimi no na Wa.
Your Name (Kimi no na wa) is not an original story. The equation for it goes something like this: body switch trope + usual Shinkai + dash of heart atypical of Shinkai = YAY And as with most preceding films, television episodes, et al. that feature this plot convention, switching bodies leads to an understanding… Read More Your Name: The Art (and Heart) of Switching Places
As Beneath the Tangles continues to grow, we depend on the general financial support of our patrons to help us engage readers through our different arms. Our social media outlets don’t just exist to drive you back here; they are themselves sites in which we try to reach you in different ways with different staff… Read More Patreon Mini-Drive: Give to the Orphans and Win a Copy of Your Name!
Social media is such a weird thing – I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it. Facebook is great tool for reaching out to those with whom you might otherwise lose touch, but only if you use it right. I think most of us use it in a way that inauthentic or half-hearted, desperate… Read More Something More: Blooming Chise, Weightless Hitagi, and a Your Name Pilgrimage
The other day, an Instagrammer I follow posted a a photo from an article indicating that The Rock had been cast in the live action adaptation of Kimi no na wa, which had earlier been announced as the latest project for J.J. Abrams. The comments were fast and furious (da-dum-tss), claiming that Hollywood was again… Read More Poll: Your Name’s Live Adaptation and the Sacredness of Anime
Our summer 2017 Patreon Drive is nearing an end! Thank you to all you supporters out there, those who’ve been patrons for months or years, and to the new ones who came aboard during this drive. We’re so thankful for your contributions. Your giving helps us maintain this site and has been imperative for our… Read More Summer 2017 Patreon Drive: Last Days to Win Kimi no Na wa Merchandise!
Hola mi amigos! Samura here, back with another edition of Something More. This month, we have a couple posts that are different than our usual line-up of faith and anime, and more posts than ever! TWWK would like to introduce one of these links: Thanks, Samaru! I’ll start us off with a really thoughtful piece that’s… Read More Something More: Christian Anime Characters, Death Note Methodology, and the Reverse-Blade Gospel
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