If any of us were still wondering if Kino’s Journey -The Beautiful World- was a sequel or a remake, this episode answered it as a reenvisioning of an episode previously animated: “Colosseum – Avengers.” Kino enters a country which she has heard is beautiful and peaceful, but immediately finds herself impressed into a gladiator-style tournament.… Read More Kino’s Journey ~ The Beautiful World ~ Episode 2: Avengers
Episode one of Kino’s Journey began with a bang – literally, ending with gunfight, and more importantly in the way we’ve come to expect from Kino on Tabi with philosophical questions. I may end up blogging this series episodically, and if I do, I intend to take a format that fits with the spirit of… Read More Kino no Tabi ~ The Beautiful World ~ Episode 1: Perception and Morality
Kino is a traveler, journeying from country to country with weapons at her side and aboard a talking motorcycle named Hermes, who is her only companion. Spending three days in each country she visits, Kino learns the specifics of that nation and its people before moving on to another as she absorbs the differences between… Read More First Impression: Kino no Tabi ~ The Beautiful World ~
It’s all complete! For those that didn’t know, this summer I tried something completely different for our blog. If you’ve noticed, I haven’t been as diligent in updating Beneath the Tangles, depending on our wonderful staff here an on a number of superb guest bloggers. Part of that reason is that I shifted my focus… Read More Earning Our Wings: The Haibane Renmei Small Group Concludes
A year ago…I was all about family and anime, releasing our Christian Parents’ Guide to Anime and writing a post about parenting in AnoHana. A year ago…we still couldn’t get enough of Madoka… …or Evangelion 2.22… …or Shikamaru… A year ago…I revisited Kino’s Journey… …Spied out Someday’s Dreamers… …and set anime pictures to George Strait… Read More A Year Ago on Beneath the Tangles
Wouldn’t you know it? Two weeks after I wrapped up this series, I received a request to add another post to it. Ashita is new to the world of aniblogging. I encourage you to check out his site, Ashita no Anime, and to read his wonderfully-written piece below. How my religious life (now a lack… Read More Aniblogger Testimony: Anime helped me become an atheist
Two weeks have passed since Harold Camping’s end-of-the-world predictions failed to materialize. As that day approached, I tried to think of something anime-related to blog about, but I couldn’t find anything adequate to write. Then, I read this entry the other day by the Cajun Samurai on the Christian Anime Alliance boards: I feel the… Read More Kino-pocalypse Now…Or, It’s the End of the World As Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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