From the moment I read the premise of Madhouse’s strategy game series, Liar Game, I was hooked: a young woman so honest she will turn in a 100 yen coin she finds on the sidewalk to the police station is embroiled in a mysterious high-stakes game where survival depends on one’s skill for lying. What… Read More The Gospel in Liar Game, Part II: The Innocent Dove Becomes Wise As A Serpent
Maybe it’s the slightly old-fashioned character designs that are not stereotypically kawaii, or the slightly plain production; or maybe it’s the protagonist, Nao, who dithers about rather fretfully through the first few episodes. Whatever the reason, Madhouse’s high-stakes strategy game series, Liar Game, is flying under the radar this season with anime fans. But sometimes,… Read More The Gospel in Liar Game, Part I: Nao & Growing in Faith
18-year-old Nao Kanzaki is the kind of girl who goes to the police and returns a coin she found on the street. Honest to a fault, she is accustomed to hearing she’s dumb, but she does not care much. Instead, her priority is honoring the teachings of her father, a cancer patient now living his… Read More First Impression: Liar Game
Another anime season is upon us, and that means it’s time once again for our first impressions series here at Beneath the Tangles. Over the next several weeks, our writers will be sampling a wide range of new and returning shows and sharing their early thoughts—what excites us, what surprises us, and what might be… Read More Spring 2026 Anime First Impressions
Welcome to Academy Island, a maritime complex owned by the stark and merciless Mr. Saionji, a Silicon Valley-type mogul who sits cross-legged on the top of a skyscraper, looking down on a web of boarding schools he has built. Every last schoolboy and schoolgirl on the island owns a phone created by his company and… Read More First Impression: Liar, Liar
The end of the summer season is here! While some may not have enjoyed it much, it’s been one of my favorites in recent memory. At least, judging by some of the posts below, it’s provided plenty of fuel for discussion! Milesvibritannia looks at the issue of morality in anime, delving deeply into a number… Read More Something More: Christian Anime Idols, Sailor Moon Gossip, and Integrity in SAO