Have you ever tried explaining anime to someone who really never watched any of it? I mean really tried to get into the nitty gritty explaining it to them? Anime is super weird and so is manga, at times, and it can be challenging to explain some of your favorite series to people. I’m going… Read More Newman’s Nook: Anime is Weird, But So is Christianity
I’m a Dad. Since I talked about watching anime with my kids last week, that was most likely the most obvious thing I’ve ever written. But, it deserve mentioning because quite honestly it’s one of the most important jobs I do in my life. I am an engineer by trade. I spent 6 years receiving my education… Read More Newman’s Nook: Parenting in Anime
My children really enjoy Yo-Kai Watch. Specifically, they enjoy watching it on Disney XD because, you know, it’s in English and it’s easily accessible to them. While watching it with them the other day, an episode really caught my attention centering on Jibanyan. Jibanyan is a cat Yo-Kai whose story goes that he was at one… Read More Newman’s Nook: Sacrificial Love
In volume 18 of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, our heroes are being chased by two chimeras – people whose bodies have been merged into a dissimilar species’ body. They are defeated by our heroes and tied up. The chimeras then ask the heroes to kill them, noting they have no hope, no reason to live,… Read More Newman’s Nook: In What Do We Hope
WARNING – The topic of this article is sex and pornographic material. It will not be delving into or promoting pornography, but will discuss it on a cursory level as well as sexual content in our culture. I would not recommend looking into the series discussed in this piece and, if done, it is recommended to do… Read More Newman’s Nook: The Way We View Sex
After seeing it being discussed at length by two of the Beneath the Tangles writers, I decided to take a chance and head outside of my anime comfort zone and try Haikyuu. I’m currently nine episodes into it and I’m finding myself enjoying it. That said, I want to talk first about Hinata and the first… Read More Newman’s Nook: Faithful Encouragers
In episode 9 of Angel Beats, Otonashi finally remembers hows he died. We see the subway crash he was involved in. We see him underground, trapped with others who were on the subway with him. We see him serving as a leader to the survivors. We see him, in the end, die. To his final breath, Otonashi… Read More Newman’s Nook: You are More, I am Less
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