TWWK: Winter is typically a slow season for anime, and it looked like more of the same going into this past season. But how did winter 2014 really pan out? Between our resident anime addicts, Japes and Goldy, almost every anime of note was covered, and over the next two days, they’ll let you know… Read More Winter 2014 In Review (Part One)
With the anime season coming to an end, it’s the usual time for wrap-up posts on the series we’ve been watching the last three months. Most of our links this week are to reviews of full series or of recent episodes: Jonathan provides his usual insightful commentary as he reviews Noragami, including some notes on… Read More Something More: The Trinity in Lagrange and Season End Reviews
Stop; take a breath. We’re just past the halfway mark of the winter anime season. I can feel the warm breezes of spring coming (along with Jojo part 3! \o.o/). With the crazy snowstorms behind us and the feeling a bit of a chilly winter still nipping at our noses (or not, if you’re living… Read More Mid-season review: The winter anime is not as terrible as the weather has been.
Medieval Otaku compares Rygart’s suffering in Broken Blade to the misery that Christians endure. [Medieval Otaku] Anime Commentary on the March’s writer provides insight about kami and ayakushi while examining an episode of Noragami. [Anime Commentary on the March] Rocklobster brings up the Christian ideas of right and wrong as he reviews Death Note. [Lobster… Read More Something More: Noragami Kami, Japanese Persecution of Christians, and Break Blade Misery
In recent years, Japanese animators have had their fun with their various religious figures, from Jesus and Buddha to the host of kami in Shintoism. Noragami continues this trend of poking fun at the supernatural. Though it’s become a bit more serious in recent episodes, the show still continually makes fun of it’s hero, the… Read More Holy Noragami, Treating Jesus Like Kami
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted this column. My negligence A busy holiday schedule is to blame! And without further to do, here are some of my favorite religion/spirituality-themed anime articles from this week (and from the past month!): Emily describes the charm of Noragami‘s first episode, while also commenting on the nature… Read More Something More: Shinto Anime Everywhere, 2-D Love for Christians, and the Warrior Priests of Anime
‘Cause I’m waiting for tonight Then waiting for tomorrow And I’m somewhere in between What is real and just a dream “Somewhere in Between” (Lifehouse) We share a fascination with dreams, right? It’s perhaps our only chance to do the extraordinary, and further than that, to do the impossible. I treasure that time when I’ve… Read More Noragami, Episode 01: Somewhere in Between
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