I wasn’t sure whether to address this or not, but since the excellent blog, The Manga Curmudgeon, provided one point of view, I thought I’d chirp in. Fox’s hit show, Glee, has a religious-themed show last night. It’s focus was on Kurt, a gay member of New Directions, the name of his school’s glee club. … Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Glee Finds God
Schoolgirl outfits, lolita goth, crazy hairstyles, untucked dress shirts, and…cross/crucifix necklaces? Anime fashion can be both cute, interesting, and sometimes it can also be confusing. Why are crosses so prominently featured on anime characters when only a tiny percentage of the Japanese population identifies itself as Christian? The short answer is that it’s a fashion… Read More Here Comes Santa Cross
I didn’t plan on writing yet another post, but real life has struck. If you haven’t heard, The University of Texas at Austin campus is on lockdown, as one of two gunman is still loose in on the university grounds. I work five blocks away from the PCL, UT’s main library, where the first suspect… Read More The Reality of Senseless Violence
More Genshiken Manga on the Way News: The popular manga about otaku, Genshiken, will be continued as Genshiken II in Japan in Kondasha’s Monthly Afternoon magazine. The sequel manga will feature Ogiue, now the Genshiken president, as the main character of the college club. New characters will join in, including a cross-dressing boy named Hato.… Read More Week in Review (Sep 18 – 24)
While searching on the web, I found a very interesting question and response (edit: now available here). The question was, “So how well does anime sit in the conservative Christian culture and is it important to conservative Christian anime and mange lovers that the two be reconciled?” The response was basically that the Christian culture… Read More Pick Six: Viewing Anime Through a Christian Lens