As another anime season draws to an end, it’s time to get excited about new series around the corner! But before that, we have season and series finales coming up, and with the importance that ideas like salvation, grace, and transformation play in many anime, it’s a rich time to dig into spiritual topics as expressed through some of our favorite shows!
Many Christian geeks will proudly display their Naruto gear, but aren’t so open about faith. What does say about them? What’s the response? [The Budding Philosopher]
And on that tangent, why do Christians often separate the nerd side of themselves from the “Christian” part? [Believers and Fandoms]
In shows like Maria the Virgin Witch and Maria Watches Over Us, we get a glimpse into how much the Japanese know of Catholicism, and how they view it. [Eugene Woodbury’s Blog]
The Legend of Korra tackles eschatology, or the religious perspective on end times. [Taylor Ramage’s Blog]
The “Sneak Entry” arc of Bleach contains some religious content and themes (perhaps not enough) for Christians, if you like the series enough to look past it’s shortcomings. [Geeks Under Grace]
Episode 17 of Your Lie in April demonstrates the way Christians should show friendship to one another. [2]
And speaking of Your Lie in April, have you noticed it’s similarities to Kids on the Slope? Not least of all is a Christian message of sharing love. [Famous Rose]
D.M. Dutcher highly recommends Figure 17, and finds it mostly safe to watch for Christians. [Cacao, put down the shovel!]
A new Christian otaku community has sprung up. Here, the founder reflects on the significance of “wholesome” anime. [Christianime]
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As part of the Something More series of posts, Beneath the Tangles links to writings about anime and manga that involve religion and spirituality. If you’ve written such a piece or know of one, please email TWWK to be included.
Thanx for spreading the word about our ChristiAnime forum. We’d love to see it occupied by more members, and we are working on improving it as we go! This includes a manga comic plugin, and a better video plugin that doesn’t stream videos off youtube, but allows users to upload their own anime episodes and movies. We also are working on our own radio podcast. But we need more people who are interested! Looking forward to it!
Very interesting stuff you have going on! I hope the site does well!
The article about wholesome anime is interesting, it makes some good points regarding the influence of series, etc. on people, plus the call to Christian artists and the topic of the moral substitutes.
She does a lot of writing on such topics – if you have Twitter, you may want to give her a follow: @ezmyreld. She tweets quite a bit.