It’s time for our very first Beneath the Tangles art contest! We are so excited to ask you to enter and share your creations with us and the world. The subject? Our own sometimes adorable, sometimes fierce, mascot, BtT-chan! That’s right! We’re teaming up with partner and friend Arthur Thurmond to roll our character (see… Read More Enter the BtT-chan Art Challenge!
“I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. We put all our trust in alchemy, but in the end…what is it?” In the episode “Rain of Sorrows” in FMA:B, Edward Elric shows himself to be a very different man than his FMA incarnation. Lost in regret rather than horrified denial, he confesses his doubts about alchemy, the Potteresque science/magic at… Read More A Tale of Two Alchemists, II: The Brotherhood of Everything
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a cornerstone series for us here at Beneath the Tangles. It came out just a few months after Twwk kicked off this ministry, and has inspired rich, thought-provoking posts from many members of the writing team ever since. So, isn’t it time to move on? Why are we doing yet… Read More The Redemption of Homura’s Wish
Blue Giant has been the toast of the animation festival circuit this past year and it’s easy to see why. It takes what can at times feel like an intimidating subject—jazz performance—and explores it in a dynamic, yet accessible way that will have both diehard aficionados and complete newcomers to the music genre tapping their… Read More Blue Giant and Yuzuru Tachikawa’s Jazz
One of the coolest ministries in the otaku/nerd/gaming sphere is Love Thy Nerd, a non-profit that focuses on reaching out to geeks with all sorts of interests. The content they develop includes a number of podcasts, with my personal favorite being the NCMU (Nerd Culture Ministry Underground), where the hosts interview missionaries in the nerd… Read More Twwk Joins Love Thy Nerd to Talk BtT
As Tanjirou, Mitsuri, Muichiro, and others recover from the events at the Swordsmith Village, the Snake Hashira, Obanai, and Wind Hashira, Sanemi, approach a massive, abandoned temple on a mission to save a kidnapped woman. While there, they discover hordes and hordes of demons, and then to their even greater surprise, a portal connecting the… Read More First Impression: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
If there ever was an anime that needed a chibi school days AU, it’s Frieren. Imagine the characters currently and in the past brought together in a non-canonical series? Oh, the interactions that would come! ★ 【misyune】 「 フリーレン6 」 ☆
Happy (early) Mother’s Day to Hiling and all the wonderful real moms out there! You are loved! ★ 【Tombiiwa】 「 ヒリング王妃 」 ☆
Last month, we put out a call for those interested in being part of our first Beneath the Tangles mission team! A few responded, and we’re officially sending one of our own—Doki Doki News correspondent Uvie—to Anime Expo this July to join our friends at Jesus Otaku on their annual mission! And to help Uvie,… Read More Help Us Send Our First Mission Team to Join Jesus Otaku at Anime Expo!
May the 4th (give or take a few days) be with you! We’ve got the latest manga volume of The Mandalorian this week! Oh, not a Star Wars fan? How about superhero fare with the latest volume of Shy? We also have webtoons, romance, and much more this week, including a series we highly encourage… Read More Reader’s Corner: Issak (Vol. 7), The Mandalorian (Vol. 2), and SHY (Vol. 6)
For all the missteps in Disney’s approach to Star Wars since purchasing the IP from George Lucas, there’s one aspect to the business they’ve gotten right: the manga adaptations. Heavily influenced by Japanese culture and film, Star Wars is a property that fits like a (black, L-hand 980 prosthetic covering) glove in the anime and… Read More Review: Star Wars: Visions: The Manga Anthology