-- Anime Figure and Manga Giveaway --

Don't Be Shy! Win Two SHY Anime Figures and SHY, Vol. 7!

Today is the unofficial kickoff to the summer 2024 anime season with several premieres landing today, including one of our favorite returning series, SHY! The series about an introverted superhero is entering its second season, and to celebrate, we're giving away two Banpresto anime figures of characters from the series: the eponymous Shy (Teru Momijiyama) and the heavy-drinking Spirit (Pepesha Andreanova). And to top it off, we'll also be giving away volume seven of the manga, releasing this month! One lucky winner gets ALL THREE!

It’s easy to enter!

1) LIKE this post
2) BOOST this post.
2) COMMENT below: On a scale of 1 (least) to 10 (most), how shy are you?

Here are the other rules:
• You must be following us to enter
• We’ll accept entries up to 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 9th
• International entries are welcome
• BtT staff are not eligible
• Spam and contest accounts are not eligible

That’s it! Good luck everyone!

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The Messianic Dynamic in Madoka Magica

Madokami–excuse me, Madoka–and Christ are often compared with each other in discussions about Puella Magi Madoka Magica, which is no surprise, given the overwhelming number of parallels between their ultimate acts. At the same time, other posts have pointed out the ways in which Madoka does not make for a good Christ figure. So who is right? Well, both of these readings are missing something important, and that something is actually a…

https://beneaththetangles.com/2024/06/24/the-messianic-dynamic-in-madoka-magica/

Reader’s Corner: Fool Night (Vol. 1), Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra (Vol. 1), and Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle (Vol. 6)

We're so excited to bring you such a variety of manga and reviews this week, including the latest volumes of tried and true series, volume three of both the manga and LN versions of that hammer-wielding, overtime-dreading guild receptionist's story, and premieres to two new horror-tinged series. Drop down below to read our thoughts and comment with your own! Akane-banashi (Vol.

https://beneaththetangles.com/2024/06/25/readers-corner-june-25-2024/

Inspired by an article from the anime blog Beneath the Tangles ( @beneaththetangles ) and by KapelleTriona's work adapting two Madoka songs into hymns, I did this. The Passion of Christ set to Sis Puella Magica.

I may be cringe, but I am free lol
#PuellaMagiMadokaMagica

Summer 2024 Anime First Impressions

While the spring 2024 season had its expected triumphs like Sound Euphonium and Laid-Back Camp S3, there were perhaps a higher percentage of positive surprises than in recent seasons, like the Bartender reboot, WIND BREAKER, and Go! GO! Loser Ranger! While we don't typically post a preview ahead of new anime seasons, we can help you spot seasonal surprises (both pleasant and otherwise) through our first impression pieces.

https://beneaththetangles.com/2024/06/26/summer-2024-anime-first-impressions/

Our streamer, Whit, is going to busy over the next week doing a bunch of extra streams to move us toward affiliate status!

You could support us by following our Twitch account, setting your alert, and then tuning in to see Whit draw? We would appreciate it!!

http://twitch.tv/beneaththetangles

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It's Friday, let's do a quick Follow Friday post before I end up forgetting. Cause I will.

Follow all of our fantastic staff that are on Fedi with some commentary on each:

@mdmrn - Goofy, bald bearded dude and admin of this account
@twwk - Ministry founder and all around good guy
@negativeprimes - Light novel enthusiast and staff editor
@pagesandhope - Vlogger and lover of all things manga, especially Haikyuu
@KhakiBlueSocks - Social media expert and lover of Digimon
@Samuru - Radiating "True Gamer Energy"

Please #follow all around and give 'em a poke, I'd love for more of our team to be active here on Mastodon!

#FF #FollowFriday #Anime #Boost #PleaseBoost

Okay, so it's Throwback Thursday and I went DIGGING into the Beneath the Tangles archives to find something older and unexpected.

Boy did it not disappoint.

Here's a post from 2011 where @twwk connected George Strait lyrics to anime in honor of his, then 59th birthday.

Check it out here: https://beneaththetangles.com/2011/05/18/strait-from-the-heart-anime-set-to-george-strait/

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Enter the BtT-chan Art Challenge!

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 full images below) out in a greater capacity, and this contest is the first big part of it!

Check out more at the blog: https://beneaththetangles.com/2024/04/29/enter-the-btt-chan-art-challenge/

And more in the follow up toot.

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Today is Throwback Thursday!

So, let's go back in time to 13 years ago today. Here we have an article from ministry founder @twwk about Wolfwood from Trigun and faith entitled "Nothing Like God: Redeeming Nicholas D. Wolfwood."

Check it out here: https://beneaththetangles.com/2011/04/18/nothing-like-god-redeeming-nicholas-d-wolfwood/

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#TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Trigun #Anime #AnimeBlog #Faith #Christianity #NicholasDWolfwood #トライガン