http://wmcomix.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/chrono-crusade/ graphic novels, manga and life Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://wmcomix.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/chrono-crusade/#comment-60 Christian Times » Blog Archive » Chrono Crusade Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:52:26 +0000 http://wmcomix.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-60 [...] Genevieve wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThis anime is full of Christian symbols and names from the Bible, but most of the time they have nothing to do with Christianity. This anime contains a pretty nun often in clothing that is not modest with big guns, but of course that is … [...] [...] Genevieve wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThis anime is full of Christian symbols and names from the Bible, but most of the time they have nothing to do with Christianity. This anime contains a pretty nun often in clothing that is not modest with big guns, but of course that is … [...]

]]> http://wmcomix.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/chrono-crusade/#comment-56 nyx Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:15:30 +0000 http://wmcomix.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-56 At least it is not like Angel Sanctuary... if there was an anime that strove to be actively anti-christian, that would be it. But Christianity in Japan is more like a 'cool' thing and is not extremely accurate at all in anime and mangas, to put it extremely mildly. Usually foreign cultures serve as a black slate to push whatever story or characters in Japan, just like it is sometimes in Disney or even Pixar. Christianity is just as relevant in Japanese anime as Egyptian religion is relevant in Hollywood renderings of Egypt - the form and rituals are there, but the religion is totally off. At least it is not like Angel Sanctuary… if there was an anime that strove to be actively anti-christian, that would be it. But Christianity in Japan is more like a ‘cool’
thing and is not extremely accurate at all in anime and mangas, to put it extremely mildly. Usually foreign cultures serve as a black slate to push whatever story or characters in Japan, just like it is sometimes in Disney or even Pixar. Christianity is just as relevant in Japanese anime as Egyptian religion is relevant in Hollywood renderings of Egypt – the form and rituals are there, but the religion is totally off.

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