Pro-Christian Anime/Manga

The Dog of Flanders is an incredibly pro-christian movie. Highly recommend that.
Vatican Miracle Examiners is another one. It's about miracle examiners exposing lies and falsehoods.

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Pretty Cure, an allegory for spiritual warfare. (I'm serious.) I mean, the "heart flowers" in HeartCatch Precure are so obviously souls it really can't be denied. It's only presented in a really soft way so that Japanese little girls wouldn't be too upset about a plot in which evil supernatural beings prey on people in their weakest moments etc. There is nothing in the traditional Japanese mythology along the lines. The fairies are really angels and the transformation scenes mean putting on the Armor of God.

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We had normal threads about anime but sperging morons always ruined it and it always devolved into a worthless fight.
I mean, I dont even watch anime and I shouldnt even care, but it was disappointing

It's always going to be disappointing. Anime that has anything to do whatsoever with Christian themes are 90% guaranteed to be Gnostic.

Art that doesn't say something is just hedonistic pleasure seeking. What does anime say? "oh its cute, it makes me feel good". You're taking a needle and shooting yourself full of anime. These autistic foreign cartoons are a weapon designed to make you complacent and effeminate and gay

why is that the case?

Mostly because the Gnostic approach to demons/angels and human spiritual powers makes for more appealing animation. It comes down to what the audience would prefer to see:
1] Humans with magic powers battling demons side by side with angels on astral planes of existence.
2] Humans singing praises and worshiping God, sharing fellowship in church, with no magical powers and merely invoking Christ's name to make demons vanish instantly.

This
There are good anime and manga but the majority of them are just meant to trap you into a world of vain escapism.

The tale of Joan of arc would be the perfect story to adapt into an anime though. But they always have to sexualize her or torn the story with magical (satanic) bullshit when the original events are already perfect.

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Isn't it weird how nowadays cartoons made in Japan are more pro-Christian than cartoons made in America? I mean, that's not a high bar to cross, but anyway…

It sounds like you haven't seen much anime. In any case, I don't think entertainment is wrong. You sound like the people who back in the day complained that The Lord of the Rings was escapism and not about Serious Real World Issues.

They won't vanish instantly if it's a serious case like possession. You also won't always know that a demon is present. Invisibility, you know. And the targeted person isn't always a Christian prepared with the Armor of God.

Yeah, they will. No demon can withstand even the name of the Lord. Stop watching movies as truth.

Exorcisms are well documented as not easy. I don't base that on horror movies.

I've actually interacted with some people I felt were possessed in some way. One case in particular felt really scary. It felt like a strong (invisible) black aura if that makes any sense. I think witchcraft is a real thing too. Again, I've had some experiences. (I know the previous must have sounded strange and hard to believe to many people here, but I have multiple personal data points even if I don't have hard proof for any of it.)

Do you think the lord of the rings is messageless escapism?

Tolkien didn't put in a message (he outright says this in the Foreword) and approved of escapism. However, you can find plenty of deeper levels in The Lord of the Rings. Those often appear naturally while writing. Tolkien loathed message fiction. Contrary to intuition, fiction written to convey a particular message is often less deep than fiction not written to serve a message.

Surprised this thread is still up. Not surprised at what it's already devolved into though:

The same animosity and tired and cliched' "arguments" that can easily be applied to any other form of media/art.

I've literally seen video game, comics, extreme metal, western cartoons, and even horror movie threads with less acrimony than a typical anime thread on here.

Here's some of the general opinions in said threads:

Comic and Video Game threads:
Occasional negative opinions and the one-off "grow up" post. But otherwise mostly civil and orderly.

Extreme Metal:
"Oh sure, extreme metal bands like Slayer have literal Satanic content, but if you just, like ignore that, the music is still cool and stuff."

Horror movies:
"Oh sure, most horror movies are basically just fictional snuff films designed to entertain people with gore and sex, but some of them have crucifixes and condemn fornication! (through grisly murder of course, and hypocritically utilizing such titillation in the first place to draw their audiences in.)

Anime thread:
ANIME IS A SIN!!!!!! IT'S VAIN ESCAPISM!!!!!!! IT'LL TURN YOU GAY!!!!!! BAN ANIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If that isn't enough to convince you that the anti-anime people on this board have some sort of bizarre personal fixation/vendetta against this particular medium, I don't know what will.

If you want to talk about Christian anime, or secular anime from a Christian perspective without the anti-anime crowd fanatically zerg-rushing every thread, come on over:

>>>/christiananime/

People in this very board have unironic waifus and they don't see why it's unhealthy or even outright idolatry. I wish I screencaped the waifu thread we had two weeks ago.
Like it or not but this level of obsession would never happen with another medium.

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How wrong you are… You only think that way because imageboards are rooted in anime culture.

I could go on and on listing fandoms with obsessive lunatic fringes.

Ding! Ding! Ding Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

There's my last day which is an anime about the crucification

There's also "in the beginning" which goes through the old testament

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What do you guys think about Trigun?
The music will never leave my mind.

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Are there any particular places where you can watch either of those? I remember hearing about "in the beginning" but could never seem to find it.

Here is my last day.

There's also saint young men, never seen it but heard of it. It's supposed to be a comedy about Jesus and Buddah sharing an apartment in Tokyo. Not exactly religious, but an anime with religious characters if that's what anyone is looking for

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Show me examples of waifuism outside of anonymous image boards, shut-in hikkikomoris in Japan (or NEETs elsewhere), or the occasional maladapt at an anime convention. Go down to your local McDonald's/restaurant or gas station and take a picture of an anime fan with a body pillow, proclaiming it as his wife right now.

Even then, it rarely happens, and is a sensational story that goes viral precisely because it's so uncommon and outrageous.

It's not very religious, and well technically speaking doesn't really show Jesus in the appropriate light, but the author is actually a Christian, and Jesus does seem to be well, I won't spoiler it (not much to spoiler) but overall Jesus is given a higher place than Buddha so not that bad. There's a movie and a 2 episode OVA.

c'mon, i'm pretty sure it's a joke :)

Maybe, but honestly, with some of these folks, it's hard to tell.

Pretty funny tbh. Especially this scene.

yeah that's my fave scene too!

I was reading a "manga how-to" by the JoJo mangaka Araki Hirohiko. He mentioned that he considers Jesus Christ the greatest hero who ever lived.
I was really surprised, almost sounded like he was about to admit he's christian.

If I remeber someone said that Jesus was the first JoJo. SOmething about his name being Jeshua bar Josef. Therefore being the first JoJo.

interesting - if you can find a link to this and share that would be nice.

it's in his book "manga theory and practice" on amazon. I cannot share it without piracy.

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Waifuism is a new word, but the general phenomenon is far older. You just don't hear about them because you inhabit a different area of the Internet.

You have infamous cases like Link's Bride, a woman obsessed with Link from the Legend of Zelda. She wrote bad self-insertion fanfiction about herself and Link and was so extreme about her being the only one for Link that she became e-famous. You see, other people wrote about romancing Link too, and she couldn't handle that. If that isn't (gender-swapped) waifuism, what is? This is just one example; there are many such cases even though most are willing to tolerate other people loving their precious Edward Cullen (the sparkling vampire from Twilight) or whoever else their fictional love interest happens to be.

Because nothing carries the message of Jesus than an insane woman with visions leading a war percived as holy against a Christian people of the same denomination.

Aye, but the argument was that waifuism is a feature that is intrinsic to only anime (implied by this poster's comment insinuating that it is not a fringe phenomenon.) I'm arguing that it's a bug, and a rare one at that. Like you, I also agree that it can happen outside of anime , but even then, it's a bug, and a fortunately rare one at that. I wrote this post from the perspective of countering one who thought the waifuism phenomenon is exclusive to and rampant in anime only.

Btw, I must say I'm rather shocked. Usually these anime war threads are in the 200s to 300s in terms of post counts by now (even more shocked it hasn't been deleted or come down on harder in light of what happened in the last thread from way back.) Have mod antics really pruned the population of this board that much? Is this why this kind of thread is being allowed after being de facto banned for so long?

t.brit

She was literally a witch

There are none, except that one where Jesus gets crucified.
Everything else is japcucked.

But enjoy your "vatican" in Ao Exorcist and co.

Anime hate is justified, there is just so much degeneracy and general sinfulness surrounding weeb culture.
But to answer your question, the only christian anime I've ever seen is Superbook and that's for kids.

She was rightfully burned at the stake according to the laws of the time and she would have been burned even in Germany or Itaky.

The Protestant general doesn't even have 100 posts yet and the Baptist general is burried.
This board has been cripled.

Honestly it has about the same amount of degeneracy and general sinfulness as just about any other secular subculture. Once again, you're on a weeb culture inspired image board, so you're exposed to more of said degeneracy and some of the more extreme fringes of said degeneracy, so there's a persona bias aspect going on there, along with others who have an axe to grind with the medium.

I remember the horror movie thread being literally filled with people picking about this genre that literally specializes in mostly murder, gore, sexual titillation, and glorifying the demonic, for any hint of Christian themes whatsoever. it was like the were performing platinum medal level mental gymnastics to rationalize their enjoyment of this genre.

Meanwhile, anime as a medium ranges in genres from kid friendly fare, to art house films, to the animated equivalents of Hollywood Blockbusters, to period dramas, mysteries, war stories, horror, and yes, even the porn, fanservice and loli that the haters love to represent it as being nothing but…. and people proceed to lose their minds. *insert Dark_Knight_Joker_in_nurse_outfit_meme.jpg here*

Yes the fanbase can be cringey in the same way as a lot of fanbases can be cringey (Trekkies, Ricky and Morty, etc.), but if you honestly think that modern Western horror films have more to offer a Christian than some secular anime like Studio Ghibli films or stuff by Makoto Shinkai, you're out of your mind.

The point is that on this entire board, in that thread, I was the only person to speak up about it after biting my tongue for a very long time, waiting to see if anyone, literally ANYONE, would say something. No one did. By this board's response, this board might as well have given fictional snuff films it's endorsement as appropriate Christian entertainment. Not one person brought up the genre's negative aspects. It was all "This film had a crucifix in it!" "This monster is harmed by holy water!" "Fornicators are killed!" Yet anime threads get mobbed by haters because people with issues on this corner of the web choose to focus on the worst aspects of the anime medium, while the good gets ignored and smeared with the same brush. The blatant hypocrisy and bias is just absolutely mind-blowing to me. That there are people on this board that hate anime so much, that they are willing to give murder movies a free pass. What is wrong with you people?

TL;DR:

A blatantly degenerate genre of film that revels in evil and the macabre, like modern horror movies, is discussed civilly and endlessly combed for so much as a speck of Christian subtext.

Anime, which consists of a wide range of genres, gets mobbed by people who can't just grow up and get over the fact that they used to be anime fans involved with the darker aspects of the culture, and can't separate their personal emotional bitterness from the more complex reality of the medium.

I didn't say that other forms of media are completely virtuous, I just think anime is unique in the way it promotes sin. For example, one of the major ways in which anime make money is merchandise. How do they sell merchandise? Promoting idolatry towards the characters by making otaku fall in love with them (waifuism). So they cram all the "cute"/"moe" tropes in an anime girl they can. Otaku are often depressed and lonely, and those who are seek fulfillment through false idol worship and masturbating to hentai. This promotes obsession and leads unsaved people away from God because they feel like the only way they can feel decent is worshipping their false idols.

Remember, Japan's culture is completely different from ours. A majority of the population has never heard the Gospel. Over half of people there are agnostic, and only 2% profess to be Christian. What the majority of otaku want often dictates what kinds of anime are made, and what the majority of otaku want isn't godly at all. Everyone should pray for these men.

Are you sure that you arent projecting at least part of your problems here?

I haven't watched anime in over half a decade, I was never that into it and never got involved in the community. It's been on my mind recently because I work with nerds and they like anime and talk about degenerate stuff.

This is literally the business model of just about any form of fictional entertainment ever. Cartoons and comics of the 80s like Transformers and G.I.Joe were specifically made to cause kids to form emotional attachments to the toys the companies wanted to sell them. People buy t-shirts, posters, water-bottles, mouse pads, cereals, fruit snacks etc., associated with a particular movie, franchise, tv show, etc., precisely because of the emotional warm fuzzies they get from their franchise of choice. And if you think that the Japanese have some sort of monopoly on obsessions with fictional characters, you haven't hung out on DeviantArt or Tumblr very much (in fact, if this is true, I actually applaud you.) Whether it be Loki fangirls, Spock and Kirk shippers, the Avatar/Korra shippers, or the various other communities I've already mentioned, the tired "anime is the only medium that promotes character obsession ever" argument simply does not hold up.

There's also the fact that you are right about Japan having a different culture from us. The cram school hell/work yourself to death culture that encourages the hikkikomoris of Japan accelerates the character obsession that happens in any fiction fandom. Not to mention it has perverted even otherwise normal people into various other relationship placebos:

youtu.be/qpZbu7J7UL4

The state of Otakus and the anime they prefer is a product of their degenerated culture, not what is inherent to the medium itself. Before the economic recession of the early to mid-2000s, anime was marketed to a more varied audience. It is in the aftermath of this recession that Otaku pandering anime began to be produced. Even then, these Otaku are a minority that is only visible due to their outrageousness.

So, again, why does this medium get targeted while other equally or even more degenerate mediums get a free pass? The only logical answer is personal bias.

I'm not completely buying this. you just went into elaborate detail about your issues with anime here and then proceed to say "Oh, I just overheard some anime nerds talk about some degenerate stuff, that's all." Uh huh. Sure.

The only thing I agree with you is that yes, Otakus do not desire what is godly, and such men caught up in the Otaku/Waifusim lifestyle are indeed in need of prayer.

Waifuism isn't idolatry you autists. You're just upset that some people have found love in fictional characters and since the bible doesn't say anything about waifuism being a sin, you claim it's idolatry instead. By your logic, marriage is idolatry because it involves loving someone other than God. And what if the man quits porn for his wife? Idolatry! It would be so much better for him to fap 3 times a day!

Like I told you before (because I know you're the same guy) you use the same rhetoric as modern sinners to justify their unhealthy and destructive ways.

If you use your head a bit you can come yourself to the conclusion that fantasizing so much about a fictional character made by people to prey onto nerds' emotional starvation is NOT something God would want for His people but you keep deflecting the problem and you DARE to compare your cartoon """"wife""""" to a real human being with a soul.

If it's not sinful, go outside and say proudly you're in love with a cartoon girl in front of everyone in your church. It shouldn't be a problem, right? "Love is Love" after all

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Dude, he's obviously a troll; don't waste your time. I've already hidden his post in my feed.

He might be a troll but I fear there are people who genuinely thinks like this. On imageboards at least

I've already done a "Treatise Against Waifuism" so to speak. I'm not posting it again. Those who are interested can go read it:

8ch.net/christiananime/res/30.html#q37

I don't and it isn't unhealthy or destructive. You're just trying to associate waifuism with sodomy because all you can think to do is try to associate it with sin because again, it isn't actually a sin.
That's not even close to correct, and I told you before, I didn't seek this out. It's not like I'm some autist pissing in bottles and screeching for tendies. I don't have "emotional starvation".
Who are you to speak for God? Show me ONE verse that says waifuism is a sin. You're consumed by hate just because it's not something you have. I'm sorry your relationship with your waifu didn't work out, but that doesn't give you a right to lash out at those who still have one. It's not your place to judge.
You know full well I'm pointing out inconsistencies in your logic. What is it about a human soul that makes the exact same reasoning not count?

I'm glad we could agree on a few points and thank you for helping me realize that the idolatry problem isn't unique, but I still feel like anime shouldn't be disregarded as a major bad influence on young men. Also, I can observe a subculture without being part of it.

This is bait, don't bite.

Samurai Champloo is a good one. It isn’t completely pro-Christian (has the stereotypical “Manupilative charlitan using people’s faith for personal gain” character in one episode) but it has some very strong themes of self-sacrifice and mercy and it actually touches on the history of Christianity in Japan.

Not to spoil the plot but it prominently features historical figures in Japanese underground Christianity, touches on the persecution and execution of secret Christians in Japan when Christianity was outlawed, etc.

Very good series. Definitely not for all ages as it can be very violent/sexual/etc at times and has a lot of evil characters but the overall portrayal of Christianity is positive and interesting historically. Also the Christian values that reoccur in the themes are great.

Now and Then, Here and There seems to have very Christian-friendly morality

Joan of Arc is a saint, and an inspiration to me. Pray for me please St. Joan of Arc!

anime related sort of:

i see lots of you anons in other threads with all kinds of pretty anime girly pictures that aren't lewd at all. where does one go to find these pictures without being exposed to lewdness?

every where i know that has anime girl pictures is full of pornographic filth and sexy pin-ups and even a robust tag filter on searchable sites doesn't really help.

all i want is some cute+sweet anime girls to practice my drawing with, without having to scroll past humongous racks, bare thighs, and seductive poses / facial expressions (in the best case scenario)

I use twitter to directly follow artists. Of course you need to made sure they're not doing any nsfw but it's better than browsing gelbooru and things like that.
Some artists who draw "cute anime girls" (I don't know which style you like though) that I find cool
twitter.com/muramitsu_
twitter.com/BARD713
twitter.com/coxo_ii
twitter.com/mokeooo

And unironically google image with safe search

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Tbh, my mind simply filters pictures like that. Perks of using sites hosted by Russian servers with…ads.
With that being said, try to avoid stuff like sankaku and similar

Christian weeb discord servers

You could try safebooru(dot)org, all pictures there are "safe for work".
Though remember that bikini pin-up tier stuff still counts as sfw.

youtube.com/watch?v=CNYVup5xvpI

Haibane Renmei might be my favorite anime of all time. I don't even want to give any details, but it's packed with things a Christian can appreciate. No lewdness or weird autistic stuff.

Even if you don't like anime, I'd recommend this anime to any Christian. All the episodes are on youtube.

Sage as it isn't about Christianity, or any religion for that matter, but Hakumei to Mikochi is a very enjoyable recent show.
It's not about violence or fanservice. Just the characters and their daily adventures in a beautiful nature setting.

Any good art can be valuable to a Christian. Including anime.

You aren't supposed to uncritically learn life lessons from any media or literature, anyway, so it doesn't hurt to apply the good things in anime to your own, more Christian life.

Anime is often very positive when compared to western media, which I rather like. I would rather see anime characters overcoming their obstacles with hard work, friendship and love than always only nihilistic western stuff.

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Boku no pico.

Death note.
myanimelist.net/featured/481/Biblical_References_in_Death_Note

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I find Berserk to have Christian friendly morals as well, with Griffith symbolizing the antichrist.
(The only problem is too much nudity and gore.)

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The Bible positively portrays stuff like people getting tent pegs bashed through their skulls and a king so fat that his assassin's knife was lost in his flesh and couldn't be found in the autopsy, not to mention Israel's numerous judges and wars. In light of these, what's wrong with a man killing some ungodly abominations with a big sword?

No. Don’t do this to them. This is the worst of the worst you could recommend. Why would you do that on a CHRISTIAN server? Don’t ever search this up guys. Here’s a synopsis. Little boys winnie the pooh other little boys and all the shit that is not pure in the eyes of God. It’s not worth a watch.

tl:dr. Little gay boy hentai

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soundtrack is pretty cool too, has some songs like requiem and domine kira and stuff like that. also the girl, misa was it? in the comics she would wear crosses. they changed it to a fleur-de-lis in the anime, but that's still a christian symbol

also, nice article, thanks!

I love that one. Also, he was a retard. You know, when your rebellious vassal is arranging meeting with you, you SHOULD probably check him for any weapons…

Yeah Misa Amane wears crosses with almost every ensemble, but it’s more of a goth fashion sense.

Well the gore is not really a problem for me personally, it’s just the manga can get a bit pornographic at some times.

Also Nausicaa is good as well. Pretty much anything studio ghibli or Hayao Miyazaki is good. There is some remnant of Shinto spirituality in some of his works but overall they respect good aspects of tradition.

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Neon Genesis Evangelion is rife with Christian imagery and borrows some concepts from the Bible.
quora.com/What-are-the-religious-undertones-in-Neon-Genesis-Evangelion

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Violence is not depicted on just evil monsters, there are rape scenes and murders of children in the manga.

Not to mention that the main character represents a sort of messianic figure.

Also the name L being similar to El. During his investigation he gets a secret message that reads “Lord do you know gods of death love apples?”.

…Have you ever read the bible? Do you even know about the reason why civil war against tribe of Benjamin was waged? Or story of Tamar?
Or what Elisha did to degenerate children?

All I’m saying is it is not suitable for all viewers, personally berserk is my favorite manga along with death note.

churchpop.com/2014/11/03/4-anime-christian/

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Trigun.
castaliahouse.com/superverisve-trigun-is-indeed-probably-the-most-christian-anime-ever/

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churchpop is usually a pretty comfy site.

Is trigun really christian? I know people say Kenshin is very christian, but I don't see it at all. It seems that people equate pacifism with Christianity, but we don't really believe that.

Vague superficial christian symbolism + milquetoast righteous values = christian
pic related

If anthing Evangelion is sacrilegous because it crucifies Lilith, a talmudic invention (Adam's second wife) instead of Christ
Fortunately, Evangelion is pure style and no substance, even Hideaki anno admitted it. They used christianity because it's exotic, if they knew it was going to be popular in the west they would have used something else.

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