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I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. In fact, I’ve never been one for big goals or long term planning – usually I make my goals…
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New Year’s Resolution: Never Read a Book Again(?!)
PREFACE: Obviously, the word “books” does NOT include manga. Manga is peak literature, and while the industry has problems, I still keep on trucking in the manga world……


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Beneath the Tangles is blessed by a team of volunteers with a heart for God, a passion for anime, and a heart for serving. From our editing team…


Serving God Through Anime: Come Join Our Ministry Through One of These Roles!
We’ve experienced tremendous growth over the past couple of years—not only in ways measurable by metrics, but also through the strength of our content, in the development and…
2020 vision– Our Blog Resolution
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Two years ago, we launched a small group through our Discord community. Since that time, that group of believers has bonded by sharing about their lives and discussing…
New Year’s news recap
Happy new year (admittedly a couple weeks late)! I’ve been distracted from putting together news recaps for a while, but that just means a lot more things to…


New Year’s Lucky Boxes!
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2023 New Year’s Resolutions
With the new year comes New Year’s resolutions, and what better resolution than to make sure you make time to enjoy the things you love.


New Year’s In The New Normal
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New Year’s Goals For 2022
In 2021, I did not mention my New Years’ Goals on this blog. I still made 5 of them, and I only managed to achieve two of them.…


2021 New Year’s Lucky Boxes!
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Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!
We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 10, 11 and 12 (the school festival arc) of the classic series…
Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!
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Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!
We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 9 and 10 of the classic series and chats with you as…
Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!
We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 9 and 10 of the classic series and chats with you as…
Join our Toradora Watch Party on Wednesday!
We return with another Toradora watch party this Wednesday! Come join Chickennuggee as she hosts episodes 7 and 8 of the classic series and chats with you as…


BtT Week of Thankfulness, Day 3: Our Ministry Partners
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This NEW Anime is About GALS...
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This NEW Anime is About SLAVES...
Chained Soldier from the author of Akame ga Kill follows the adventures of Yuuki Wakura who meets esdeath, i mean, Kyouka Uzen. It has the japanese voice actors…
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This NEW Anime is About DRAGONS
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This NEW Anime is About EXORCISTS
Onmyouji is a new historical supernatural anime about exorcists, namely the legendary abe no seimei from japanese folklore, the nihonshoki that also has the same legend as ryomen…
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Gekidol Episode 0: New Year’s Special
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TheOASG Podcast: New Year’s Special Edition!
Hosts Justin and Helen talk Fall anime and the weirdest pop culture news of 2020 in the New Year's Special Edition of TheOASG Podcast!


This year’s Search Terms were… Unexpected
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Resolution “Dropout”
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This NEW Anime is About a WEDDING...
Tales of Wedding Rings is an upcoming isekai romance anime about Haruto Satou and Hime aka Krystal disguised as a Gal getting married in a fantasy world obviously…
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This NEW Anime is About TRASH GAMER
Shangri La Frontier anime has insane details in animation. Episode 1 was a banger following Rakurou Jizutome dubbed Sunraku who hunts for trash games. A gamer anime like…
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Join Beneath the Tangles and our Staff on Twitch
We’re always looking for opportunities to connect with our readers and viewers, but particularly through this time where so many of us are stuck at home. One way…


Our Twitch Stream Launches on Monday! Come Join Us!
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Join Our Live Stream with Voice Actress, Michelle Lee!
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Getting Lucky with Fukubukuro on New Year’s
Start the year on a high note with partaking in a time old Japanese New Year's tradition: getting lucky with a fukubukuro (lucky bag).
[Update] Japanese Blues and New Year’s Progress
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New Year’s is for Lovers – My OTP
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This NEW Anime is About a RUSSIAN Girl
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How Are The New Action Anime This Season?
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