Some minor NSFW stuff. Most of this is just openings to anime series, though
1. You can never, ever, read 1 Corinthians 16:22 without hearing Norio Wakamoto saying it.
2. You wonder when the kindly father at your local Catholic church will just give up and turn the Crusnik nanomachines up to eighty percent.
3. You think that someone making a T-shirt that says Jesus is my onii-chan! is a good idea. Barring this, you actually explain why it’s a bad one, and provide alternate translations.
4. Praise and worship guy at church going on vacation, and he’ll be gone a few weeks? No worries! We’ve got Vocaloids!
5. Whenever you hear an audiobook version of the Bible, you can’t help but think Vic Mignogna would make an awesome Peter. You also think it’s awesome that one of the most recognizable English voice dubbers for anime is a devout Christian.
6. You’ve had to repent of thinking that there is one God of the Wired, and Her name is Lain. You’ve also wondered if when you die, God might actually look like a bratty Japanese schoolgirl.
7. You are a theology student, and when you ever hear your teachers talk about the evangelion, you think of this.
8. You own a copy of The Manga Bible. You also realize that technically it’s the Manhwa Bible, since it’s done by a Korean and not a Japanese artist. You feel ashamed at your pedantry when you do so.
9. You realize that unlike Sato or Alice, Jesus is the ultimate NEET. Though for very many good reasons.
10. Your idea of a nun is this:
Maria from Haganai. Ten years old, people.
You also realize that Catholicism might make significant inroads into Japan if they added cat ears to the habit. Also that when Maria and Kobato argue, it’s REALLY like 90% of Christian/Atheist interaction on the web. Aho! Aho! Baka!
Feel free to add any of your own.
Jan 07, 2013 @ 10:16:52
I’ve often thought Jesus is the ultimate NEET (and that’s the only sign I actually understood.)
Jan 07, 2013 @ 14:30:56
Yeah, I should put some background in on these:
1. is from Hellsing. Father Andersen is a prominent character in it. Norio Wakamoto is one of the most recognizable Japanese voice actors in anime; he plays baddies and sometimes comedy roles. He’s probably most famous for being the voice of M. Bison in the Street Fighter series of games.
2. is from Trinity Blood. Father Abel Nightroad is a bumbling Catholic priest who is actually a Crusnik. Won’t say much more due to spoilers. It’s funny how Catholicism is treated in Japanese culture-priests are a lot more badass than holy.
3. is kind of a joke. Jesus is my big bro! would be one translation, but given anime’s fetish for making that come up in the context of a big brother complex, maybe it wouldn’t be such a good idea.
4. Vocaloids are computer programs that let people manipulate the phonemes of the human voice like keys on a piano. They also have personalities, and the most famous is Hatsune Miku, who you see there. it’s possible to entirely replace a vocalist with one.
5. Vic Mignonga is like Norio Wakamoto, but in the US. He tends to do comic characters, like Deathscythe in Soul Eater and Tamaki in Ouran Host Club. He’s had a little controversy too, because ironically he tends to be the voice for characters who often are yaoi fodder for fangirls.
6. Both Serial Experiments Lain and the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimaya deal with young girls who might be God. One is created, the other just is.
7.Neon Genesis Evangelion. nuff said.
8. Manhwa is actually different from Manga, even though they may look similar. There’s also Manhua, which is what you call Chinese comics. Knowing the difference can lead to being pedantric at times.
9. NEET-Not employed, in education, or training. Very common not only in Japan, but across the world as youth unemployement is at ridiculous levels.
10. Nuns are portrayed in anime more like shrine maidens than actual nuns, and you get a lot of things which don’t make sense. Many nuns in anime are ridiculously young, for one. Aho and baka both mean idiot, and that’s pretty much what any discussion between the two characters referenced ends up turning into; two kids namecalling.
Feb 05, 2013 @ 20:12:07
I suppose I should be frightened that I was nodding my head on eight items of the ten.