Life has been insanely busy, and I don’t know when I’ll have time to catch up with Zombie and Level E or collect my thoughts about Madoka. Until then, here are a couple of links.
Jonathan Tappan writes about Buddhism, particularly as it figures in anime.
Don’t ever let anyone try to embarrass you because of your taste for anime. Whatever you’re watching, it isn’t as pointless as the movie eat, pray, love:
This is an alien story told in an alien language with alien grammar of an alien culture of which I know little and understand less.
(Via Professor Mondo.)
Bonus link: TWWK takes a brief look at Shusaku Endo’s Silence.