Christian Anime

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Is there any good Christian Anime? I know this has probably been asked about 1000+ times but I don't know of any. Especially any video ones besides Flying House and Super Book.

 

[MoonlessNight]

There aren't that many Christian anime (and I believe most of the ones that exist were commissioned from outside Japan) because there aren't that many Japanese Christians. Because there was fierce persecution of the church there at the same time that Japan became highly isolationist (and Japan wasn't considered as high of priority to convert as other Asian nations, which made things worse.) Then Japan opened relations to the world again. Then they made Shintoism into a state religion. Then we nuked the most Catholic city in Japan. So Christianity hasn't had an easy time of it in Japan.

Though I guess I should end that by saying that the last 50 years or so haven't been so bad in theory for Christianity, but the history of it all means that there are few Christians left. The big problem now is that Japan is so secular that they are barely Shinto or Buddhist anymore, so that few them are interested in converting to a religion (when they don't take religion seriously already.)

 

[Riddik7]

you would have to define what you mean by christian... there are many with christian influences such as 'D Gray Man' or 'Chrono Crusade'

but if you are looking for strictly christian bible thumpin anime then it gets much much tougher to find any...

 

[Azureknight 773]

It is like finding a needle in a haystack. There are a lot of animes indeed but having an anime with such themes too rare. The number of Christians in Japan is too little, like having an oasis in a very wide desert. Sometimes, I wished that the Americans, Russians, Filipinos, and Koreans send missionaries there to do a strategic "convert-the-pagan" conversion operation.

 

[Hishandmaiden]

I pray to God to raise up artists that will produce good quality christian animes. The Japanese really need to hear the gospels.

 

[Katesz]

I don't know of any that distinctly relate to the Christian religion, but I know of some mangas that, as far as I can remember, didn't have any material that I would have found offensive as a Christian. They weren't intended for very mature audiences though, so that was probably why.

Chibi Vampire
+Anima

Also all of Miyazaki's movies are pretty morally sound, unless the use of magic bothers you.
Maybe less so of Princess Mononoke. Good movie anyway though.

 

[UnReAL13]

Trinity Blood has some hints of Catholicism. The AX Squad on that show was organized to defend the Vatican.

 

[SionDS]

There is one with great art about a cat on a train.

Someone help me out here. It's been years since I've seen it.

 

[Katesz]

Black Cat? No cats on trains, but it involves a man named Train who is also known as Black Cat... haha.

The Cat Returns? It's a movie... not sure if there are any trains in it.

Cat Soup?

 

[t.z0n3]

There's a very girlish one that my sister read, which was about God and Satan and Angels, but it's not at all like real Christianity. It had it's basis in it, at least. I'm having to remember it, but it was called "Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne" with calling back to "Joan of Arc" and such.

Overall, not a BAD manga, but depending on your viewpoint, a bit skewed.

 

[Steffenfield]

This is one of my favorite sites.

Christian movie and music free download: Animated story from The Bible - New Testament

 

[Dark_Lite]

Trinity Blood has some hints of Catholicism. The AX Squad on that show was organized to defend the Vatican.

I don't know if I would call it hints. It is very overtly Catholic (aside from the female bishops), although the main plot line really is the conflict between the humans and vampires.