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It's that time of year when Tumblr celebrates Easter by posting pictures of crucified anime characters, and inevitably somebody in the notes will pop up to helpfully explain that crucifixion imagery has no cultural significance in Japanese media because Japan is only about 1% Christian, which bugs me because it's completely wrong.

It's true that in the majority of cases, crucifixion in Japanese cartoons isn't meant to be conveying any specific theological message, but something Western audiences are likely to miss is that a large portion of those random crucifixion scenes are referencing Ultraman.

Ultraman's creator was a devout Roman Catholic who explicitly intended the titular hero to read as a Christ figure, and consequently, various Ultramen have been crucified on multiple unconnected occasions throughout the franchise's history. Crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons are often directly name-checking particular crucifixion incidents from Ultraman, right down to emulating the compositions and camera angles of specific shots. It's like an especially morbid version of the Akira slide.

The upshot is that, while it's true that the inclusion of gratuitous crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons typically has no (intentional) theological message, stating that they have no cultural significance is incorrect. A large chunk of the Japanese viewing audience are going to see them and immediately go "hey, that's an Ultraman reference".

Anyway, as an image tax, have a shot of four crucified Ultramen miraculously resurrecting a fifth Ultraman by shooting laser beams out of their hearts:

#Ultraman #Jesus #Easter #Christianity

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ancient edit from forever ago im releasing into the world

#Frankenstein #Victor Frankenstein #Creature

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victor describing himself as “always having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature” and then a few chapters later saying "[henry] was a being formed in the very poetry of nature". 🤨🤨 i know what you are

#Frankenstein #Victor Frankenstein #Henry Clerval #Henry/Victor #Victor/Henry

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yec_yourz on Instagram

#these are gorgeous #art #knights

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Ran up to take a picture of this person's car and ummmm they were still.in their car. And it was #awkwardddd

#omg #LGBTQ

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louiezong

#Moomin vibes #Opossums #Nonhuman Animals #Art #GIF

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I put a smell on you

#Cats

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that post that’s like, fandom’s obsession with viewing characters as only relatable or shippable or defendable has ruined media literacy in being able to view characters through the lens of themes or narrative theory. character analysis one of my favourite forms of analysis but not at the detriment of being able to understand when a character represents something larger thematically in a story than what they would be if they were just a guy from your high school

#thank you

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Vanessa Stockard (Australian, b.1975)

#omg #cats #art

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René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967) - ‘La femme du maçon’, (Detail), 1958

#George Washington #Art #René Magritte #Anime

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#Moomin #Snufkin #at long last #be gay do crime

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“Creature” is actually the best Frankenstein adaptation ever.

My man Ziya (Turkish Frankenstein) crying into his soup is the most in-character thing ever.

#FIRST TUMBLR POST I FIND ABOUT CREATURE #And it's perfect because this is literally the scene that prompted me to message my sister about how in-character this series was #It's so good guys #Creature #Netflix Creature #Ziya #Frankenstein

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just remembered i can post whatever i want

#PRISMO I AM A 60 YEAR OLD MAN #Prismo #Simon Petrikov #Adventure Time #Fionna & Cake #F&C #Fan Art

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59 years old and pathetic

#Adventure Time #Simon Petrikov #Fan Art #Fionna & Cake #AT #F&C

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like a past life twisted up in a funhouse mirror

(wanted to draw the both of them in my more realistic style ! ! ) )

#Adventure Time #Betty Grof #Simon Petrikov #Fan Art #Fionna & Cake #AT #F&C #Golbetty

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god forbid women do anything

#Adventure Time #Golbetty #Simon Petrikov #Betty Grof #Fionna & Cake #Fan Art #AT #F&C