Continuing with our regular Rob Watch, check out one of his latest. Apparently the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Phillippines is starting a “Bible Anime” program, but it also apparently doesn’t know what “anime” means, since they will be producing a line of manga-esque comics about Biblical characters and passages.
OLD NEWS ROB. This is what, like, the 86th manga version of the Bible? (Okay, fine, third or so, whatever.)
What’s way more fun about his post is his list of manga Bible scenes he’d like to see. I’ll tease you with one, but you’ll have to visit him to get the rest:
David using the Fist of the North Star technique on Goliath
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January 31st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
I bet “Noah’s Arc” is actually i giant space ship that transforms into a giant robot.
February 1st, 2008 at 8:52 am
…and the Lord did hear the cries of Spike…
February 1st, 2008 at 11:17 am
I demand them to illustrate Ecclesiastes.
That’s the most profound book of the Bible, and I wanna see how they’ll handle it.