#christian cartoons

[ophelialoveshandsomemen]

Got to thinking today, about some cartoons I watched when I was a kid, called the Saints and Heroes collection( great stuff), and how it's all, y'know, saints! St. Bernadette! St. Francis Xavier! St. Nicholas! The Fatima story! Yeay! They're great 30 min. episodes for kids to learn a bit about catholicism's greatest saints! And in the heroes sections, they got Columbus: which is fine, they mainly focus on navigation and how he worked hard to achieve that level of education, lots of catholic stuff floating around in that one. They got Ben-Hur; classic jewish/early christian story, though not real, per se. Really good stuff. Great for christian kids.

Then we got the bloody ODYSSEY?!?!? Like, Greek pagan Odysseus running around the seas, killing monsters and suitors and tricking his way across the Mediterranean, all narrated by a Grandpa Owl?!? telling the story to his grandson owlet?!?! Very princess bride style... super weird in this context. None of the other films are narrated by animals. I'm not saying that kids shouldn't know the story of Odysseus, I'm just saying you can get serious whiplash watching chill saint movies for kids and then coming across The Odyssey, with no catholic connections, ( at least that's easily grasped by a child), getting thrown in the middle of the list and once you're done, brother you feel like you been in a fever dream. It's so bizarrely disconcertingly different in style to the rest of the films, too.

But at least they keep the fact that Odysseus 'slept around'( for lack of a better term), during those years at sea completely absent from the story. So it does have that in it's favour.

Still lots of fun to watch!

[shrodie]

Gina D's Kids Club | Learn to Read! | (2006)

[jpploveschrist777]

“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

Romans 5:3-5 KJV

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[potatothemouse]

did anyone else grow up with fever dream Christian cartoons.

[prokopetz]

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:

[brainypixel]

We are excited to announce our partnership with John 316 Film School and Christian Casting Community to provide Christian cartoons (including Cubekins!!) for kids in Uganda for free!

The program is still looking for some financial support, so please check out the FB post below!

[tomicscomics]

04/20/2025

HE IS RISEN!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. According to the Gospel, Jesus dies on the cross and is laid in a sealed tomb. Three days later, He rises from the dead and leaves His tomb. Many paintings portray a very dramatic exit, where the stone door of the tomb is burst open and the guards outside (Roman or Jewish depending on interpretation) are knocked over in awe. 2. In this cartoon, Jesus rises and plans to exit His tomb by gently rolling the stone aside. Meanwhile, the Roman guard outside is cherishing life, and oddly specifies that he's happy he's not crushed by the door of a tomb. Jesus's gentle plan and the Roman's weirdly-specific line are both meant to build up the expectation that Jesus's gentleness is going to fail and the closed stone door behind the Roman is about to fall open and crush him cartoonishly. This expectation is then subverted by having the soldier turn and see that the stone was actually open all along, as if Jesus already escaped quietly like He said He would. 3. "Aw, figs!" is a Biblically accurate replacement for a kid-friendly expletive like, "Aw, nuts!"

[whereserpentswalk]

Thing I made.

[beauty-funny-trippy]

The truth about Republicans and Christian Nationalism

[neonghozt]

Like: god

Ignore:The devil 👎

Og (It says God. The devil)

[rejectingrepublicans]

[faithfullightning]

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'Twas a day late sharing this, so here is a Mother's Day-themed fanart of the Heelers. Making more Bluey fan-art, now and continually in the style of retro anime for a good sense of nostalgia!

Catching up on episodes, Bluey is such an extraordinary series 😭😭😭. I plan on doing more fan-art of this show, and other cartoons as well. Enjoy :)

And we love you mothers everywhere!

[kristiano1979]

Punisher, I tried an old comic school style for this one. Hope you like it :)

[prokopetz]

Honestly, this whole "Luce & Friends" thing could be a positive development. Superbook hasn't aired for thirty years, and we're about due for another generation of kids whose understanding of Christian theology comes principally from officially licensed anime.

[discoholicmusic]

✝️ KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

[ivodrw]

HELLOO, first post :D!! (Bro, this is a really old drawing, and I STILL LOVE IT!!)

GIVE THIS SOME LOVE 🙏🏻🗣️