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Moe Girls Bring Converts to Buddhism

They're Buddha-licious!



Sankaku Complex reports that a Buddhist temple in Japan has resorted to the oldest trick in the book to attract new disciples: attractive females. But not just any attractive females-- moe anime girls. Yes, they have some really adorable illustrations of the Buddhist pantheon done up as adorable little moe girls, and when I say adorable, I mean...d'awwwwwwwww!
I have to confess though-- pun intended --the first thing I think of when I look at this? I want to see moefied saints from the Catholic tradition. And maybe some bishounen and bishoujo Greek gods. Seriously, think about it-- Hermes is the glasses-wearing shadow king genius, Ares would be sort of a Kamina-esque GAR dude, Hera's a tsundere, Hestia is a shy meganekko...yes, yes, I can see it all now!
 
Do we have any artists in the house?!
HeeroYuyon July 17, 2009 at 11:35 a.m.
My word, Gia you're a genius!

The apostles could be a Sentai Team, Peter would be Red of course, and Judas could be the one that turns evil! God would be the equivalent of Zordon in the sky, and Jesus would be a male version of the stereotypical anime mom that sees through any chaos that's happening in front of them and acts all nice like
"Now, now, you two get along, Oh Mark, would you like some motza bread?".


Dig Deeper into Moe

Moe (pronounce moh-eh) is a Japanese slang term for something one likes, and within the anime realm is used to refer to characters who inspire a protective sort of love-- usually because the characters seem to need someone to take care of them.

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