Note: Due to circumstances beyond our control, this will go live on the main site on September 10. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Anime Herald: What would you like us to know about Wasted Chef?
Takayuki Hirao: It’s a story about restoring your values when they have been forsaken. The things you are spending your time on, they will...
2023-09-08 03:39:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Though its name is little more than a niche footnote today, Protoculture Addicts once commanded a sense of respect and awe within the anime fan community. The publication, which launched in 1987, would go on to become the first large-scale, mainstream anime publication in North America. To this day, it’s still the longest-running English-language anime magazine. And though we’ll never be able to fully quantify the massive impa...
2023-09-03 00:32:44 +0000 UTC View PostAs the last two Sailor Moon movies made their long-awaited debut this June, it's hard not to reflect on the profound impact this beloved anime series has had on fans worldwide. For many individuals like myself, growing up queer and searching for a sense of belonging, Sailor Moon offered more than just captivating stories of magical battles and eternal love.
I was about four years old when the show first debuted in Brazil, ...
My fellow anime fans, good evening.
it's hard to believe, but Anime Herald is just a few weeks away from its thirteenth anniversary. It's an auspicious anniversary, for sure, but I promise that our thirteenth year of operations has been met with anything but ill fortune. On the contrary, we've been hard at work bringing some of our strongest articles to date. We've worked with dozens of writers this year, to bring about dissections of 2023-08-25 02:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is rightly praised for its absurd and flamboyant presentation, from seemingly impossible poses to outrageous battle strategies to off-kilter humor. Peeling away this façade reveals a solid story engine that allows those iconic moments to shine. How does author Hirohiko Araki make the series so engaging?
At its core, JoJo’s is a thriller. Araki employs tried-and-true plot mechanics from ...
2023-08-19 22:24:14 +0000 UTC View Post
As part of our efforts to maintain full transparency within our operation, it has been decided that every quarter, the chief officer of Anime Herald, LLC must compile a quarterly report detailing our financial results. This document will outline our finances, as well as our performance over Quarter 1 of our 2023 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2023.
As of June 30, 2023, Anime Herald had
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of this article, it will be published to the main Anime Herald site on August 19. We apologize for the inconvenience.
In the year 2023, it’s hard to imagine that the state of Rhode Island would have anything to offer the greater anime fandom. As the smallest state in America, it has a total population that’s smaller than 2023-08-14 23:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening,
Unfortunately, due to a mistake on our end, an earlier version of our upcoming article was published earlier tonight. The editorial team wanted to do one final pass, so we have deleted it from Patreon; we'll be publishing the final version shortly.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
2023-08-14 02:35:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Kat Schmidt
Editor: Nicole Mejias
"Kiss Kiss Fall In Love!"
I’m sure that tune will be in my head for the rest of my life. Since watching Ouran High School Host Club for the first time in middle school, I’ve been hooked. Through the cuteness of the show and the balance between serious and fluffy storylines, Ouran endeared itself to me, but there was something more to it that made it one of my long-standing favorites. That “something” was the queern...
2023-08-08 00:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to factors out of our control, this will go live on the main Anime Herald site on July 31. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Kotaku: Apart from Pokémon Concierge being stop-motion, how will Haru’s and Psyduck’s adventure differ from what we saw with Ash and Pikachu in the original anime?
Note: Due to factors outside of our control, this article will run on the main Anime Herald site on July 29, 2023. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: Is there a story behind the name Studio Kafka?
Koichi Naruse: [Kazuaki] Terasawa-san, [Takahiko] Abiru-san, and myself had decided to establish a new studio. We were having a discussion of what to name the studio. We were at Mr. Abi...
2023-07-28 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to circumstances outside of our control, this will be published on Anime Herald's main site on July 26. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: Osama Tezuka’s The Greatest Robot on Earth. Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto. This is one of the greatest manga stories ever written. What is special about this particular production? 2023-07-25 01:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Audrey Di Martino
Editor: Alex Henderson
Once in a full moon or upon a midnight dreary, or whatever appropriately thematic interval of time you can think of, there will emerge some new attempt to determine what exactly constitutes the Greatest Horror Anime Of All Time. But take so much as a cursory glance at any of the “Top [X] Horror Anime Ever” listicles published in the last year alone, and you’ll quickly see that the topmost horror anime will almost always include Daume’s ...
2023-07-22 23:07:35 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to circumstances outside of our control, this will be published on Anime Herald's main site on July 24. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: What did you do to prepare for the role?
Eiji Akaso: I didn’t have much time to prepare. One thing I did was practice American football because there’s one scene with it. Also, I prepared for action.
Anime Herald: H...
2023-07-22 18:56:11 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Priya Sridhar
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Manga is one of the most exciting comic mediums to me. Thanks to its rubbery definition, the format lends itself well to stories that become love letters to the human condition and is able to explore the super-silly, the utterly serious, or even the horrors that lurk in between. As a teenager, I made far too many fond memories, just browsing the manga sections in 2023-07-16 00:17:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Bez Zebro
Editor: Nicole Mejias
At its core, the anime SK8 the Infinity is an anime about love for hobbies, people, and the self. The story begins as a daring skater named Reki teaches a new kid in his class, Langa, how to skateboard and compete in an intense competition for the sport called “S”. Through “S” Langa discovers a new passion that connects him to friends, opponents, and (most importantly) parts of himself that he had previously lost. SK8 the Infinity ...
2023-07-11 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostInterviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: This will be a “choose your own adventure.”
Greg Ayres: Awesome. I love that.
Anime Herald:
Hi everyone, and Happy Wednesday. We're officially in the dog days of summer at this point, as temperatures continue to rise, and we get further into July.
But, more important than that, we just finished up with Anime Expo! It was a big weekend, with literally dozens of new manga, 2023-07-06 02:41:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Note: Due to requirements from forces outside of Anime Herald's control, this article will be published on Friday, June 30. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Honey’s Anime: During the live drawing, you often switched around which areas you were working on, decided t...
2023-06-27 00:23:46 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to requirements from forces outside of Anime Herald's control, this article will be published on Wednesday, June 28. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Author: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Interviewee: Hybrid Thoughts
Anime Herald: What is your origin story? How did you get from where you started to here?
Aztech: As far as music goes?
Anime Herald: Yeah. Whatever inspired you. Whatever ri...
2023-06-24 21:50:42 +0000 UTC View PostInterviewee: Sarah Natochenny
Author: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: In eight years, it will be the 100th anniversary of the French L'Union des artistes saying, “Thou shalt not dub. It is offensive to the original actors.”
Sarah Natochenny: Yes! I know about t...
2023-06-23 01:24:32 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to deadline constraints beyond our control, this will be published on the Anime Herald main site on June 20. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: Let’s start with Neopets.
Carlin West: There’s a lot to tell. Neopets first came out in 1999. It was the first online game on the internet. It has continued since then. There are 150 million people around the world who have ...
2023-06-20 02:21:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Samantha Ferreira
Editor: Lydia Rivers
In late 1975, a new technology took North American television by storm. The first consumer VCRs began to hit the market, allowing fans to record their most favorite shows and relive moments that, until then, had been little more than ephemera for those lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.
The timing couldn’t have been better for our fledgling fandom. On March 20, 1976, super robot series Brave Raideen aired—with...
2023-06-17 21:35:57 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: What is your origin story?
Zi Xu: I am an illustrator who was born in China. I came to the US when I was five years old. I’ve been here ever since. I do official movie posters, alternative movie posters, comic covers, [and] concept art for film and games.
Anime Herald: I feel like we may have we skipped a step. How did you first get interested in art?
Zi Xu: 2023-06-11 00:36:20 +0000 UTC View Post
From May 23 through June 10, 2023, Anime Herald conducted their first regular reader survey. This fourteen-question poll asked readers and patrons to provide their opinions on Anime Herald’s operations and transparency, as well as what they’d like to see from us going forward.
This report aims to provide a brief overview of the results, and indicate how this will influence our operations in the coming year.
Note: For purposes of reporting, all scores are on a 1-5 scale, with 1 being the lowe...
2023-06-11 00:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: What is your origin story as an artist?
Tran Nguyen: I grew up loving anime and Japanese video games, JRPGs. I kind of just went head-first and said, “You know what? I’m going to keep doing this.” After high school, I decided to take the leap and go to art school, even though my parents wanted me to be a doctor.
Of course, right? Stereotypical Asian parents.
After college...
2023-06-04 00:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Saturday, and Happy Pride, everybody. As a majority-queer organization run by a trans woman, this is a time for us to stand up and reaffirm our commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community. Now, more than ever, we stand by our queer friends and colleagues, and offer our fullest support.
In Anime Herald news, things have been pretty busy, overall! We finally wrapped on our Anime Boston coverage which, were we a print magazine, would be the equivalent of a special annual issue. The con is special to me, as a home-grown event that’s been ...
2023-06-03 22:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Borealis Capps
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Thank you to Eric L. for the Patron article request!
It’s impossible to ignore the sheer breadth of the sports anime genre. There is, simply put, an astronomical number of shows based on popular sports like volleyball drama Haikyu!! or 2023-05-28 00:50:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Nikola Teodosić
Editor: Masha Zhadanova
In our current era, it is difficult to imagine that Tatsuki Fujimoto is anything less than a household name. His landmark work, Chainsaw Man, enchants millions in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump every week, and characters like Makima, Power, and Denji are icons among anime and manga fans. In 2011, though, Fujimoto was just an upstart, w...
2023-05-20 23:46:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Samantha Ferreira
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Before we had realized it, another weekend had come and gone, as a cool Sunday sunrise broke over Boston. A familiar calm washed over the Hynes, as the bustling crowds began to thin out. The boisterous chatter that had defined the weekend began to fade, slowly settling into a nostalgic murmur as attendees began to file into trains, buses, and cars to return home in time for the coming work week.
Those who did remain packed into panel rooms...
2023-05-13 21:41:28 +0000 UTC View Post
