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Anime Herald Talks With Cover USA's Max Kim
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 30. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interview Date: 7/5/2024Interview Location:Anime Expo 2024Interviewer:Seth BurnAnime Herald: How did the collaboration with the Los Angeles Dodgers c...
Whack A Catgirl: An Anime Fandom Time Capsule
Author: Borealis CappsEditor: Samantha FerreiraIn this day and age, convention attendees are likely to spot the Asmadi Gameslogo adorning titles like One Deck Dungeon, Innovation, or perhaps We Didn’t Playtest This At Allin the tabletop gaming room. Even so, only those versed in the most ancient l...
The Blue Miburo Anime Team Talks With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 29. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interview Date: 7/6/2024Interview Location:Anime Expo 2024Interviewer:Seth BurnAnime Herald: How closely did you want to maintain the artistic style ...
DAN DA DAN Producer Hiroshi Kamei Talks with Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 31. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer:Samantha FerreiraInterview Date:8/24/2024Format:EmailAnime Herald: You have worked on a number of horror and horror-adjacent works over y...
Anime Expo 2024: CyberConnect2's Taichiro Miyazaki Talks With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 21. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interview Date: 7/6/2024Interview Location:Anime Expo 2024Interviewer:Seth BurnAnime Herald: There are a number of games you’ve been working on for...
Otakon 2024: A Celebration Through Cosplay
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 17. We apologize for the inconvenience.The area surrounding the Walter E. Washington was bustling with activity in the early hours of Friday morning. Crowds of fans filed down the block, t...
Anime Expo 2024: The Guilty Gear Team Talks With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 14. We apologize for the inconvenience.Author: Seth BurnEditor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: When you first think of Guilty Gear, what emotions do you think of? Is it the competition, or...
Otakon 2024: Biology of Cells at Work!
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 10. We apologize for the inconvenience.Author: Samantha FerreiraEditor: Samantha FerreiraHost: Matthew VaughnBiology Through AnimeOn January 26, 2015, Akane Shimizu’s Cells at Work!debut...
Otakon 2024: Welcoming The Next Otaku Generation
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 10. We apologize for the inconvenience.Author: Samantha FerreiraEditor: Samantha FerreiraOn the final weekend of July 1994, three hundred fifty anime fans gathered at Pennsylvania's Da...
Powered by Crunchyroll: Reflecting on Miku Expo 2024, and Crunchyroll’s Industry Dominance
Author: Kennedy (Red Bard)Editor: Masha ZhdanovaIt almost feels unnecessary to explain who Hatsune Miku is—famously, the world is, of course, hers. The virtual singing sensation and one-time Domino’s mascothas dominated the globe with innumerable iconic songs made by those utilizing her vocal so...
Anime Herald Financial Report For Fiscal Quarter 2, 2025 (Ending 6/30/2024)
IntroductionAs 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 outlines our organization’s finances, as well as an ev...
Anime Expo 2024: The Übel Blatt Staff Talks With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on August 2. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnDate:7/7/2024Editor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: Übel Blattis dark fantasy. Is that something you always were attracted to?E...
Talking Beyblade with Katsuhito Akyama at Anime Expo
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on July 30. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnDate:7/5/2024Editor: Samantha Ferreira(Editor’s note: Mr. Akiyama’s previous interview ended with him and the interviewer sho...
Anime Expo 2024: The Kinnikuman Staff Throws Down With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on July 27. We apologize for the inconvenienceInterviewer: Seth BurnDate:7/6/2024Editor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: I remember the action figures of M.U.S.C.L.E. from back in the 80’s. What do...
Anime Expo 2024: A Conversation With the Momentary Lily Staff
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on July 22. We apologize for the inconvenienceInterviewer: Seth BurnDate:7/6/2024Editor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: The (Momentary Lily) promomentions “GoHands’ one-of-a-kind visual style!â€...
Anime Expo 2024: Falcom President Toshihiro Kondo Talks With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will debut on the main Anime Herald site on July 20. We apologize for the inconvenience.Date:7/5/2024Location:Anime Expo 2024Interviewer:Seth BurnEditor:Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: What was the idea for Ys X: Nordics? What did you want ...
Rhode Island Anime Con: Surprisingly, Not the Worst Con that Happened that Weekend
Author: Kennedy (Red Bard)Editor: Samantha FerreiraIt’d be tough for Rhode Island Anime Con (RIAC) to have worse timing than it did last year. In a decision that was either incredibly bold or incredibly foolish, their inaugural event was held during the same weekend as Otakon—one of the biggest ...
RI Anime Con 2024: Several Steps In The Right Direction
Author: Samantha FerreiraEditor: Samantha FerreiraIntroductionIf one were to look at the anime fan community of thirty years ago, it would be nearly unrecognizable to folks today. Streaming services like Crunchyroll and HIDIVE did not exist, and access to the medium was limited to whatever a person ...
Koala Anime's Euca-lasting Impact On North America
Author: Borealis CappsEditor: Samantha FerreiraIn Japan, Adventures of the Little Koalaand Blinky the Wonderful Koalacame, were enjoyed by children, and went with little fanfare. Outside of a singular, later broadcast of Adventures of the Little Koalaby IBC Iwate Broadcasting in 1986, the series had...
Lightbox Expo 2023: Dean Yagle Talks With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of this article, it will be published on the main Anime Herald site on July 2. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnEditor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: You were originally interested in becoming a Disney artist.Dean Yeagle:I’ve animated...
Anyone can access manga now. Here's why that's good.
Author: Lauren OrsiniEditor: Samantha FerreiraOn June 10, the New York Times’ Wordlepicked “MANGA” as the result of the day, and boomers went ballistic. Even though “SALSA” had been a result just recently, the comments sectionwas flooded with complaints about how “foreign words” were n...
Lightbox Expo: Clover Complex & Toodlingart Talk With Anime Herald
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of this article, it will be published to the main Anime Herald site on June 25. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnEditor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: What’s the story behind the New York City rats?Clover Complex:My friend and I, Ant,...
The Takarazuka Revue, Girl Princes and Modern Yuri
Author:HipólitaEditor:Masha ZhdanovaWhat do musical theater, crossdressing, the Tokugawa shogunate and yuri manga and anime have in common? Well, just about everything. The lily bloom of modern yuri has its roots in many different ponds - from the gay magazine Barazoku where lesbians had their own ...
A Fandom Life Well-Lived: A Conversation With Greg Ayres
Author: Kennedy (Red Bard)Date:2/17/2024Location:Katsucon 2024Kennedy:So, Greg, normally I start this out by asking, like, “For our readers who don't know who you are, please tell us who you are!” But you—you've been interviewed by usacoupletimes!Greg Ayres:A few times—not too long a...
Koala-ty Entertainment: An Australian Anime Craze
Author: Borealis CappsEditor: Samantha FerreiraThe first-ever Koala Symposium was held at the Taronga Park Zoo in 1978, setting into motion a series of events that would build off of the panda-monium craze in 1970s in Japanto inspire a whole new generation of children’s anime. All experts attendin...
Interviews With Artists: Kai Lun Qo At Lightbox Expo 2024
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of this coverage, we will be publishing this interview on June 14. We apologize for the inconvenience.Author: Seth BurnEditor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: What’s a nice classically trained artist like you, doing in a place like this?Kai Lun Qu:I always fel...
Bucchigiri?! Lacks Utsumi Hiroko’s Signature Style, Heart, and Soul
Author: Elif Sinem ErdemEditor:Alex Henderson“Swimming anime”—that tag briefly appeared all over Tumblr in summer 2013, featuring four scantily clad young men around a pool. It was initially unclear to me what the CV by legendary studio Kyoto Animation was for. In the thick of August and witho...
Katsucon 2024: Paul St Peter Talks With Red Bard
Interviewer:Kennedy (Red Bard)Interview Location: Katsucon 2024Interview Date: 2/16/2024Kennedy:So for our readers who might not be familiar with you, who are you?Paul St. Peter: I am Paul St. Peter, a voice actor out of Los Angeles. My best-known roles right now would be Kurama in Naruto, Naruto Sh...
HIZAKI and Kaya at Anime Boston 2024
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this article will be published to the main Anime Herald site on June 5. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnEditor: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: What does beauty mean to you?Kaya:For me, beauty is necessary for life. We g...
Katsucon 2024: A Truly Serendipitous Weekend
Author: Kennedy (Red Bard)Editor: Samantha FerreiraIntroductionMy attendance at Katsucon 2024 was a fairly last-minute thing. I hadn’t really given it a thought, let alone considered it as something that was even maybehappening until November 2023. While I was still in this early and uncertain pre...






