Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will go live on the main Anime Herald site on June 1. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Author: Daniel Dockery
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
While sitting with some friends at The Davie 2024-05-29 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Adam Wescott
Editor: Trent Cannon
Music is central to the anime series RahXephon. The titular robot seeks the power to “tune the world” while its enemies, the stone Dolem, are named after musical notation and attack by song. The show’s soundtrack lives up to its central motif. Legendary anime co...
2024-05-25 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will go live on the main Anime Herald site on May 27. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: What was your experience like last night performing here at Anime Boston?...
2024-05-24 16:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Lauren Orsini
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Are you an aspiring convention reporter? Are you interested in covering conventions, “but not yet, once I get some more experience”? As fandom event season approaches, I’m urging you (yes, you!) to put those concerns aside and apply for a press pass at an anime conventi...
2024-05-23 01:55:45 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will go live on the main Anime Herald site on May 23, 2024. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Author: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime-Zing Radio: What got you into music, specifically rap?
Lotus Juice: Growing up, I mo...
2024-05-21 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Adam Wescott
Editor: Masha Zhdanova
Misaki Takamatsu’s Skip and Loafer tells the story of Mitsumi and Sousuke, two high school students from very different backgrounds who nevertheless become friends. As the two of them grow closer, they inspire each other to reach outside of their comfort zones and become better people....
2024-05-19 02:28:53 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Borealis Capps
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
In this day and age, it’s impossible to deny that Japan’s actions during World War II were anything short of horrifying. The 2024-05-15 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will go live on the main Anime Herald site on May 16, 2024. We apologizes for the inconvenience.
Author: Samantha Ferreira
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Fifteen years ago, Brian T. Price became a part of the very...
2024-05-15 03:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Theo Wise
Editor: Nicole Mejias
You’ve probably come across VTubers if you’ve spent any time in the wild world of online entertainment. They’re internet stars who use digital avatars instead of showing their faces. This trend really kicked off back in 2016, when Kizuna AI, a virtual persona from Jap...
2024-05-11 22:22:23 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to the time-sensitive nature of this piece, it will be going live on the main Anime Herald site on May 10. We apologize for the inconvenience.
· Interviewer: Seth Burn
· Editor: Samantha Ferreira
Anime Herald: Do you want the most important que...
2024-05-08 18:44:41 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Gabriel Leão
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
In 2023, the gothic world of Castlevania returned to televisions around the world, with an all-new entry into the series’ animated universe. Castlevania: Nocturne, an anime-inspired series by Frederator and Powerhouse Animation, took viewers...
2024-05-05 02:54:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Borealis Capps
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
The first AI-generated “anime,” Disastrously Not Knowing What to Do and What Not to Do, known colloquially as Always Breaktime...
2024-05-02 02:55:37 +0000 UTC View PostAs part of our efforts to maintain full transparency within our organization, it’s decided that every year, the chief officer of Anime Herald must compile an annual financial report within 8 weeks of the end of the fiscal year. This document will serve to outline our finances, as well as our performance over the year.
For reporting purposes, our fiscal year runs fro...
2024-05-01 01:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Patricia C. Baxter
Editor: Alex Henderson
Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers for major plot points revealed in volumes 2 and 3 of Nakatani Nio’s God Bless the Mistaken.
When creating works of fiction that represent or allude to the experienc...
2024-04-27 23:10:45 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to the nature of this event coverage, this will debut on Anime Herald's main site on April 29. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Author: Samantha Ferreira
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
In this day and age, it’s impossible to talk about anime musi...
2024-04-26 02:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Lauren Orsini
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
One day, I was offered a book deal and my life changed overnight.
Just kidding.
Even today, writers cling to the fossilized misbelief that books are the end-all-be-all of our careers. The problem is, nobody reads books. In 2023, only 2024-04-25 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Author: Caitlin Sinclair Chappell
Editor: Nicole Mejias
One of the most anticipated anime of 2023 was Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, and it has not disappointed—outside of several episode delays. Zom 100 is about former wage slave Akira getting a second go at life during the zombie apocalyp...
2024-04-20 16:18:06 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Borealis Capps
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
On March 28, Chris and Steve over at Anime News Network posed a curious question: Is Birdie Wing to blame for the sudden rise in golfing anime? Not on...
2024-04-17 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: James Parker
Editor: Alex Henderson
Have you seen this man? If you’ve been anywhere near online manga fandom in the past few months, you probably have—though maybe not in his original context. Pictured is Rokuhira Chihiro, protagonist of the manga series Kagurabachi, created by Hokazono...
2024-04-14 02:39:58 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will be published on the main Anime Herald site on April 15. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Author: Samantha Ferreira
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
In this day and age, it’s difficult to explain just how different anime ...
2024-04-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will be published on the main Anime Herald site on April 16. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Author: Seth Burn
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
You can get a vibe from the theater before a show begins. Sometimes it can be mellow; other times...
2024-04-12 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Lauren Orsini
Editor: Samantha Ferreira
I never thought breaking my foot would be the ultimate crash course in taking a kid to an anime convention. As it turns out, though, a bum foot and a preschooler aren’t all that different.
Back in 2011, I broke my foot by tripping down a Metro escalator. Katsuco...
2024-04-10 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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Anime Boston has sought to make cosplayers feel welcome since their very first weekend in April 2003. Back in that inaugural weekend, it felt like one stepped into wonderland, as folks cosplaying as 2024-04-07 15:35:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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Author: Samantha Ferreira
Host: Mike Toole
In this day and age, the idea of shows vanishing into proverbial oblivion has become a distressingly common phenomenon...
2024-04-05 04:11:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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Author: Samantha Ferreira
A line of attendees had already begun to form outside of the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium by nine o’clock, as fans staked out their spots for Anime Bosto...
2024-04-03 04:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Due to the time-sensitive nature of our coverage, this will be published on the main Anime Herald site on April 6. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Author: Samantha Ferreira
On April 9, 2004, New England anime fans rejoiced, as they desce...
2024-04-03 03:03:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Fritz Kurz
Editor: Lydia Rivers
Introduction:
If you have ever considered Odd Taxi to be a brilliant entry in the neo-noir genre of storytelling, you wouldn’t be alone. With morally ambiguous characters, an increasingly intertwined crime story, and a focused, slow-burning emergence...
2024-03-30 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhile TikTok is a massive and attractive platform for comedic anime fandubs, it does come with its own difficulties when compared to YouTube. The traditionally episodic abridged series aren’t suited to the platform’s algorithmic nature, which is likely to put those episodes in front of viewers out of order, or long after they were originally posted.
To compensate, creators have evolve...
2024-03-27 18:05:45 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Austin Jacques
Editor: Masha Zhdanova
Is there any greater vibe than settling down to watch some cozy anime content that makes you laugh again and again? Maybe you’re more of the shonen type, but for me it’s the quiet, feel-good anime that I crave most often.
... 2024-03-23 23:03:03 +0000 UTC View PostA huge thanks to Patreon backer NegiKitsu for requesting this. The article wouldn’t have happened without his suggestion.
In 2017, I attended Viz Media’s evening panel for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. It was a full house, and I almost could...
2024-03-16 22:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post