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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 come about?Max Kim:We have an event team in our company. They handle special events. They were able to connect with the Dodgers. We jumped on the opportunity. We felt this was a good way to connect with our fans, and a new audience as well.Anime Heral...
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 lore can delve deeper into the company’s back catalog to unleash the essence of anime conventions of the aughts. The treasure they seek, Whack a Catgirl, contains the vibes and excitement of a Saturday night at the local con inside a single cardboar...
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 from the manga?Kumiko Habara:The original manga has a tremendous amount of detail. We struggled a bit with how to replicate that in the anime. Matching that level of detail would be too much work to be realistically possible. We had to find a proper ...
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 your career, from Happy Sugar Lifeand Magical Girl Site, to Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead. How do you feel your experience on these projects helped you in working on DAN DA DAN?Hiroshi Kamei: Although not directly from these horror-related works, t...
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 many years, can you give us any updates?Taichiro Miyazaki:As a video game development company, we’ve been putting out many titles over the years. Thanks to all of our fans, Fuga(Fuga: Melodies of Steel) is a trilogy. The first two games are now ou...
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, toward the building, gathering at crosswalks before they crossed the streets in time with the walk signals. Hundreds of people milled about outside the building, each wearing a badge that dangled loosely from a branded lanyard.Inside, tens of thousand...
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 is it entertainment?Ken Miyauchi:I grew up with Guilty Gearand other Arc System Works fighting games before I joined the company. I view it more from an entertainment aspect. It gave me a new tool to communicate with people. For me, Arc System Works...
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!debuted in the pages of Kodanahs’a Monthly Shonen Siriusmagazine. The series, which reimagines the human body as a world populated by a gaggle of anthropomorphized cells, follows a newbie Red Blood Cell as she performs her duties. As she rushes to and f...
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 Days Inn Penn State for Otakon 1994, a new convention that carried the tagline "Convention of Otaku Generation." Artist Robert DeJesusheadlined the event’s guest list, which included translator Neil Nadelman, translator C. Sue Shambaugh, and ...
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 software, and has been hosting “live” performances and tours (more on this shortly) across the world for several years. And the latest of these tours to come to North America, Miku Expo 2024, was being “powered by Crunchyroll.”If you can recall...
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 evaluation of our performance over Quarter 2 of our 2025 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2024.Notes:Unless stated otherwise, all values are in US DollarsDue to the way fiscal years fall in Rhode Island, this is the second quarter, and has been adj...
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?Etorouji Shiono:Not particularly. Honestly, it’s kind of based on a request I received from an editor. “It might be easier to capture the attention of older fans if it included something a little bit more dark.”Anime Herald: If you had not recei...
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 shouting “Let it rip!”)Anime Herald: I’ll start with the most important question first: How do you feel after “letting it rip?”Katsuhito Akiyama:(Laughs) It was very hard to say.Anime Herald: Shifting to Beyblade, where do you think the passio...
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 you think has led to the enduring popularity of Kinnikuman?Kinnikuman:That’s a tough question. I had tons of those figures.Everyone had the M.U.S.C.L.E. action figures back in the day. They all played with them. I think that’s part of the reason...
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!” How did that style develop?Momentary Lily:Speaking of company style: There are fewer than 100 companies capable of producing anime in-house, and only a few are based in regional areas. GoHands is the only one of them based out of an office in Osaka...
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 players to feel or experience?Toshihiro Kondo:For the Ys series, I want every different game to be a different experience. For some recent examples, Ys VIII (Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana) was a dual protagonist system: Adol, Dana . The story is greatly...
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 anime conventions in North America, which takes place in the far-but-not-too-far-from-New-England Washington DC. This is all to say that one would think RIAC has learned a thing or two about the importance of good timing in the year since. But if suc...
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 could scrounge up at the local comic shop or video store. Those who wanted to go deeper couldn’t hop onto a fandom Discord, and social media was little more than an abject fantasy.Even so, the humble anime convention stands as a comforting connecti...
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 little long term impact in Japan.(1) The show’s reception proved to be vastly different internationally, as the shows reached France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Portugal, and would be particularly popular in several Arabic speaking countries.(...
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 Mickey Mouse and Pinocchio for a commercial. I’m an official Disney artist. I’m allowed to draw Disney characters. They put you on a list. If anybody wants someone to draw their characters, they can go to Disney, and Disney will tell them who’...
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 not kosher.“How many English-speaking people would ever have heard of this word?”asked one frustrated commenter.Wow. Guess I can’t keep saying that everyone and their grandmother knows about manga.“MANGA” may have been the most contentious W...
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, went to New York forMoCCAfest. It was inspired by our trip, and the subway. Also, the viral videos and the TikToks.Anime Herald: I see that you’ve done the rats in a variety of classic poses. The Da Vinci Vitruvian Manwith the pizza as the fig lea...
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 column, to the classic novels of “Class S” literature which seem so tame to our modern expectations. But above all other things, you can draw a line as sharp and straight as Utena Tenjou’s dueling foil between yuri and the all-female musical th...
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 ago, actually.Kennedy:So instead, I'm going to start this out by asking, so how long have you been a fan of anime?Greg Ayres:Man, I don't know that I can put an actual number on that. I mean, I know when I started watching. I used to run aroun...
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 attending surprisingly came to a unanimous agreement that the previous ban on the export of koalas placed in 1960 should be lifted and koalas should be sent to “appropriate zoos and scientific institutions overseas.”(1) Seven zoos in Japan appliedto be a...
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 felt like I never really belonged or fit in the fine art industry. I was interested in their techniques and their methodologies and philosophies. I was a huge fan of old masters likeSargent,Zorn,Sorolla, contemporary masters likeRichard Schmid,Jeremy Li...
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 without any awareness of the ad’s relation, my brother and I watched the first three episodes of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club, right after we saw the first season of Kuroko no Basket together. Our desire was to see an anime about competitive swimming, which ...
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 Shippuden, and Boruto, and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. And game-wise, my best-known work would be on Kingdom Heartsas Xemnas.Kennedy: I don't mean to age you, but you've been in the industry a very long time. When did you start getting into voic...
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 get nutrients from food. Beauty gives me nutrients for my heart.Anime Herald: What does beauty mean to you?Kaya:For me, beauty is necessary for life. We get nutrients from food. Beauty gives me nutrients for my heart.HIZAKI:(In English)Nice Question.(...
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-planning phase, I emailed the convention to inquire about press badges. However, I wouldn’t receive a response. I thought nothing of it, and assumed I must’ve missed the window to apply for one. It would have made sense, as the con was only thre...
