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As the Buddha's Temple Bells Toll: Looking Back to Kyoto Animation
Author: Adam WescottOn July 18th 2019, an arson attack at the studio Kyoto Animation (“KyoAni”) killed 36 people and injured 34 more. Three years later, its influence continues to be felt. Those who perished in the attack are no longer here. Survivors were injured, traumatized, and scarred. Some left the studio to ...
Fushigi Yuugi Was My Twilight (And I’m So Sorry)
Author: Steph NolanBefore the illogically intense backlash for Ghostbusters, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Twilight, or even Titanic, there was an alternative universe, a bubble in which girl-pandering content didn’t immediately lead to constant harassment, criticism, or death threats to those who enjoyed it, simply for ...
How Healer Girl Calmly Created A New Way To Be Magical
Author: Ayumi ShinozakiAmong the flurry of the successful spring 2022 anime season, one series stood out among all the others: Healer Girl, produced by Studio 3Hz. It was a gorgeously animated story of four girls working hard as apprentices in the field of Healing, using singing to channel their restorative abilities. ...
East Meets West: The Western/Japanese Animation Collaborations of the ‘80s
Author: Paul SebertOutsourced and In DemandWhile anime fandom didn't truly explode in the United States until the 1990s, future fans were getting their first taste of anime through extensively retooled shows like Voltron, Robotech, and Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs. In addition to these some of the most popular...
Griffin Burns Talks to Anime Herald
Note: Minor edits made for clarityInterviewer: Samantha FerreiraAnime Herald: How does it feel to be connected with so many iconic franchises, notably the Fate and Devilman works?Griffin Burns: Fate and Devilman? Well, first off, it's an honor to be part of all those franchises. I will admit, I wasn't an anime ...
Article Focus Poll: August/September 2022
Good morning, patrons, and happy End of August! I hope you're all finding ways to beat the heat and keep cool out in the big blue room with the giant light bulb, because it's been toasty this year. Thankfully, the new anime season's been another stunner, with fan favorites like Love Live! Superstar and Made...
Garnet With A "T": Diana Garnet Talks to Anime Herald
Note: Due to time sensitivity concerns, this will be published on the main Anime Herald site at 9:00PM EDT. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnAnime Herald: Let’s begin with the most important topic: Baseball.Diana Garnet: Baseball!Anime Herald: What is it like being an American baseball fan in ...
A Poet Bares His Soul: EyeQ Talks With Anime Herald
Note: Due to time sensitivity reasons, this interview will go live on the main Anime Herald site on Tuesday, August 16. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnAnime Herald: How does a nice boy from Brooklyn end up performing Nerdcore in Orlando?EyeQ: Where do you want me to start?Anime Herald: Brookly...
Anime Herald Talks With Travis Japan
Note: Due to time sensitivity concerns, this will be published on the main Anime Herald site at 9:00PM EDT. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnAnime Herald: What has been the most pleasant surprise about living in the US (Los Angeles)?Shime: The thing that has surprised me the most is how the danc...
The Wild World of Anime CD-ROMs in North America
Author: Mark McDonaldWhen looking through the lens of the current era, it can be difficult to imagine that anime was once a fairly scarce commodity outside of Japan. It wasn’t long ago that fans would search high and low to find VHS tapes, LaserDiscs, magazines, and anything else they could get their hands on. While ...
A Conversation With ASCA
Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of this interview, we will be publishing this to Anime Herald's main site on 7/30/2022. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnAnime Herald: You've recorded songs with Takanori Nishikawa (T.M.Revolution), Fox Capture Plan, and Kanon Wakeshima. Are there a...
The Short History (and Strong Potential) of Fitness Anime
Author: Borealis CappsI admit it, I want to be as hot as a 2D anime girl. I want the lustful eyes that are directed towards the curvy vectorized forms of 2D anime girls to gaze just as longfully at my 3D one. While there’s no concrete “how to” guide for transforming into a piece of animated art, there are other, ...
A Living Tribute to the Classics: An Exploration of Super Robot Wars 30
Author: Jonathan KaharlSuper Robot Wars is an institution. First released in 1991, it’s a franchise with a ridiculous number of entries – almost all of them built around a very similar concept:“All of your favorite giant robot anime - the characters and the mecha- exist within the same universe. They are now figh...
The Floor is Lava: An Interview With Ray Chase, Max Mittelman, and Robbie Daymond
Note: Due to time sensitivity reasons, this will be going to the main Anime Herald site on July 11. We apologize for the inconvenience.Interviewer: Seth BurnRobbie Daymond: I’m Robbie Daymond. We’re all voice actors. I assume if you’re here, you already know that. This gentleman to my right is Max Mittelman. That...
Anime Boston 2022: Interview With Greg Ayres
Note: Due to the time sensitive nature of the interview, this will be published on Anime Herald's main site on July 6. Thank you for understanding.Interviewer: Seth BurnHoney’s Anime: You’ve voiced quite a few LGBT characters...Greg Ayres: Absolutely. As well as myself.Honey’s Anime: Such as Izumi from Love S...
Boys' Love, Fandom, and Italy: A Passionate Affair
Author: CamiCover image: La scintilla dell’amore by Kuroda Sakaki (Kappa Edizioni, 2006)A girl is out at the newsstand next to her building, buying some magazines for her mother and a newspaper for her grandfather. The air is cold, she shivers in her coat as she just so quickly browses the small comic book section th...
Article Focus Poll: June 2022
Good afternoon, patrons! Summer is officially here, in under a day, which means it's just about time for sun, fun, and... hold on.I've just been informed that the new anime season starts next week, so that may be postponed. But anyway! That aside, it's time for our monthly article focus poll!We'd like t...
Anime Boston 2022: You Can Always Come Home
In what felt like the blink of an eye, Sunday had fallen upon the Hynes Convention Center. A familiar calm swept over the venue, as crowds slowly thinned through the day, and the tens of thousands who had made the trek to Boston began to fill into trains, planes, and automobiles to begin their journey home.Or, in true ...
Anime Boston 2022: Bad Anime, Bad!
Host: Tinfoil Pyramid HatsIt feels like an eternity ago at this point, but in 2019, Brian T. Price celebrated his tenth season of Bad Anime, Bad! in the Hynes’ cavernous Hall D. Clad in a black suit and jacket, Price had unleashed a three-hour torrent of bilge that would make even the most optimistic fans reel back i...
Anime Boston 2022: Yuri Court
Hosts: Erica Friedman, YuriMotherIn the western yuri community, there are few who are more knowledgeable or influential than Erica Friedman or YuriMother. Friedman is an esteemed scholar of the genre, who has spent much of her career in the community as an advocate. In addition to running yuri news source Okazu, she fo...
The Benefits of Bringing Studio Ghibli Into the Classroom
If you were a student at the turn of the millennium, there is a good chance that you can recall that knee-jerk look of disgust that your art teachers gave when someone mentioned “anime.” Sometimes, though, if you were lucky, you’d find that one instructor who would encourage you to embrace the medium. I was fortu...
Anime Boston 2022: Cosplay Comes Back To Boston
The hallways of the Hynes Convention center were buzzing with activity by mid-morning on Friday, as thousands of eager fans began to wander the venue's spacious hallways. By the evening, the building was packed with eager fans, who were clad in badges that dangled from HIDIVE badges bearing the image of Lupin III.T...
Anime Boston 2022: EyeQ & ASCA Concert
Note: All photos credit to Samantha Ferreira. Anime Herald received explicit permission from Anime Boston to take and publish pictures from the concert.EyeQA line that coiled around the entire second floor of the Sheraton Hotel’s main lobby had formed, by the time the doors to the Grand Ballroom opened at five o’cl...
The Opaque Masterpiece: Angel's Egg
Author: e rathkeAn egg. A man. A girl. An empty city of grand, gothic buildings populated by shadows hunting the shade of some great fish. Skeletons of massive beasts. A floating sphere covered in statues crashing into the water, then rising again. An unanswerable question spoken softly:Who are you?Two years before Yos...
Anime Boston 2022: Opening Ceremonies
As the clock struck ten o’clock on Friday morning, a line of excited fans had already begun to line up in front of the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. The queue wrapped around the second floor of the Hynes and, though everyone was wearing masks, the excitement in everybody’s eyes was hard to miss. There was a hope...
Anime Boston 2022: Gundoh Musashi, The Disaster Anime
https://www.patreon.com/posts/anime-boston-67221561On June 27, 2003, eccentric filmmaker Tommy Wiseau unleashed The Room upon the world. The film was widely panned by critics, who quickly needled its shoddy production values, inconsistent writing, and generally atrocious acting. In the years that followed, though, the ...
Anime Boston 2022: Introduction - A Sorely Missed Homecoming
Author: Samantha FerreiraOn April 21, 2019, more than twenty-five thousand anime fans departed the year's Anime Boston event with fond memories in mind, and just a bit of brightness in a world that had become dark, even terrifying for many. As closing ceremonies wrapped up, and the halls of the Hynes grew still, th...
Why GymTok Believes Baki is the Greatest Anime Character
By: Eric BoneIt isn’t exactly difficult to see why gymrats would be drawn to Battle Shonen. The genre’s love of training montages, power scaling, and characters who push themselves past their limits makes many of its common tropes look as if they were specifically designed to appeal to fitness enthusiasts. There’...
The Forgotten Surprises of Anime VHS Commercials
Author: Anthony GramugliaIt’s hard to imagine, in our current era where TV shows, movies, and music are all so accessible, but during the ‘90s and early 2000s, often the only way to learn about new works were the advertisements on physical media. For anime, a medium with little mainstream attention prior to the Too...
Article Focus Poll: May 2022
Happy May, everybody! Spring is in the air, and the days are getting warmer. That means that it's time for our monthly article focus pollHistory (ex: Devil’s Candy: A Release Almost 20 Years in the Making). We'd like to hear what Get your votes in, and make your voice heard!What Is This?As folks who've pu...
