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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · Aug 23

It's official! We just announced that we're publishing a new magazine, inventively titled "Anime Herald Magazine." It's priced at $17.95 and will include ten new articles from some of the field's foremost authorities when it ships in November.

You can preorder your copy at shop.animeherald.com

Cover visual for Anime Herald Magazine that depicts publication mascot Hera, walking out of a convenience store - "Anna Drees" - which is like a Lawson, on a small city block. She's smiling and looking toward the sky as she carries a bag of snacks and a vanilla ice cream cone.

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 21h

Samantha sent me some incredible news - we've reached 200 preorders for Anime Herald Magazine #1! 💖 Thank you so much.

Help support indie anime journalism by ordering your copy today

Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔

Cover art for Anime Herald Magazine, which features a tag that reads "Anime Herald Magazine - we speak otaku. No #001 Fall 2025, launch issue"

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 17h

The Search For Beauty: HIZAKI and Kaya Talk to Anime Herald: Seth Burn talks with visual kei artists HIZAKI and Kaya about their work and career, the evolution of visual kei, and the difference in fan cultures at home and abroad, among other topics.

#visualkei #jpop #anime

The Search For Beauty: HIZAKI and Kaya Talk to Anime Herald

"If you look at things like KPOP, they’re spreading all over the world. Not just in Japan or the US. As visual kei artists, we need to keep up. We need to continue to grow all over the world and not lose out to them."

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 19h

Hi everyone, it's new article day. 🥰

Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Ascendance of a Bookworm staffers Goshi Yoshida and Yui Shibata about the upcoming season. They discussed the anime landscape, the studio selection process, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it

#interview

Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime's Goshi Yoshida and Yui Shibata Talk With Anime Herald

It has a wide range of readers. For young kids to older adults. A very wide demographic. It’s been translated into over twenty languages. It’s an encouraging and inspiring story of a young girl in love with a book, and creating a book in her world. We would like to inspire those readers.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 21h

Samantha sent me some incredible news - we've reached 200 preorders for Anime Herald Magazine #1! 💖 Thank you so much.

Help support indie anime journalism by ordering your copy today

Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔

Cover art for Anime Herald Magazine, which features a tag that reads "Anime Herald Magazine - we speak otaku. No #001 Fall 2025, launch issue"

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 22h

From Anime to Transformers to Tabletop: How the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross Became an Icon in 3 Fandoms: Caelyn Ellis explores the history of the Valkyrie VF-1, and how it became an iconic, irreplaceable part of three distinct fandoms.

#macross #transformers #battletech

From Anime to Transformers to Tabletop: How the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross Became an Icon in 3 Fandoms

The end result of this massive tangle of licensing and legal kerfuffle is that, 42 years after it was created, there are now three distinct robots you can see on screens and buy figures of that are all, at heart, the VF-1S Super Valkyrie

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

An Unexpected Gem: How Bocchi the Rock! Outshines the Competition: Austin Jacques, explores 2022 anime series Bocchi the Rock!, its themes of found family and identity, and how this ties in with its good-natured, self-effacing humor to earn high praise, even a couple of years later.

#anime #manga

An Unexpected Gem: How Bocchi the Rock! Outshines the Competition

Bocchi the Rock, at its essence, is a story about how we find community and love by challenging ourselves to chase what’s meaningful to us.

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Chimamire Atama 🎃🐾🌭 @terrible.moe · 1d

Folks, you can pay for data bits instead of dead tree.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

In case you missed it, digital preorders for Anime Herald Magazine are now available!

Details at hera.fyi/ahmagissue1up1

Preorder your digital copy ($15.75 USD) at hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Or preorder your physical copy ($17.95 USD) at hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔

#anime #magazines

Cover art for Anime Herald Magazine, which features a tag that reads "Anime Herald Magazine - we speak otaku. No #001 Fall 2025, launch issue"

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

In case you missed it, digital preorders for Anime Herald Magazine are now available!

Details at hera.fyi/ahmagissue1up1

Preorder your digital copy ($15.75 USD) at hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Or preorder your physical copy ($17.95 USD) at hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔

#anime #magazines

Cover art for Anime Herald Magazine, which features a tag that reads "Anime Herald Magazine - we speak otaku. No #001 Fall 2025, launch issue"

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

The Amazing Overlooked Women in the Anime Industry - Kumojackedup explores the careers of several outstanding women in the anime industry who go overlooked in most discussions. Specifically, he discusses the work of Reiko Nagasawa, Hitoi Kariya, Eri Kinoshita, and Touko Yatabe.

#anime #manga

The Amazing Overlooked Women in the Anime Industry

We’ve made massive strides compared to where we started, but there are still plenty of names that go overlooked—especially women, even on high-profile shows.

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(PEPEGR∆PHIX) 📺✨ @pepesalot.bsky.social · 2d

Digital pre-orders live!

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 2d

Hi everybody! We've received a lot of questions regarding the digital edition of Anime Herald Magazine. We heard you, and we're happy to announce that digital pre-orders are officially live. The issue is priced at $15.75, and will go out to you the day we start shipping the physical edition out. 💖

Anime Herald Magazine Issue #1 (Digital Edition)

The digital edition of the first issue of Anime Herald's print magazine features seven of our best articles, along with a selection of all-new pieces from individuals who've helped shape the anime media landscape as we know it. New Articles in this issue: Censorship, Sex Work, and Murder: The Foundations of Ero-guro in

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 2d

Hi everybody! We've received a lot of questions regarding the digital edition of Anime Herald Magazine. We heard you, and we're happy to announce that digital pre-orders are officially live. The issue is priced at $15.75, and will go out to you the day we start shipping the physical edition out. 💖

Anime Herald Magazine Issue #1 (Digital Edition)

The digital edition of the first issue of Anime Herald's print magazine features seven of our best articles, along with a selection of all-new pieces from individuals who've helped shape the anime media landscape as we know it. New Articles in this issue: Censorship, Sex Work, and Murder: The Foundations of Ero-guro in

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 3d

Hi everyone, we have a new interview today! Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Arc System Works' Ken Miyauchi about Guilty Gear -STRIVE- and its first-ever guest character in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Lucy, plans for the future, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy.

#interview

Anime Expo 2025: Arc System Works Talks With Anime Herald

"I would like to say that the Guilty Gear -STRIVE- community is very honest, straightforward, and vocal about what they are thinking and feeling."

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 3d

The Studio Orange Staff Talks With Anime Herald: Seth Burn talked with members from acclaimed anime studio Orange. They discuss their work on titles like Beastars and Trigun Stampede, the evolution of CGI anime, working with Joe Hisaishi for Leviathan, and more.

#anime

The Studio Orange Staff Talks With Anime Herald

"It’s definitely part of our intention to make sure that people are more familiar with what CGI animation possibly can do."

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 4d

The Everlasting Appeal of Music Anime: A Love Song and Pitch: Jack Andow, explores the growing field of music anime. He examines the genre's hallmarks and breaks down several of the biggest titles to debut in recent years.

#anime #manga #music

The Everlasting Appeal of Music Anime: A Love Song and Pitch

Community perspective towards music anime may be shifting thanks to fantastic additions like Bocchi the Rock! and Oshi no Ko, which appealed to general fandom by shedding a light on the greater entertainment industry.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 4d

Divided We Stand: The Two Halves of Figure17: Adam Wescott explores 2001 anime Figure 17, and how the show's dual nature as a slice-of-life drama and a sci-fi action series help it stand as a genuinely compelling experience.

#anime

Divided We Stand: The Two Halves of Figure17

Loneliness, daily routines, the seasonal cycle of death and rebirth; these elements of life on Earth all reinforce the deadly stakes of the science fiction storyline.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

Beyond "Birdie Wing": COVID-19’s Impact On Golf Anime Adaptations - Borealis Capps examines the recent rise in the popularity of golf anime, and the factors that led to the growing number of shows. Was it really Birdie Wing that caused it? ... Well, kinda, sorta, but not quite.

#anime #golf

Beyond Birdie Wing: COVID-19's Impact On Golf Anime Adaptations

In the wake of COVID-19’s initial wave, though, golf provided a space for social occasions during a time of necessary isolation.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

The Failure of “America’s Greatest Otaku”: Megan D provides a postmortem of America's Greatest Otaku: Tokyopop's ill-advised attempt at creating a reality TV series for anime fans, and the baffling decisions made as the industry crumbled around it

#anime #history #reality

The Failure of "America's Greatest Otaku"

Tokyopop’s situation was still precarious after a round of layoffs in 2008, but company founder and CEO Stu Levy was certain he could turn things around.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 6d

American Comic Strips: The First Manga: Julian Jefko examines the interconnection between early American comics and the rise of Japan's manga industry, and how works like "Bringing Up Father" and Mickey Mouse influenced manga creators.

#manga #comics

American Comic Strips: The First Manga

The influence of American comics came first through the 1880-1920 translations; after this was established, the 1923 introduction of Bringing Up Father served as a turning point of Japanese manga.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 6d

Hi everybody, we're a journalist-owned, 100% reader-supported e-zine, and we do our best to deliver quality work and pay everyone fairly. We're currently trying to earn enough to raise our rates across the board

Consider backing us on Patreon. $3/month gets all of our articles in your inbox early 💖

Get more from Anime Herald on Patreon

Creating an ad-free, online anime magazine

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 7d

Hi everyone, it's new article day. 🥰

Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Shiori Novella, from hololive English -Advent-. They discussed her work as a VTuber, her music, projects like 2024 visual novel Snowed In, working with hololive, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it

#hololive

Shiori Novella, hololive English -Advent-'s Archiver, Talks With Anime Herald

" I just love learning things at my own pace. I wanted to be a teacher growing up. Naturally, I didn’t become one. I became this. I thought “I wish the classroom was a little bit more fun, so I am going to make content like fun for a classroom, except you are at home."

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 7d

Hey, freelance writers: We're always excited to work with members of the anime community for articles 💖

If there's a topic you'd like to write about with us, let us know! We pay $50/article.

Guidelines: hera.fyi/guidelines 📖
Pitch Form: hera.fyi/pitch ✍️

#writing #jobs #anime

Shirobako still - the main cast members sit together around a computer.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 7d

Manga Kodama: Affordably Priced Anime Fandom: Borealis Capps explores an offbeat new place to find anime merch. Well, anime-adjacent merch. She explores "Manga Kodama" - a line of dolls that scream "we have Pinky:st. at home," but we love them anyway for some reason.

#anime #manga #figures

Manga Kodama: Affordably Priced Anime Fandom

"These are what a person would expect if someone saw Vance Project's Pinky:st. dolls, then proceeded to file off the serial numbers."

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 8d

Lost in Translation: AI’s Influence on Anime and Manga: Jonny Lobo examines the growing use of AI and Machine Translations in the anime and manga industries. In addition to independent research, he speaks with translators Kim Morrisey, Zack Davisson, and Matthias Hirsh for their insights on the topi

Lost in Translation: AI's Influence on Anime and Manga

Table of contentsIntroductionThe Role of TranslatorsThoughts on AIThe Capitalist MachineThe Power of The ConsumerConclusionWorks Cited Introduction Like

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 8d

The Master of Mecha: Shoji Kawamori Talks With Anime Herald: Seth Burn talks with legendary anime creator and mechanical designer Shoji Kawamori. They discuss his work on the Macross franchise, designing for the Diaclone robots that became Transformers, and more.

#anime #interview #macross

The Master of Mecha: Shoji Kawamori Talks With Anime Herald

"I’m not the type of person to work closely, hand-in-hand with any one person for an extremely long period of time. I feel that my role is more to go into a technical or vocational school or university and teach aspiring animators or illustrators how to come up with original concepts and ideas."

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 9d

Meet The Next Generation of Anime Fans: Lauren Orsini talked with nearly 60 Gen-Z anime fans to see how things have changed with the passing of time, and where we have common ground across all generations.

#anime #fandom

Meet The Next Generation of Anime Fans

Table of contentsThe downside of accessibilityThe ubiquity of anime(Not) the puritan generationMillennials just don’t understandCulture adds context I