Author: Patricia C. Baxter
For neurodivergent people, finding positive depictions of ourselves in mainstream media is a difficult task. The majority of portrayals found in popular culture are works created by and for neurotypical people, who do not have the personal experience of being neurodivergent and may have consulted inaccurate definitions of specific forms of neurodiversity… if they did any research at all.
This has resulted in the spread of misinfo...
2022-05-14 20:31:01 +0000 UTC
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Interview Date: 8/7/2021
Interviewer: Samantha Ferreira
Editor's note: lightly edited for clarity.
Anime Herald: Last night, I caught your show—the OPENWORLD show—and I noticed that the crowd was incredibly subdued until you turned around...
2022-05-07 22:01:28 +0000 UTC
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My fellow anime fans, good afternoon.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Anime Herald has taken another step in its grand transformation. I'm pleased to announce that we've relaunched our publication with a new look, from top to bottom.
The new logo, designed by the amazing Katy Castillo (@HarleyGin on Twitter, editor-in-chief at Yatta-Tachi
2022-05-04 21:20:35 +0000 UTC
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Author: Adam Wescott
Visual novels are a niche of a niche, a cul-de-sac of Japanese subculture overtaken in recent years by the success of light novels and web fiction. Yet despite the medium fading from popular consciousness, some of its biggest names have broken out and found success elsewhere. Kinoko Nasu currently heads the team developing Fate/Grand Order, one of the highest grossing mobile games ever. Gen Urobuchi has risen to become one of the anime indu...
2022-04-30 20:28:39 +0000 UTC
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Author: Kyle Tam
Over the course of his career, author NISIOISIN has earned a reputation for marrying genre tropes with exploration of heady philosophical themes. In Bakemonogatari, for example, he used a vampire story to deliver a commentary on escapism. Medaka Box, meanwhile, shined a light on Japan’s oppressive academic landscape via a shonen battle series. This came to a head in 2015, when Nisio brought his genre-bending style to Jun...
2022-04-23 22:33:00 +0000 UTC
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Author: Kris Busch
How does an anime about two girls who drift apart over a man garner such a loyal sapphic fanbase? As a lesbian who loves shoujo anime, I’m very familiar with the iconic sapphic romances in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, 2022-04-16 22:39:44 +0000 UTC
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Interviewer: Samantha Ferreira
Date: 4/20/2019
Anime Herald: As someone who's been in the industry for plus-20 years at this point, what would you say is the biggest change to occur within the anime industry?
Johnny Yong Bosch: It's changed quite a bit, Well, I feel like things have evolved, as far as like, the stre...
2022-04-10 00:42:11 +0000 UTC
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Good afternoon everyone, and happy Wednesday! I'm happy to announce that our annual backer survey is up and available for all Anime Herald backers.
We greatly appreciate your feedback and take all comments seriously as we discuss our plans for the coming year.
Thanks in advance for your input.
2022-04-06 18:21:12 +0000 UTC
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Happy Tuesday, everybody.
This is going to be a bit shorter of an update than usual, but it's an important one. Today, Anime Herald entered a new phase of our mission. We just received word that the state of Rhode Island officially granted us LLC status. As a result, we are now a fully functioning business entity.
This is a massive step forward for us as an organization, and something th...
2022-04-05 14:40:39 +0000 UTC
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Author: Kerine Wint
Disclaimer: Contains spoilers for 2021 anime series ODDTAXI.
Every anime lover has that strong reaction when the opening theme song (OP) of their favourite anime starts to play. There’s a moment when the excitement builds—almost like the very first time you heard it—and every single emotion you felt throughout the show threatens to overwhelm you. For many, without even noticing, they begin to sing every...
2022-04-02 20:38:13 +0000 UTC
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Happy April, everybody! We're not fooling this time: a brand-new month is here, which means that it's time for the article focus poll. We'd like to hear what Get your votes in, and make your voice heard!
What Is This?
As folks who've put your faith in us, we want to give you a seat at the table in regards to deciding what types of topics we look for each month.
On the first day of each month, we hold a poll asking you what types of articles we should focus o...
2022-04-01 22:07:15 +0000 UTC
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Author: Joshua Baron
Note: Contains spoilers for 2020 anime Deca-Dence.
Apathy is the death of any social movement. One can’t move forward if they give up on progress. Deca-Dence is an anime about finding the will to overcome apathy in order to change the world for the better. It also stresses the value of each person within the syste...
2022-03-26 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Good evening, happy Monday, and happy first day of spring! As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer, it can be easy to forget that, in just a few days, an all-new anime season will launch in a few days. And what a season it looks to be! With splashy new shows like Spy x Family and continuations of favorites like Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and Komi Can’t Communicate, it’s looking like this spring will bring something for everybody.
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2022-03-22 00:43:36 +0000 UTC
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Author: Anthony Gramuglia
There is no creature in our dark, collective imagination more reinterpreted than the vampire. Considering how many national borders the vampire has crossed, its prominence in literature, cinema, and animation is surprising. Possibly due to its early cinematic prominence, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and its various adaptations – including the (illegal) German adaptation Nosferatu -- codified many of the tropes associated with vampires. While anime...
2022-03-19 22:23:26 +0000 UTC
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Author: Coop Bicknell
Superheroes have always found a home in the grand halls of anime, from Astro Fighter Sunred, to Shin-chan’s Action Bastard, to Sailor Moon’s Sailor Guardians. While these heroes previously were inspired by Tokusatsu, especially the works of Shotaro Ishinomori, it’s hard to deny that newer series began to draw more deeply from the realm of western comics, as time went on.
Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe wa...
2022-03-12 22:51:26 +0000 UTC
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Happy Monday everyone,
I hope your week is starting off well! I'm pleased to announce that, starting today, we'll be starting a regular patrons-only feature for you all.
To cut to the chase, every couple of weeks, I'll be taking some time to chat with everyone; to talk about the comings and goings at Anime Herald, about events in the anime world, or whatever our amazing community members are working on. Ideally, these will be generally breezy, fun reads to make your day a little b...
2022-03-08 03:37:44 +0000 UTC
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(Note: Due to requirements outside of our control, this will be going up on Anime Herald tonight; however, we will still be publishing now as a shorter-term early access piece. We apologize for the inconvenience.)
Interviewer: Seth Burn
Anime Herald: What was your first exposure to anime?
Michael Adelstein: I believe it was ‘Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood’. My older brother, Caleb, and I watched Full Metal to...
2022-03-05 23:13:46 +0000 UTC
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Author: Gabriel Leão
Many of the media world’s most enduring dramas owe their very existence to boxing. One would be hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn’t heard of Raging Bull, a 1980 biopic about legendary and controversial Italian-American boxer Jake La Motta (1922 – 2017) starring 2022-03-05 21:45:30 +0000 UTC
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Author: Jenn Coulter
It’s hard to quantify just how influential Neon Genesis Evangelion really is. References to the series pop up in everything from Sgt. Frog to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
But Evangelion’s influence doesn’t stop with animation. The series also made a huge impact on an unlikely medium: music. Maybe you’ve seen a vaporwave mixtape with Asuka or Rei on the cover, or noticed that Grimes is wearing a plug...
2022-02-27 01:09:55 +0000 UTC
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Author: Dawn H.
Many anime fans are familiar with Gunbuster, and with good reason. Not only was this OVA the directorial debut of one Hideaki Anno, the man who would go on later to create one of the most successful anime series of all time, it was also a title that many feel was a foundational title in what we now consider modern otaku culture. A carefully ...
2022-02-19 21:55:11 +0000 UTC
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Interviewer: Seth Burn
Interviewees: Robert Woodhead & Natsumi Ueki
Location: Anime NYC 2021
Anime Herald: Many years ago you did a track for Shogun Assassin with Samurai L. Jackson, excuse me, Samuel
2022-02-17 02:24:23 +0000 UTC
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Interviewer: Seth Burn
Interviewee: Shinji Aramaki
Location: Anime NYC 2021
Anime Herald: Thanks to the successful Kickstarter, you're gonna have a chance to do a short segment for <...
2022-02-12 21:11:26 +0000 UTC
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Author: Kennedy/Red Bard
After fading from the public consciousness for almost a decade, Higurashi When They Cry returned in 2020 and 2021 with a new anime that’s widely regarded as one of the worst in the entire franchise. Longtime fans are now left wondering whether or not Higurashi’s renewed social relevance was worth it.
Warning: mild spoilers for Higurashi Gou and Sotsu
2022-02-05 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Author: Patrick O'Loghlen
K-On! has had a deeply important influence on modern anime aesthetics and themes, and played a major role in launching the careers of those involved. Particularly, director Naoko Yamada, who is now considered almost legendary among contemporary creators. Similarly, Kyoto Animation is maybe one of the best-known and most-beloved studios out there, with bo...
2022-01-29 20:21:09 +0000 UTC
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Author: Nyri A. Bakkalian, Ph.D.
While some may assume anthropomorphic animal art is a creation of the 21st-century furry fandom, it has a long and rich history that spans several centuries and continents. A prominent example of this is the art of Buddhist abbot Kakuyū (1053-1140). The artist was better known by his title of Toba Sōjō (Bishop of Toba,) as he resided as head monk at Shō-kongōin in the Toba district of Kyoto for the final decade of his life.
Hi...
2022-01-22 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Author: Jonathan Kaharl
The American first-person shooter (FPS) scene was wild in the 1990s. The experience exploded into prominence with a one-two punch from Id Software, with Wolfenstein 3D in 1992, followed by the landmark 2022-01-15 22:58:25 +0000 UTC
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Good evening, backers!
I hope you all had a pleasant New Year. On Saturday, we returned from our three-week break, and we're gearing up for another outstanding year of operations. We have several articles in the pipeline for you, and we can't wait to surprise and delight you over the course of the coming year.
As we are entering a new year, I wanted to reach out to give you all the rundown on where we stand, as you're our backers, and - as I've said in the past - our employers, wh...
2022-01-11 00:19:14 +0000 UTC
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Good evening,
With the holiday season officially here, I wanted to take a few moments to give you all a quick briefing on what's been happening behind the scenes.
Before we get into that, though, a few quick announcements.
The Anime Herald Team will be going on vacation starting December 19. Our team's been working hard all year, and we'll be using the end of the year to recuperate and recharge. We'll be returning on January 8, rested and re...
2021-12-11 20:54:58 +0000 UTC
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Good morning, everybody.
Today is Thanksgiving in the USA, and I wanted to take a moment to offer my sincere thanks to you, personally. It's thanks to you that we're able to keep doing what we do every day, and I will always be grateful for granting us this opportunity.
Your support has allowed us to grow and evolve this year, and to better fulfill our goals of becoming an anime publication for fans, by fans, that pays a fair rate to team and freelancers, alike. We've hosted more ...
2021-11-25 14:36:37 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons and Ko-Fi Supporters,
First off, hi there! It's been a while since I've had the chance to sit here, candidly talking with you about things. About a year now, if my math is right.
And, really, it's been one heck of a year. We celebrated our tenth anniversary, and we're coming up quick on our eleventh. Even now, I find it just astounding that the little "hi there!" post I published ...
2021-09-13 23:40:36 +0000 UTC
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