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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 11h

Fan Subs that Fan Stuck: How Anime Fans Embraced Fansub Terminology: Red Bard examines how Western anime fandom's historical embrace of fansubs led to a unique community jargon, powered heavily by terms discovered in those same fansubs.

#anime #manga #history

Fan Subs that Fan Stuck: How Anime Fans Embraced Fansub Terminology

A huge thanks to our Negikitsu for requesting this article! We can't do it without you. All fansub images are used as demonstrative aids; Anime Herald

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 14h

To our retailer friends: Anime Herald Magazine is now available for wholesale purchase, if you'd like to carry us in your store or business. 💖

We offer discounts for bulk sales, so definitely apply if you're interested!

Link: hera.fyi/retailer

Anime Herald Magaine Issue #1 cover artwork

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

Hi everyone, we have a new interview for you. 🥰

Seth Burn had a chance to talk with 33 Inc. President Koji Kubota about his company, building an international organization, their famous Psycho-Pass exhibit in Shinjuku, and more! It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it

#interview #anime

33 Inc. President Koji Kubota Talks With Anime Herald

Part of our core mission is to unite the creator’s passion with our clients’ expectations. Our team is dedicated to bringing that all together. We want to build bridges to different audiences around the world.

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

It really deserved all the flowers when it was still in theaters. Such beautifully-shot film that was just a ton of fun

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 1d

We, ah, ran out of characters on the bundle but... yeah 😅 We're doing digital/print bundles.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 3d

Due to requests from a few folks, we're now offering a bundle with the both editions of Anime Herald Magazine, with a 10% discount over buying them separately 🥰

Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦

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

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

The Wild World of Anime CD-ROMs in North America - Mark McDonald explores the anime CD-ROM micro-boom of the 1990s, looking at the history format and their rise and fall, while highlighting exemplars of the format like the Anime Hyperguide and The World of U.S. Manga Corps.

#anime #history #tech

The Wild World of Anime CD-ROMs in North America

When 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

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 1d

Speed Racer, the Perfect Anime Adaptation - A detailed analysis of the 2008 Speed Racer film, written by Ethan Halker. In it, Halker examines the film's use of narrative and visual effects to recreate the vibe and feel of the 1967 Speed Racer anime.

#speedracer #anime #film #wachowskis #tatsunoko

Speed Racer, the Perfect Anime Adaptation

In adapting Speed Racer, the Wachowskis succeed by walking the tightrope of demonstrating reverence for the source material while never being afraid to push aesthetic boundaries and add greater depth to the narrative.

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 2d

Meeting the Tenchou: A Conversation with Takanashi Kiara: Samantha Ferreira interviews Hololive English -Myth- icon Takanashi Kiara. They discuss her work and career, the evolving VTuber landscape, her single Perfume, and more.

#hololive #kiara #kfp

Meeting the Tenchou: A Conversation with Takanashi Kiara

"I'm so honored to be part of such a new era and a wave of a new career popping into this landscape"

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 2d

The Evolution of Abridged Anime Part 1 – An Artist Collective & The Arrest of Mr. Macek - Borealis Capps examines the origins of the Abridged Anime parodies format. In this first piece, she dives into the classical fandub parodies that formed the bedrock from which the format was built decades later

The Evolution of Abridged Anime Part 1 - An Artist Collective & The Arrest of Mr. Macek

While the concept of comedic fandubs of anime isn’t exactly new, the way anime fandom interacts with them is changing in a major way, thanks to TikTok and

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 3d

Due to requests from a few folks, we're now offering a bundle with the both editions of Anime Herald Magazine, with a 10% discount over buying them separately 🥰

Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 2d

I'll be very honest: Shipping to Europe is... kind of bad. The shipping partner Shopify has for our tier with is keeping rates at an absurd level of ~43.59 Euros, so we've been recommending the digital edition because of that.

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 3d

Hi everyone, we have a new interview today! Seth Burn had a chance to talk with the founders of Lightbox Expo about starting an industry event, working in the comics and art industries, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy.

#interview #guiltygear

Lightbox Expo's Founders Talk With Anime Herald

Table of contentsBobby ChiuJim DemonakosBoth Interviewees Bobby Chiu Anime Herald: A lot of artists know from a young age that they want to be artists

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 3d

Due to requests from a few folks, we're now offering a bundle with the both editions of Anime Herald Magazine, with a 10% discount over buying them separately 🥰

Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 3d

ICYMI: We announced and opened preorders for our digital edition of Anime Herald Magazine #1 over the weekend. 🥰

It goes out to you the same day we ship the print editions.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

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 📔

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 4d

In the Name of the Disabled Princess: Disability Metaphor in “In The Name of the Mermaid Princess”: AJ Mack, examines "In The Name of the Mermaid Princess," and how the series uses its world and characters to deliver a metaphor for the challenges people with disabilities face.

#manga

In the Name of the Disabled Princess: Disability Metaphor in “In The Name of the Mermaid Princess”

Metaphor can be tricky when it comes to discussion of representation. Often it can come across as heavy handed or dismissive, especially for disability

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 5d

We crossed the 200 mark a couple of days ago - we're currently at 212 sales.

Every single book sold helps us cover the costs, and will help us determine if we'll be able to keep AH Mag going for more issues.

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

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 📔

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 4d

Exploring the Wreckage of "Golden Kids": This week, Borealis Capps looks at Golden Kids: a 2011 sports anime that tried to blaze a new path on Apple's app store, but was derailed by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

... She also explores its amazing English dub.

#anime #soccer #history

Exploring the Wreckage of Golden Kids

Golden Kids can serve as an instructional lesson on what pitfalls to avoid for those who attempt to boldly go where no anime has gone before.

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

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 📔

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

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."

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

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.

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

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 📔

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 5d

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

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 6d

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 · 6d

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

Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 6d

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

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Anime Herald @animeherald.com · 6d

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

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