Anime Herald Magazine Issue #1

The first-ever 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.

Ships in November 2025.

New Articles in this issue:

• Censorship, Sex Work, and Murder: The Foundations of Ero-guro in Japan (Lynzee Loveridge)
• The Going Got Weird, The Weird Turned Pro, and the Pros Fought Geek Automatons: Ruminating on the Last Twenty Years of Podcasting (Daryl Surat)
• Girls Band Cry: How Capitalism Consumes Counter Culture (Borealis Capps)
• 2.5D: A Short History of Manga on Stage (Erica Friedman)
• Interview With Nekotofu (Chiaki Mitama)
• Woah, Hey! There’s a Lot Going On in the Best Scene of Delicious in Dungeon (Lucas DeRuyter)
• Will Glomp 4 Pocky: A Brief History of Convention Signage (Red Bard)
• From the Trenches: A Brief History of the American Anime Press (Samantha Ferreira)
• Interview With Helen McCarthy (Samantha Ferreira)
• Enduring Orange (Lydia Rivers)

Cover Art: José Salot (Pepegraphix)

Layout Design: Katy Castillo (Yatta-tachi, Hand Design Co.)