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.

• Layout & Cover Design: Katy Castillo (Yatta-Tachi, Hand Design Co.)
• Cover Art: José Salot (Pepegraphix)

Full Article List:

New Articles

• 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)

Archive Pieces

• Actually, Carl Macek Rocked! Why The North American Anime Fandom Owes Him Its Gratitude (Borealis Capps)
• Comedy, Catharsis, and Cooking the Canon in Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family (Alex Henderson)
• The Roots of Fandom: Exploring Fanta’s Zine (Samantha Ferreira)
• Lupin III, Bega’s Battle, and the Birth of Anime FMV (Madeline Blondeau)
• Witch Hat Atelier's Kamome Shirahama Talks With Anime Herald (Seth Burn)
• The Death and Rebirth of RahXephon (Adam Wescott)
• Exploring Gunbuster’s Roots in Shojo (Dawn H)

Bonus: Includes a PDF of the full transcript of Samantha Ferreira's interview with Helen McCarthy.