The AMAs have cemented themselves as a fixture in the American Manga industry  as an evening to celebrate the artistry, ...

"Since I cannot program or draw, I would write the stories for the games and create the game based off of that story. I would ...

"For me, I feel like a lot of storytelling is about perspective, and in the case of manga, what the mangaka has to say about ...

Anime Herald is an online magazine dedicated to exploring anime and manga, and the communities that drive them. To put it simply, We Speak Otaku.

From Grave of the Fireflies to Monster, there is a subset of anime that has always expertly explored historical injustices and philosophized about human nature. Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, ...

Content warning: this article contains discussion of suicide, self-harm, and sexual assault. Wonder Egg Priority is both a promising new direction for the anime industry and a herald of its ...

Content Warning: Use of transphobic terms in an educational context. Watching the series today, though, I can recognize the ways in which it doesn’t totally hold up in today’s world. It is, like so ...

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 ...

Manga is one of the most exciting comic mediums to me. Thanks to its rubbery definition, the format lends itself well to stories that become love letters to the human condition and is able to explore ...

A huge thanks to Patreon backer NegiKitsu for requesting this, and helping us to get in touch with Mark A. Reyes. This wouldn’t have happened without him. Anime Herald: Thank you so much for taking ...

It’s late summer in New York City, and that means two things for local otaku: Anime NYC and the American Manga Awards. Last year, anime journalists Sean Gaffney and Erica Friedman had the incredible ...

“Oh no! We’ve…we’ve just received word that this is the last issue of Newtype USA magazine. Good heavens!”, reads a small line of text tucked quietly to the bottom of the final page of Newtype USA’s ...