Tokyopop’s situation was still precarious after a round of layoffs in 2008, but company founder and CEO Stu Levy was certain he could turn things around.

"We are a fan-first company. We emphasize the user experience and prioritize the feedback we get back from customers."

" I just love learning things at my own pace. I wanted to be a teacher growing up. Naturally, I didn’t become one. I became this. I thought “I wish the classroom was a little bit more fun, so I am going to make content like fun for a classroom, except you are at home."

“I hope someday we’ll see even better stories with fitness as a focus and less problematic elements,” Capps said. “Until then, it remains the crowning jewel of fitness anime and manga.” 

Many illustrators who’ve contributed to underground and doujin music scene history eventually find themselves working on monumental projects, like Vtuber designs or video game concept art - but it’s cool to see that there’s a place for everyone to play a role in this part of the subculture, irrespective of where the future takes them.

Over the course of its history, the humble anime magazine has served as a vital source of information for fans of all ages. Works like Protoculture

Over the course of its history, the humble anime magazine has served as a vital source of information for fans of all ages. Works like Protoculture

Taken together, these practices suggest that Sakura Wars’s non-normativity lies not simply in its characters or its romantic possibilities, but in its broader refusal of conventional hierarchies of gender, intimacy, and economic value. 

While I'm unable to predict what will happen tomorrow, let alone ten years from now, I sincerely hope that we'll be able to keep producing Anime Herald as a publication that you enjoy and trust, for as long as I'm able to hold a pen.

"With the success of self-publishing Fuga: Melodies of Steel, we decided for our thirtieth anniversary, we would take on a new and larger challenge, with one of our larger original titles, the .hack series. As a series and title that is very dear to our hearts, we felt it was only appropriate to take on the self-publishing challenge with this series."

Interview Location: Anime Expo 2026 Interview Format: In-person, One-on-One Anime Herald: What is the role of a manager and chief editor? Satoshi Arima:

15 years after its last issue was published, Protoculture Addicts is still North America’s longest running anime magazine.

Sure, Orb is a warning against the dangers of authoritarianism. More importantly, the show represents the indelible curiosity that all people possess. It’s about the intrinsic need to understand. To know. To find meaning. To have autonomy.

The anime completely shatters the myth that there is such a thing as a “perfect” victim or survivor. Like classics that include Monster and Perfect Blue,Takopi’s Original Sin is a masterclass in its portrayal of the complexities of trauma.

The history of anime characters smoking is long and varied. While our brains may be tempted to see these more overt examples as something worth extra notice, sometimes a coincidence is just a coincidence.

"I find that the Jugemu story was particularly fun to perform. It was shown in the tenth episode. It was mostly done in one take."

Phade hosted an unexpectedly tactile panel about the past, present, and future about his landmark AMV site at Anime Boston this year.

"I set out to create a beautiful love story in a giant imperial palace, with a bunch of gorgeous women walking around. That was the basis. I thought about what the background would be for that kind of story, and what kind of characters I could fill it with."

In being so surreal, this series touches on very real and relatable ideas, holding up a bendy carnival mirror to the audience’s own world.

Table of contentsA Partnership, A Comic Relief, and An Escalating Conflict Between Two WorldsA Thrilling Climax and Hopes for a Better Future A High-Water

While the Material Alchemy of Nigerian cosplay is often a solitary labor of love, its heartbeat is found in the community.

Podcasting in Nigeria has become a form of storytelling within mainstream media, beginning in the 2010s, with names like I Said What I Said, F & S

There very likely won’t be another horse like Oguri Cap, at least perhaps not until horse racing once again needs a star to rescue it from obscurity. And even when horse racing needs a new hero, they still won’t be Oguri Cap, because each star of a generation has been truly unique, like all horses are.

Over the course of its history, the humble anime magazine has served as a vital source of information for fans of all ages. Works like Protoculture

"In the first episode, we combined two chapters from the original MARRIAGETOXIN manga. It switches back and forth from comical to serious, back and forth from comic to tragic. We’re changing genres every four or five shots."

"I’m interested in people who live in the moment. There’s no promised future for them. I find the way they live, and their philosophy because of the situation that they are in, it is very alluring to me." - Baku Kinoshita

Once upon a time (or, before internet access was as accessible as it is today) anime magazines played a key role in keeping anime fans plugged in to what was going on in the anime industry. Bigger, bolder, and glossier than its competition, Newtype USA was easily among the most popular anime publications in the west before suddenly going out of print in 2008.

" The relatable feeling you got is what I wanted viewers to feel, so that’s perfect. Also, Beryl is often mumbling and doesn’t want to do something. You accepted that, as well. I’m glad you liked that part of the anime."