Samantha Ferreira

3 weeks ago | animeherald.com | Samantha Ferreira

Hi everyone, it’s your favorite mascot, Hera. 💖Ladies, gals, and non-binary pals, behold! Anime Herald has mastered time travel!… … … I think. Maybe? I’m not really sure how this works. I just got an urgent email from Samantha about an hour ago that wasn’t super clear. She mentioned something about finding a weird timey portal thing at the bottom of her old review screener box, then went off on a long rant about “the secret history of the anime fandom” that I didn’t really pay attention to.

4 weeks ago | animeherald.com | Borealis Capps |Samantha Ferreira

In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, “In the world nothing can be said to be certain, except for death and taxes.” Unfortunately, Franklin failed to consider the certainty that anime would be made about taxes as it would take over a century from when he wrote that letter before the medium would even exist. Post World War II, Japan had many debts it needed to repay and needed funds to help with reconstructing the country.

1 month ago | animeherald.com | Seth Burn |Samantha Ferreira

Interview Date: 10/19/2024Interview Location: New York Comic Con 2024Interview Format: One-on-OneAnime Herald: I’ve watched a lot of your videos about Karateka and Prince of Persia, and there’s a mystery I’m trying to solve. Your mom’s karate teacher provided most of the moves for Karateka. Your father helped out with some of the others, and your sister certainly [did]. Jordan Mechner: You’ve done your research. Anime Herald: I have.

1 month ago | animeherald.com | Samantha Ferreira

Strawberry Hill Music announced that Lotus Juice and Raj Ramayya will perform in a one-day concert engagement. The event, dubbed the “Legends of Anime” concert, will be held on March 29, 2025 at San Francisco’s DNA Lounge. According to the announcement, the duo will perform selections from Cowboy Bebop, the Persona series, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Tower of God, and other titles. Tickets are available via the DNA Lounge’s website.

1 month ago | animeherald.com | Borealis Capps |Samantha Ferreira

Not all innovative ideas burst forth into the world with the timing necessary to achieve mainstream success. In the gaming world, for example, DataSoft’s Le Stick for the Atari 2600 was a commercial failure due to a lack of interest in its gimmick alongside the 1983 video game crash. Twenty-five years later, though, Nintendo’s Wii game console would release a similar controller that took the world by storm.