With Anime Boston over, we're back to our normal routines. Expect AD Classics to pick up on Wednesday, as per usual, and a poll to the Hera's Helpers for Friday's postmortem. Thanks much for your patience! ^-^
-Samantha
2018-04-22 22:14:42 +0000 UTC View Post
You know, this is one of those rare cases where things aligned in that oddly perfect way. AniFem has a fantastic editorial department, but they lack a newsroom... and, really, I can see why. ^_^;
As a news desk warrior with fifteen years in the trenches (dear God. =-= ), I can be brutally ho...
2018-04-22 01:40:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I'm super excited to share this with everyone! You folks are getting access to our interview with Brandon McInnis a full week ahead of everyone else. The piece won't hit the Herald until April 21. Thanks much for your patience!
-SF
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2018-04-15 00:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: If Only I Could Download a Paycheck....
Publication Date: 4/27/2010
Author: Matt Brown
Before we begin, I'd like to kind of take a moment to set the scene. It's 2010. The anime industry is finally starting to clear the rubbl...
2018-04-11 16:11:49 +0000 UTC View Post
As our lovely Patrons can attest, I don't like to use the Patreon to shamelessly promote our content. Still, I do want to take some time to shine a light on those moments where we do stand up, and hold elements within our community to task.
Last weekend, Aniplex hosted a panel at Anime Boston whic...
2018-04-07 16:11:26 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: Tenth Anniversary: Looking Back, Then Forward
Author: Samantha Ferreira
Date of Publication: 1/31/2010
Forgive me for getting sentimental, folks... this one still makes me a bit emotional.
But, yeah... wow, th...
2018-04-06 14:30:40 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, Samantha here! We won't have a custom article this week, as we're currently working through the current rush for the Anime Boston rush. That said, I am planning something special. :D
Last weekend, I had a chance to talk with some wonderful people. Expect at least one of this year's in...
2018-04-06 14:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Title: Media Spotlight: Anime Boston 2009
Authors: Samantha Ferreira & Matt Brown
OK... this was a pretty interesting year, on the whole. It was a year where, for some reason or another, I didn't have a digital camera at my disposal, so just about al...
2018-03-29 13:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post
So, um... yeah. ^_^;; I'm finally out.
My name's Samantha, she/her. I like anime, gaming, and talking nerdy... nice to meet you all again.
2018-03-29 00:26:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Anime Boston 2016 - Photo Credit: Samantha Ferreira
I'd argue that I've been covering anime cons for a little while. I've been in the trenches for every Anime Boston, several Otakons, and a numbe...
2018-03-28 16:03:41 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, due to the simply monstrous number of big reveals coming from Anime Japan, we've been busily working to keep up with the flow of reveals. (28 articles and counting!) Because of this, the weekly article will be pushed back until Monday or Tuesday. Apologies, everybody!
2018-03-25 02:24:01 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: Media Spotlight: Anime Boston 2011
Author: M. Ferreira
This was the last large-scale convention piece I ran for Anime Dream, back in the day. We did 2012, but at that point, I was pretty firmly settled into the daily dealings of Anime Herald. ...
2018-03-21 15:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post
While going through my documents and photos for this week's AD Classics article, I found a batch of photos that I had taken at Otakon 2008. These weren't on Anime Dream's server, so they didn't appear in Matt's backups.
In short, I thought that these were effectively lost forever.
So, to fin...
2018-03-20 03:47:36 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Samantha Ferreira
With Anime Boston coming at us in just a couple of weeks, I kind of wanted to take some time to do something special for the Patreon crowd! This week, I’ll be going into the behind-the-scenes process for covering a large-scale anime...
2018-03-16 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: Media Spotlight: Anime Boston 2010
Author: M. Ferreira
With Anime Boston just a couple of weeks away, I wanted to take another look at the con's past events! So, for the next couple of AD Classics pieces, we'll be pulling up our general articles f...
2018-03-14 14:17:50 +0000 UTC View PostBefore I begin, I apologize that I was late on this. There have been a few things in the daily life that I've had to address - I want to talk about them, and I will when the time is right. x-x But for now, I thank you for your patience.
Original Titles:
Good afternoon, Helpers. It's that time of the season - we're beginning our votes for the upcoming Herald Anime Club lineup! And, since you're part of the Hera's Helpers tier, you get a vote that's 100% equal in weight to that of our core team.
So, we come here to ask: Which show would you like to...
2018-03-08 16:59:54 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: Ash Feathers and the Anime Fan
Author: Matt Brown
Date of Publication: 5/4/2009
A bit of context for this piece. In 2009, the anime world was a vastly different place. I mean, aside from the whole crisis of the bubble bursti...
2018-03-08 14:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor: Mike Ferreira
In lieu of our usual behind-the-scenes piece, I’d like to take a few moments to really just ruminate on the industry at-large. This is an Early Access article, which won’t be hitting the Herald until March 17.
If you were to tell me ten yea...
2018-03-04 00:38:24 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: The Top 5 Industry Disasters of The Decade
Author: Mike Ferreira
Publication Date: 12/28/2009
Before I begin: Yeah, this is a listicle. This was back during the late oughts, as the industry was still making slow steps ...
2018-02-28 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Helpers, and happy Monday to you all! We're getting ready to record our next podcast, and we'd like your vote for what we'd like to cover. It's been a huge month, with tons of major topics, but if there's something that you'd like us to chat up that you don't see in the list, let us kno...
2018-02-26 13:47:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Original Title: Attack on Titan’s Netflix Debut Hit by Translation Woes
Author: Mike Ferreira
Date of Publication...
2018-02-23 16:24:32 +0000 UTC View PostBefore I begin, this is a super angry piece. This was from a vastly different time in my life, where I was just, well... mad at everything. For a lot of reasons. All of them were out of my control.
I actually was planning on hosting this a few weeks ...
2018-02-21 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Monday, Helpers! I hope you had a great weekend. We're back to work here at the Herald, and we'd like to ask for your pick on this week's behind-the-scenes piece.
Which topic would you like to see us tackle as our next article?
As usual, voting closes on Friday.
2018-02-20 14:11:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew! This one is finally in the can! This was actually meant to be our January episode, but technical issues meant that our mix was... kind of bad. This particular episode took a combined 97 hours to edit to a standard that we could all be happy with, meticulously playing with levels and gettin...
2018-02-19 21:37:53 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, due to a few personal matters, we won't have a "behind the scenes" article this week. Apologies for the inconvenience, and look forward to next week's piece!
2018-02-18 01:57:17 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: Romeo and Juliet are Dead: A Review in One Act
Author: Matt Brown
Publication Date: 10/28/2009
This is another piece from Matt from our final "full" year of operations at Anime Dream. Things were still running pretty high, a...
2018-02-15 02:54:17 +0000 UTC View PostArticle Title: A Meeting With Aniplex of America President Henry Goto
Author: Seth Burn
Publication Date: 9/2/2...
2018-02-09 16:22:47 +0000 UTC View PostTitle: The Haruhi Suzumiya Guide to Running a Web Site
Author: Matt Brown
Publication Date: 7/13/2009
Matt wrote this during the last "full" year of operation for Anime Dream. Starting in 2010, we began to enter the final phases of...
2018-02-07 15:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It's 2018, which means it's time to start looking at where we want to see ourselves in the next twelve months. With this in mind, I've dipped into my savings to start working with a few artists for a few... things (stay tuned). We'll be showcasing them here as they're completed. :)
Today, we...
2018-02-06 23:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post