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animeherald , 13 days ago to Anime Boys

From Nigeria: An Anime Community At Its Brightest Yet: Bolaji Akinwande explores Nigeria's anime fan community. He explores the fandom's growth, particularly in recent years, which has been aided by the growth of streaming services like Netflix, as well as the rise of anime-centric online spaces.

Link: https://hera.fyi/nigeria

#anime #fandom

animeherald , 19 days ago to Gaming

Wings of Hope: A Lunar: Silver Star Story Retrospective: L.B. Bryant examines the classic role-playing game Lunar: The Silver Star, and its use of sound and visuals to present a distinctly "anime-like" experience that was novel and unexplored at the time of its release, and remains influential today.

Link: https://hera.fyi/lunar

#gaming #retrogaming #rpg

animeherald , 1 month ago to Random stuff

A Sketchy Proposal, Or How Fans Hide In Plain Sight: Lauren Orsini recalls a sketchy-sounding partnership pitch, and how it played into the fact that most people don't realize that anime fans are pretty much everywhere, in all age groups, even those beyond the typical 18-25 demographic.

Link: https://hera.fyi/sketchy

#fandom

animeherald , 4 months ago to Random stuff

It's impossible to talk about SK8 the Infinity without discussing the series' depictions of romance and love. Its explorations through subtext and the ways it tackles queer romance have endeared the show to many, as Naomi Norbez explored at https://hera.fyi/sk8theinfinity.
https://hera.fyi/sk8theinfinity

animeherald , 4 months ago to Random stuff

Though No. 6 was an amazing show, it's fallen under the radar lately.

Still, the cult-favorite #BL show painted an amazing, dystopian world, where the many and few live worlds apart. Samantha Jean Sumampong explored this duality in an essay.

Read it at http://hera.fyi/no6
http://hera.fyi/no6

animeherald , 7 months ago to Anime Boys

Let's face it: most of us are guilty of bragging about our collections, even when we know it can get toxic. Victor Santiago is here to let you know that it doesn't have to be that way: your cred's tied to the joy of the medium, not your merch pile

More at http://hera.fyi/fanvalue

#manga #anime #collecting
http://hera.fyi/fanvalue