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Anime Boston Hosts Gundam UC Helmer Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Voice Actor Koki Uchiyama
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime Boston announced on Monday that Gundam Unicorn director Kazuhiro Furuhashi and Kōki Uchiyama, the voice actor for Gundam Unicorn's Banagher Links, will attend as guests of honor at the 2015 convention.
Born in 1960 at Shizuoka Prefecture, Hamamatsu City, Kazuhiro Furuhashi began his career as an animator on Ranma ½, before moving onto production. Furuhashi made his directorial debut with Ranma ½ Nettō Utagassen. His directorial credits include You're Under Arrest, Rurouni Kenshin, the first Hunter X Hunter anime, Getbackers, Zipang, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Real Drive and Amatsuki. He directed the Mobile Suit Gundam UC video anime project since its beginning in 2010.
Kōki Uchiyama is a Japanese voice actor who played Banagher Links from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. His numerous credits include Roxas and Ventus in the Kingdom Hearts games, Soul Eater Evans in Soul Eater, Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto in Ping Pong: The Animation, Kaito Tenjō in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, and Kei Tsukishima in Haikyu!!
Anime Boston 2015 will take place on April 3-5. The convention is also hosting singer LiSA.
Source: Gundam Global Portal
