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Otaquest Connect Digital Event Features Mamoru Miyano, Shigeto Koyama, Hiromi Wakabayashi, More

Otaquest announced on Friday that the online convention "OTAQUEST CONNECT" will feature the following guests:

• Voice actor Mamoru Miyano - Death Note's Light Yagami, Mobile Suit Gundam 00's Setsuna
• Directors Kenji Nagasaki and Masahiro Mukai - My Hero Academia
• Character/mechanical designer and art director Shigeto Koyama - Promare
• Studio Trigger's creative producer Hiromi Wakabayashi - Kill la Kill, Gurrren Lagann

As previously announced, OTAQUEST CONNECT will have interviews and panels featuring:

• Composer Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop and Escaflowne
• Author Paru Itagaki - BEASTARS
• Director and producer Shinji Aramaki - Fullmetal Alchemist and Appleseed
• Video game developer Toshihiro Nagoshi - The Yakuza franchise

Part of OTAQUEST CONNECT is "OTAQUEST // PLUGGED IN," an online musical streaming track featuring solo acts and ensembles such as:

• Taku Takahashi - Solo artist, DJ, and founder of block.fm
• Alan Shirahama - Musician, DJ, and actor
• LADY'S ONLY - DJ and sound duo comprising of AGELOW and Jacotanu
• YUC’e - Songwriter, composer, and producer
• KOTONOHOUSE - Kawaii Dance Music ensemble

The convention will run on August 15 and 16 in collaboration with the Midwest Animation Promotion Society (M.A.P.S.).

Otaquest Live 2019 featured artists such as m-flo, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, CAPSULE, CrazyBoy, Hiroomi Tosoka, Taku Takahashi, Teddyloid, and Yasutaka Nakata.

Source: Press release