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San Diego Comic-Con to Host Voice Actor Ryūsei Nakao, Animators Masaki Satō & Hidetoshi Ōmori's 1st U.S. Appearances
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Nakao, Satō, and Ōmori will appear on all days of SDCC. Nakao will appear at Booth #2649 with signing schedules on July 24 from 3:00-5:00 p.m., and on July 25-27 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Satō and Ōmori will appear at Booth #737 along with Dragon Ball Z English dub voice actor Stephanie Nadolny (kid Goku and Gohan).
Aside from voicing characters from Dragon Ball, Bleach, and One Piece, Nakai also voices Baikinman in the Soreike! Anpanman series and films. He also voiced Masato Ichinose in the third season of Rent-A-Girlfriend, Popuko in Pop Team Epic, Genkei in Mononoke, and Isami Nishimura in the two seasons Mix: Meisei Story, among others.
Satō worked as key animator, assistant animation director, and animation director for several Dragon Ball television series and films. He served as assistant animation director for Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, and as animation director for other anime films such as the 2019 City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes film and the 2007 Fist of the North Star - Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fighting film.
Ōmori is the mechanical animation director for Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and for other anime such as the Lupin III: Goodbye Partner special and the 1987 OVA Relic Armor Legaciam. He was also in charge of animation for the Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy, and the key animator for the Mobile Suit Gundam F91 film.
Sources: Press release, San Diego Comic-Con website
