Interest

In Memoriam

Nobuhiro Aihara
Animator
"Stone," "Private," "Eizō (Kage)," "Line," "Rain"


Kei Aoyama
Manga creator
Yoiko no Mokushiroku, SWWEEET


Shingo Araki
Designer, animator
Saint Seiya, Rose of Versailles, Yu-Gi-Oh!


Toyoo Ashida
Director, designer
Fist of the North Star, Vampire Hunter D, Fairy Princess Minky Momo


Osamu Dezaki
Director
Ashita no Joe, Ace wo Nerae!, Rose of Versailles, Space Adventure Cobra


Jerry Fellows
Co-editor
Space Fanzine Yamato


Michal Friedman
Voice actress, singer
Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Speed Racer: The Next Generation


Yoshio Harada
Actor
Azumi


Cassandra Hodges
Voice actress
Glass Fleet, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hetalia - Axis Powers


Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Actor
Ashita no Joe,


Shinichi Ichikawa
Scriptwriter
Ultraman


Diana Wynne Jones
Author
Howl's Moving Castle


Hiroshi Kakoi
Producer
Macross II


Hiroyuki Kanno
Game creator
Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo YU-NO, EVE burst error


Yōko Kasugai
Flutist
Funkist (Fairy Tail)


Masahiro Katayama
Animator, professor


Tomoko Kawakami
Voice actress
La fillette révolutionaire Utena, Hikaru no Go, Sugar, Air


Eriko Kishida
Lyricist
Alps no Shōjo Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, A Dog of Flanders


Sakyo Komatsu
Novelist
Japan Sinks!, Komatsu Sakyo Anime Gekijō


Akinari Matsuno
Light novel author
MM!


Moribi Murano
Designer, director
Dagger of Kamui, Unico


Mitsuki Nakamura
Art director
Speed Racer, Gatchaman, Gundam, Ideon, Nausicaä


Sawako Noma
President
Kodansha


Shigeru Okada
President
Toei


Shōichirō Ōkubo
Screenwriter
Mermaid Forest, Lupin III, Ninja Hattori-kun, Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!


Carlo Peroni
Artist
Calimero


Jerry Robinson
Comic/manga writer
Astra, Batman


Taiji Sawada
Bassist
X Japan/Loudness


Kazuo Takahashi
Manga creator
Minami no Kazoku


Junpei Takiguchi
Voice actor, narrator
Yatterman, Dragon Ball


Hideo Tanaka
Director
Sukeban Deka


Kan Tokumaru
Voice actor
Gundam, Gaiking, Tekkaman, The IDOLM@STER


Mamoru Uchiyama
Manga artist
The Ultraman


Seiichiro Ujiie
Chairperson, film producer
Ghibli, Detective Conan, Inuyasha, Death Note films


Seichiro Uno
Song composer
Moomin


Kazuko Ute
Voice actress
Goku no Daibōken


Shinji Wada
Manga creator
Sukeban Deka, Pygmalio, Crown


Ken Yamaguchi
Voice actor
Fist of the North Star, Sakigake!! Otoko Juku, Saint Seiya


Kazuyoshi Yokota
Animation director
Cosmowarrior Zero, Maetel Legend