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Sakura-Con to Host Psycho-Pass Helmers Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The official website for Seattle's Sakura-Con convention updated on Friday with two new guests. Psycho-Pass executive director Katsuyuki Motohiro and director Naoyoshi Shiotani will appear at the March 29-31 convention.
Before working on Psycho-Pass, Motohiro directed live-action movies and television dramas for Fuji TV. He has directed several live-action projects, including Night Head and Antique Bakery. He is well known for his police procedural Bayside Shakedown and its many movie and television spinoffs.
Shiotani made his anime directorial debut with Tokyo Marble Chocolate in 2008, before directing the Blood-C: The Last Dark film and Psycho-Pass. He has worked as an animator on several projects including Elfen Lied, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, The Prince of Tennis, and The Sky Crawlers.
Sakura-Con will also host Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara and musical guests Eir Aoi and Luna Haruna.
