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Pokemon and Final Fantasy Artist Mitsuhiro Arita Will Appear at Hyper Japan

posted on by Andrew Osmond
Event runs as London Olympia from July 12 to 14

The Hyper Japan festival has announced that its next event, at London Olympia from Friday July 12 to Sunday July 14, will feature the artist and illustrator Mitsuhiro Arita. Arita has worked on the Pokémon Trading Card Game continuously for more than twenty years. He worked on Final Fantasy XI for eleven years and created concept design for the Berserk: The Golden Age Arc cinema film trilogy. He was also a planning assistant on the film Napping Princess and has designed for books and magazines.

Arita will appear on the Friday from 3.45 p.m. to 4.15 p.m., on the Saturday from 12.30 p.m. to 1 p.m., and on the Sunday from 12.30 p.m. to 1 p.m.

The festival will also include both "COSTest" and "COSParade" cosplay events. COSTest (pictured left) will take the form of a performance, while COSParade takes the form of a catwalk show. Both involve "contestants walking on and off stage and posing, to show their costume to the audience." The rules and registration form for COSTest are here while the rules and registration form for COSParade are here.


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