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Otakon 2023 Hosts Trigun Stampede Producers, Manga Creator Kia Asamiya, Maho Film Staff

The staff of Otakon 2023 announced over the last few days that the event will host the following guests:

• Orange chief producer Kiyotaka Waki (Trigun Stampede, BEASTARS)

• Orange producer Yoshihiro Watanabe (Trigun Stampede, BEASTARS)

• Orange CG director Shingo Kiyomiya (Trigun Stampede, BEASTARS)

• Maho Film animation director Yūji Yanase (My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, A Certain Magical Index, Assassination Classroom)

• Maho Film character designer and animation director Eri Kojima (My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)

• Manga artist, animator, and illustrator Kia Asamiya (Silent Möbius, My Favorite Carrera, That's My Space Opera, Uncanny X-Men)

• Actress and voice actress Runa Katagiri (That's My Space Opera, Honey Lemon Soda voice comics)

Otakon 2023 is scheduled for July 28-30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. This year's event will also host manga artist Kyōko Aiba, also Macross artist Hidetaka Tenjin and Macross anime director and mechanical designer Shōji Kawamori. It will also host composer Ryū Kawamura. Other guests include voice actress Junko Iwao, mechanical designer and director Shinji Aramaki, composer Yasuharu Takanashi, composer Shota Nakama, and rock ensemble -yaiba-, who will perform. Voice actress and author Haruna Ikezawa will also attend the event as a guest. The event announced its COVID-19 policy for this year's event on March 3. The policy says that masks and proof of vaccination are no longer mandatory for attendees of the event in alignment with "local and federal guidance."

Source: Press release (link 2, link 3, link 4, link 5)