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Anime NJ++ Convention Hosts Keita Amemiya

New Jersey anime convention Anime NJ++ announced last week that it will host artist, director, and screenwriter Keita Amemiya for this year's convention. Amemiya will have a panel, interviews, and signings during the convention.

Anime NJ++ will take place at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey on November 14 to 16.

Amemiya is perhaps best known for the 1991 live-action Zeiram science-fiction film, which he directed and wrote alongside Hajime Matsumoto. The film inspired the 1994 Iria - Zeiram the Animation OVA, as well as sequel live-action film titled Zeiram 2 in 1994. Amemiya is also credited as the original creator for Studio 4°C's 2004 original anime series Tweeny Witches.

One of his later major works is the tokusatsu series Garo in 2005. The series spawned numerous sequels and spinoffs, including anime spinoffs such as Garo the Animation, Garo: Crimson Moon, Garo: Divine Flame, Garo -Vanishing Line-, and Usuzumizakura -Garo-. Amemiya also directed the Kamen Rider ZO and Kamen Rider J tokusatsu series in 1993 and 1994, respectively.

Source: Anime NJ++ via Media Blasters Instagram account