Last week Anime Expo officially announced a few more guests that will be hosting at their panels for this years event. They announced that they will be hosting Nippon Ichi Software character designer Takehito Harada and SNK character designer Eisuke Ogura. Both will participate in a panel and autograph sessions.
The convention also announced that they will be hosting Japanese manga artist Santa Inoue, Inoue will have a booth in The Annex, a fashion and art showcase area adjacent to Artist Alley, and will participate in live art and portfolio review sessions. acttil also announced that they will again host voice actress Yui Horie as a guest at Anime Expo to help promote its upcoming idol manager game Showmaker.
Aniplex of America announced the guests for their Sword Art Online panel as well:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (voice actor, Kirito from Sword Art Online: Alicization -)
Ai Kayano (voice actor, Alice from Sword Art Online: Alicization -)
Tomori Kusunoki (voice actor, LLENN from Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online)
Keiichi Sigsawa (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Kino's Journey author)
Shinichiro Kashiwada (producer)
Kazuki Adachi (producer)
Kenta Suzuki (producer)
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