To receive press credentials to cover Otakon, you may now apply on our website: https://www.otakon.com/info/press-relations/
The deadline is Friday, August 3rd.
Otakon is excited to announce Director Tatsuyuki Nagai and Mechanical Designer Kanetake Ebikawa will be joining us this year!
Nagai-san is a director for animated movies and TV series and you may know him for Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans and "anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day among many other titles. Ebikawa-san is a Mechanical Designer who created the mecha designs for Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Full Metal Panic! among many others.
Otakorp would like to thank Sunrise Inc. for helping us bring out this guests!
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Otakon is excited to announce Masahiko Otsuka President of Studio TRIGGER will be joining us this year! Initially working in the live-action film industry, Masahiko Otsuka joined the animation industry as assistant director for Studio Ghibli's Pom Poko in 1992. He then moved on to Studio GAINAX; participating in many well acclaimed titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion (episode director) and GURREN LAGANN (co-director). In 2011, Masahiko Otsuka and Hiroyuki Imaishi left GAINAX to establish their own animation company, Studio TRIGGER. Otsuka's most recent works include KILL la KILL and the Little Witch Academia series.
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Animation Producer Naoko Tsutsumi and Chief Key Animator Yoh Yoshinari will be joining us this year at Otakon From Studio Trigger. They worked on Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, and Gurren Lagann! Otakorp thanks Studio Trigger for helping us to bring these guests to Otakon!
Find the complete list of guests coming to Otakon 2018 here
www.otakon.com/guests/
Cherami Leigh will be joining us at Otakon 2018. You may know her as “Lucy” in Fairy Tail, “Asuna” in Sword Art Online, “Kudelia” in Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, “A2” in Nier Automata, “Makoto” in the Persona 5. Otakorp would like to thank Aniplex for helping us bring Cherami!
Find the complete list of guests coming to Otakon 2018 here www.otakon.com/guests/
Missed the deadline to have your badge mailed? Good news- We're extending it one more day! You have until Monday, May 28th at 11:59pm Eastern to select to have your badge delivered right to your door.
Deadline for selecting to have your badge mailed to you is Sunday, May 27th! Pre-register before then and select the delivery option to by-pass the registration line!
Come and enjoy your own fairy tale experience with the Maid Cafe. Maids and Butlers ready to make any Master and Princess feel welcome. New for this year, we are pre-selling passes to the Maid Cafe online. Find out more on our website: https://www.otakon.com/activities/maid-cafe/
We're thrilled to announce that the Dragonball North America Tour will make its second stop at Otakon 2018! Get ready for an onslaught of Dragonball history, gaming, and even exclusive merchandise from our industry partners. Stay tuned for more details! https://www.db-tour.com/
Otakorp is excited to announce that Cheritz co. Ltd will be having a fan event for their community of Mystic Messenger fans! They will be having an extended event are excited to interact with their fans in the United States! We’ll have more details as we draw closer to Otakon and please look forward to interacting with the creators and talent behind your favorite mobile game!
