The self-described “Greatest Live Art Competition in the Known Universe”, Super Art Fight is coming to Otakon.
Find out more here: https://www.otakon.com/activities/super-art-fight/
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Bonus: Street team participants will receive a free weekend pass to Otakon® 2017 + 1 free concert ticket for each night!
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Tomoki Kyoda, a director and unit director, made his Directorial debut in 2003 with the theatrical film RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio. In 2005 with the series Eureka Seven, he began his career as a TV Series Director. Since then, he has worked on other titles such as Expelled from Paradise and Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark, in addition to other Eureka Seven series.
See all Otakon 2017's guests on our website.
Japan loves martial sports and its most popular is judo! This combination history lesson and demonstration will show the history of modern Japanese combat sports and many of the techniques used in them, from medieval samurai grappling arts to MMA filtered through the lens of Attack On Titan.
Read more about the Otakon Matsuri Cultural Celebation on our website!
The DC Gurly Show is the Capital’s oldest queer burlesque troupe, and the preeminent burlesque training troupe for the DC Metro area. But be sure not to miss them at the Otakon Matsuri on August 12! D.C. Gurly Show's performance will be featuring Stella Chuu!
Hideyuki Tomioka is a Senior Managing Director at SUNRISE, Inc. His production credits include many popular shows including Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, After War Gundam X, INUYASHA, and STEAMBOY.
Katsuyuki Sumizawa is an anime screenwriter and novelist who has worked on various famous shows including Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, Yu Yu Hakusho, Macross 7, Inuyasha, and Naruto.
Read more about Hideyuki Tomioka and Katsuyuki Sumizawa on our website, as well as all our announced guests.
Toshio Furukawa is a prolific Japanese voice actor (affiliated with Aoni Production) who has voiced a myriad of roles for over 4 decades, including the voice of the famous Namekian known as Piccolo in the hit series "Dragon Ball" and that of Portgas D. Ace, the older brother of Monkey D. Luffy in the hit series "One Piece". To this day he continues to contribute his voice to various works and can be heard in various shows such as "Hunter x Hunter", "Polar Bear Cafe", "Space Dandy", "Dragon Ball Super", and "Ushio and Tora".
Shino Kakinuma is a Japanese voice …
JAM Project, composed of Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui, and Yoshiki Fukuyama, has announced information about their new album, tour, and their first live album digital release. Their original album TOKYO DIVE will be released on September 27th. The group also announced their next tour will kick off on November 2nd at Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, and will include 10 shows running through February 11, 2018. In commemoration of the tour, the group’s first live album AREA Z Live Edition will receive a digital release in Japan. The digital release will include 6 live tracks from last year’s …
Ei Aoki is an animation director. Since his directorial debut in 2004, Ei Aoki has worked on many critically acclaimed titles such as “GA-REI-ZERO”, The Garden of Sinners”, FATE/Zero, and "ALDNOAH.ZERO".
Read more on our website and view our all our announced guests here: https://www.otakon.com/guests/
Stella Chuu is a cosplayer from Los Angeles and New York. She makes brilliantly detailed costumes, travels to conventions around the world, and works to promote geek culture.
The Otakon Matsuri will be running as a cultural track all weekend long. Find out more on our website: https://www.otakon.com/matsuri/
