Roland Kelts is an authority on contemporary Japanese culture and media. He writes for several publications and is the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the US.
Frederik Schodt specializes in currents of thought flowing between Japan and North America, and writes extensively on popular culture, technology, and history.
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In collaboration with Aniplex of America for a special 10th anniversary celebration of Gurren Lagann, Otakon is very excited to be welcoming voice actors Tony Oliver, Michelle Ruff, Kyle Hebert!
Check out their full bios on our website as well as all of Otakon 2017's announced guests.
Michael Sinterniklaas is a veteran of the anime industry and has worked as a ADR Director, actor, voice actor, script writer, sound engineer, mixer and producer.
Michael is a prolific actor and has voiced a countless roles in anime with his most recent major role being Taki in the award winning movie by Makoto Shinkai - Your Name. Check out his full bio on our website as well as all of Otakon 2017's announced guests.
To all of our members:
It has come to our attention that an outside party set up a pirate housing website: “otakon2017.org”.
This website was in no way associated with Otakon, Otakorp Inc., or Experient (our exclusive and official housing provider). We have taken all efforts to shut down the site as soon as we found out, but we cannot determine if any reservations were taken, if reservations through this site will be honored, or what may have happened to any information they may have gathered.
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Capital Area Budokai is dedicated to the proliferation of Japanese Budo and Martial Ways. They are students of Kendo, Atarashii Naginata, Kyudo, Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo, Nakamura Ryu Battodo, Toyama Ryu Iaido, and Mugai Ryu Iaihyodo. Otakon is please to be able to feature live demonstrations as part of the Otakon Matsuri Cultural Celebration at Otakon 2017!
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/
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.
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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 …
