Anime Expo host the secondary school of the dead crew 3

Anime Expo announced in a press release Tuesday that Studio Madhouse creators Tetsuro Araki, Masayoshi Tanaka, and Kentaro Hashimoto will attend as guests of honour during the 1st to the 4th of July event in Los Angeles.

Araki originally began his career as an artist of Di Gi Charat Nyo storyboard and the series Galaxy Angel before heading titles such as Death Note and Highschool of the Dead. Araki is scheduled to direct the guilty Crown series to debut in October.

It's second appearance of Araki AX already first attended the Convention in 2007.

Tanaka has spent most of his career working as an animator for several projects, such as Gurren Lagann, School Rumble and X. As Araki, Tanaka contributed work in the secondary school of the dead as the animation director, character designer and Chief. Currently works in the sector of life anime at a-1 Pictures AnoHana.

Hashimoto is rounded up the group with the producer of animation of Highschool of the Dead. He is currently working on the comedy anime channel.

The trio will attend the screening of Highschool of the Dead July 2 and will host panel of the creator.

The combination of three previously announced guest of honor Nitroplus President Takaki Kosaka, Toshio Furukawa voice actor, the production team for the last exile - Fam, silver wing (Last Exile: Ginyoku not Fam), voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa, director Seiji Mizushima, J-Pop NIRGILIS, Vocaloid band composer Onyx Kobayashi, weekly ASCII magazine Chief Executive Editor Toshihiro Fukuoka, J-pop Danceroid dance groupCEO of Crypton Hiroyuki ItohCrypton producer Wataru Sasaki, Idea Factory Kenta Sagano and Katsuyuki Hirano, Yugioh Kurosaki, creator of the manga Izumi Matsumoto, creator of comic Fred Gallagher, virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku, Japanese singer-songwriter trio Kalafina, President of Nippon Ichi Software Sohei Niikawa, television host/blogger Danny Choo, voice actor Vic Mignogna and seiyu and singer Miyuki Sawashiro.

On the other hand, the AM2 Anaheim Convention, to be held the same weekend as Anime Expo, has previously announced founder of m & M Studio Masao Maruyama and Laguna Negra director Sunao Katabuchi as guests of honour.

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