Dai Sato Hosts five numbers in the films New York Festival of hope

Films for hope, a film festival charity for those affected by the disaster of the great earthquake of Eastern Japan (Higashi Nihon plain), will welcome writer Dai Sato (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eureka 7, Freedom Project) as a guest during the September 11 event. The festival will show the five numbers! anime who wrote Sato. SATO plans to speak on a panel on his personal efforts to help those affected by the earthquake, as well as their potential effects in the animation industry.

The festival is healed by Production I.G students Justin Leach. He spent some three years in Japan worked as a CG creator at Production I.G. He currently works at Blue Sky Studios as a supervisor of gear and is a member of Japan network innovative U.S. Japan society.

Other films include happy Bogeys 1-8 by Takashi Kurihara, Komaneko: cat curious by Tsuneo Goda (creator of Domo-kun), city of rain by Hiroyasu Ishida, girls of kitchen of Kung Fu by Jin-Roh, La Maison at Petits Cubes Kunio Kato and the premiere of La Luna by Pixar Animation.

The festival is a joint initiative of the film program and the network of innovators of U.S-Japan. 50 percent of all proceeds will go to the earthquake relief fund society of Japan. Tickets for each program are US $ 7-10 for Japan Society members, students and retirees. A pass all day is us $ 24-34 for Japan Society members, students & adults.

The event will take place from the 1: 00 to 19: 00 in Japanese society in New York City.

Sentai Filmworks announced this month that license five numbers along with Dawn Coicent for North America.
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Mamoru Yokota FanimeCon Hosts Rune soldier in California

FanimeCon announced illustrator Rune soldier Louie Mamoru Yokota will return to the Convention of 27 to 30 may in San Jose, California for the second consecutive year.

Yokota provided the illustrations for the light novels Rune soldier Louie and then later had provided the designs of characters for the anime adaptation. His art in the game of adults magical Canan became the inspiration for the design of the characters in the anime series magical Canan video and television anime.

Yokota also worked as a producer of the film of air and Kanon Toei Animation television series and worked as an animation director for the Death Note TV series. He helped oversee the production of the Macross Frontier television series and opened a key animator in Macross Frontier animated.

Yokota has provided illustrations for two adaptations of video games in Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, as well as the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou and Suzumiya Haruhi no Chokuretsu video games.

FanimeCon also will host voice actor and singer Yuya Matsushita, designer of Evangelion Petit Ryusuke Hamamoto, Trigun designer Takahiro Yoshimatsu, director of Fullmetal Alchemist/Gundam 00 Seiji Mizushima, Japanese pop flow band, voice Tohru Furuyaanimator Fumio Iida (SUEZEN) and Japan X co-founder Yoshiki. Frequent guests Hiroyuki Yamaga (co-founder of Gainax) and Halko Momoi (actroess and singer voice) will also return this year's Convention.

Thanks to GokuMew2 for the news tip.
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Fanime Hosts Hiroyuki Yamaga from California, Halko Momoi

The FanimeCon anime Convention announced on Tuesday that host co-founder of Studio Gainax Hiroyuki Yamaga and voice actress and singer Halko Momoi on your event on May 27-30 in San Jose, California. Yamaga has visited the Convention each year since 1997. He wrote and directed the first film of Gainax, the wings of Honneamise (Royal space force) and has participated in almost every Gainax anime since then, including Gunbuster, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Mahoromatic - automatic Maiden. He also wrote the Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: war in the series of video anime Pocket Sunrise. He recently developed the franchise of anime Gurren Lagann and he produced the Shikabane Hime: aka the television series.

Momoi has played roles in more than 30 anime, including Steins;Feiris Nyannyan door, Chika Minazuki of Ai Yori Aoshi, my girlfriend is San Seto a siren, tales of anise Tatlin the abyss and Komugi Nakahara in Nurse Witch Komugi. Momoi sang and wrote songs for the duo Under17 for such anime as Genshiken and DearS. Since then he has performed solo and appeared on the soundtrack for D.C. ~ Da Capo ~ and school days. Momoi is also a journalist, a composer and music producer who founded the label records Akihaba Love Records. Momoi became famous through his diary online and street performances in Tokyo Akihabara otaku shopping district.

Momoi had previousy appeared at FanimeCon in 2009 and 2010.

FanimeCon also will host voice actor and singer Yuya Matsushita, designer of Evangelion Petit Ryusuke Hamamoto, Trigun designer Takahiro Yoshimatsu, Fullmetal Alchemist/Gundam 00 director Seiji Mizushima, Japanese pop band flow and voice Tohru Furuya.
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Kintoki-with Hosts Ryu bike California, a coffee Teruki

The Convention in Northern California with Kintoki announced illustrator Ryusuke Hamamoto and the drummer of Japanese rock Teruki will attend as guests of honour during the week of 18 to 19 June in Sacramento.

Hamamoto, who also goes by the name "ryu bike", designed the characters in the project of ~Evangelion@School~ of Eva Petit of computer animation and other sequels based on Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series of Gainax. He also drew for the compass Image Comics comic book and manga LR Shojo detective Dan. Along with other artists, contributed to the artists of Comic - Asian and Hon anthologies.

According to the official website of the Convention, Teruki won't do any shows of music, but will be panels co-hosting with the author and the guest of honour Takamasa Sakurai. Along with the rest of a cup of coffee, Teruki performs "Kakusei heroism ~ the hero without a name ~," the second song theme of opening for the Darker than black series anime and appeared at FanimeCon in Northern California in 2008. The members of a coffee continue their musical pause that began in 2010; However, individual members take part in their own musical projects. Teruki is currently the drummer for supporting the band of dog in the parallel world Orchestra.

Sakurai, moto and Teruki join other guests of honour as guest musical Crescent Stream (Satsuki and Tomo Asaha), artists of dojinshi Kurot and KL-Chan, cartoonist Flash Yuumei and actors Richard Epcar and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.

Image © Gainax, Khara
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