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!

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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!

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We are excited to announce Sujin Ri will be joining us at Otakon 2018 as developer behind Mystic Messenger!  Otakorp is thankful to Cheritz co., ltd. for helping us bring out this talented creator.

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We are excited to announce Ho San Yi will be joining us at Otakon 2018 as part of the talent behind Mystic Messenger! Ho San provides the voice for V!

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AWR Music Productions, LLC is proud to present the official symphony concert world-tour Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY. Launched in conjunction with the twentieth anniversary of FINAL FANTASY, this concert tour features the music of Japanese video game composer Nobuo Uematsu and is conducted by Grammy award-winner Arnie Roth. This multimedia experience combines stirring screen images to match the soaring emotions of a symphony orchestra performing music from SQUARE ENIX’S world-renowned FINAL FANTASY video game series.