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The list of featured Guests of Honor this year toppled all past records of guest lineups for any convention. This year's AnimeExpo had: Hisashi Abe, character designer for Devil Hunter Yohko 2,3 and animation director for the new Vampire Hunter D; Mika Akitaka, creator of the Galaxy Fraulein Yuna series and mecha designer for Nadesico tv series; Hiroshi Hamasaki, animation director for Midnight Eye Gokuu and animation director for the new Vampire Hunter D; Mari Iijima, voice of Minmei for the Macross tv series and movie as well as aspiring US tv actress; Mayumi Iizuka, voice actress of Pokemon tv show as "Kasumi" and "Nanaka" from Mahou Tsukai Tai!; Yutaka Izubuchi, mechanical designer for Patlabor tv series, Gundam, and Gasaraki; Sachiko Kamimura, character designer for City Hunter and Legend of Arslan; Yoko Kanno, orchestral composer for Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Macross Plus, and Memories; Toshihiro Kawamoto, character designer for Cowboy Bebop, Gundam 0083, and Golden Boy; Yasuhito Kikuchi, animation director and supervisor for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Golden Boy series and director of Pretty Sammy, El Hazard, and Kurogane Communication; Hiromi Matsushita, animation director for Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter D, and Wataru; Hiroyuki Ochi, creator and character designer for Armitage III and the new Sol Bianca series and character designer for The Hakkenden; Kazuko Tadano, character designer for Sailor Moon tv series, Dancougar, Wedding Peach, and Crystal Triangle; Akio Takami, character designer for Steam Detectives tv series and mecha animation supervisor for Sonic Soldier Borgman; Akira Kamiya, voice actor for City Hunter's "Ryo Saeba" and Urusei Yatsura's "Shutaro Mendo" bringing with him his huge class of very talented voice actors and actresses; Nobuyuki Ohnishi, artist of the beautiful landscapes and architectures seen in Wings of Honneamise; and Honored AX Chairman Noburo Ishiguro, president of Artland Studios which headed production of Macross tv series and movie as well as the original face behind Macross Captain Gloval. | AnimeExpo99 |
