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Otakon Hosts Director Takaharu Ozaki, Studio Shaft's Kazuya Shiotsuki, TBS Sparkle Producer Junichiro Tanaka, More Guests

• Director Takaharu Ozaki (BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-, Goblin Slayer)
• Producer from Warner Bros. Japan Shinya Tsuruoka (BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)
• Producer from TBS Sparkle Junichiro Tanaka (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World)
• Character designer and animator at Studio Shaft Kazuya Shiotsuki (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, The Quintessential Quintuplets)
• Screenwriter Keiichirō Ōchi (The Quintessential Quintuplets, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)
• Producer, game director, and scenario writer Takanobu Terada (Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector, Super Robot Wars Original Generation - The Animation)
• Ikebana Master Naohiro Kasuya

Otakon 2023 is scheduled for July 28-30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. This year's event will also host manga artist Kyōko Aiba, also Macross artist Hidetaka Tenjin and Macross anime director and mechanical designer Shōji Kawamori. It will also host composer Ryū Kawamura. Other guests include voice actress Junko Iwao, mechanical designer and director Shinji Aramaki, composer Yasuharu Takanashi, composer Shota Nakama, and rock ensemble -yaiba-, who will perform. Voice actress and author Haruna Ikezawa will attend the event as a guest. Producers and a CG director from Orange will also attend the event as well as animators and artists from Maho Film. The convention staff recently announced that the president of Studio Trigger and several animators from the company will attend as well.

The event announced its COVID-19 policy for this year's event on March 3. The policy says that masks and proof of vaccination are no longer mandatory for attendees of the event in alignment with "local and federal guidance."

Source: Press releases