Now that we’re just one month from Otakon, the announcements of guests and other things are picking up. A few more guest announcements came in this week:
- Kenji Kodama - Director of Cased Closed (aka Detective Conan), co-director of City Hunter, and key animator for Great Teacher Onizuka.
- Michihiko Suwa - Producer for YTV. He has produced such series as CityHunter, Black Jack, and Magic Knight Rayearth and has overseen the production of Case Closed and Inu Yasha.
- Aaron Dismuke - Most famous for doing the voice work of Alphonse Elric in Funimation’s release of Fullmetal Alchemist (to go along with Vic Mignogna who was announced as a guest a while ago, who did the voice of Edward Elric). He also does the voice of Ion Fortuna in Trinity Blood.
Otakon has also added a list of industry panels, including:
- ADV Films
- Bandai Entertainment
- Bandai Visual USA
- Funimation
- Gaia Online
- Geneon
- Gonzo
- Harmony Gold
- Media Blasters, and
- Tokyopop
