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Anime ExpoJuly 2-5, 2026 Los Angeles Convention Center
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frettiko
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frettiko is the author of "Isekai’d with My Dog, I’m Not the Hero?!", the grand prize–winner of the MyAnimeList x Honeyfeed Writing Contest 2025 THE ISEKAI, presented by Kadokawa, which she counts as becoming a professional anime fan. She also reviews anime on YouTube.
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Keiichiro Saito
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Started as an animator in 2016. He debuted as Director with the OVA ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Regards and rose to fame with Bocchi the Rock! and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. He is the Supporting Director for Frieren Season 2.
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Keisuke Kojima
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Started as an animator at GAINAX in 2009. He served as Animation Director for One- Punch Man (2015) and as Director and Character Designer for My Isekai Life (2022). In 2026, he is the Character Designer and Chief Animation Director for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2.
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Yuichiro Fukushi
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Started at GONZO in 2005 and joined MADHOUSE in 2009. He produced One-Punch Man (2015) and several series with Shingo Natsume, such as ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. and Sonny Boy. He is the Animation Producer for both seasons of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.
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Tomoya Kitagawa
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Joined MADHOUSE in 2013. He provided storyboards andunit direction for hits like Orb: On the Movements of the Earth and SPY×FAMILY Season 1. After serving as Chief Episode Director for the 2nd cour of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 1, he debuted as Director with Season 2.
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Yoshino Aoyama
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Yoshino Aoyama is a Japanese voice actress known for her roles as Hitori Gotoh in Bocchi the Rock!, Dot and Nidothing in Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and Sakura Himedaka in Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring. She will voice Yumeka in the upcoming season of Blue Box.
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Zach Aguilar
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Zach Aguilar is an award-winning voice actor best known as Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. He will appear at the Blue Box Official Panel at AX.
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Rie Takahashi
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Rie Takahashi is a highly acclaimed Japanese voice actress best known for her roles in "Re:ZERO − Starting Life in Another World" and "Fate/Grand Order." At Anime Expo, she will appear on panels for "Magic Knight Rayearth" and "The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power."
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Saori Hayami
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Saori Hayami is a renowned Japanese voice actress best known for her roles as Yor Forger in SPY×FAMILY and Shinobu Kocho in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She will voice Emeraude in the upcoming anime Magic Knight Rayearth.
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Makoto Furukawa
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Born September 29, 1989, Kumamoto Prefecture. A Japanese voice actor who has voiced in various animes such as Saitama in “One-Punch Man”, Benimaru in “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime”, and Ei Gyoumei from “Though I Am an Inept Villainess.”
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