CG Director of Solo Leveling and Lycoris Recoil
A Japanese manga editor from Morioka City. Since 2023, Rei has been part of the editorial team at *Weekly Shonen Champion*, a long-running manga magazine published by Akita Shoten. Currently, Rei serves as the editor for manga artist Shinobu Seguchi.
Joined Science SARU in 2016. He served as unit director on Inu-Oh and as an episode director on The Heike Story, as well as as assistant director on Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! and The Tatami Time Machine Blues. The TV anime series DAN DA DAN marks his directorial debut.
Illustrator and manga artist ISHiKEi, known for "ISHiKEi Style" R18 drawing style will be making an appearance and releasing a new artbook at AX2025!
Kazuhiro Nishikawa is the founder and CEO of Dandelion Animation Studio, a Tokyo-based company he established in 2007 after working as a CG creator at Toei Animation. Specializing in CG-focused productions, Nishikawa has led the studio to national and international acclaim.
Hiroshi Ikehata, born in 1979 in Tokyo, entered the animation industry after graduating from Osaka University of Arts. He directed Robot Girls Z, Kiratto Pri☆Chan, and Dark Gathering. He is directing WITCH WATCH, which began airing in 2025.
Works as an anime producer at Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. He has been engaged in producing around 10 titles a year.
A director of Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. He served as a producer for many works including titles from the “Mobile Suit Gundam" series.
Masayuki "Yama-P" Yamagishi ✨ – is NextNinja’s CEO and the producer of both Anime RPG Grand Summoners and Touhou LostWord!
Affiliated with khara studio. Debuted as an animator at Studio GIANTS before moving to GAINAX. Worked on the TV series “Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water” as an animator and made his directorial debut with the LD-BOX bonus footage “Gunbuster New Science Lessons” from the OVA “Gunbuster.”
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