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Otakon Hosts Background Art Director Kazuki Higashiji
posted on by Alex Mateo
Higashiji has directed backgrounds for P.A. Works and other projects. He has worked on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms, Angel Beats!, Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow, and Charlotte.
The event will also host voice actor Ryōtarō Okiayu, voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, director Yūji Yanase, producer Nozomi Shimakura, voice actress Ayaka Nanase, voice actress Machico, director Nobuharu Kamanaka, FuRyu Pictures' Takayuki Yoneyama, voice actress Yuka Iguchi, director Yoshiaki Iwasaki, producer Keita Yoshinobu, producer Goshi Yoshida, Production I.G director Yōko Ueda, Final Fantasy XIV's Michael-Christopher Koji Fox and Toshio Murouchi, Romelia War Chronicles' Ryō Ariyama and Ryō Kamito, voice actress Yuna Nemoto, producer Yuki Watanabe, manga artist Mitsuru Sangō, producer Yūya Ogisu, Kaiju Girl Caramelise director Teruyuki Omine, BONES president Masahiko Minami, manga artist Ichi Sayo, author and scriptwriter EnJoe Toh, producer Kengo Abe, voice actor Kazuki Ura, voice actor Shōgo Sakata, voice actress Ayaka Fukuhara, producer Takanori Matsuoka, Production I.G co-founder Takayuki Gotō, and Production I.G. USA president Maki Terashima-Furuta.
The convention announced in January it is no longer allowing the sale of fan art in its dealers room beginning with the 2026 event. Dealers who wish to sell fan art were allowed to apply instead for the artist alley without penalty.
Otakon 2026 is scheduled for July 31-August 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Source: Press release
