Space Dandy's Kimiko Ueno to be Anime Guest of Honour at Manchester Comic Con

MCM MANCHESTER COMIC CON – MANCHESTER CENTRAL – 25-26 JULY

Space Dandy's Kimiko Ueno to be Anime Guest of Honour at Manchester Comic-Con

Space Dandy scriptwriter Kimiko Ueno is to be MCM Manchester Comic-Con's first ever Anime Guest of Honour, show organisers have announced. As well as meeting fans and signing autographs on both days of the 25-26 July festival of pop culture, Kimiko Ueno will be presenting an on-stage panel on how anime screenplays are developed.

Born in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, Kimiko Ueno made her anime debut in 2009 as a scriptwriter for children's comedy show Gokyoudai Monogatari, going on to write for numerous other children's anime series including Stitch!: Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi, Kuromajyo-san ga Tōru!! and long-running kids' favourite Crayon Shin-chan. She also wrote the screenplay for the feature length Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!!, which received a theatrical release across Japan back in 2013.

However, western anime fans will know Kimiko Ueno best for her work on Shinichirō Watanabe's hit sci-fi anthology series Space Dandy, currently available online from Netflix and on home video from Anime Limited. The show's first season features no fewer than eight episodes penned by Ueno - more than any other scriptwriter. Her contributions include the much-talked-about zombie and rock 'n' roll episodes, 'Sometimes You Can't Live With Dying, Baby' and 'Rock 'n' Roll Dandy'.

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