Animazement - Thursday - Guests Reception
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It's tempting to call this convention "Utena-Con," and here are the reasons why. This is the first reason; Chiho Saito, the artist who drew the Revolutionary Girl Utena manga.
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At the reception where all Animazement fans could get close to the guests of honor, Saito was close to the second figure in the Utena saga; Kunihiko Ikuhara, the director of the animated version of Utena.
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Actor Pamela Weidner, the English-language Miss China in Spirit of Wonder and Skuld from Oh My Goddess, was on crutches. She had decided to get surgery for a lingering knee problem and was still recovering at Animazement.
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This site's last view of actor Akira Kamiya came at Anime Expo in 1999, where he demonstrated dubbing with a group of his students. Kamiya was making his first appearance at the North Carolina convention, and planned to sing as well as talk.
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We've already met editor and writer Nobuyuki Takahashi...
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...and here's another editor, Toshifumi Inagawa. He specializes in stories on model kits, and comes to the U.S. a few days after the cable TV premiere of Gundam Wing on the Cartoon Network.
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