Director Kazuki Akane might have been feeling the stress from just
competing the Escaflowne movie, a print of which came to the convention
and was shown a couple of hours after the opening ceremonies. |
Screenwriter Hideki Mitsui said he went to Anime Expo to fulfill a
promise he made after he spent his honeymoon at Disneyland and couldn't
afford to stay at the (expensive!) Disneyland Hotel. |
Rica Fukami nearly had the crowd on its feet when she gave an energetic
recital of some of her Sailor Venus lines from the Sailor Moon series. |
Screenwriter Aya Matsui wanted fans to know she creates words, not
drawings, when she said "I'm just a scriptwriter, so please don't ask me
to draw a picture." |
With all of the anime emphasis on cuteness, director Hirotsugu Kawasaki
felt compelled to apologize for the shortage of cute girls in the Spriggan
movie he directed. |
And Mahiro Maeda looked suprised when he got a blast of cheers when
he was introduced as the monster designer for Evangelion. After all, he
also directed the Blue Submarine No. 6 show that is moving to the Cartoon
Network. |