Otakon - Friday - Welcoming Gala
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Otakon's opening ceremonies began with the introduction of Yoshitoshi Abe, character designer for the Serial Experiments Lain and Niea Under Seven series.		 0804c768.jpg
Next up was Yasuyuki Ueda, creator and producer of the Lain and NieA_7 series, who was handy with a camera to document the crowd of anime fans.
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The Revolutionary Girl Utena delegation followed, starting with Shinya Hasegawa, character designer for the Utena TV series...		 0804c777.jpg
...who was followed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, Utena's originator, who had become a familiar face with several anime convention appearances in 2000.
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Three people from the headquarters of Production I.G. had been scheduled to appear at Otakon, but only one made the trip: co-founder Mitsuhisa Ishikawa.		 0804c786.jpg
Hiroaki Sakurai, the current king of cute in Japan, was next on stage: he's the director of the DiGi Carat series.
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