Kotaro Takata and Masakazu Morita announced as Anime Expo 2023's Guests of Honor
Anime Expo added two more names to their Guest of Honor list yesterday.
Artist Kotaro Takata and voice talent Masakazu Morita will both attend the convention and take part in some panels. Takata is best for working on the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead series. Takata will take part in the world premiere screening of the forthcoming Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead anime on Saturday, July 1st inside the Petree Hall at 12:30pm. The artist will also be part of the VIZ Official Industry Panel on Sunday, July 2nd inside Room 408 at 4:30pm.
Morita is best known for portraying Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Tidus in Final Fantasy X, and Thoma in Genshin Impact. The voice talent will join Takata in the aforementioned VIZ Official Industry Panel as well as take part in the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Panel on Monday, July 3rd inside the Petree Hall at 1:30pm.
Takata and Morita join visual artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Speed Racer), character designer Yusuke Kozaki (Pokémon, Fire Emblem), and director Takayuki Hirao (Pompo the Cinephile) as Guests of Honor for the Los Angeles-based anime convention.
Badges for Anime Expo 2023 are on sale to the general public right now here. Anime Expo will take place from July 1 through July 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Check out our review and photos from last year’s event here. Catch previous news updates on Anime Expo 2023 here.