Source: Anime Expo News Release
LOS
ANGELES (June 4, 2012) – Anime Expo (AX), North America’s largest anime, manga,
and Japanese pop culture celebration, today announced award-winning voice actor
Nobuhiko Okamoto as an Official Guest of Honor when it returns to the Los
Angeles Convention Center from June 29 – July 2, 2012.
A
Tokyo native, Nobuhiko Okamoto has a rich background in voice acting. His
credits include being the voice of Rin Okumura, the hero of “Blue Exorcist,”
Eiji Niizuma of “Bakuman,” Ivan Karelin a.k.a. Origami Cyclone of “Tiger &
Bunny,” and Accelerator of “Toaru Majutsuno Index” just to name a few. He won
the Best New Actor Award on the Third Annual Voice Actor Awards and later
received the Best Supporting Actor Award on the Fifth Annual Voice Actor Awards.
As an Official Guest of Honor, Okamoto will participate in a meet-and-greet,
autograph signing and focus panel
Nobuhiko
Okamoto joins the previously announced Anime Expo 2012 line-up that includes
composer Yuki Kajiura/”FictionJunction;” anime-inspired heavy metal band
ANIMETAL USA; Culture Japan’s Danny Choo; “Fate/Zero” creative team Hikaru
Konda, Ei Aoki and Rikiya Koyama; voice actors Ryo Horikawa,Jamie Marchi, Monica
Rial and Steve Blum, Japanese pop star LiSA, Lolita fashion designer Cyril
Lumboy, Lolita model Misako Aoki and the Gallery of Fantastic Art.
About
Anime Expo
Now
in its 21st year, Anime Expo is North America’s larges celebration of anime,
manga and Japanese pop culture. Anime Expo gives fans the rare opportunity to
meet and hear from some of the most famous anime, manga, musical, game, and
fashion artitsts from Japan. AX 2012 will feature and exciting schedule of
exclusive screenings; artists’ panels; live concerts; cosplay; dance parties,
karaoke, and video competitions; non-stop video gaming and unsurpassed shopping
from more than 3,000 vendors. AX 2012 takes place June 29-July 2, 2012 at the
Los Angeles Convention Center. To register or for more information, please visit
www.anime-expo.org.
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About
the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation
The
Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to popularize and educate the America public about
anime and manga, as well as provide a forum to facilitate communication between
professionals and fans. This organization is more popularly known by its
entertainment property, Anime Expo®. For more information, please visit
www.spja.org.
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