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Anime/Manga/Game Industry Members Check In After Quake (Updated)

The Red Cross is one of several organizations throughout the world who accept blood donations and other contributions.

The following members of the anime, manga, game, and related industries have checked in via Twitter or other social networking sites to report being alive and well after the March 11 earthquake (Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin):

Update: Studio Baobab has confirmed that all of its voice actors are safe.

Update 2: Ken Production has also confirmed that all of its voice actors are safe.

Update 3: Mausu Production has confirmed the safety of its voice actors.

Update 4: Viz Media has confirmed with ANN that it has been in contact with its co-owners, Shogakukan and Shueisha, and that all of its creators are safe.

Update 5: North American boys-love (BL) event Yaoi-Con reports that Japanese BL publisher Libre has confirmed the safety of its creators and editors.

Japanese Anime/Manga Industry:

• Atsushi Abe - update
• Yoshitoshi Abe - update
• Chako Abeno - update
• Tadashi Agi - update
• Kurea Aida - update
• Mayumi Aida - update
• Yu Aida - update
• Takami Akai - update
• Akamatsu Studio via Ken Akamatsu - update
• Satomi Akesaka - update
• Touko Akiba - update
• Kaoru Akiyama - update
• Reno Amagi - update
• Hideaki Anno - update
• Masahiko Aoki - update
• Sachiko Aoki - update
• Ume Aoki - update
• Satomi Arai - update
• Hiromu Arakawa - via Square Enix publishing division president Kouji Taguchi (update)
• Hiroyuki Asada - update
• Kiyomi Asai - update
• Yuu Asakawa - update
• Ayumu Asakura - update
• Kia Asamiya - update
• Shintaro Asanuma - update
• Masumi Asano - update
• Kana Asumi - update
• Ayane - update
• Kiyohiko Azuma - update
• Saimaru Bamyuuda - update
• Minori Chihara - update
• CLAMP - update
• Koge Donbo - update
• Risa Ebata (Mikan Ehime, at C3 in Hong Kong 2011) via Akiralck - update
• Kanetake Ebikawa - update
• Aya Endo - update
• Hiroki Endo - update
• Minari Endo - update
• Atsuko Enomoto - update
• Takahiro Fujimoto - update
• Ayumi Fujimura - update
• Kosuke Fujishima - update
• Saki Fujita - update
• Chika Fujitō - update
• Cocoa Fujiwara - update
• Keiji Fujiwara - update
• Yuuki Fujiwara - update
• Hyouta Fujiyama - update
• Rica Fukami - update
• Shigeyuki Fukumitsu - update
• Jun Fukuyama - update
• Usamaru Furuya - update
• Masahide Fuse - update
• Shoji Gatoh - update
• Hozumi Goda - update
• Mai Goto - update
• Saori Goto - update
• Yuko Goto - update
• Keiji Gotoh - update
• Masaru Gotsubo - update
• Ryuji Gotsubo - update
• Satomi Hanamura - update
• Kana Hanazawa - update
• Kengo Hanazawa - update
• Eriko Hara - update
• Tetsuo Hara - update
• Hitomi Harada - update
• Midori Harada - update
• Akiko Hasegawa - update
• Kenjirou Hata - update
• Wataru Hatano - update
• Bisco Hatori - update
• Sho Hayami - update
• Akemi Hayashi - update
• Yukari Higa - update
• Akiko Higashimura - update
• Tachibana Higuchi - update
• Yōko Hikasa - update
• Hidekaz Himaruya - update
• Akira Himekawa - update
• Matsuri Hino - via Bisco Hatori (update
• Tadashi Hiramatsu - update
• Kouta Hirano - update
• Yomi Hirasaka - update
• Hiroaki Hirata - update
• Satoru Hiura - update
• Rei Hiroe - update
• Aya Hirano - update
• Hiromi Hirata - update
• Joe Hisaishi - update
• Yoko Hisaka - update
• Hirokazu Hisayuki - update
• Yui Horie - update
• Lily Hoshino - update
• Yasushi Hoshino - update
• Mamoru Hosoda - update
• Oma Ichimura - update
• Aguri Igarashi - update
• Shigekatsu Ihara - update
• Mayumi Iizuka - update
• Kunihiko Ikuhara - update
• Asami Imai - update
• Yuka Imai - update
• Hiroyuki Imaishi - update
• Tetsu Inada - update
• Yuuna Inamura - update
• Go Inoue - update
• Kazuhiko Inoue - update
• Kikuko Inoue - update
• Marina Inoue - update
• Nana Inoue - update
• Santa Inoue - update
• Takehiko Inoue - update
• Miyu Irino - update
• Syuichi Iseki - update
• Akira Ishida - update
• Yoko Ishida - update
• Mariya Ise - update
• Takeharu Ishimoto - update
• Kanae Ito - update
• Kanako Itou - update
• Kentarou Itou - update
• Shizuka Itou - update
• Natsumi Itsuki - update
• Junko Iwao - update
• Yukako Kabei - update
• Mai Kadowaki - update
• Hironobu Kageyama - update
• Yuki Kaida - update
• Tetsuya Kakihara - update
• Yuhki Kamatani - update
• Kenji Kamiyama - update
• Aki Kanada - update
• Mika Kanai - update
• Minami Kanan - update
• Konami Kanata - via Ed Chavez update, update 2
• Yui Kano - update
• Jinsei Kataoka - update
• Kazue Kato - update
• Emiri Katou - update
• Shoji Kawamori (at C3 in Hong Kong 2011) via Hidetaka Tenjin - update
• Ayako Kawasumi (via Shintaro Asanuma) - update
• Shota Kibe - update
• Gonta King - update
• Yoshinori Kisaragi - update
• Mel Kishida - update
• Daisuke Kishio - update
• Yukito Kishiro - update
• Eri Kitamura - update
• Bambi Kitazawa - update
• Akiko Kobayashi - update
• Maki Kobayashi - update
• Yu Kobayashi - update
• Yumiko Kobayashi - update
• Kazuma Kodaka - update
• Chizu Kohashi - update
• Kazuo Koike - update
• Kanata Konami - update
• Kazuma Kondou - update
• Katsuyuki Konishi - update
• Ami Koshimizu - update
• Mami Kosuge - update
• Minako Kotobuki - update
• Yun Kouga - update
• Atsushi Kousaka - update
• Takehito Koyasu - update
• Tite Kubo - update
• Masashi Kudo - update
• Rie Kugimiya (via Shintaro Asanuma) - update
• Kyoko Kumagai - update
• Yoshiko Kumagawa - update
• Kaoru Kurosaki - update
• Masami Kurumada - update
• Taiten Kusunoki - update
• Keiichi Kuwabara - update
• Ikuo Kuwana - update
• Houko Kuwashima - update
• Natsuko Kuwatani - update
• Jamie Lynn Lano - update
• Mitsuaki Madono - update
• Junji Majima - update
• Yui Makino - update
• Suehiro Maruo - update
• Kazuya Masumoto - update
• Masaya Matsukaze - update
• Izumi Matsumoto - via Akemi Takada (update
• Jiro Matsumoto - update
• Temari Matsumoto - update
• Kaya Matsutani - update
• May'n - update
• Shinichiro Miki - update
• Mina - update
• Suzuko Mimori - update
• Kazuya Minekura (via Yousuke Sugino) - update
• Jun Miruno - update
• Mai Miyanaga - update
• Ui Miyazaki - update
• Kotono Mitsuishi - update
• Yuko Miyamura - update
• Mamoru Miyano - update
• Nana Mizuki - update
• Junko Mizuno - update
• Takahiro Mizushima - update
• Hisayo Mochizuki - update
• Jun Mochizuki - update
• Halko Momoi - update
• Toshiyuki Morikawa - update
• Rika Morinaga - update
• Suzuka Morita - update
• Yosuke Morita - update
• Daisuke Moriyama - via Sakura-Con (update
• Ryo Naitou - update
• Yuukei Nakagawa - update
• Megumi Nakajima - update
• Saki Nakajima - update
• Hisaya Nakajo - update
• Shungiku Nakamura - update
• Yumiko Nakajima - update
• Chie Nakamura - update
• Tomomi Nakamura (naked ape) - update
• Yuuichi Nakamura - update
• Erina Nakayama - update
• Daisuke Namikawa - update
• Yoshino Nanjou - update
• Ryohgo Narita - update
• Yoshinori Natsume - update
• Kaori Nazuka - update
• Yasuhiro Nightow - update
• Tomoko Ninomiya - update
• Aoi Nishimata via John Pickett - update
• Youka Nitta - update
• Junko Noda - update
• Sakura Nogawa - update
• Kenji Nojima - update
• Mineko Nōmachi - update
• Iori Nomizu - update
• Ai Nonaka - update
• Ikuji Nose - update
• Mamiko Noto - update (Via Shintaro Asanuma)
• Yurika Ochiai - update
• Eiichiro Oda - update
• Rika Ōgaki - update
• Megumi Ogata - update
• Sayaka Ohara - update
• Atsushi Ohkubo - update
• Kendi Oiwa - update
• Junko Okada - update
• Ryotaro Okiayu - update
• Hiroya Oku - update
• Takahiro Omori - update
• Daisuke Ono - update
• Natsume Ono - update
• Masaya Onosaka - update
• Fumiko Orikasa - update
• Minami Ozaki - update
• Romi Park - update
• Peach-Pit - update
• Ryukishi07 - update
• Mitsuki Saiga - update
• Chiho Saito - update
• Chiwa Saito (Via Eri Kitamura) - update
• Momoko Saito - update
• Kanako Sakai - update
• Maaya Sakamoto - update
• Otoh Saki (naked ape)- update
• Kumi Sakuma - update
• Harumi Sakurai - update
• Takahiro Sakurai - update
• Yuko Sanpei - update
• Nozomi Sasaki - update
• Yuko Sasamoto - update
• Shoji Sato - update
• Rina Satou - update
• Yuuko Satou - update
• Natsumi Shibahara - via Drama House studio
• Nokiko Shibamoto - update
• Takashi Shiina - update
• Humikane Shimada - update
• Hiro Shimono - update
• Makoto Shinkai - update
• Mayu Shinjo - update
• Ryoko Shintani - update
• Minoru Shiraishi - update
• Masamune Shirow - update
• Rumi Shishido - update
• Noriko Shitaya - update
• Felipe Smith - update
• Yoko Soumi - update
• Mamiya Subaru - via e-mail
• Sayuri Sugawara - update
• Ken Sugimori - update
• Tomokazu Sugimura - update
• Yousuke Sugino - update
• Tomokazu Sugita - update
• Noriaki Sugiyama - update
• Sushio - update
• Junichi Suwabe - update
• Chihiro Suzuki - update
• Atsushi Suzumi - via Sakura-Con (update
• Shinnosuke Tachibana - update
• Fumihiko Tachiki - update
• TAGRO - update
• Hiroko Taguchi - update
• Yoshihiro Taguchi - update
• Akemi Takada - update
• Ayahi Takagaki - update
• Motoki Takagi - update
• Hiroki Takahashi - update
• Kazuki Takahashi - update
• Shin Takahashi - update
• Harumi Takahoshi - update
• Kazuya Takamura - update
• Hinako Takanaga - update
• Natsuki Takaya - update
• Hiroyuki Takei - update
• Ayana Taketatsu - update
• Junko Takeuchi - update
• Mick Takeuchi - update
• Atsushi Tamura - update
• Yukari Tamura - update
• Atsuko Tanaka - update
• Rie Tanaka - update
• Arina Tanemura - update
• Kisho Taniyama - update
• Hidetaka Tenjin (at C3 in Hong Kong 2011) - update
• Hitomi Terakado - update
• Yuka Terasaki - update
• Shiori Teshirogi - update
• Chiba Tetsuya - update
• Yana Toboso - update
• Haruka Tomatsu - update
• Kouichi Toochika - update
• Akira Toriyama - update
• Aki Toyosaki - update
• Kenjiro Tsuda - update
• Aya Uchida - update
• Hiroshi Ueda - update
• Kana Ueda - update
• Tochi Ueyama - update
• Chika Umino - update
• Naoki Urasawa - update
• Gen Urobuchi - update
• Tomiko Van - update
• Tamiki Wakaki - update
• Norio Wakamoto - update
• Akeno Watanabe - update
• Akio Watanabe - update
• Nobuhiro Watsuki (via Kaoru Kurosaki, his wife) - update
• Ryu Yakuta - via e-mail
• Toyonori Yamada - update
• Kouichi Yamadera - update
• Kappei Yamaguchi - update
• Nana Yamaishi - update
• Hyuga Yamamura - update
• Ayano Yamane - update
• Akira Yamashita - update
• Rino Yamazaki - update
• Naoki Yanagi - update
• Suzuhito Yasuda - update
• Hiroki Yasumoto - update
• Nao Yazawa - update
• Chisa Yokoyama - update
• Hisanori Yoshida - update
• Miki Yoshikawa - update
• Mine Yoshizaki - update
• Kumichi Yoshizuki - update
• YOVOVA - update
• Kanae Yuasa - update
• Yudetamago (Takashi Shimada & Yoshinori Nakai) - update
• Yukana - update
• Kaori Yuki - update
• Satsuki Yukino - update
• Makoto Yukimura - update
• YURIA - update
• Aoi Yūki - update
• Ryoka Yuzuki - update

Japan-based and Visiting North American Industry:

• Matt Alt - update
• William Flanagan - update
• Patrick W. Galbraith - via Right Stuf
• Ken Hoinsky - via Facebook
• Dan Kanemitsu - update
• Takayuki Karahashi - via Facebook
• Roland Kelts - update
• Stu Levy - update
• Isaac Lew - via Facebook
• Patrick Macias - update
• Evan Miller - update
• Rob Pereyda - update
• Sam Pinansky - update
• Sean Chiochankitmun - via Facebook
• Vince Shortino - via Skype
• Matt Thorn - update
• Alice Volkmar - via Facebook

ANN Staff

• Daniel DeLorme,Shinsuke Hori and Mitsuru Uehira have all confirmed to ANN that they, and their immediate families, are safe and unhurt.

Other:

• ALI PROJECT - update
• Asriel - update
• Ayaka (Iida) - update
• Bump of Chicken - update
• Ceui - update
• DAIGO (BREAKERZ) - update
• Danny Choo - update
• Dahna - update
• Do As Infinity - update
• Katsumi Enami - via Ryohgo Narita (update
• Rie Fu - update
• Norika Fujiwara - update
• GACKT - update
• Naoya Goumoto - update
• Michiko Hada - update
• Mizuho Hata - update
• Katsuhiro Harada - update
• Ai Haruna - update
• Aki Hata - update
• Susumu Hirasawa - update
• Hiromi Satou - update
• Yuko Ishibashi - Update
• Yoko Ishida - Update
• Ayako Ishikawa - update
• Shigesato Itoi - update
• Shigeru Izumiya - update
• Tomonori Jinnai - update
• Yuki Kajiura - Update
• Kalafina - Update
• Yoko Kanno via Steve Conte - update
• Rekka Katakiri - update
• Mami Kawada - update
• Mayo Kawasaki - update
• Kazuaki Kiriya - update
• Eiko Koike - update
• Hideo Kojima - update
• HIMEKA (Catherine St. Onge) - update
• Crystal Kay - update
• KOKIA - update
• KOTOKO (Via Mami Kawada) - update
• LiSA - update
• Maon Kurosaki - update
• Marie - update
• Midori Matsuo - update
• Ni~ya (Nightmare) - update
• Noriko Mitose - update
• Maki Ohguro - update
• Toshio Okada - via Vertical
• Yui Okada - update
• Yuka Okada - update
• Onmyouza - update
• SCANDAL - update
• Mototaka "Motsu" Segawa (m.o.v.e.) - update
• Hideaki Sena - via Vertical
• Jun Senoue - update
• Akiko Shikata - update
• Shikidouji - update
• Haruka Shimotsuki - update
• Shinya (Luna Sea) - update
• Goichi Suda - update
• Shiho Suzuki - update
• Satoshi Tajiri - update
• Nami Tamaki - update
• Kenji Tamura - update
• Yoriko Taniguchi - update
• Tenmon - update
• Yuto Tonokawa - update
• Anna Tsuchiya - update
• Fumito Ueda - update
• Hikaru Utada - update
• Kanon Wakeshima - update
• Noboru Yamaguchi - update
• Kaz Yamauchi - update
• Suzuhito Yasuda - via Ryohgo Narita (update
• Yoshiki - update
• Hiroki Yoshimoto (doa) - update
• Makoto Yukimura - update
• ZUN - update

Companies / Studios

• Circus game studio via MangaGamer's John Pickett - update
• Crypton Future Media via Hatsune Miku's Facebook Page - update
• Good Smile Company - update
• Hobby Link Japan figure seller - update
• JAST USA - update
• J-List via Peter Payne - update
• Madhouse Studios via Masao Maruyama - update
• Manga University - Via E-mail
• Nintendo - update
• Production Baobab and all its voice actors - update
• Production I.G - via e-mail
• Satelight - via e-mail
• Square Enix - update

ANN will be updating this article as reports come in. Crunchyroll is putting this weekend's simulcasts on hold until further notice.

Thanks to Kit-Tsukasa nekedo, Mohawk52, xdaniel, Rachel S., Shiroi Hane, RestlessOne, Daniel Zelter, and other forum members for the assistance.

Additional sources via Stradas