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Sakura-Con to Host Voice Actress Ayumi Fujimura
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The organizers for Seattle's Sakura-Con convention have announced that voice actress Ayumi Fujimura will appear at the March 29-31 event.
Fujimura's numerous roles include Mineva Lao Zabi/Audrey Burne in Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Azaka Kokutou in The Garden of Sinners, Mimei in Ozma, Ayano Kannagi in Kaze no Stigma, Karada Iokawa in Living for the Day After Tomorrow, Mafuyu Oribe in The Qwaser of Stigmata, Shirō Kabuto in Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen, Eiko Aizawa in Squid Girl, and Niche in Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee.
She's also voicing the mecha Striker in Gen Urobuchi and Kazuya Murata's Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet television anime this April.
Fujimura will participate in a special premiere presentation of Mobile Suit Gundam UC episode 6 on March 29 at Sakura-Con. A panel with Fujimura and voice actress Stephanie Sheh, who voices Audrey Burne in the Gundam UC English dub, will follow the screening.
Sakura-Con will be held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle. The convention will also host animator/designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, Psycho-Pass executive director Katsuyuki Motohiro and director Naoyoshi Shiotani, Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara and musical guests Eir Aoi and Luna Haruna.
The con is also premiering dubs for Sword Art Online and Fate/Zero.