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Vancouver's Anime Revolution Hosts Voice Actors Kappei Yamaguchi, Tohru Furuya
posted on by Karen Ressler
Anime Revolution announced on Friday that it would host voice actor Kappei Yamaguchi at its August 16-18 convention in Vancouver, British Columbia. Yamaguchi joins the convention's previously announced guest, voice actor Tohru Furuya.
Yamaguchi is best known for his titular roles in Ranma 1/2 and InuYasha, both anime adaptations of works by Rumiko Takahashi, and for his role of L in Death Note. Yamaguchi also portrays Usopp in One Piece and Shinichi Kudo in Case Closed (called Jimmy Kudo in the English-language version). This year's Anime Revolution marks Yamaguchi's first appearance at a Canadian convention.
Furuya is a prolific voice actor known for such major roles as the first Mobile Suit Gundam story's Amuro Ray, Sailor Moon's Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask, Dragon Ball's Yamcha, and Saint Seiya's Pegasus Seiya. In more recent years, he appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 as Ribbons Almark and the Bleach: Jigoku-hen anime film as Shuren.
Other announced guests include Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex vocalist Origa, Lolita fasion brand Angelic Pretty, and English voice actors Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn, Cherami Leigh, Newton Pittman, and Caitlin Glass.
