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Under the Dog's Producer, Writer to Attend Seattle's Sakura-Con
posted on by Daryl Lee Hale
The Under the Dog website announced on Wednesday that two members of the production team, writer Jirō Ishii and producer Kōji Morimoto, will attend Seattle's Sakura-Con this April.
Ishii (428: In a Blockaded Shibuya, producer on Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors) and Morimoto (.hack//SIGN, Please Teacher!, CANAAN) will host an Under the Dog panel on Sunday, April 5. The team plans to show artwork in progress by studio Kinema Citrus as well as answer fans' questions about the upcoming anime, which was funded on Kickstarter last September.
Sakura-Con announced this week that it will host Good Smile Company's Max Watanabe (pictured left) and Masaki Asai, as well as fashion designer h.NAOTO. English dub actors Johnny Yong Bosch, David Vincent (Kill la Kill's Senketsu, Durarara!!'s Seiji Yagiri) and Rachel Robinson (A Certain Magical Index II's Lidvia Lorenzetti), and Christopher Bevins (Hetalia's Japan) also joined the guest list.
The convention previously announced it will host singers Kanako Itou and Kanako Kondou; Wit Studio staff members Otomi Deai, Katsuhiko Kitada and Arifumi Imai; producers Tetsuya Kinoshita, Ryōsuke Tsuboi, and Shinichiro Kashiwada; musical duo GARNiDELiA; animation director and character designer Hiromi Kato; director and animator Osamu Kobayashi; game director Toshimichi Mori; Japanese voice actresses Sumi Shimamoto, Kana Ueda, and Haruka Terui,; Japanese voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka; and English dub voice actors Vic Mignogna and Bryce Papenbrook.
Sakura-Con will take place at the Washington State Convention Center from April 3-5.
