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Indonesia Comic Con to Host IOSYS' D.watt, Yuyoyuppe, Tsuyoshi Nonaka

The official website for the Jakarta convention Indonesia Comic Con announced last week that it will host musicians D.watt from IOSYS, Yuyoyuppe, and designer Tsuyoshi Nonaka.

D.watt is a member of the IOSYS musical dōjin (self-published) group. The group has made music centering on and parodying elements of otaku culture, such as Touhou Project, Etrian Odyssey, and Kan Colle, often accompanied with Flash animation. D.watt has provided music for such anime as Yuruyuri, Three Leaves, Three Colors, and Etotama. Fellow IOSYS member ARM has provided music for the Robot Girls Z series. The group composed music for the Penguin Girl and Dream Eater Merry series.

Yuyoyuppe started making music through Vocaloid software in 2012. He arranged the theme song for Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', and also arranged the ending theme songs for Yuri Kuma Arashi and Monster Musume. He is the sound producer for the Babymetal band.

Nonaka has been a toy designer at Bandai for more than 25 years. He has created original mechanical designs for Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (known in the West as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and has also done design work for the Kamen Rider special-effects series. He created Bandai's "Chogokin Damashii" line of high-end toys. He has done design work on Dinozone, D.I.C.E., Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact!, and Mazinkaiser SKL.

The Indonesia Comic Con event will take place at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta on October 1 to 2. Other announced guests include original Kamen Rider actor Hiroshi Fujioka.

[Via Kaori Nusantara]