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Shoji Gatoh, Shikidouji, Seiji Kishi, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, More Listed as Attending Anime Expo

Anime Expo 2017 has published it panel schedule, and the schedule lists the following guests who will attend the convention:

• Full Metal Panic! novelist Shoji Gatoh and illustrator Shikidouji. They will attend the "Full Metal Panic 15th Anniversary Panel" on June 30.

• Anime producers Tetsuya Kinoshita, Yasushi Ōshima, and Takanori Matsuoka. They will attend the "Pony Canyon Industry Panel" on July 1.

• Welcome to the Ballroom anime director Yoshimi Itazu, animation director, Takahiro Chiba, and producer Tetsuya Kinoshita. They will attend the "Welcome to the Ballroom Panel & Live Drawing" panel on July 1.

• No Game, No Life director Atsuko Ishizuka and scriptwriter Jukki Hanada. They will attend the "Sentai Filmworks Presents: No Game, No Life Creators Panel" on July 2.

• Classroom of the Elite/Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e directors Seiji Kishi and Hiroyuki Hashimoto, animator Yūji Higa, and producer Shō Tanaka. They will attend the "Crunchyroll and Kadokawa Present: Summer Simulcast Preview" panel on July 2.

• Princess Jellyfish manga editor Yumi Sukemune. She will attend the "Kodansha Comics with Special Guest" panel on July 3.

• My Hero Academia animation director Yoshihiko Umakoshi. He will attend the "Funimation Presents: My Hero Academia Panel" on July 3.

This year's Anime Expo convention will run from July 1 to July 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition, the convention will formally include a preview night a day before on June 30.