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Malaysia's Comic Fiesta Hosts Studio Trigger's Kengo Saitō, Kazuya Masumoto
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Kuala Lumpur's Comic Fiesta convention announced on Wednesday that the convention will host Studio Trigger animator Kengo Saitō and animation producer Kazuya Masumoto. Saitō and Masumoto will host a panel and will be available for autographs in the convention. The official Twitter account for the convention posted a greeting video of Saitō and Masumoto, and also showed Saitō drawing an illustration for the convention.
We are proud to host Studio Trigger at CF'17! Here's a little message from Saito Kengo, the Chief Animator and Kazuya Masumoto, the Managing Director of Studio Trigger! pic.twitter.com/3EgHRA9aLQ
— Comic Fiesta (@comicfiesta) December 7, 2017
Former Gainax members Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ohtsuka founded Studio Trigger in 2011. The studio is best known for such shows as Kill la Kill, Kiznaiver, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, and the Little Witch Academia films and series. The studio's upcoming series include DARLING in the FRANXX and SSSS.GRIDMAN. Saitō worked as a key animator in Kill la Kill, and as an animation director in When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Little Witch Academia, and Kiznaiver. Masumoto has served as producer and production supervisor in all of Trigger's productions thus far.
The convention will take place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 16-17. The event will also host manga creator Kore Yamazaki (The Ancient Magus' Bride).
