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Super Sugoii Con Hosts Manga Planet Staff, Kodansha's Yoshiaki Koga, Voice Actor Win Morisaki
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Manga Planet announced on its website on Wednesday that its staff will attend the Super Sugoii Con virtual event on September 27 at 2:30 p.m. IST. Manga Planet's President Hiroki Kurihara, Editor-in-Chief Emma Hanashiro, and Producer Gladys Angala will be presenting at the event.
Manga Planet is a manga subscription service that launched in November and offers subscribers access to English-translated manga. The company is working with publishers Bunkasha Publishing Co., Ltd.; Kaiohsha Publishing Co., Ltd.; Wani Books Co., Ltd.; Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.; Shodensha Publishing Co., Ltd.; Home-sha, Starts Publishing Corporation, K.K. HarperCollins Japan, and MugenUp Inc. The company is also working with individual artists such as Masaya Hokazono.
Manga Planet started as a joint project between Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. and Fantasista, Inc. in 2012. The companies' goal with Manga Planet is to "[bring] new manga to fans from all over the world and support artists and the industry."
Super Sugoii Con also announced on Twitter on Monday that the virtual event will host Yoshiaki Koga from Kodansha. The company streamed a video on Twitter on September 17 announcing that musician and voice actor Win Morisaki (Children of the Sea film, Death Come True game) is also attending the event.
Super Sugoii Con is a free-to-attend virtual event taking place on September 27. Super Sugoii describes the event:
Super Sugoii has been bringing Japanese pop-culture close to India since 2017. In 2020, the brand is working hard to create a sugoii digital experience for the pop-culture enthusiasts from all across India. Super Sugoii understands Indian Otaku's need of accessing legal and licensed Japanese pop-culture experiences on a special online platform. Through Super Sugoii-con, fans can now connect with Anime, Manga, Cosplay, Games and more!
Disclosure: Manga Planet's Editor-in-Chief, Emma Hanashiro, worked at ANN as a news intern in 2014.
Sources: Manga Planet's website, Super Sugoii's Twitter account (link 2)
