Animation Director Hidenori Matsubara to be Guest at Otakon 2017
Washington, D.C. (July 9, 2017) – Hidenori Matsubara, an animator and animation director whose best known projects include various "Evangelion" series "Oh! My Goddess" will be a guest at Otakon 2017, according to Otakorp Inc.
As a young and hungry animator, Matsubara worked as an in-betweener on the "Project A-ko" movies. From there, he served as an animator on "Bubblegum Crisis" and "Gunbuster." Graduating to animation director for "Nadia - Secret of Blue Water," he completed the opening animation for "Bubblegum Crash" and then served as animation director on "Otaku no Video" (the inspiration for the name Otakon). Other credits in this period include work as an animator on "Perfect Blue," "Gunsmith Cats," and the original "Neon Genesis Evangelion" series. For the "Oh! My Goddess" series (and later for the movie), Matsubara served as character designer and chief animation director; more recently, he was character designer for "The Count of Monte Cristo." He also served as the character designer of the hit game series "Sakura Wars."
Matsubara has worked with director Hideaki Anno as an animator and animation director on the new series of "Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone," "Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance," and "Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo." His other theatrical credits include "The Princess and the Pilot" and "Space Battleship Yamato 2199." Matsubara is currently working with the famed director Sunao Katabuchi on an upcoming theatrical film, "At the Corner of This World."
Otakon 2017 will be held from August 11 to 13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its twenty-fourth year, Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Historically, Otakon has drawn up to 34,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership based convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff – we are run by fans, for fans.
For more information about Otakorp, Inc., see: http://www.otakorp.org/
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