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The workers of Anime Expo revealed on Wednesday that this yr’s Anime Expo conference will host illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as a visitor of honor.

Amano is most well-known for his contributions to Vampire Hunter D and the Remaining Fantasy sequence, in addition to his collaboration with English graphic novelist Neil Gaiman on Sandman: The Dream Hunters. He has been within the anime trade since he was 15, when he joined the veteran studio Tatsunoko Production, and has contributed to many anime and online game tasks.

Gibiate Undertaking, a world IP improvement group that features Amano (Remaining Fantasy video games), developed the Gibiate sequence. The group introduced the anime at Anime Expo 2019. The anime premiered in July 2020. Amano additionally not too long ago drew the character designs for the Exception Netflix anime, which debuted in October 2022.

This yr’s Anime Expo will return to Los Angeles on July 1-4. The conference not too long ago discontinued its Premier Fan Badge system.

Supply: Press launch