Virtual Crunchyroll Expo 2020 – August 27th, 2020 Announcements

Virtual Crunchyroll Expo Announces Junji Ito, Alongside 20 Additional Guests

• 20 Additional Guests have been announced, such as Junji Ito, the creative staff and voice actors from “The Rising of the Shield Hero” and “One Piece”, some professional athlete anime fans, and more.
  • Junji Ito will be presenting the lives of Yon & Mu, the cats from the horror manga artist.
  • From the “Professional Athletes of Anime” panel that will be hosted by Jacki Jing, Aries Merritt (Olympic Gold Medalist from Team USA in track and field), Cole Anthony (North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball Team), and Miro aka Rusev (streamer and professional wrestling champion from WWE).
  • In the “Rising of the Shield Hero” panel, Keigo Koyanagi (Series Composition), Masahiro Suwa (Character Design), and Junichiro Tamura (Producer) of the creative staff will have a discussion about the anime. In addition, there will be messages and announcements from the voice actors, Sarah Emi Bridcutt (voice of Myne), Kaito Ishikawa (voice of Naofumi Iwatani), Asami Seto (voice of Raphtalia), and Rina Hidaka (voice of Filo).
  • In the “One Piece” panel, they will be featuring the Japanese voice actors, Mayumi Tanaka (voice of Monkey D. Luffy), Kazuya Nakai (voice of Roronoa Zoro), Ikue Otani (voice of Tony Tony Chopper) and Hiroaki Hirata (voice of Vinsmoke Sanji).
  • Crunchyroll Games will be bringing guests as well such as Masayuki Yamaigishi (Yama-P), the NextNinja CEO and producer of Crunchyroll Games title “Grand Summoners,” Erik, Global Lead of “Grand Summoners,” Kensuke Mita, Producer of “NARUTO X BORUTO NINJA TRIBES” from Bandai Namco Entertainment, and David Cai, Co-Founder of Gaudium, the studio behind the upcoming Crunchyroll Game, “Grand Alliance,” which is coming soon from Crunchyroll and VIZ Media.
  • In addition to all of the guests above, the character designer Miho Tanino (“Tower of God”), voice actress and singer Minori Chihara (“The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” and “Violet Evergarden”), and musician TeddyLoid will be attending the event.