Otakon Info Desk

Info Desk Online for Otakon! Ask us any questions during Otakon and we will do our best to help you!

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Members, please refrain from using disability stalls as changing rooms. Our members with disabilities need to be able to access those stalls for their intended purpose. Thank you so much, and enjoy your con!

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The Final Fantasy Distant Worlds Tour will be selling merchandise from 5:30pm-9:30pm out in front of main events on Friday and will be CASH ONLY sales.

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Make sure to see Shoji Kawamori at 3:15PM Friday in Panel 2 and 12:45PM in Panel 2 on Saturday. He was kind enough to draw an original piece for all of our attendees this year and it will be complimentary at his autograph sessions!

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See Matsukaze-san as Gaelio from Iron Blooded Orphans at the Gundam IBO Live Reading at 12:00PM in Featured Programming (Ballroom C) and Gundam IBO Panel: 3:15 in Panel 1 (Room 202) on Saturday. Make sure to also see him at his panel at 5:45PM in Panel 7 on Friday.

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Did you ever want to learn Japanese sword fighting from professionals? Did you want to practice your sweet katana moves with a professional to see who TRULY studied the blade more? Look no further as Capital Area Budokai will be holding classes at Otakon! https://t.co/1tO54zqjRJ

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Visit the Library of Congress on August 9th to participate in a family-friendly Cosplay Workshop, see the screening of animated movie Princess Kaguya from the highly acclaimed Studio Ghibli. Also see the one day display of priceless Japanese artifacts! https://t.co/w41emu6ruM

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Make sure to see the premiere of Hi Score Girl with Yuji Matsukura! See the work of Square Enix and J.C. Staff at 2:30PM in featured programming. Also you can see more episodes and ask questions at panels 4:15PM in Panel 6 and 5:30PM in Video 3!

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We will be hosting our first ever ECKOstrodinary K-pop Dance Battle at Otakon! Submit your (or your crews') videos to [email protected]. All second round competitors will have the opportunity to perform LIVE on the Otakon stage for a chance to win some great prizes!

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We are excited to announce Shoji Kawamori! He created and directed Super Dimensional Fortress MACROSS. He also helped create Escaflowne, Gundam 0083, Ghost in the Shell, Armored Core, AIBO, Nissan Dualis, Thunderbird ARE GO, Macross Delta the Movie and Pandora TV series!

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The Otakon Matsuri is welcoming back Capital Area Budokai! Capital Area Budokai is dedicated to the proliferation of Japanese Budo and Martial Ways. They are students of multiple Japanese martial arts styles and will be providing classes on the arts at Otakon this year!

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We are excited to announce SungWon Cho! SungWon Cho is a voice actor. You also may know him as ProZD online where he makes videos on YouTube/Twitter/Tumblr/all the social medias. He loves his cats Effie and Sophie very much.

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The Otakon Matsuri team is happy to announce its next guest, ECKO! East Coast Kpop Outlet is an independent, non-profitable organization dedicated to K-pop and Korean culture. ECKO will be providing K-pop centered programming for Otakon this year!

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We are excited to announce Toshifumi Yoshida! Toshi’s past credits include the English-language versions of “Ranma ½,” “Inuyasha,” “Kurokami: The Animation,” and “Gurren Lagann”. Also, manga translations such as “Negima!” for Del Rey and “Eureka Seven” for Bandai Entertainment!

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We are excited to announce Mr. Creepy Pasta! Creepy Pasta is the new Urban Legend especially on Youtube. Horror stories and experiences from around the internet are crawling out of the wood work and coming to your ears from one specific voice.

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We are excited to announce Yuji Matsukura! He is executive officer and
Chief of Production Division at J.C. STAFF. You know him for his work on
Revolutionary Girl Utena, Food Wars!, Danmachi: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls
in a Dungeon?, Certain Magical Index and many more!

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We are excited to announce Yasutaka Kimura! He is the Manager and Producer at
Square Enix’s Cross-media Publication Business Division. He has produced works such as “Full metal Alchemist”, “Black Butler” series, “WORKING!!”series, “Saki” series and more published by Square Enix.

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Welcome Max Mittelman! You know Max as Konohamaru in
BORUTO, Jun in SAO II , Ein in GUNDAM: IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS, Inaho in
https://t.co/RWJRI8D0D0, Kousei in YOUR LIE IN APRIL, Luxu in KINGDOM HEARTS 2.8,
Overflow in BEN 10, Zeke in FALLOUT 4 and Leo in Fire Emblem!

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We are happy to announce Erica Mendez! You know Erica as Retsuko in Aggretsuko, Ryuko in KILL la KILL, Gon in Hunter x Hunter, Yuuki in Sword Art Online II, Akko in Little Witch Academia, Diane in Seven Deadly Sins, Nico in Love Live, and Mash in Fate/Grand Order!

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Welcome Lucien Dodge to Otakon 2018! You know Lucien as Waver Velvet in Fate/Zero, Sin Kiske in Guilty Gear Xrd, Amuro Ray in Gundam Origins, Norba Shino in Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Kenji Miyazawa in Bungo Stray Dogs, and Andrew Hanbridge in Little Witch Academia!