Anime Central 2003 - Guests

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There are many fantastic guests at Anime Central. Here's just a taste of some of the panels that were there.
After the opening ceremonies Yoko Ishida treated us with a concert including some guest Para Para dancers!*
Yoko Ishida with the Para Para dancers in a quick photo op. (2nd picture*) Me and Moo getting the opportunity to get photos with Yoko Ishida while we were in costume. *
I was lucky enough to catch Maya Okamoto (the voice actress of Orihime Soletta of Sakura Taisen) wandering around the convention. So of course I asked for a photo. :D Kazuyoshi Katayama (director of The Big O), Hidenori Matsubara (character designer for AMG and Sakura Taisen) and Maya Okamoto. I'm afraid I don't know who the woman in front is. :( Again, they were just standing around in the hotel so I asked to get a picture of them. :)
The "Behind Sakura Taisen" panel with Kouhei Tanaka, the Japanese translator, Maya Okamoto, Hidenori Matsubara, and Satoru Akahori. * Maya Okamoto (voice actress of Orihime Soletta) at the Sakura Taisen panel Maya Okamoto, Hidenori Matsubara (character designer and art director for Ah! My Goddess and Sakura Taisen), and Satoru Akahori (writer for Sakura Taisen). Kouhei Tanaka (song composer for Sakura Taisen anime and musicals), and the Japanese translator ( I didn't get his name :( ) who's worked on the Sakura Taisen Movie English translation.
The Japanese translator, Hidenori Matsubara, Kazuko Tadano (character designer for Sailor Moon) and Hiroaki Gohda (director of the Ah! My Goddess Movie). * The Anime Music panel with Yoko Ishida, Kouhei Tanaka, the Japanese translator and Maya Okamoto. *
It seems that both Maya Okamoto and Kouhei Tanaka were amused with my antenna that's part of my Zack costume. When I first went up to Maya Okamoto, she pointed at it and said kawaii! and wanted to touch it. It was pretty funny actually. :) And you can obviously see in the photo that Kouhei Tanaka liked my costume too. :) (2nd picture*) Moo and Kouhei Tanaka Yoko Ishida, Ayaka (Sanzo), Me (Squall) and Kouhei Tanaka after the autograph session. They let everyone get group photos of the guests.

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