ACen runs from May 15-17 in Illinois
Image via Anime Central’s X/Twitter accountThe staff of this year’s Anime Central (ACen) announced on Wednesday that it will host the following performers at this year’s event:
- Taku Takahashi (producer of hip hop group m-flo, composer of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and Space Dandy, performer for Hyōge Mono theme song, arranger for various anime theme songs, pictured right)
- Hidefumi Kenmochi (producer of Wednesday Campanella, composer for various theme songs from Ranma ½, Chibi Godzilla Raids Again, and Red Cat Ramen)
- kors k (music producer for Konami’s BEMANI, Dance Dance Revolution)
- BANVOX (song composer for themes from Blue Miburo, Carole & Tuesday, Beatless)
- Souichi Terada (music arranger for theme songs from Oedo wa Nemurenai!, Shin YAT Anshin! Uchū Ryokō)
The convention will host six idols from The IDOLM@STER franchise, including: Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi), Akiko Hasegawa (Miki Hoshii), and Yumi Hara (Takane Shijou) from 765PRO ALL STARS; and Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Ayaka Ōhashi (Uzuki Shimamura), and Minami Tsuda (Miho Kohinata) from The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls. The event will also host Yuki Kajiura and FictionJunction, the following directors: Keisuke Shinohara (My Dress-Up Darling, Black Fox, A3! Season Spring & Summer), Ayumi Moriyama (episode director for Pokémon: Journeys, Pokémon: Horizons, Let’s Play), Yūsuke Yamamoto (Bocchi the Rock! assistant director, Oshi no Ko unit director), Takushi Koide (Goodbye, Lara; assistant director for Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight Rondo Rondo Rondo, episode director for Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun).
Kadokawa will screen the U.S. premiere of the Goodbye, Lara (Sayonara Lara) original anime at the event.
This year’s Anime Central will take place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, IL on May 15-17.
Source: Anime Central’s X/Twitter account
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