Guests of Honor on AnimagiC

By now, the honored guests of this year's AnimagiC have been officially announced:

- Shôji Murahama (founder of Studio GONZO, known for works like "Hellsing," "Speedgrapher")

- Tomohiro Hirata (director, known for works like "Trinity Blood," "Peacemaker Kurogane")

- Kunihisa Sugishima (director, known for works like "Speedgrapher," "Yu-Gi-Oh!," various "Gundam" productions)

- Atsuko Nakajima (artist/character designer for "Ranma 1/2" and "Princess Princess" / animation director for "Urusei Yatsura" / painter for "Jin-Roh")

- Range Murata (character designer for "Blue Submarine No. 6" and "Last Exile")

- Koh Kawarajima (AnimaniA manga-ka duo: Hiroyuki Karashima and Kazuaki Kawashima)

- Tadashi Ozawa (former freelance animator, worked on titles like "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" and "Akira")

- Olga Rogalski (German up-and-coming manga-ka - under contract with TOKYOPOP, known for works like "Triple Witching Hour")

- Pink Psycho (German up-and-coming manga-ka duo - under contract with TOKYOPOP, known for works like "In the End")

- Beate Pfeiffer (anime-specialized voice actress, known for roles like Deedlit in "Record of Lodoss War," Anna in "Shaman King," and Nadia in "Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water")

- Shandra Schadt (voice actress, known for roles like Lina in "Slayers," Robin in "Witch Hunter Robin," and Seras in "Hellsing")

- Hubertus von Lerchenfeld (voice actor, known for roles like Jean in "Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water," Kei in "Gantz," Kouga in "Inu Yasha," and Sanji in "One Piece")

- the GazettE (internationally renowned J-Rock band)