Interviews
   

Interview with Kawamoto Toshihiro - Kain
Returning for Otakon 2005 was animation director and character designer Kawamoto Toshihiro. For years now a mainstay at anime conventions across North America, Kawamoto remains a strong, popular draw because of his inspiring character designs in some of the most popular anime in recent history...

Interview with KOTOKO - Liegenschonheit
For its Retrospective Anime Festival, Geneon brought in I've Sound's superstar KOTOKO to give a special concert performance at Anime Expo 2005. A relative newcomer in the world of anime music, KOTOKO burst onto the scene with catchy theme songs for anime such as Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins...

Interview with Sakamoto Maaya - Liegenschonheit
This year, Anime Expo's headlining Guest of Honor was none other than talented singer and seiyuu Sakamoto Maaya. Soft-spoken and shy, this petite star confessed to members of the press before her concert that she was nervous and afraid she wouldn't be able to fill the main event hall at Anime Expo because no one in America would know who she was...

Interview with Mistress Mel - Kjeldoran
If you have seen cosplay pictures from any American anime convention, chances are you have already witnessed the talent and beauty of Melanie Chorak, a.k.a Mistress Mel. She not only attends more conventions every year than most do in their entire lives, but also makes all of the costumes she wears herself...

Interview with T.M.Revolution - Kjeldoran
This year at Otakon 2003, I had the immense pleasure and privilege of interviewing none other than Japanese superstar T.M.Revolution, who was holding his first concert outside of Japan the next day as Otakon's Guest of Honor. This Tokyo Dome-packing celebrity was a very down-to-earth person and meeting him was a truly enlightening experience...
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