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Studio Trigger, the renowned animation powerhouse, celebrated their highly anticipated anime adaptation of Ryoko Kui's beloved manga, Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi) at Anime Expo 2023. Following the world premiere episode screening, our team had the privilege of learning more about the series through a roundtable press interview with Kentaro Kumagai, the voice behind the young swordsman Laios, and Sayaka Sembongi, who lends her talents to the skilled magician Marcille. Join us in our interview transcript to discover their thoughts and experiences working on Delicious in Dungeon.

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First announced back in March with little details, Pokemon Concierge is an upcoming stop-motion collaboration between Netflix and The Pokemon company produced by dwarf studios. The series will follow the story of Haru, brought to life by the talented Japanese actress and singer Non (Rena Nonen). Behind closed doors, hear what Non shared about the highly anticipated Pokemon Concierge at Anime Expo 2023.

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Tuesday, 04 June 2019 19:24

Aya Hirano Interview @ FanimeCon 2019

Japanese voice actress and singer Aya Hirano made an appearance at the 2019 FanimeCon held in the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. Hirano is best known for her iconic role as the protagonist of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Her other popular works include Lucky Star and Fairy Tail. Hear about what she has been up to in the past few years, including her studies in New York and her aspirations.

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Monday, 27 May 2019 23:57

Nobutoshi Canna Interview @ FanimeCon 2019

We sit down with veteran Japanese voice actor Nobutoshi Canna at his first FanimeCon to talk about his carrier in voice acting.  Mr. Canna is most recognized for his roles as the voice of Lancer in the Fate series, Guts in Berserk, and Basara Nekki in Macross 7, along with a magnitude of credits to his name in games and anime.  Hear what got him into the voice acting industry and his most memorable moments in his voice acting career.

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On November 3, Aniplex held the North American premiere for the first film in a three-part trilogy, Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] THE MOVIE I. presage flower at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Heaven's Feel is the third and final route of the original Fate/Stay night visual novel released in 2004. Making her first American appearance, we sat down with Noriko Shitaya, who voices the heroine, Sakura Matou, to talk a little about her career and thoughts on her character in the film.  

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Sunday, 30 July 2017 05:16

Fate/GO Team Interview @ Anime Expo 2017

Aniplex of America celebrated the English release of Fate/Grand Order (FGO) at this year’s Anime Expo. FGO is a popular mobile game based on the Fate series by Kinoko Nasu and TYPE-MOON that is currently the top grossing app in Japan on iTunes and Google Play. Right before the official panel, we had the opportunity for a very brief chat backstage with Creative Director Yosuke Shiokawa, Producer Atsuhiro Iwakami, and with Ayako Kawasumi who voices the iconic character, Saber.

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SHOWMAKER is an up and coming user-generated game that is set to release this winter. The game will allow players to create a virtual live stage show performance in VR for the Vocaloid character, Miss Monochrome. Miss Monochrome has appeared in anime and manga, following the story of an android who is trying to become an idol. Celebrating the announcement for the game, we sat down with the game’s producers, Haruki Hayashi, Yoshihiko Katagiri, and esteemed voice actress Yui Horie who voices Miss Monochrome, at Anime Expo 2017.

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Thursday, 01 June 2017 10:00

Kanae Ito Interview @ FanimeCon 2017

While in San Jose for Fanime-Con 2017, we sat down behind closed doors, with the voice actress Kanae Ito, who is best known for her work as Amu Hinamori in Shugo Chara!, Yui in Sword Art Online, Nobuna Oda in The Ambition of Nobuna Oda, Elsie de Lute Ima in The World God Only Knows, and Nana Astar Deviluke in To Love-Ru.

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Tuesday, 19 July 2016 20:11

Tetsuya Kakihara Interview @ Anime Expo 2016

Kakihara is best known for portraying young male characters with a fiery personalities; Natsu from the anime Fairy Tail, Simon in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and Toudou Shinpachi in Yowamushi Pedal.  He also lent his soft high-baritone voice to many handsome characters in Otome games (Shin from Amnesia) and Yaoi-themed anime (Akihito from Finder Series). During Anime Expo, we were lucky enough to sit down with voice actor himself and ask him about some of his current and future work. 

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While in Seattle for Sakura-Con 2015, we sat down behind closed doors in a round table interview with voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka who is best know for his work as Kirito  in Sword Art Online, Sora in No Game No Life, and Yukihira Souma in Shokugeki no Souma; and Producer Shinichiro Kashiwada who has worked on Oreimo, Sword Art Online, and Fate/Zero.

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