North Carolina’s Animazement convention announced that it will host voice actors Hiroaki Hirata, Ryusei Nakao, and Keiko Han, A-1 Pictures director Masuo Ueda, and mechanical illustrator and designer Hidetaka Tenjin at its 2017 convention.
Nakao made his anime debut in 1965 and has since voiced many notable roles including Frieza in Dragon Ball Z, Baikinman in the Soreike!
He started his career drawing the Macross’ signature fighter, the VF-1 Valkyrie, for a fansite while he was in college.
He is also a voice actor, having played roles such as Rafael Banderas in GARO: The Animation and Goreinu in Hunter x Hunter.