The Anime Boston convention announced on Monday and Wednesday that it will host former Studio Ghibli production desk Hirokatsu Kihara and producer Michihiko Suwa.
Anime Boston will take place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 30-April 1.
Kihara has served behind the production desk as coordinator on such Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli films as My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and Kiki’s Delivery Service.
The event’s other guests include rock band FLOW, singer-songwriter Asaka, SUNRISE senior managing director Hideyuki Tomioka, and screenwriter Katsuyuki Sumizawa.