This will be the second time Osaka has hosted a World Expo after Expo ’70, 55 years earlier.
The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) announced on Monday that it has named anime creator and director Shoji Kawamori as one of 10 co-producers of Osaka’s Expo 2025.
The World Expo is held every five years and can last in for up to six months in their host city.
Kawamori visited Osaka’s first World Expo when he was still in elementary school, and he credited the event with inspiring his lifelong exploration of world culture, science, and science fiction.