New for Anime USA 2018, Toshifumi Yoshida
At the Marriott Wardman Park Washington D.C.
Friday October 19th through Sunday October 21st, Anime USA will be hosting the world famous Toshifumi Yoshida at their annual anime and Japanese cultural convention in Washington DC. Toshi has spent more than half his life reading comic books and watching cartoons for a living. During those two-plus decades, he has worked on an anime magazine called ANIMAG, spent 12 years producing anime at Viz Media and 2 years as a producer at Bandai Entertainment. Of course, he's also been translating the whole time.
Toshi's past credits include the English-language versions of "Ranma 1/2", "InuYasha", "Kurokami: The Animation", and "Gurren Lagann" as well as numerous amounts of manga translations such as "Negima!" for Del Rey, "Eureka Seven" for Bandai Entertainment, and "Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service" for Dark Horse. He is currently the Senior Producer for The Pokémon Company International overseeing the localization of the Pokémon TV series and movies into English and 16+ languages across Europe and Latin America. For more information on Mr. Yoshida and their other guests, please visit Anime USA at http://www.animeusa.org
About Anime USA: Anime USA began in 1999 as a 3-day Japanese animation convention in Washington D.C. started by fans. In 2004, Anime USA formed a non-profit educational organization to host the convention. Anime USA's mission is to promote, as well as educate the public about Japanese arts and popular culture. As in the beginning, Anime USA remains a convention of Otaku, by Otaku, for Otaku. Anime USA is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit managed solely by a staff of volunteers.
Anime USA will take place October 19th-21st 2018 at the Marriott Wardman Park 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008
Friday October 19th through Sunday October 21st, Anime USA will be hosting the world famous Toshifumi Yoshida at their annual anime and Japanese cultural convention in Washington DC. Toshi has spent more than half his life reading comic books and watching cartoons for a living. During those two-plus decades, he has worked on an anime magazine called ANIMAG, spent 12 years producing anime at Viz Media and 2 years as a producer at Bandai Entertainment. Of course, he's also been translating the whole time.
Toshi's past credits include the English-language versions of "Ranma 1/2", "InuYasha", "Kurokami: The Animation", and "Gurren Lagann" as well as numerous amounts of manga translations such as "Negima!" for Del Rey, "Eureka Seven" for Bandai Entertainment, and "Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service" for Dark Horse. He is currently the Senior Producer for The Pokémon Company International overseeing the localization of the Pokémon TV series and movies into English and 16+ languages across Europe and Latin America. For more information on Mr. Yoshida and their other guests, please visit Anime USA at http://www.animeusa.org
About Anime USA: Anime USA began in 1999 as a 3-day Japanese animation convention in Washington D.C. started by fans. In 2004, Anime USA formed a non-profit educational organization to host the convention. Anime USA's mission is to promote, as well as educate the public about Japanese arts and popular culture. As in the beginning, Anime USA remains a convention of Otaku, by Otaku, for Otaku. Anime USA is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit managed solely by a staff of volunteers.
Anime USA will take place October 19th-21st 2018 at the Marriott Wardman Park 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008
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