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Director Anime Convention Guests
Director guests who have made appearances at anime conventions:
- Hisashi Abe - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Takahiko Abiru - Animation Director
- Takao Abo - Director
- Shingo Adachi - Animator / Character Designer / Director
- Joey Lauren Adams - Actor / Director
- Steve Ahn - Animation Director / Artist
- Steven Ahola - Comic Artist / Writer / Director
- Yukiko Aikei - Animation Director
- Masahiro Aizawa - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Kazuki Akane - Director
- Kevin Altieri - Director
- Masahiro Ando - Director, Studio Bones
- Hideaki Anno - Writer / Director / Animator
- Ei Aoki - Director
- Hiroyuki Aoyama - Animator / Director
- Tetsuro Araki - Director
- Shinji Aramaki - Director / Mechanical Designer
- Aaron Archer - Senior Design Director, Hasbro, Inc.
- Valerie Arem - Actor / Director
- Michael Arias - Director
- Seiji Arihara - Director
- Morio Asaka - Director
- Toyoo Ashida - Director / Producer
- Yoshiharu Ashino - Director / Animator
- Arik Renee Avila - Writer / Director / Artist, Dementia7 Studios, LLC
- Christopher Ayres - Actor / ADR Director
- Rob Bakewell - Director
- Ralph Bakshi - Director / Producer / Writer / Actor
- Dominique "King Vader" Barrett - Writer / Director
- Robert V. Barron - Supervising Director
- Makoto Bessho - Director
- Chris Bevins - Actor / Director / Line Producer
- Michael Biehn - Actor / Director
- Phuong-Mai Blasich (PMBQ) - Creative Director / Comic Artist, P.M.B.Q. Studios
- Don Bluth - Animator / Director / Producer
- Alexei Bochenek - Creative Director
- Dr. Uwe Boll - Director
- Zach Bolton - Producer / Director, Funimation Entertainment
- David Boreanaz - Actor / Producer / Director
- S. Kai Bovaird - Executive Director, Creative / Co-Founder, Cause & F(X) Pictures
- David Brehm - Director / Writer / Producer / Musician, Blue Logic LLC
- Eric Bresler - Director / Producer, Otaku Unite!
- Mark Brooks - Writer / Director
- Anthony Brownrigg - Producer / Actor / Director
- Eric Calderon - Director of Development, GONZO
- Charles Campbell - ADR Director / Actor
- Bob Carter - Actor / Director
- Chuck Carter - Creative Director / Founder, Eagre Games
- Kit Carter - Voice Director
- Chris Cason - Actor / Director / Writer
- Stephanie Celeste - Artist / Writer / Director, Concept Galaxy
- Samuel J. Chase - Director / Producer / Writer
- Ed Chavez - Marketing Director, Vertical, Inc.
- Scott Chernoff - Actor / Writer / Director
- Koichi Chigira - Director
- Siu-Tung "Tony" Ching - Choreographer / Action Director
- Peter Chung - Writer / Director / Artist
- Colleen Clinkenbeard - Actor / Director
- C.J. Collins - Cosplayer / Director, Concept Galaxy / lolfilmworks
- Paddy Considine - Actor / Director
- Justin Cook - ADR Director / Actor
- Jordan Dash Cruz - Actor / Director
- John Cusack - Actor / Director
- Akitaroh Daichi - Creator / Director
- Hugh David - Marketing Director, ADV Films UK
- Jeff Day - Writer / Director
- Kotomi Deai - Director
- John Delaney - Animator / Director / Comic Artist
- Francine Delgado - Art Director / Illustrator
- Michael Dante DiMartino - Writer / Director / Producer
- Aaron Dismuke - Actor / Director
- Barry Dodd - Director / Editor / Writer, The Entertainment Experiment
- Karen L. Dodd - Assistant Director / Writer, The Entertainment Experiment
- Michael Donovan - Voice Actor / ADR Director
- Terri Doty - ADR Director / Actor, Evil Tofu Productions
- Gerry Duggan - Comic Writer / Director
- Ryoma Ebata - Character Designer / Key Animator / Director
- Jay Wade Edwards - Director / Editor / Producer
- Tim Eldred - Artist / Director
- R. Bruce Elliott - Actor / ADR Director
- Kevin Eslinger - Director
- Spencer Estabrooks - Writer / Director
- Chad Evett - Director / Production Designer
- Mike Fasolo - Writer / Actor / Creative Director
- Peter Fernandez - Actor / Writer / Director
- Greg Finley - Actor / Director
- Angelina Foss - Director
- Shawn French - Writer / Director
- Kasumi Fukagawa - Director / Character Designer / Illustrator
- Mitsuo Fukuda - Director
- Naoya Fukushi - Director / Producer
- Kazuhiro Furuhashi - Director
- Tomohiro Furukawa - Animation Director
- Shawn Gann - ADR Director / Actor
- Karina Gaz - Animator / Director
- Adam Ghahramani - Creative Director
- Ed Glaser - Producer / Director, Dark Maze Studios
- Brian Glass - Art Director
- Caitlin Glass - Actor / ADR Director
- Hiroaki Goda - Director / Character Designer / Animator
- Matt Greenfield - Writer / Producer / Director / Actor
- Joe Grisaffi - Actor / Writer / Director, Starship Films
- Reggie Groff - Director
- James Gunn - Writer / Director
- Nobuyoshi Habara - Director / Animator
- Kunihiko Hamada - Animation Director
- Shuhei Handa - Director / Animator
- Marc Handler - Writer / Director
- Butch Hartman - Actor / Animator / Director / Producer
- Hiroyuki Hashimoto - Animation Director
- Kazuya Hatazawa - Director
- William "W.T." Hatch - Director / Actor
- Junichi Hayama - Animator / Director
- Akemi Hayashi - Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer
- Hiroki Hayashi - Animation Director
- Yuichiro Hayashi - Director
- David Hewlett - Actor / Writer / Director
- Masamitsu Hidaka - Director
- Kazuki Higashiji - Art Director
- Tadashi Hiramatsu - Animation Director / Character Designer
- Brian Holder - Actor / Casting Director
- Takeshi Honda - Animation Director
- Mitsuru Hongo - Director
- Patrick Horvath - Director / Producer / Writer
- Mamoru Hosoda - Director
- Leo Hourvitz - Art Director
- Michael House - Technical Director, AnimEigo
- Larry Houston - Director / Producer / Storyboard Artist
- Helen Hunt - Actor / Director
- Yasunori Ide - Storyboard Artist / Director
- Fumio Iida - Animation Director
- Daigo Ikeno - Art Director
- Kunihiko Ikuhara - Director
- Yasuhiro Imagawa - Writer / Director / Producer
- Arifumi Imai - Action Animation Director
- Hiroyuki Imaishi - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Charlene Ingram - Costumer / Director of Animation Marketing, VIZ Media
- Shintaro Inokawa - Unit Director
- Eisaku Inoue - Animation Director / Character Designer, Toei Animation
- Yasuhiro Irie - Key Animator / Director
- Tramell Isaac - Art Director, Obsidian Entertainment
- Kyohei Ishiguro - Director
- Noboru Ishiguro - Director / President, Artland
- Akiharu Ishii - Animation Director / Character Designer
- Jiro Ishii - Video Game Director
- Atsuko Ishizuka - Animator / Director, Madhouse
- Mitsuo Iso - Animator / Director / Screenwriter
- Ichiro Itano - Director, Studio Nue
- Tomohiko Ito - Director
- Ikuko Itoh - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Yoshiaki Iwasaki - Director
- Taliesin Jaffe - Actor / ADR Director
- Ke Jiang - Art Director, That Game Company
- John Johnstone V - Writer / Director
- Brad Jones - Actor / Writer / Director, The Cinema Snob
- Kyle Jones - ADR Director / Producer / Writer, Sentai Filmworks
- Jyunya - Director
- Kenji Kamiyama - Director
- Akihiro Kanayama - Character Designer / Director
- Hiroyuki Kanbe - Director
- Yuji Kaneko - Art Director
- Sunao Katabuchi - Writer / Director
- Kazuyoshi Katayama - Director
- Yasuhisa Kato - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Lloyd Kaufman - Director / Producer / Actor
- Tetsuya Kawakami - Animator / Character Designer / Director
- Shoji Kawamori - Animator / Director
- Hirotsugu Kawasaki - Animator / Writer / Director
- Kimura Keisaku - Author / Director
- Junhong Kim - Director, Zanybros
- Moon-saeng Kim - Writer / Director
- Makoto Kimura - Executive Director / Rights Management Director, MAPPA
- Shinichiro Kimura - Director
- Takahiro Kimura - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Seiji Kishi - Director
- Katsuhiko Kitada - Animation Director
- Hiroyuki Kitakubo - Director
- Ryuhei Kitamura - Director
- Hiroyasu Kobayashi - Director / Production Designer
- Makoto Kobayashi - Director / Production Designer
- Osamu Kobayashi - Director / Writer
- Tsuneo Kobayashi - Director
- Kazutaka Kodaka - Writer / Director, Spike Chunsoft
- Kenji Kodama - Director
- Masayuki Kojima - Director / Animator
- Chiaki Kon - Director
- Satoshi Kon - Director
- Tomochi Kosaka - Animator / Director
- Yoichi Kotabe - Animation Director / Character Designer
- Hiroshi Koujina - Director
- Toshiyuki Kubooka - Director
- Chikashi Kubota - Animation Director
- Mike Kunkel - Artist / Director
- Tomoki Kyoda - Director
- Yuro Kyoya - Director
- Fred Ladd - Writer / Voice Director
- Mark Lancaster - Assistant Director, Dementia7 Studios LLC
- Matt Langdon - Director, Vulpine Media, Inc.
- Brittany Lauda - Actor / ADR Director
- Michaela Laws - Actor / Writer / Director
- Eugene Lee - Director, DreamWorks Animation
- Emi Lo - Actor / Director
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- Miles Luna - Director / Writer / Actor
- Simon Mackenzie - CEO / Creative Director, Aberrant Games
- JL Major - Director / Writer / Producer
- Shino Masanori - Animation Director
- Koichi Mashimo - Director
- Koji Masunari - Director / Producer
- Osamu Masuyama - Art Director
- Hidenori Matsubara - Animation Director / Character Designer
- Hiromi Matsushita - Animation Director
- Langley McArol - Actor / Writer / Producer / Director
- Michael McConnohie - Actor / Writer / Director
- Joel McDonald - ADR Director / Actor
- Ian McElhinney - Actor / Director
- Matt McElroy - Director of Marketing, DriveThruComics.com
- Mike McFarland - Actor / Director / Line Producer
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Actor / Writer / Director
- Kristen McGuire - Actor / Director / Script Writer
- Chris McKay - Producer / Director / Editor
- Sophie McNutt - Operation Anime Director, FUNimation Entertainment
- Vivienne Medrano - Animator / Writer / Director / Producer / Actor
- Paul Mercier - Writer / Director / Actor
- Jerome Mezzandrande - Marketing Director, Manga Entertainment UK
- Tomomi Michizuki - Director
- Yutaka Minowa - Director
- Aubry Mintz - Animator / Writer / Director
- Takahiro Miura - Director
- Kazuhiro Miwa - Animation Director / Character Designer
- Shigeru Miyamoto - Senior Managing Director, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Yu Mizokami - Director / Lead Designer
- Seiji Mizushima - Director
- Takeshi Mori - Director
- Toshimichi Mori - Director
- Koji Morimoto - Director / Animator / Producer
- Yuji Moriyama - Director / Character Designer
- Katsuyuki Motohiro - Director / Producer
- Shuko Murase - Director / Character Designer
- Kazuya Murata - Director
- Cara Ann Murray - Assistant Director, Double Rainboom
- Yûji Mutô - Director
- Kenji Muto - Director
- Tatsuyuki Nagai - Animation Director
- Michael Naishtut - Actor / Director / Comedian, Tokyo Comedy Store
- Atsuko Nakajima - Animator / Director
- Satoru Nakamura - Animation Director
- Takashi Nakamura - Animator / Director
- Atsushi Nakayama - Director
- Kazuto Nakazawa - Director
- Robert Napton - Vice President, Editorial Director, Legendary Entertainment
- Shingo Natsume - Animator / Director
- Hiroshi Negishi - Director, Radix, Inc.
- Jeff Nimoy - Director / Writer / Actor
- Mizuho Nishikubo - Director
- Toshihiko Nishikubo - Director
- Junji Nishimura - Director
- Satoshi Nishimura - Director / Animator
- Ayana Nishino - Animation Director / Animator
- Noir - Actor / Marketing Director, GAINAX
- Minoru Nonaka - Director
- John O'Donnell - Managing Director, Central Park Media
- Masami Obari - Director
- Hiroshi Ogawa - Director
- Hiromasa Ogura - Art Director
- Koichi Ohata - Director
- Tensai Okamura - Director / Animator
- Nobuhiro Okasako - Animation Director
- Kunio Okawara - Animation Director
- Hiroyuki Okiura - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Tony Oliver - Actor / Producer / Director
- Takahiro Omori - Director / Writer
- Manabu Ono - Director
- Hiroshi Osaka - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Mamoru Oshii - Director / Writer
- Katsuhiro Otomo - Writer / Director
- Monty Oum - Animator / Director, Rooster Teeth
- Kaoru Ozawa - Animation Director
- Sunmin Park - Director / Screenwriter / Producer
- Roland Parliament - ADR Director / Actor
- Michael Peterson - Director
- Kyle Phillips - Director / Actor
- Ken Pontac - Director / Writer / Producer
- Andy Poon - Art Director
- Kiral Poon - Tech Director
- Chris Potter - Actor / Director / Musician
- Griffin Puatu - Actor / Director / Producer
- Brian Pulido - Writer / Producer / Director
- Jason Ragosta - Writer / Director
- Sam Raimi - Director
- Kristi Reed - ADR Director
- Shannon D. Reed - ADR Director / Producer
- Dan Riba - Director
- Zachary Rich - Director, Double Rainboom
- Travis Richey - Actor / Writer / Director / Producer
- Sam Riegel - Actor / ADR Director
- Rintaro - Character Designer / Director / Producer
- Joe Ripple - Director / Actor / Writer
- Andrea Romano - Director / Actor
- Jeremy Ross - Director of New Product Development, Tokyopop
- Arnie Roth - Conductor / Music Director
- Eli Roth - Actor / Director / Producer / Screenwriter
- Rob Ruffolo - Art Director, Dreamwave Productions
- Don Rush - ADR Director, ADV Films
- Shouji Saeki - Director
- Tak Sakaguchi - Actor / Director / Stuntman
- Nobukazu Sakai (nbkz) - President / Artistic Director, minori
- Koichi Sakamoto - Stunt Actor / Director
- Katsushi Sakurabi - Animation Director
- Hiroaki Sakurai - Director
- Tony Salvaggio - Director, Rooster Teeth
- Shin Sasaki - Director
- Junichi Sato - Director
- Yuzo Sato - Animation Director
- Noah Scammon - Actor / Writer / Director
- Jan Scott-Frazier - Director / Translator / Jane-of-all-trades
- Justin Sevakis - Director of New Media, Anime News Network
- Adam Sheehan - Director of Events, Crunchyroll
- Hiroshi Shimizu - Animator / Director
- Miho Shimogasa - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Shigefumi Shingaki - Animation Director
- Kevin Shinick - Writer / Actor / Creative Director
- Makoto Shinkai - Director
- Yosuke Shiokawa - Creative Director
- Naoyoshi Shiotani - Director, Production I.G.
- Bob Shirohata - Director
- Jun Shishido - Director
- Kobun Shizuno - Director
- Ian Sinclair - Actor / Director
- Michael Sinterniklaas - Director / Actor / Writer / Producer
- Evil Ted Smith - Director / Costumer
- Yasufumi Soejima - Digital Director, Studio Gonzo
- Kazuhiro Soeta - Animation Director
- Fumihiko Sori - Director
- Jen Soska - Director
- Sylvia Soska - Director
- John Stocker - Actor / Director
- Sonny Strait - Actor / Director / Illustrator
- Eric Stuart - Actor / Director / Musician
- Tomonori Sudo - Illustrator / Director
- Sushio - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Nobuhiro Suzumura - Director
- Michael Swanigan - Comic Author / Animation Director / Storyboard Artist
- Masaki Tachibana - Director
- Yuzuru Tachikawa - Director / Storyboard Artist
- Takeshi Takadera - Sound Director
- Shinji Takamatsu - Director
- Atsushi Takeuchi - Director / Animator
- Hiroyuki Tanaka - Director
- Masayoshi Tanaka - Animation Director, Madhouse Studios
- Tatsuyuki Tanaka - Director / Animator
- Goro Taniguchi - Director
- Junichi Taniguchi - Art Director / Background Artist
- Moriyasu Taniguchi - Director / Animator
- Arlen Tarlovsky - ADR Director / Actor
- Peter Tatara - Director of Anime Programming, New York Comic Con
- J. Michael Tatum - Actor / ADR Director
- Robert Taylor - Storyboard Artist / Director
- LeSean Thomas - Producer / Director / Illustrator
- Jeff Thompson - ADR Director / Producer, The Right Stuf International
- Bill Timoney - Director / Writer / Actor
- Yoshiyuki Tomino - Director / Writer / Artist
- Hideyuki Tomioka - Senior Managing Director, SUNRISE, Inc.
- Naokatsu Tsuda - Animation Director
- Aki Tsunaki - Director, Yumeta Company
- Kazuya Tsurumaki - Director
- Yorihisa Uchida - Director / Animator / Character Designer
- Kotaro Uchikoshi - Director
- Kounosuke Uda - Director, Toei Animation
- Yasuyuki Ueda - Director
- Makoto Uno - Director / Animator
- Ren Usami - Director
- Hiroyuki Utatane - Director / Writer
- Hiroko Utsumi - Director / Storyboard Artist
- Darcy Van Poelgeest - Writer / Director / Comic Creator
- Ray Villard - News Director, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Stephen J. Walker - Director, Kawaii Films
- Tyler Walker - ADR Director / Producer / Writer / Actor
- Steve Wang - Director / Visual Effects Specialist
- Shinichi Watanabe - Director
- Shinichiro Watanabe - Director
- Yuki Watanabe - Animator / Director
- Tom Wayland - ADR Director
- Cathy Weseluck - Actor / Director
- Andrew West - Art Director / Character Designer, Broken Saints
- Andrew Wheelan - Marketing Director, Tokyopop UK
- Andrew Wildman - Creative Director, Wildfur Productions
- Robin Wright - Actor / Director
- Ayumi Yamada - Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director
- Hiroyuki Yamaga - Writer / Director / Producer, Gainax
- Yasuo Yamaguchi - Producer / Director
- Yoshinobu Yamakawa - Animation Director
- Sayo Yamamoto - Animation Director
- Yutaka Yamamoto - Director / Animator
- Akihito Yamashita - Character Designer / Animation Director
- Yoshimitsu Yamashita - Animation Director
- Cindy Yamauchi - Animation Director, Super Techno Arts
- Mamoru Yokota - Animation Director
- Kawajiri Yoshiaki - Director
- Kinji Yoshimoto - Director
- Yoh Yoshinari - Director
- Hibiki Yoshizaki - Director
- Tommy Yune - Creative Director, Harmony Gold
- Billy Zabka - Actor / Director
- Cody Ziglar - Comic Creator / Director / Writer