With a mind-blowing 17 attending Guests of Honor, 3 attending former Guests of Honor as industry guests, and 1 surprise guest (and former Guest of Honor), AX2000 is once again the leader of the pack!  Following is a list of all the attending official and unofficial Guests at AX2000 (in alphabetical order) and small selection of guest photos: 

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Mr. Kazuki Akane: director of Escaflowne TV series and the Escaflowne Movie: A Girl in Gaia which made its fabulous world premiere at AX2000, Macross Dynamite 7, and Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
Ms. Rica Fukami: best known for her voice acting role as Sailor Venus from Sailor Moon and as Myung from Macross Plus, she also performed in Kurogane Communication, Prefectural Earth Defense Force, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OVAs.
Mr. Keiji Gotoh: character designer for Those Who Hunt Elves, Bakuretsu Hunter, Hyper Police, Martian Successor Nadesico, and the new TV series Gatekeepers.
Mr. Junichi Hayama: character designer for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Fist of the North Star, Be-Bop High School, and King of Desert Gandalla.

 
Ms. Yu Watase at Opening Ceremonies Ms. Chiho Saito at the mass GoH complimentary autograph session Ms. Takada Akemi at the mass GoH complimentary autograph session

Mr. Kunihiko Ikuhara: director of Sailor Moon TV series, creator and director of Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, the Utena Movie: Revelation of Adolescence, and upcoming work entitled Schell Bullet with Mamoru Nagano of Five Star Stories fame.
Mr. Hirotsugu Kawasaki: director of Spriggan, animator on Akira, and director for and character designer for Memories segment: Stink Bomb.
Mr. Takuhito Kusanagi: member of Gonzo Studios, beast character designer and contributing mecha designer for Blue Submarine No. 6 OVAs, illustrator and manga artist for Shanghai Kaijinzoku, and character designer for video console game Grandia.
Mr. Mahiro Maeda: member of Gonzo Studios, director, designer, and illustrator for Blue Submarine No. 6, monster designer for Neon Genesis Evangelion, contributing mecha designer for Turn-A Gundam, and provided work on Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Robot Carnival, Wings of Honneamise, DaiCon IV opening sequence, Castle in the Sky: Laputa, Gunbuster, Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water, Only Yesterday, Porco Rosso, Giant Robo, Gamera I-III, Ultraman Powered, Gatekeepers, and Bounty Sword.

 
Mr. Noboru Ishiguro relaxing in the Guest Lounge Mr. Akira Kamiya at Opening Ceremonies Mr. Kunihiko Ikuhara at the mass GoH complimentary autograph session

Ms. Aya Matsui: chief writer of Marmalade Boy, writer for Dragon Ball Z, Tico of the Seven Seas, Gatekeepers, Magical Tarututo-kun, Gikinjo Monogatari, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, and Eat-Man.
Mr. Yutaka Minowa: character designer and concept designer for Outlaw Star, contributing character designer for Angel Links, animator for Escaflowne movie, and character designer for the new Vampire Hunter D movie.
Mr. Hideki Mitsui: screenwriter for Tsuide ni Tonchinkun, Red Riding Hood ChaCha, Magical Circle Guru-guru, All-Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku-nuku, Tico of the Seven Seas, Tenchi in Tokyo, Future Boy Conan II: Taiga Adventure, Lupin III: Secret of Twilight Gemini, the new Sol Bianca, and Gatekeepers.
Mr. Range Murata: well-known illustrator for a large number of magazines, he is character designer and illustrator for Blue Submarine No. 6.

 
Mr. Mahiro Maeda at the mass GoH complimentary autograph session Mr. Nobuteru Yuki at the Escaflowne Discussion panel just before the Escaflowne Movie screening Ms. Chiho Saito (left) and Mr. Kunihiko Ikuhara (right) at Opening Ceremonies

Mr. Kazuto Nakazawa: animation director and character designer for Oishinbo and Moldiver, co-director of Fatal Fury the Motion Picture, character designer for El Hazard OVA series, Sore Yoko Yamamoto Yoko, Landlock, Tenchi in Tokyo, video game Present Play, and new TV series Black Heaven.
Mr. Yasuhiro Nightow: creator and manga artist for CALL XXXX, Samurai Spirits manga, and the very popular Trigun manga turned into TV series.
Ms. Chiho Saito: very eloquent and lovely manga artist for The Sword and Mademoiselle and manga artist and original character designer for Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Ms. Takada Akemi: best known as anime character designer for Kimagure Orange Road and Patlabor, she was also character designer for Creamy Mami and Fancy Lala, and came with an exclusive exhibition of her most famous illustrations shown for the first time in the United States.

 
Mr. Mahiro Maeda (left) and Mr. Range Murata (right) at Opening Ceremonies Ms. Takada Akemi (left), Mr. Yutaka Minowa (center), and Mr. Yasuhiro Nightow (right) at Opening Ceremonies

Ms. Yu Watase: creator and manga artist for the very popular Fushigi Yuugi and Ayashi no Ceres.
Mr. Akira Kamiya: attending as industry guest and voice actor for City Hunter's "Ryo Saeba" and Urusei Yatsura's "Shutaro Mendo" and once again bringing with him his huge class of very talented voice actors and actresses.
Mr. Yukio Kikukawa: attending as industry guest and director of the long-running and very popular Legend of Galactic Heroes 
Mr. Noboru Ishiguro: attending as industry guest and director of numerous historical anime including the historically ground-breaking budget-busting Macross TV series and Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie.
Mr. Nobuteru Yuki: AX2000 surprise guest! and character designer for Record of Lodoss Wars, X the Movie, and Escaflowne the Movie.

 
Ms. Rica Fukami (left), Mr. Junichi Hayama (center), and Mrs. Hayama (right) at Opening Ceremonies Mr. Hirotsugu Kawasaki (left), Mr. Hideki Mitsui (center), and Ms. Aya Matsui (right) at Opening Ceremonies

[Main] [Opening Ceremonies] [Guests of Honor] [Exhibit Hall 1] [Exhibit Hall 2] [Exhibit Hall 3] [Exhibit Hall 4] [Exhibit Hall 5] [Exhibit Hall 6] [Art Show] [Artist Alley 1] [Artist Alley 2] [Guest Reception 1] [Guest Reception 2] [Friday Night Dance] [Fan Fun] [Video Gaming] [Friday Discussion Panels 1, Panels 2, Panels 3] [Saturday Discussion Panels 4, Panels 5] [Sunday Discussion Panels 6, Panels 7, Panels 8, Panels 9] [Monday Discussion Panels 10] [Friday Cosplay Gallery 1, Gallery 2, Gallery 3, Gallery 4, Gallery 5, Gallery 6, Gallery 7, Gallery 8, Gallery 9, Gallery 10, Gallery 11, Gallery 12, Gallery 13, Gallery 14] [Saturday Cosplay Gallery 15, Gallery 16, Gallery 17, Gallery 18, Gallery 19, Gallery 20, Gallery 21, Gallery 22, Gallery 23, Gallery 24, Gallery 25, Gallery 26, Gallery 27] [Masquerade Competition] [Sunday Cosplay Gallery 28, Gallery 29, Gallery 30, Gallery 31, Gallery 32, Gallery 33, Gallery 34] [Monday Cosplay Gallery 35] [Miscellaneous Main Events] [5XL Concert] [Disneyland Resort Hotel by Day] [Disneyland Resort Hotel by Night and Entertainment Facilities] [Information Desk] [Merchandising] [Registration] [AX2000 Staff Dedication] [LLNN Commentary]