Guests of Honor for Anime Expo New York included all the best of the best and much more!  Flying into New York for this excellent weekend were: Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoko Kanno, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Atsushi Takeuchi, Taro Maki, Koji Sugiura, Noburo Ishiguro, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Akitaroh Daichi, and Takao Koyama.

Anime Expo New York
 Guests of Honor

Anime Expo New York Guests of Honor

 Shinichiro Watanabe: Director, Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus

 Yoko Kanno: Composer, Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Please Save My Earth

 Toshihiro Kawamoto: Character Designer, Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memories

 Atsushi Takeuchi: Mecha Designer, Ghost in the Shell, Sol Bianca, Patlabor, Evangelion

 Taro Maki: Producer, Tenchi Muyou movies 1-2, Super Doll: Rika-chan

 Koji Sugiura: Mecha Designer, Escaflowne, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memories

 Noburo Ishiguro: Director, Macross series and movie, Legend of Galactic Heroes

 Yoshiyuki Tomino: Director, Mobile Suit Gundam, Z, ZZ, Char's Counterattack, and Turn-A

 Akitaroh Daichi: Director, Kodomo no Omocha, Jubei-chan the Ninja Girl

 Takao Koyama: Writer, Dragonball, Project A-ko, Saint Seiya

The first round of guests arrive for an early archive photo before the weekend activities start!
Yoko Kanno, Shinichiro Watanabe, and Toshihiro Kawamoto at their Cowboy Bebop panel were happy to greet and speak with all of their fans!
Akitaroh Daichi (left) at his panel happy to answer questions from his excited fans.

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