FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ANIME EXPO® ANNOUNCES FAMED GUNDAM 00 AND FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST DIRECTOR,
SEIJI MIZUSHIMA, AS AN OFFICIAL 2009 GUEST OF HONOR

Famed Anime Director Returns to Nation¹s Largest Anime and Manga Convention

Anaheim, California (May 18, 2009) ‹ Highly revered anime director Mr. Seiji
Mizushima is announced as an official Anime Expo® 2009 Guest of Honor at the
nation¹s largest anime and manga convention held July 2-5, 2009 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center. More information can be found on the website
www.anime-expo.org .

Mr. Mizushima returns to Anime Expo® this year! A chance of a lifetime to
meet the famed director who is currently working on the theatrical version
of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM 00 that is set for a 2010 release date. Mr. Mizushima
has also worked on many amazing and recognizable titles such as APPLESEED:
EX MACHINA, DAI-GUARD, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: THE
MOVIE-CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALLA, GENERATOR GAWL, MADARA, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM 00,
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, OH! EDO ROCKET, SHAMAN KING, SAION: I WISH YOU WERE
HERE and many more! Mr. Mizushima last attended Anime Expo® in 2006 in
Anaheim, California.

Mr. Mizushima joins Daisuke Ishiwatari, Yosuke Kuroda, Toshimichi Mori,
Morning Musume, Yasuhiro Nightow, Satoshi Nishimura and Kari Wahlgren as
official Anime Expo® 2009 Guests of Honor.

Attendees, Press and Industry Members are also encouraged to view the video
coverage site of the 2008 convention at www.AXBackstage.org
.

Red & Black Sponsors include: FUNimation, Silver Sponsors include: Anime
News Network and Digital Manga Press, Patron Sponsors include: COPIC,
Central Park Media and The Right Stuf, Media Sponsors include: ImaginAsian
TV, Animation Magazine, Anime Insider Magazine and Anime News Network.

About Anime Expo®
Located in Los Angeles, California – Anime Expo®, the nation¹s largest
anime/manga convention, serves to foster trade, commerce and the interests
of the general public and animation/ comics industry. This event serves as a
key meeting place for the general public to express their interest and
explore various aspects of anime/manga, as well as for members of the
industry to conduct business. AX 2009 will be held July 2 ­ July 5, 2009 at
the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California. More information
can be found at its website (www.anime-expo.org).

About Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a non-profit
organization with a mission to popularize and educate the American public
about anime and manga, as well as provide a forum to facilitate
communication between professionals and fans. This organization is more
popularly known by its entertainment property ­ Anime Expo®. More
information can be found at its website (www.spja.org
).

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