Michael Arias A visual creator acting beyond boundaries such as genres and nationalities. His credits include “ANIMATRIX” (2003 / producer), “Tekkonkinkreet” (2006 / director), his first animation future based on Taiyo Matsumoto’s famed comic, and “Heaven’s Door” (2009 / director), his first non-animated narrative feature film.
	Roland Kelts Author of "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.", published in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. He is a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, Sophia University and The University of the Sacret Heart Tokyo, an editor and writer for the New York-based literary journal "A Public Space" and "Adbusters" magazine, and a columnist for "The Daily Yomiuri." His novel, "Access," will be published next year. http://www.japanamericabook.com
	Shoji Kawamori An animation director and mechanical designer. His work as mechanical designer includes "Valkyries" in TV animation "ULTRA SPACE-TIME FORTRESS, MACROSS", AIBO (ERS-220) of SONY and design supervising for Trans Former series. His directing work includes "ULTRA SPACE-TIME FORTRESS MACROSS-Do you remember the love?", "Spring and Chaos (Spring of Kenji)", "Macross ZERO", "AQUARION", “Macross F (Frontier)”, “Basquash” , etc... Yuji Nunokawa CEO of Pierrot Co., Ltd, which has produced TV animation series, "NARUTO", "BLEACH" and more. He has worked on “Casshern”, “Yatterman” and others as an animation director. http://pierrot.jp/english/ (c) 2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO