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Crunchyroll Expo Virtual Event Hosts Cast, Staff from Re:ZERO, Battle Game in 5 Seconds, In the Land of Leadale Anime

Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that this year's Virtual Crunchyroll Expo event will host the following guests:

• Yūsuke Kobayashi (Subaru in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-)
• Rie Takahashi (Emilia in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-)
• AIMI (Yûri Amagake in Battle Game in 5 Seconds, Kasumi in BanG Dream!)
• Masafumi Tamura (director of The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat)
• Satoshi Motonaga (producer of The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat)
• Katsuhiko Takayama (screenwriter of The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat)
• Kōsuke Arai (chief producer of In the Land of Leadale)
• Yūki Mukai (producer of In the Land of Leadale)
• Yūji Yanase (director of In the Land of Leadale)
• Miyu Irino (Mirai in Platinum End)
• Yui Ogura (Nasse in Platinum End

The event will also host the following guests:

• Junya Enoki (Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen, Rengoku in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Fugo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Naoya Mukai in Girlfriend, Girlfriend)
• Maaya Uchida (Catarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X, Norman in The Promised Neverland)
• Sumire Uesaka (Susanna in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X, Aletta in Restaurant to Another World)
• Kanon Amane (Memempu in Sakugan)
• Takayuki Funahashi (producer of Sakugan)
• Ayane Sakura (Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia, Gabi Braun in Attack on Titan, Saki Saki in Girlfriend, Girlfriend)
• Azumi Waki (Nagisa Minase in Girlfriend, Girlfriend, Hinata Tachibana in Tokyo Revengers)
• Nobunaga Shimazaki (Yuno in Black Clover, Kosuke Mikado in The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window)
• Wataru Hatano (Shinso in My Hero Academia, Rihito Hiyakawa in The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window)
• Junichi Suwabe (Aizawa in My Hero Academia, Yami in Black Clover, Abbacchio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Shopkeeper in Restaurant to Another World)
• Saori Ōnishi (Kuro in Restaurant to Another World, Hisako Arato in Food Wars!, Aiz Wallenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
• Ayataka Tanemura (director of Black Clover)
• Gakuto Kajiwara (Asta in Black Clover, Shinra Kusakabe in Fire Force, Shun Kuribayashi in Rent-A-Girlfriend)
• Reiji Kawashima (Fushi in To Your Eternity)
• Takeshi Takadera (sound director for To Your Eternity, Laid-Back Camp, Yowamushi Pedal)
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Soma Yukihira in Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Rio/Haruto Amakawa in Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles)
• Akane Fujita (Sagiri Izumi in Eromanga Sensei, Celia Claire in Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles)
• Tomori Kusunoki (LLENN from Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Latifa in Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles)
• Sayaka Harada (Sayaka Sumino in AHO-GIRL, Miharu Ayase in Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles)
• Osamu Yamasaki (directors of Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom)
• Kyoko Yufu (character designer for Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles)
• MindaRyn (musical artist in Sakugan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
• MITSUME (artist)
• DJ Teddyloid

Crunchyroll Expo will host the following voice actors from The Rising of The Shield Hero: Asami Seto (Raphtalia), Kaito Ishikawa (Naofumi Iwatani), and Rina Hidaka (Filo).

The event will also host the following Japanese rockbands: Burnout Syndromes (Haikyu!!, Dr. Stone), Seven Billion Dots (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Granblue Fantasy: The Animation), Magic of Life (Yowamushi Pedal, Joker Game), and Rhythmic Toy World (Yowamushi Pedal Glory Line).

Crunchyroll Expo will screen the world premiere of the Restaurant to Another World 2 anime. The event will also screen the world premiere for the Sakugan anime on August 5 with Kanon Amane (voice of Memenpu) and Takayuki Funahashi (producer) in attendance. Crunchyroll Expo will host a preview of the first 15 minutes of the upcoming original video anime (OVA) for TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You titled Tonikaku Kawaii ~SNS~. The event will also feature first looks for the Fena: Pirate Princess, ORIENT, The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window and In the Land of Leadale anime.

Crunchyroll announced on March 12 that this year's Crunchyroll Expo convention will be a free virtual event from August 5-7 in order to emphasize the health of attendees, staff, exhibitors, and guests.

Customers who rolled over their tickets from Crunchyroll Expo 2020 can roll them over again for next year's in-person event, regardless of if prices change, or can request a full refund.

This year's physical Crunchyroll Expo was scheduled take place on August 6-8 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Crunchyroll announced in June 2020 that it canceled the 2020 physical Crunchyroll Expo due to the nature of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and in order to emphasize the health of attendees, staff, exhibitors, and guests. The convention moved to an online format in September 2020 with guest panels, interactive events, special announcements, and other content.

Update: Added voice actors from Platinum End.

Source: Crunchyroll (Cayla Coats)