Crunchyroll Announces Junji Ito, Alongside 20 Additional Guests for Virtual Crunchyroll Expo

<p>Crunchyroll recently announced another massive lineup of guests for Virtual <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;crunchyroll-announces-next-slate-of-guests-experiences-at-crunchyroll-expo&sol;">Crunchyroll Expo<&sol;a> including the legendary horror artist Junji Ito&comma; a lineup of professional athlete anime fans&comma; the creative staff and voice actors from The Rising of the Shield Hero&comma; and One Piece&comma; among many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-wp-editing&equals;"1"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-162738 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;28192117&sol;VCRX2020&lowbar;-Junji-Ito&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Crunchyroll" &sol;> <img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-162739 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;28192153&sol;VCRX2020&lowbar;Minori-Chihara&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Virtual Crunchyroll Expo" &sol;> <img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-162740 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;28192225&sol;VCRX2020&lowbar;OnePiece&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Virtual Crunchyroll Expo" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">More Crunchyroll Guests<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Junji Ito will be attending V-CRX to give fans a glimpse into the lives of Yon &amp&semi; Mu&comma; the beloved cats of the horror manga artist&period; Crunchyroll also revealed the stellar lineup for the &&num;8220&semi;Professional Athletes of Anime&&num;8221&semi; panel&comma; which will be hosted by Jacki Jing and will include Aries Merritt&comma; Olympic Gold Medalist for Team USA in track and field&comma; Cole Anthony&comma; rising star in the American basketball scene&comma; playing for the North Carolina Tar Heels and Miro&comma; streamer and professional wrestling champion &lpar;appearing on WWE under the name Rusev&rpar;&period; Headshots and bios for each athlete available upon request&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Virtual Crunchyroll Expo will also feature a discussion with the creative staff behind The Rising of the Shield Hero including Keigo Koyanagi &lpar;Series Composition&rpar;&comma; Masahiro Suwa &lpar;Character Design&rpar;&comma; and Junichiro Tamura &lpar;Producer&period;&rpar; The panel will feature special messages to fans from voice actors Sarah Emi Bridcutt &lpar;voice of Myne&rpar;&comma; Kaito Ishikawa &lpar;voice of Naofumi Iwatani&rpar;&comma; Asami Seto &lpar;voice of Raphtalia&rpar;&comma; and Rina Hidaka &lpar;voice of Filo&rpar;&comma; along with a very special announcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; Crunchyroll Expo is bringing fans an exciting One Piece panel from Toei Animation&comma; featuring Japanese voice actors Mayumi Tanaka &lpar;voice of Monkey D&period; Luffy&rpar;&comma; Kazuya Nakai &lpar;voice of Roronoa Zoro&rpar;&comma; Ikue Otani &lpar;voice of Tony Tony Chopper&rpar; and Hiroaki Hirata &lpar;voice of Vinsmoke Sanji&period;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Crunchyroll Games<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Crunchyroll Games will also be bringing a slate of special guests to V-CRX including Masayuki Yamaigishi &lpar;Yama-P&rpar;&comma; the Next Ninja CEO and producer of Crunchyroll Games title &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Grand Summoners&comma; Erik&comma; Global Lead of Grand Summoners&comma; Kensuke Mita&comma; Producer of Naruto X Boruto Ninja Tribes” from Bandai Namco Entertainment&comma; and David Cai&comma; Co-Founder of Gaudium&comma; the studio behind the upcoming Crunchyroll Game&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Grand Alliance&comma;” which is coming soon from Crunchyroll and VIZ Media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a reminder&comma; International registration for V-CRX is open at the official <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;crunchyrollexpo&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">website<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; Press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Are you attending V-CRX&quest; What guest are you looking forward to the most&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;