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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:

• Yusuke 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)
• Kosuke Arai (chief producer of In the Land of Leadale)
• Yuki Mukai (producer of In the Land of Leadale)
• Yuji 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 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 moved to an online format in September 2020 with guest s, interactive events, special announcements, and other content.

Update: Added voice actors from Platinum End.

Source: Crunchyroll (Cayla Coats)