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Announced on Thursday by Anime Expo in Los Angeles, California, character designer and animation director, Toshihiro Kawamoto, will be this year’s guest of honor. Kawamoto is famous for his creation of the cast of the anime, Cowboy Bebop. He has also worked as a designer for Wolf’s Rain and Golden Boy, was credited as key animator for Eureka Seven, Escaflowne: The Movie, and Full Metal Alchemist. Kawamoto also worked as a key animator on the Playstation 2 RPG, Tales of the Abyss.

Kawamoto is a co-founder of the anime studio, BONES, other crucial people being, Masahiko Minami and Hiroshi Osaka (who passed away on September 24, 2007 after fighting cancer). One of the first projects BONES worked on was the feature film for the Bebop series, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, and has since been behind such famous shows as, Ouran High School Host Club, Soul Eater and RahXephon.

Currently, Kawamoto is the chief animation director for Stan Lee’s Heroman, which has been turned into an anime and scheduled for release this spring. (Madhouse is currently working and releasing the Wolverine and Iron Man animes.)

Hiroshi Kawamoto became interested in animation due to Macross and the character designs of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. He applied and enrolled into what was then called Tokyo Designer Gakuin College and after graduating was employed by Group Donguri. His debut work appeared in the 1986 film, Arion. It was soon after this that Kawamoto began his work on several Gundam Wing shows.

Kawamoto apparently modeled the Cowboy Bebop character, Edward, after anime and video game composer, Yoko Kanno, Spike on the famous anime character, Arsene Lupin III and Ein, the dog, after a friend’s pet!

Alongside the guest of honor, other Japanese industry professionals attending Anime Expo will be director, Shinichi Watanabe (Excel Saga and Tenchi Muyo!) as well as voice actress, Yuu Asakawa (Love Hina, Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus, Final Fantasy XIII, Naruto: Shippuden). Musical guest to the convention will be Japanese rock band, SOPHIA.

Anime Expo takes place from July 1st through the 4th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Between Kawamoto in California and Nobuo Uematsu in Boston (famed Final Fantasy video game composer) 2010 is shaping up to be a good year for anime conventions. Are there any readers who have already bought or are planning to get tickets for Anime Expo?