Live in Los Angeles for the US-Asia Entertainment Summit, November 21st

I will be appearing on a panel for the annual US-Asia Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles this Saturday, November 21st, at 10 am Japan Standard Time (Friday the 20th, 5 pm PST/8 pm EST) to discuss "Hollywood's New Anime Gold Rush." I will be joined by the presidents of Sentai Filmworks and Production I.G USA, and the senior vice president and creative director for Toonami's Adult Swim/Cartoon Network: John Ledford, Maki Terashima-Furuta and Jason DeMarco. These are some of the finest and best-qualified professionals you could assemble for a discussion of this topic. 

The event is hosted and sponsored by Asia Society of Southern California, Japan House Los Angeles, JETRO and The Cool Japan Fund. 

More info and registration for the livestream is here.

I hope you'll join us this Saturday/Friday the 21st/20th. 







 



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