Guest of Honor
AnimeFest 2017 - Thursday, August 17th - Sunday, August 20th, in the Dallas Arts DistrictMotonobu Hori
Mr. Hori is well known as the character designer and animation director (eps 1, 7, and 24) of the popular rock anime series Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.
He has also participated in various capacities, such as in-betweening, key animations, storyboarding, episode directing, and animation directing, in many different anime. Mr. Hori served as a key animator on shows like Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (eps 5, 7, 13), Paradise kiss (eps 2-3, 8, 11-12), Gurren Lagann (ep 4), Michiko & Hatchin (ep 16), Someday`s Dreamers II: Sora (eps, 1, 5, 9-10, 12), and Sword Art Online (ep 13), among others.
In 2014, Mr. Hori handled the 2D Layout and Art settings for Director Kenji Kamiyama's 009 RE:CYBORG. Additionally, he was responsible for the prop design and some episode directing for Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, which was released in 2015.
Most recently, Mr. Hori is working again with Director Kenji Kamiyama on the upcoming theatrical release of Napping Princess in which he is responsible for storyboarding and some episode directing. The movie is set to release on March 18, 2017. You can view the trailer here!
This is Mr. Hori's first time to join AnimeFest!
Please extend him a warm welcome!
Read more about Mr. Hori's list of works on Anime News Network, My Anime List, and AniDB.