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Anime Expo to Premiere English Sailor Moon Crystal Dub, Cardfight!! Vanguard Film
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Anime Expo's schedule lists the English dub premiere of Sailor Moon Crystal on Friday, July 3 at 6:00 p.m., and the U.S. premiere of Cardfight!! Vanguard the Movie: Neon Messiah (Gekijōban Cardfight!! Vanguard: Neon Messiah) on Saturday, July 4 at 9:45 a.m. Cardfight!! Vanguard the Movie's English language producer Shunichi Taira will introduce the screeening, and "Cardfight!! Vanguard evangelist Dr. O" will hold a Q&A session afterwards.
Anime Expo also announced on Friday that it will host Pony Canyon's producer Shinichi Nakamura (Sound! Euphonium, Beyond the Boundary, Free!, Tamako Market, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, K-ON!) and music producer Yoshifumi Yarimizu (Yuki Yuna Is a Hero, Riddle Story of Devil, Devils and Realist). The two will take part in the Ponycan USA industry panel on Friday, July 3 at 11:00 a.m.
Viz Media announced at Anime Central last year that it licensed both the original Sailor Moon anime franchise and the new Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime series. The company then announced the new English dub cast for the original Sailor Moon anime at last year's Anime Expo. Viz announced at Anime Boston in April that its English Sailor Moon cast will reprise their roles for Sailor Moon Crystal.
Anime Expo is also premiering Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade, the English dub of Aldnoah.Zero, and the English dub of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
This year's Anime Expo will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 2 to July 5.
Thanks to WTK for the news tip