Some of the guests of honor at the Meet the Guests Reception: From left, Seiji Mizushima (director of FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST); Noburo Ishiguro (animation director on MACROSS, SPACE CRUISER YAMATO, and many other classic anime); Toru Furuya (voice actor who played Amuro Rey in the original GUNDAM, and many other classic roles); American voice actors Laura Bailey and Vic Mignogna (respectively, Lust and Edward Elric from FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST); and Atsuko Nakajima (character designer for GETBACKERS, URUSEI YATSURA, RANMA 1/2, and many others).