We have a lot of panels and guests planned for Anime Boston and we wanted to share all the details with you. The first big one being that Crunchyroll is teaming up with Funimation on My Hero Academia guests & events!



Wakana Okamura, producer for My Hero Academia, will be attending Anime Boston this year!







Wakana Okamura (Producer of My Hero Academia, Psycho-Pass, Haikyu!!, and Blood Blockade Battlefront) will be a guest at Anime Boston this year and we couldn’t be more happy. With the second season of My Hero Academia kicking off the upcoming spring simulcast season we thought it would be a great if she was at Anime Boston to share the excitement with all the fans there. We decided to team up with Funimation, who will producing the Simuldub for the second season of My Hero Academia, to do just that.



Check out all the My Hero Academia we have planned for Anime Boston!



Saturday

11:30am - 12:30am: Meet Producer Wakana Okamura (Constitution 1, Sheraton)

2:30pm - 4:00pm: My Hero Academia Autograph session (Autographs 3, Sheraton)

Featuring Wakana Okamura, Christopher Sabat (voice of All-Might), Brina Palencia (voice of Minoru Mineta)

6:00pm - 7:30pm: My Hero Academia Season 2 English Dub Premiere with Special guests (Hall D, Hynes Convention Center)

Featuring Wakana Okamura, Christopher Sabat (voice of All-Might), Brina Palencia (voice of Minoru Mineta)



Sunday

11:00am - 12:30pm: Autograph session with Wakana Okamura (Autographs 1, Sheraton)

11:30am - 1:00pm: Crunchyroll Spring Premiere Event (Hall D, Hynes Convention Center)

Featuring My Hero Academia Season 2 episode #1 subbed as well as other new shows. Stay tuned for more details!



If you are attending either the My Hero Academia Season 2 English Dub Premiere or Crunchyroll Spring Premiere Event line up early to receive a free My Hero Academia poster! We only have a limited amount of these so be sure not to miss out.









We also have many additional events, panels, and guests at Anime Boston this year, so check out the details below, and don't miss them!



Guest: LeSean Thomas



LeSean’s most recent works are as Creative Producer and Supervising director of Black Dynamite: The Animated Series, storyboard and animation production artist on The Legend of Korra, Director/Lead Character Designer for The Boondocks, as well as producer, director, and writer on an animated pilot Cannon Busters with Satelight Animation Studio. LeSean will be on hand to talk about all these different projects as well share some of the behind the scenes details of his new project that he is working on with Crunchyroll, Children of Ether.



Panels



Friday

5:00pm - 6:30pm: LeSean Thomas autograph session (Autograph 2, Sheraton)

8:00pm - 9:00pm: Crunchyroll Simulcast Preview panel



Saturday

11:30am - 12:30am: Meet Producer Wakana Okamura (Constitution 1, Sheraton)

12:00pm - 1:00pm: LeSean Thomas Presents (Panel A, Hynes Convention Center)

2:30pm - 4:00pm: My Hero Academia Autograph session (Autographs 3, Sheraton) Featuring Wakana Okamura, Christopher Sabat (voice of All-Might), Brina Palencia (voice of Minoru Mineta)

3:00pm - 4:00pm: Crunchyroll Industry panel (Panel A, Hynes Convention Center)

3:00pm - 4:30pm: LeSean Thomas autograph session (Autograph 1, Sheraton)

6:00pm - 7:30pm: My Hero Academia Season 2 English Dub Premiere with Special guests (Hall D, Hynes Convention Center) Featuring Wakana Okamura, Christopher Sabat (voice of All-Might), Brina Palencia (voice of Minoru Mineta)



Sunday

10:00am - 11:00am: Working in the Anime Industry (Constitution 2, Sheraton)

11:30am - 1:00pm: Crunchyroll Spring Premiere Event (Hall D, Hynes Convention Center)



Additionally, we are super excited to announce that we will be premiering several of our hottest new Spring shows at Anime Boston this year, including My Hero Academia, Berserk Season 2, and Love Tyrant! You don't want to miss the chance to be the first to catch these shows!



Berserk Season 2, episodes #1-2 (North American premiere)

Love Tyrant, episode #1 (World premiere)

My Hero Academia Season 2 episode #1 sub (Launch weekend premier)









We still have some more surprises to share with our plans for Anime Boston so be sure to check back here in the near future. Haven’t picked up your tickets to Anime Boston yet? Grab yours today before they are gone!