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Sung Jin Ahn

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From intern to supervising producer and director, Sung Jin Ahn has a long history with Titmouse. Groomed and mentored by the founding team, Sung Jin has honed his expertise for all parts of the production process. His true passions lay with storytelling and collaborating with creatives. He has directed on shows such as Niko and the Sword of Light and Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, and is currently supervising director on The Legend of Vox Machina. His passion for animation is only matched for his love of his cats and chickens. Fresh eggs and fresh styles!

Arthur Loftis

Industry guest of honor

Arthur Loftis is an art director at Titmouse Los Angeles, currently working on the record-breaking Kickstarter success, The Legend of Vox Machina. As a Critical Role fan, aka "critter", he works closely with the creative executives to forge an animated adaptation which honors the source material and introduces new viewers to the story. Leading a team of 2D and 3D artists who bring fresh ideas to the world of fantasy action-adventure cartoons, the group's passion for Dungeons & Dragons brings them together on the weekend. Arthur's previous credits include: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Motorcity, and Son of Zorn.

Titmouse

Industry guest of honor

Titmouse is an independent Emmy award-winning animation production company. It has artist-run studios in Los Angeles, New York City, and Vancouver. Titmouse founders Chris and Shannon Prynoski launched Titmouse in Los Angeles, the birthplace of the American entertainment industry. Known for series such as The Venture Bros., Big Mouth, The Legend of Vox Machina, The Midnight Gospel, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Metalocalypse, Titmouse creates high-quality cartoons for all ages and interests.

Tonari Animation

Industry guest of honor

Tonari Animation is a global anime studio that has worked on over 30 Japanese TV and movie anime productions, such as Boruto, Black Clover, One Piece, Blue Lock, and Magical Destroyers. Tonari Animation is most famously known for creating YouTube shorts Gawr Gura - Shark'd, Gawr Gura's blue horizon!!, Ren Zotto's Wanderer, and Ironmouse Unleashed. Tonari has a physical studio in Tokyo, Japan, where they help connect global artists and animators with the anime industry and Japanese culture.

Bellamy Luna Brooks

Industry guest of honor

Bellamy Brooks is a Tokyo-based animator and producer working in the TV anime industry. With a blend of digital and traditional paper animation techniques, Bellamy has taken on different roles, including key animator, character designer, storyboarder, animation supervisor, and producer. She recently worked on paper as the animation supervisor on a few episodes of Magical Destroyers.

Her portfolio includes key animation contributions to projects such as Boruto, Akiba Maid War, Shadowverse Flame, RWBY: Ice Queendom, Prima Doll, and Luminous Witches. Beyond TV anime, she has garnered recognition for creating animations for VTubers such as Gawr Gura, Ironmouse, OniGiri, and girl_dm_. Her latest production, Ironmouse Unleashed, premiered during Ironmouse's anniversary stream, which she wrote, directed, and produced.

Sailor Yon

Industry guest of honor

Sailor Yon is from Mexico and works in the anime industry as a layout artist and animation supervisor. His most recent works include key animation on Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Spy × Family. He is also known for his work as a sakkan for the OVA Ironmouse Unleashed, which debuted on Ironmouse's 6th anniversary stream. Alongside his anime work, he has garnered a following for his original art on Twitter under the name Sailor_Yon.

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