I was fortunate enough to make it to Studio Trigger’s second premiere of Promare at Otakon in Washington DC. I was also fortunate enough to meet Hiroyuki Imaishi, Hiromi Wakabayashi, and Shigeto Koyama at the con at two panels before and after the premiere. The three of them being the director, creative director/producer, and character/mech […]
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