To ALA 18 Staff and Participants,
I regret to inform you that I will unfortunately not be able to attend the next ALA 18 due to various reasons. I apologize to all who were looking forward to seeing me at the convention, and also to the staff who prepared for my participation. It’s very disappointing that I wouldn’t be able to attend the event, even after the announcement was made, because I was truly looking forward to meeting with you all. I hope sometime in the future, I will get to see you all again, but for this time around, please accept my apology.
Sincerely, Hiroshi Nagahama
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Hello, everyone at Anime Los Angeles 18.I’m Hiroshi Nagahama.
I was scheduled to appear there but I am very sorry I will be unable to attend. I was enthusiastically looking forward to being there. It was announced I would be there but unfortunately I was unable to attend.
I was looking forward to having fun with everyone there.
Next year… no matter what I’d like to be there if you will invite me again.It would be great to see you all and have fun together.
I’m sorry about all this. Sorry for this last minute cancellation.
I look forward to meeting you all.
Hiroshi Nagahama was born in 1970 in the city of Saiki, Oita Prefecture, Japan.
His works include, “Azuki-chan” at Madhouse, in which he worked on Key Animation.
Not only did he work on the Concept Art for the “Revolutionary Girl Utena”, he also did the Mechanical Designs and worked on the Key Animation for the ED & ED2 (6 Episodes). He was also the Animation Director for 4 episodes of the anime.
Afterwards he worked on storyboards, direction, and became animation director for “Sexy Commando Gaiden is Amazing !! Masaru-san”, “Jubei-chan ② Siberia Yagyu’s Counterattack”, just to name a few.
Since then he has directed the following anime titles: “Mushishi,” “Mushishi Sequel,” “Detroit Metal City,” “Flowers of Evil,” and “THE REFLECTION,” (which is the original work of the legendary, Mr. Stan Lee).
He received the award for the new anime work “Uzumaki”. The 11th Animation Kobe Individual Award.
