For this year’s AnimeFest 2017 to be held on August 17-20 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel there shall be a special guest attending the event. That guest is voice actress Atsumi Tanezaki, known for her different roles since she began in 2012.
Starting off as the voice to extra characters, Atsumi slowly began getting into more popular roles around 2014 with roles such as Miho in “Wolf Girl and Black Prince” and Nagi Kodachi in “A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd”. From the year 2015 to 2016 she gained the role for even more popular roles including Lilith in “Monster Musume” and Mayu Arita in “Death Parade” The most popular anime that Atsumi has had a role in so far was as the persistent president of the Telpathy Club Tome Kurata in supernatural anime “Mob Psycho 100”
In additional news it has been reported that along with Atsumi, there will be another guest to arrive at the AnimeFest 2017. They are said to be the staff of the recent popular sports anime “Yuri!!! On Ice” staff including director Sayo Yamamoto, co-creator Mitsurou Kubo, and character designer and animation director Tadashi Hiramatsu.