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Baltimore's Otakon to Host Felipe Smith, Peter Beagle
posted on by Heather Skinner
Peter S. Beagle will attend the July 30-August 1 convention in Baltimore.
Smith is one of the few successful non-Japanese manga artists working in Japan today. After winning second place in publishing the first volume of Peepo Choo in the United States this month.
Beagle is the author of The Last Unicorn, one of America's classic fantasy tales. The Japanese studio Topcraft animated the novel for Rankin/Bass in 1982, and the film's staff later became pivotal of Spirited Away). Beagle has also written The Folk of the Air, The Innkeeper's song, The Line Between, We Never Talk about My Brother and a number of other novels. He also wrote the scripts for the animated versions of The Last Unicorn and Lord of the Rings, as well as the episode “Sarek” from Star Trek: the Next Generation.
Otakon 2010 will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center. The event will also hosts other guests such as Koji Masunari.
Update: More background information added.
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