San Diego Comic-Con to Host Manga Creator Kia Asamiya, Director Shinji Higuchi

Asamiya created the Silent Möbius, Steam Detectives, Compiler, and Junk: Record of the Last Hero manga, among others. He provided character designs for the Martian Successor Nadesico anime (which he later adapted into the Nadesico manga), adapted the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace film into a manga, and wrote and drew the Batman: The Child of Dreams comic. Many of his manga have been adapted into anime. The "Kia Asamiya: 40 Years of Imagination and Visions" panel will be on Thursday, July 24 at 3:30 p.m. PDT at Room 24ABC, and Asamiya will also appear with Udon artists Edwin Huang, Jeffrey Cruz, and Long Vo at "The Artistry of Anime and Game Art" panel on the same day at 5:00 p.m. PDT at Room 5AB.Higuchi will join guests from Super7, Mondo, Bandai, DC Comics, IDW Comics, and Marvel Comics at the "Godzilla at 70: Seven Decades of the King of the Monsters" panel on Friday, July 25 at 4:15 p.m. PDT at Room 6DE. He will also be holding a signing at the Super7 booth on the same day at 11:00 a.m. PDT.Sources: Email correspondence, San Diego Comic-Con website (link 2), The Wrap