Every year, I religiously post a couple names on topics dedicated to guest request on various convention forums. And I realize that these requests have less than a .001% chance of ever being met. But at AX 2013, they ended up getting not one, but two of the guests that I requested. One of these guests was Kise. Kise has worked on a plethora of anime since the 1980s. He's been a character designer for anime such as xxxHolic, Blue Seed, Bronze: Zetsuai since 1989, and has worked as an animation director or key animator on many more.

Check out DrScorpio's sketch of Motoko before you leave ♪