New York Anime Festival has confirmed that Kikuchi Hideyuki, author of the Vampire Hunter D novels, will appear at New York Anime Festival this September, along with his friend and translator, Kevin Leahy.  The announcement was made by Dark Horse editor Carl Horn at Fanime this past weekend.  

 

Dark Horse is the publisher of the Vampire Hunter D novels (nine of the 17 have been released in North America to date), the new Vampire Hunter D manga (see “Vampire Hunter D Manga”), and Vampire Hunter D art books.


This is the second major guest announced for NYAF, which also recently announced that mc chris, a former voice actor and performer of “rap for dorks,” will perform at the show in a celebration of fan culture.