Anime/Manga/Game Creators Hold Quake Charity in Tokyo on Sunday

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Over 60 anime, manga, game, and voice-acting companies are banding together to hold a "Smile Heart" charity event in Tokyo on Sunday to raise funds for the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) disaster. The free event will take place at Sunshine City's World Import Mart event center in the Ikebukuro district from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Among other items, the event will have bidding auctions, raffle drawings, charity good sales, and donation drive corners, and stage performances.

In addition to signed items from many staff and cast members, the auctions will include sketches, signatures, and manga panels from the following creators and more:

    Touhou Ibarakasen manga creator Aya Azuma

    Touhou Project game creator ZUN

    Darker than BLACK character designer Takahiro Komori

    Shitorasu Encount manga creator Towa Oshima

    Towa no Quon staff at BONES

    Di Gi Charat creator Koge Donbo*

    Kannagi manga creator Eri Takenashi

    Maria-sama ga Miteru story creator Oyuki Konno

    Anime Tenchou creator Kazuhiko Shimamoto

    Devil Summoner: Kuzuha Raidō Tai Kodoku no Marebito manga artist Kirihito Ayamura

    Full Metal Panic! author Shoji Gatoh

    Dolls manga creators naked ape

    Touch Me Again manga creator Tomoko Yamashita

    Inu mo Arukeba Koi o Suru manga creator Ritsu Natsumizu

    Tonari no 801-chan manga creator Ajiko Kojima

    Mirage of Blaze author Mizuna Kuwabara

    Kimi Shiruya - Dost Thou Know? manga creator Satoru Ishihara

    Saiyuki manga creator Kazuya Minekura

    Kizuna manga creator Kazuma Kodaka

    Loveless manga creator Yun Kouga

Dozens of voice actors and actresses are standing by donation boxes to encourage people to contribute. At the event's stage, voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda will present the Hakuōki charity CD, and Seiendan — a volunteer gathering of voice actors and actresses — will perform.

Source:ANN