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Check-out the first official announcement from the "Kitakyushu Pop Culture Festival (KPF) 2019!" The line-up and full list of attractions have finally been announced, giving us a better idea of what will be taking place at one of the biggest pop culture events in Kyushu! Keep reading for more information! Four popular voice artists, 麻倉もも (Asakura Momo), 小倉唯 (Ogura Yui), 小松未可子 (Komatsu Mikako), and 花澤香菜 (Hanazawa Kana) will be making appearance at the "Magica☆Talk in KPF!" But that is not all... Some of you might have heard about a recently released live action film called "かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ (lit.: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)! Well, the voice artists who starred in the TV version of "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War," 古賀葵 (Koga Aoi) and 小原好美 (Kohara Konomi), will be making an appearance on the KPF stage! A special talk called "LEGEND GA YATTEKURU" will be returning this year after its huge success last time round! The attraction will feature legendary voice artists 神谷明 (Kamiya Akira) and 古川登志夫 (Furukawa Toshio)! As Furukawa mentioned at last year's KPF, 千葉繁 (Chiba Shigeru) will also be joining in to help inject even more energy into the festival! The "Ousama Jungle" talk will welcome 浅沼晋太郎 (Asanuma Shintaro) and 豊永利行 (Toyonaga Toshiyuki). This will be a great chance to hear from popular voice artists who have have played the lead role in many titles! This year's KPF will also include a special homecoming event for Kitakyushu Tourism Ambassador 高田憂希 (Takada Yuki). A talk about the anime "MECHA-UDE," which is set in a place that is based on Kitakyushu City, is also schedule to take place! All kinds of amazing guests will be participating at this year's KPF! It promises to be an amazing event! We'll be posting more about the festival as soon as any official news is released, so be sure to stay-tuned!

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