Stars attend COMIC CON
By Ahmed Al-Naqeeb
KUWAIT CITY, March 13: For the very first time in Kuwait, the biggest Pop-Culture event in the world COMIC CON has finally taken place, making Kuwait the second GCC country to host such a prestigious and yearly anticipated convention following Saudi Arabia who hosted it just last month.
Inaugurated by the Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait Takashit Ashiki, the convention stretched throughout the whole weekend at the Kuwait International Fair Grounds, which was made possible by YHK, an event and expos organizing company owned by Yousef Karam and Hanan Al-Ameri in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy.
COMIC CON Kuwait 2017 witnessed flocks of video game and anime fans swarming in as gates opened on the first day, hoping they do not miss any of the special guests that COMIC CON has brought for them.
Special guests included the voice actors Jonny Cruz and Gaku Space who played “Lucio” and “Genji, characters in the game that steam-rolled the industry and was given the Game of the Year award “Overwatch.”
Another unsuspected guest was Anthony Daniels, the actor who brought life to the world renowned humanoid robot “C-3PO” in the original Star Wars films. Furthermore, comic book fans were not forgotten as comic book artists and writers who have contributed to the rich history of both the Marvel and DC universes were present, such as Jae Lee, June Chung, Josef Rubinstein and award winning comic book, video games, and film writer Marv Wolfman.
Considering this industry is not exclusive to the English or Japanese language and a lot of old Anime’s were translated to Arabic in both speech and soundtracks, COMIC CON Kuwait also hosted actor Khalid Al-Sayed who was the voice of “Jongar” one of the most popular cartoons that aired in the region, Tareq Al-Arabi Tourqan, the composer of the soundtracks for “Captain Tsubasa” also known in Arabic as “Captain Majed” and “Detective Conan,” alongside the creator of “Captain Tsubasa” himself Yoichi Takahashi.
Moreover, since the Grand Cinemas were one of COMIC CON Kuwait’s sponsors, it received the celebrities, media and platinum guests for a friendly mixer and lunch at one of its lounges in Al-Hamra Tower Saturday afternoon just before the gates opened for the last day of COMIC CON Kuwait.