[Con] PMX: GoH Announcement - Asai Masaki (Modeler Guest of Honor)

[Mike Tatsugawa]

Pacific Media Expo is proud to welcome Mr. Masaki Asai as its Modeling Guest
of Honor.
Mr. Asai was born and raised in Osaka where he was surrounded by Japan's
largest garage kit companies. At the age of 18, he made his debut as a
modeler at Volks. Two years later, he joined the modeling studio Heavy
Gauge. Within two years of joining Heavy Gauge, he became a freelance
modeler and went on to create models for Samurai Showdown (SNK) and Variable
Geo (TGL). In 1999, Mr. Asai released Mister Nou (Tiger mask) with Kaiyodo.
That same year, he joined Toytribe and modeled Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
and later Nicholas D Wolfwood (Trigun). Mr. Asai soon began making special
extras for comics and DVD's such as Chi (Chobits) and Nadia (Secret of Blue
Water). His other figurines included "Hitsuji no uta (Song of a sheep) and
Tengoku "Heavenly prison". In 2003, Mr. Asai created Ray Kyaseal (Phantasy
Star Online). Here, he imitates making mass production action figures using
minor production resin kits. Using this process, he created the figurine of
Rei Ayanami (Neon genesis evangelion), Kiriko Cupie (Votoms), Souryu Asuka
Langley (evangelion), Keroro (sergent frog) and Saber (Fate).

Mr. Asai will also be displaying some of his work at the convention.

Pacific Media Expo is America's first Festival dedicated to the Pop Culture
of the Pacific Rim. This year's Pacific Media Expo will be held Labor Day
Weekend, September 3-5, 2005 in Long Beach, CA.

Additional information on Pacific Media Expo is available at
http://www.pacificmediaexpo.com