Inagi City hosts the "Mecha Designers Summit Vol. 3" on March 14th! Guests include Kunio Okawara, Shoji Kawamori, and Ryusuke Hikawa!

Pioneering anime mechanical designer Kunio Okawara hosts the "Mechanical City Inagi presents Mecha Designers Summit Vol. 3", to be held March 14th at Inagi Municipal Plaza in Tokyo.

At this third event in the series, he'll speak with vision creator Shoji Kawamori and anime and SFX critic Ryusuke Hikawa about mechanical design's unification of design and craftsmanship, its difficulties, personal tastes and opinions.
The event will also feature the Okawara Cup Mecha Battle Tournament, a display of products made in Inagi, official Inagi-no-Taikoban merchandise, and merchandise featuring the Okawara-designed Inagi City mascot character Nashinosuke Inagi.
Seating is limited to 370, and admission is free.

Questions for the panel are currently being solicited on Twitter. Tweet with the hashtags "#MDS #稲城" and yours could be selected!

Mechanical City Inagi presents Mecha Designers Summit Vol. 3
Dates	March 14th, 2015
Schedule	Opens at 11:00 AM 12:00–2:00 PM: Okawara Cup Mecha Battle Tournament 2:00–2:30 PM: Stage clearing 2:30–4:00 PM: Mecha Designers Summit
Venue	Inagi Municipal Plaza Hall, Gallery, Foyer (2-5-2 Wakabadai, Inagi-shi, Tokyo) Two minutes by foot from the Keio Sagami line's Wakabadai Station
Guests	- Kunio Okawara (mechanical designer) - Shoji Kawamori (vision creator) - Ryusuke Hikawa (anime/SFX critic)
Attendance cap	370 (accomodation for 7 wheelchairs)
Admission:	Free

For more details, see the announcement on the Inagi City website.