Mr Hiroyuki Seshita Executive Director, Casio Entertainment, Inc. Born in 1967, Seshita's career in CG and VFX production ranges from movies and broadcasting contents to large screen video installations for events and video game cinematics. His filmography includes "REX", "Nosutoradamusu Senritsu no Keiji", "Kappa", "Parasite Eve", "Devilman", and "Hinokio". In 1997, Seshita moved to the U.S. to serve as the art director at Square USA for the movie "Final Fantasy: the Movie". Upon returning to Japan in 2000, Seshita was involved in the creation of "Final Fantasy X", "Final Fantasy XI", "Kingdom Hearts", and "Final Fantasy X2", among other works, as designer and VFX supervisor for Square (currently Square Enix). In 2004, Seshita participated in establishing Casio Entertainment Inc., and has served as the executive director of the company. He served as the VFX director for the movie "Dai Nipponjin(Big Man Japan)" (2007: directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto). The movie was invited to participate in the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Best Visual Effects at the 2008 Asian Film Awards. VFX director for the movie "Symbol", second film directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto, was released in 2009. The movie was nominated for the Best Visual Effects at the 2010 Asian Film Awards. In 2010, director for a new opening cartoon in TBS program "Lincoln".
Event Schedule The New Wave Of Computer-Generated (CG) Animated Films: Can Independents Compete? Date: 24 March, 2010 (Wednesday) Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM