{"id":28676,"date":"2024-03-19T15:13:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T06:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=28676"},"modified":"2024-03-19T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T06:13:51","slug":"hideo-kojima-seems-excited-for-norman-reeduss-arrival-in-japan-for-comic-con-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hideo-kojima-seems-excited-for-norman-reeduss-arrival-in-japan-for-comic-con-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima seems excited for Norman Reedus\u2019s arrival in Japan for Comic Con 2024\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hideo Kojima suddenly started trending on Japanese X (formerly Twitter) on March 19, and this has something to do with the announcement of Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen\u2019s appearance at the Osaka Comic Con 2024. Fans noticed Kojima reposting multiple announcements of the news, leading to speculation (and hopes) that Kojima may also appear at Comic Con.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5c0f\u5cf6\u76e3\u7763\u3001\u5b09\u3005\u3068\u3057\u3066RP\u3057\u3066\u308b\u3058\u3083\u3093\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oim5EYJZdY\">pic.twitter.com\/oim5EYJZdY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u73c8\u604b (@lokid_krn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lokid_krn\/status\/1769930284856950909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>Director Kojima is reposting (the news) so happily&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s Osaka Comic Con will be held from May 3 to 5, and earlier this month, it was announced that Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who appears in <strong>Death Stranding<\/strong> as Cliff, will be attending the event. 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Furthermore, Osaka is Kojima\u2019s hometown. I want to be there&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the two actors being confirmed for the Osaka Comic Con, Hideo Kojima\u2019s fans are hoping that the trio will have an iconic \u201creunion\u201d moment at the event, and Kojima fervently sharing news about Norman Reedus on X has further spurred this on. 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