Denise Laurel uploaded a 7 minute interview with Mackenyu over at her YouTube Channel, which you can view in it’s entirety below as he promotes his newest show, Dragons of Wonderhatch and discusses a few other aspects.
The 21st annual Unforgettable Gala has announced that Mackenyu will be a receipient for the Global Groundbreaker for One Asia Award at their event being held on December 16th, 2023. As of right now, it’s being reported that Mackenyu will be in attendance to accept it personally when the event is held in Los Angeles, California.
This would come side by side with Fun Convention announcing that Mackenyu will no longer attend both days of their convention as he now will only appear on Day 2 on December 17th.
Comic Con Arabia announces that Mackenyu will join the guest list when Comic Con Arabia hits the Jeddah Convention Center on November 30, 2023 and December 1, 2023. Mackenyu is listed as attending both days for the event!
You can watch the new video below!
Following Mackenyu’s busy schedule already, he will be booked for another day in the Philippines as MediaKing Corp, in partnership with Mackenyu, announced that his Closer To You: Fun Fan Meet will take place on November 20, 2023 at the SM Mall Asia!
MediaKing Corp has made tickets available today, following the announcement of the fan meet just last week.
Tickets will be available at SM Tickets today at 7PM! Make sure to grab your tickets and be part of Mackenyu’s first fan meet in Asia.
Disney+ and Hulu has released their new press release on new and returning shows for Winter 2023 and among those announced shows, Dragons of Wonderhatch (Original Title: Wonderhatch: Soratobu Ryu no Shima / Native Title: ワンダーハッチ -空飛ぶ竜の島-) to premiere on December 20th, 2023!
It features Mackenyu in the role of Akuta and is cited as a Disney+ Original in Japan, it will be an Anime-Live Action hybrid series and run for 8 episodes!
Dragons of Wonderhatch (Japanese Original)
Premiere Date: December 20, 2023 (Two episodes at launch and in week two, then one episode weekly) *NEW ANNOUNCEMENT*Genre: Anime-Live Action Hybrid, Drama Series
— Hulu Press Release (11.02.23)
Season: 1
Episode Count: 8
Synopsis: “Dragons of Wonderhatch” follows Nagi, a girl in the “real world” who has spent her life feeling like she doesn’t belong. Dreaming of one day being able to fly, Nagi will come face to face with Thaim, another misfit from the animated world of Upananta who has long been made fun of for his inability to hear the voices of the dragons that inhabit his land. With the floating islands of Upananta slowly beginning to fall from the sky, the two misfits will set off on an epic adventure spanning both live-action and animated worlds.
Cast: Mackenyu, Sena Nakajima, Daiken Okudaira, Rena Tanaka, Masaki Miura, Riko Narumi, Sumire, Go Morita
Credits: Dragons of Wonderhatch is directed by live-action director Kentaro Hagiwara, animation director Takashi Otsuka, is produced by Production I.G (“Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045”) and features breathtaking work from the character designer and concept artist Posuka Demizu (“The Promised Neverland”).
The episode release schedule is also posted below:
Episode 1 — December 20, 2023
Episode 2 — December 20, 2023
Episode 3 — December 27, 2023
Episode 4 — December 27, 2023
Episode 5 — January 3, 2024
Episode 6 — January 10, 2024
Episode 7 — January 17, 2024
Episode 8 — January 24, 2024
We will post further news relating to Dragons of Wonderhatch as it releases, so be on the lookout!
Mexico Fun Convention, which takes place on December 16th and December 17th, 2023 will see Mackenyu attend as an Honorable Guest for the Convention. He will have limited quantities of Autographs and Photo Sessions available to purchase for the time he is there on both days.
Disney+ Japan has released the Official Trailer for Dragons of Wonderhatch for the series premiere coming on December 20, 2023. You can officially watch the trailer below.
11/19/23 Update — You can view screencaptures of Mackenyu from the Official Trailer & Posters in the gallery now; Click Here!
Another day, another Comic Convention appearance by our one and only, Mackenyu! Tokyo Comic Con has announced recently that Mackenyu will join the guest list as an official ambassador for Tokyo Comic Con, where you can have the chance to meet him during the December 8th through December 10th, 2023 event!
Mackenyu has announced his 27th Birthday Fan Meets through MackenFamily, his official Fan Club. He has announced two cities on November 11, 2023 in Osaka at the Venue Asahi Seimei Hall and on November 23, 2023 in Tokyo at Venue Laforet Museum.
You can view the information for each event below.
▶OSAKA
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Venue Asahi Seimei Hall
4-2-16 Koraibashi
, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka 541-0043Performance time
[Part 1] Doors open at 12:30 Start at 13:00
[Part 2] 14 :40 Doors open 15:10 Start
[Part 3] 16:50 Doors open 17:20 Start
▶TOKYO Thursday,
November 23, 2023 (Holiday)
Venue Laforet Museum
Harajuku 150-0001
1-11-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Performance times
[1st part] Doors open at 12:30, 13:10 starts
[2nd part] Doors open at 15:00, 15:40 starts
[3rd part] Doors open at 17:40, 18:20 starts