Kawaii Kon 2010 Guests
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Shinji Aramaki Thanks our continued relationship with Dokoga TV: Japanmania!, Kawaii Kon is again honored to welcome Mr. Aramaki, a huge contributor to the Japanese anime and American cartoon industry for over 20 years. Mr. Aramaki's many credits include:
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Hideo Ishikawa Mr. Ishikawa is a Japanese seiyuu from Hyogo, Japan. With an impressive body of voice work in both anime and video games, some of his most notable roles include:
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Masakazu Morita No stranger to fans of Bleach or the Final Fantasy series, Mr. Morita has put together an impressive resume of voice roles in a relatively short amount of time. The winner of the award for “Best Rookie Actor” at the first Seiyuu Awards in 2007, some of his most notable roles include:
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Daisuke Kishio An accomplished seiyu (Japanese voice actor), Mr. Kishio was nominated at the 2nd Seiyu awards for "Best Actor in a Leading Role", "Best Actor in a Supporting Role", and "Best Radio Personality". His voice can be heard in well over 60 different anime series, as well as numerous video games. Some of his most notable roles include:
For more info, please go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Kishio |
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Johnny Yong Bosch is best known for portraying Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and being the English voice of Vash the Stampede in Trigun, as well as the voice of Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven, Emil Castagnier in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Shotaro Kaneda in Akira, and Nero in Devil May Cry 4. He's also a two time American Anime Award nominee. |
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Vic Mignogna is a professional music composer/producer and veteran actor who received great acclaim for his portrayal of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist. Most recently, Mignogna has been cast as Hikaru in Macross. He is known for such roles as Dark in D.N. Angel, Tatsu in Peacemaker, Kurz in Full Metal Panic, Broly in Dragon Ball Z, Kougaiji in Saiyuki, Mamoru in RahXephon, Hiroki in Princess Nine, Goemon in Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Shougo in Megazone 23 and as Gawl in Generator Gawl. He has also done characters in Sin: The Movie, Spriggan, Gasaraki, Noir, Steel Angel Kurumi, Orphen, Excel Saga, Neon Genesis Evangelion (director's cut), A.D. Police, Aura Battler Dunbine, Rune Soldier, Neo Ranga, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gamera, Those Who Hunt Elves, Dirty Pair, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!, Nuku Nuku TV, Saint Seiya, Kino's Journey, Angelic Layer, Gravion, Kaliedo Star, Case Closed, Kiddy Grade and many others. |
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ROBERT and EMILY DEJESUS are no strangers to the anime and manga community. An Indiana born, self-taught artist, Robert got his first art career break when he sent an 8-page story to comic publisher Antarctic Press in February of 1990. He has drawn manga inspired art for well over 18 years and has been published nearly all over the world for companies like Playstation Magazine, Marvel, Hasbro, and most recently with Harper Collins Publishing, just to name a few. Emily met Robert at an convention and they haven't been apart since that day. Emily helps write the web comic "How to Loathe Drawing in the Manga Style" and has just finished writing her first children's book. Together as Studio Capsule they're involved in creating a line of low print run doujinshis, portfolios, anim ated shorts, and other projects of every kind. Find out everything that's new with either Studio Capsule or Robert and Emily DeJesus at www.robertdejesus.com or view more current information on live journal under user banzchan. |
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David Williams is currently an ADR Director for ADV Films as well as their DVD Producer and voice on the Internet. He has directed Angelic Layer, Pretear, Najica, the original Nuku Nuku OVAs, Dirty Pair, and many others. He's produced more DVDs than he can remember and had more skin grafts due to online flame wars than he wants to remember. He's often invited to anime conventions where he can be seen wandering the con with his "What would you do for a DVD?" badge, giving out DVDs to clever and amusing otaku. His roots in the industry go deep, having been an anime fan since before there was an anime industry in the U.S. and with ADV from the beginning when his living room was used as a production facility for their first show, Devil Hunter Yohko. |
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Wendy Powell has been a professional voice actress for Funimation Entertainment and Okratron 5000 for over 7 years. She is probably most well known for a little villain named “Envy” on Fullmetal Alchemist. She was most recently in a new role in “Claymore” where she plays the character Ilene. Her most chanallangeing role this years was your role of IKU in Shirguri…you need to watch it to know why! Wendy is also known for smaller parts…in which she usually dies a most painful death. Some of her credits include: Emi, In Baki the Grappler. Amick, In Blue Gender, The Fever Demon in Shin Chan, Kyo's Mother in Fruits Basket, and Kasuga in Negima, Paula” Lady Death” In Trintiy Blood. She has also voiced characters in: Kitty Grade, Case Closed, Yu Yu Hakusho, Peach Girl, xxxaholic, One Peice, Galaxy Railways, Tsubasa, Gunslinger Girl, Moon Phase, Glass Fleet and many others. Video Game credits include: Spikeout, Fullmetal Alchemist, Curse of the Crimson and Broken Angel. Wendy's first love is the Theatre (although Anime is quickly catching up!!!), she works in local theatre in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. You can visit Wendy at her myspace account at envywendy@myspace.com |
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Samantha Inoue Harte began her work in the animation industry through her teaching in 1998. She began by teaching animation at Austin area schools to children in outreach programs. She continues to teach animation today and has run an animation school for 2 years and is currently teaching at a Texas college. But teaching is not the only thing she is known for. Samantha has been working at various animation studios in Texas including: Little Wolf Entertainment, HorseBackSalad Entertainment, and currently for Powerhouse Animation studios. Through those animation studios she has been able to work on Disney, Disney Interactive, Kevin Smith's View Askew productions, Warner Brothers Classics, Mattel Interactive, Chuck E. Cheese productions and various others. And as if that were never enough, Samantha also does voice acting for A.D. Vision film's Monster Island Studio branch located in Austin, Texas. There she has voiced in over 25 different Anime titles, but is probably best known for her roles in Sakura Wars as Kohran Ri, Cosplay Complex as Delmo, Magical Play as Pipin, and in Final Fantasy Unlimited as Chobi the Chocobo, Crux, and Cactuar. Her smaller roles have included shows such as: Getbackers, Petite Princess Yucie, Dai-Guard, Devil Lady, and many many others. Samantha is looking forward to her time at Kawaii Kon and will probably be found spending all her money in the dealer's room. |
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Alt/Air Hawaii-born singer Aly Ishikuni is no stranger to the music business- the young talent was discovered back when she was only 18, making it to the finals of the Brown Bags to Stardom talent competition. Soon after, she was traveling the world and working with world-class labels such as Avex, and artists such as BoA, m-flo, Howie D. and Christina Milian. Aly, together with partner Kowai Kowai, comprise GroundUp's latest music sensation: Alt/Air! A melodic fusion of DJ beats and J-Pop-inspired hooks. |
Kawaii Kon 2009 Guests!
Special thanks to all of last year's guests!
Shinji Aramaki
Laura Bailey
Travis Willingham
Caitlin Glass
Illich
Guardiola
Brina Palencia
Stan Sakai
David Williams
Vic Mignogna
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re
The Emeralds
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