Born in 1960, Japanese animation mechanical designer, and director. In 2010, he founded Sola Digital Arts with producer Joseph Chou. Since the 1980s, he has also worked as a mechanical designer for anime, on titles such as Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (known as part of...
Born in Hokkaido in 1950. Kogawa joined Tokyo Movie in 1970 and made his animator debut with “Star of the Giants”. After going freelance, he started to make his presence known with his key animation for “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman” and...
Shinichiro Watanabe is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and music producer.He was born in Kyoto, Japan 1965.Formerly employees at Sunrise, Watanabe supervised the episode direction and storyboards of many Sunrise anime. he made his directorial debut as...
Born and raised in Tokyo Japan, also still based in the city too, but Kaho Shibuya is a globally multi-talented personality. Appearing as a regular on the biggest anime podcast “Trash Taste” and many other popular YouTube channels such as “CDawgVA” and “Emirichu”,...
Keiichiro MAENO Toy Product Designer and Development Engineer Born in August 1969. After leaving T-REX, where I served as a director for 16 years, I became independent and established my own company, LilGOLEM.Co, in February 2024. Selected Works 1/10 MOSPEADA (BEAGLE)...
SHIHORI is an international J-pop singer/songwriter based in LA who composes and performs solo work, as well as music for film, TV, anime, and games. She’s best known for “Holy Steel,” the fan theme song for “Jojo ‘s Bizarre Adventure”...
Hey there everyone! I am your Toastmaster. Wait! Are you actually reading this? I thought you were just glancing through the pages, looking at all the pretty pictures, planning your amazing time at Anime Los Angeles. I can not believe you are so kind and care enough...
Utahime is an international host, professional cosplayer, and TTRPG performer. She has been a featured guest, host, and cosplay competition judge at numerous comic book and anime conventions across the country. Utahime’s cosplays have been featured in various...
Victor Frost has worked as a professional audio engineer for the last fifteen years with organizations big and small. Being a performer at heart, he has lectured at geeky conventions all over the United States on a wide variety of subjects but, most frequently, on the...
Lemar Harris, the multi-talented force known as LemarTheConGuy, has left an indelible mark on the entertainment and convention scenes. His creative prowess shines through his development of interactive panels at premier events where he engages audiences with...
Andrew J. Alandy is a host, actor, competitive gamer, commentator, and TTRPG personality hailing from Los Angeles, CA! He has gone to Anime Los Angeles since 2008 and grown with the convention; he is excited to return as one of your programming hosts! Andrew’s passion...
Emma Fyffe is a Senior Content Producer at Fandom, with a focus in Gaming. She had produced and appeared in projects for numerous AAA game clients including Blizzard, Capcom and Square-Enix. A veteran on the convention scene, Emma has served as a program host at Anime...
Chris Tergliafera moved out to Los Angeles three days after graduating from the University of North Carolina and immediately found himself on a desk in TV Development at USA Network. After a few years of answering phones and being told daily he should be doing voice...
Ariem is a seasoned cosplayer, seamster, fabricator, content creator, MUA, and designer based in sunny Los Angeles! They have appeared as a guest at, Anime Marketplace, Anime Los Angeles, Anifest, Kikoricon and Sabotencon in Arizona, and internationally at Supanova...
Content Creator, Kit-Basher, ZOIDS Enthusiast Archie “Sir Phobos” Rust is an Arizona based content creator & avid ZOIDS (Playmo) collector most known for his TikTok videos showcasing the fun of model building and diorama creation—with plenty of memes and fun along...
Dorothy is a native of southern California who began her career as a stage and on-camera actress, specializing in musicals… and commercials with no dialog! Since then she has lent her voice to hundreds of Anime, Video Games, ADR, and Animation titles! Some of...
Tom is best known as the voice of Agumon in the TV series Digimon: Digital Monsters, and he reprised the role in Digimon: The Movies, the Digimon Adventure Tri movies and Digimon Video Game. Recent game credits include Brigand Boss in both Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows...
Cassandra Lee Morris is an award-winning Los Angeles-based voice actor who has voiced nearly 300 characters for anime, video games and animation. She’s known for her versatility and fierceness. Her first big anime roles were Yubel in Yu-Gi-Oh GX, then Leo and Luna in...
Lizzie Freeman is an LA-based voice actress from Oklahoma. A cat and coffee enthusiast and lover of all things cute, she began her career in 2012 working on indie titles like “Dust: An Elysian Tail” and various online animations. After making the move to Los Angeles...
Xanthe Huynh is a Los Angeles based voice actor known for their roles in video games such as Persona 5 (Haru Okumura), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Marianne Von Edmund), Honkai Star Rail (Pela), The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Series (Altina), Octopath...
Suzie Yeung is an actress who voices in various anime, video games, and cartoons. She is best known for being the voice of Yuffie in Final Fantasy VII Remake, Fuuka in Persona 3 Reload, Makima in Chainsaw Man, and Eula in Genshin Impact. She has also voiced in many...
Jonah Scott is a Voice Actor, Singer and VTuber from Los Angeles. Jonah has provided his ‘Leading Man’ voice to many video games and serials including Netflix’s BEASTARS, Dying Light 2, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, Way of the Househusband, Kaiju...
Kiba Walker is an actor, musician, and drag performer based out of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Known for his roles in anime such as PHANTOM OF THE IDOL (Yuya Niyodo), MY HERO ACADEMIA (Cider House), ONE PIECE (Jo, Dachoman), BLUELOCK (Young Barou), HAIKYUU!!...
Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer, and folklorist. He is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai, Kaibyo The Supernatural Cats of Japan, Yurei the Japanese Ghost, The Art of Star Wars Visions, and Manga: A Visual Guide. He writes Ultimate...
Wendee Lee is a premier voice artist and voice director with over 600 credits spanning over 4 decades. She is best known as the voice of femme fatale FAYE VALENTINE in COWBOY BEBOP, QUEEN SERENITY in SAILOR MOON, HARUHI SUZUMIYA, KIVA in MEGAS XLR, LYN & VERONICA...
Legendary Actor RICHARD EPCAR – Gamepur’s VOICE ACTOR OF THE YEAR is one of the hardest working men in show business, has voiced over 1,200 characters in Games, Animation and Anime. Best known as: RAIDEN in MORTAL KOMBAT, The JOKER in several Batman games including...
Ellyn Stern is well know for her voice work in animation, games and films with hundreds of titles including: Street Fighter 6, Belle, Lupin the 3rd, Bleach / 100 Year Blood War, Pokemon Generations, Star Ocean 1 & 2, Phantasy Star Online ll, True Crimes Hong Kong,...
Rebecca Forstadt is a Los Angeles-based voice actor best known for her young-sounding voice in hundreds of anime shows and video games. You may have heard her as the voice of Minmei in Robotech, Mihoshi in Tenchi Muyo, Tima in Metropolis, Sugar in Snow Fairy Sugar,...
Barbara Goodson started in Anime when it was simply called Japanese dubbing in the1980’s. Her Anime voice roles stretched from little boys, tiny animals, young female leads, witches, moms, grannies, etc. Among her long list of Anime roles (not to mention other...
Steve Kramer has worked as an actor/writer/director for the past 42 years, and has been involved in hundreds of projects, both in front of and behind the camera. He has appeared on-screen in dozens of film and television shows, including such series as “The West...
Paul St. Peter, twice nominated for BTVA Awards, is a voice actor from Los Angeles, whose many anime and video game credits include KINGDOM HEARTS (Xemnas), NARUTO (Nine Tail Fox), ONE PUNCH MAN (Beast King), DIGIMON (Wormmon, Leomon), ROBOTECH (Zor Prime), MIRACULOUS...
MELANIE MACQUEEN portrayed two of ROBOTECH’s greatest heroines as Lisa Hayes in The Macross Saga and Ariel/Marlene in The New Generation. In addition to ROBOTECH, she lent her voice to many pioneering anime releases including MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, KIKI’S...
At this point, looks like Kerrigan Mahan is OG status in the VO world! He voiced the infamous fearsome villain, Goldar, in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. He also voiced anti-hero, Magna Defender in Power Rangers, Lost...
James Luceno is a New York Times best-selling author of several STAR WARS novels, including Dark Lord, Tarkin, and Darth Plagueis. He started writing in his late twenties after years of playing in rock bands, traveling widely in Europe, Africa, and South America, and...
Sarah spaceman is an award winning cosplayer, sewist and Youtuber. Sarah aims to teach folks to sew by combining authentic documentation of the creation of her projects, with detailed infographics to help educate viewers of all skill levels. She believes sewing is an...
” We are Darling and Sylar Santa Maria! We met in 2009 and have been cosplaying since. Over the last 15 years, we have made hundreds of cosplays, won competitions in masters, and judged internationally with accolades that include Crypton Media, Bioware Games,...
Athel Artistry started their cosplay journey in 2003 and costume career in 2012. They have worked as a stitcher and craftsperson for Walt Disney Live Entertainment and Disney Cruise Line as well as a pattern digitizer for Reflector Games. In the fashion sphere, they...
