Kaho Shibuya – Guest of Honor

Kaho Shibuya – Guest of Honor

Kaho Shibuya: Content Creator, Anison DJ, Singer, and Published Author Born and raised in Tokyo Japan, Kaho has been making waves on the cosplay and convention scene! She has hosted her own radio show, writes columns for multiple publications, has released three music...
Mamoru Yokota – Guest of Honor

Mamoru Yokota – Guest of Honor

Mamoru Yokota has been involved in a great number of shows mainly as animator, but also as producer, character designer, illustrator and game director. In his early career, he worked on Ranma 1/2 and Ultimate Muscle (Kinnikuman), then later the production of Macross...
Kenji Yokoyama – Guest of Honor

Kenji Yokoyama – Guest of Honor

Kenji Yokoyama is making his very first appearance at anime convention, after more than 40 years of dedication in the industry as noted animator. Born in 1955, April 29th, he has worked on Gatchaman II and F in the 70s, Dragonball Z from the 80s, Dr. Slump, Dragon...
TemperMental – Guest of Honor

TemperMental – Guest of Honor

TemperMental is a female-fronted rock band from Southern California that formed in 2017. The band consists of lead vocalist Kristina Van Horst, guitarist Marilaine, bassist Ruby Imes, and drummer Miles Elze. TemperMental’s energetic live performances take place in...
Ezra Weisz – Toastmaster

Ezra Weisz – Toastmaster

Welcome to ALA 18 I am so glad you made it. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ezra Weisz and I am your Toastmaster. I am so excited to be spending the entire convention with you. You are probably reading this little introduction in your hotel room or...
Andrew Alandy – Program Host

Andrew Alandy – Program Host

Andrew J. Alandy hails from Los Angeles, CA and is a host, actor, singer, cosplayer, competitive gamer, TTRPG streamer, and voice-over artist. He has hosted numerous anime conventions and events in southern California including Anime Los Angeles, the Orange County...
Emma Fyffe – Program Host

Emma Fyffe – Program Host

Emma Fyffe is a gaming, entertainment, and pop-culture pundit and host, seen on broadcasts across the internet. Previous credits include hosting The Download on VENN, Um, Actually on Dropout, Screen Junkies Universe on Fandom Entertainment, Collider’s Jedi Council and...
Chris Tergliafera – Guest of Honor

Chris Tergliafera – Guest of Honor

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...
Anairis Quinones – Guest of Honor

Anairis Quinones – Guest of Honor

Anairis Quiñones is a voice actress most known for voicing Mirko in My Hero Academia, Nessa in Pokemon: Twilight Wings, Yelena in Attack on Titan, Yuki in Horimiya, and Rika in Wonder Egg Priority. You can also hear her in Ys IX, SMITE, RWBY, and Rainbow High. When...
Anne Yatco – Guest of Honor

Anne Yatco – Guest of Honor

Anne Yatco is a Filipino American voice actor (and former forensic scientist). She is most well-known as the English voice of Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact, Nobara Kugisaki in Jujutsu Kaisen, and Sabine in Miraculous Ladybug. Anime credits include Pompo the...
Adam McArthur – Guest of Honor

Adam McArthur – Guest of Honor

Adam McArthur is best known as the voice of Marco Diaz on the hit Disney show, “Star vs. The Forces of Evil,” and is currently voicing the main protagonist, Yuji Itadori, in the 2020 Crunchyroll Awards Anime of the Year, “Jujutsu Kaisen”. His voice can be heard in...
Kaiji Tang – Guest of Honor

Kaiji Tang – Guest of Honor

An avid lover of gaming and all things food-related, Kaiji Tang has been working as a voice actor in Los Angeles CA since 2007. In the world of video games, he has done such roles as Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza: Like a Dragon), Eustace (Granblue Fantasy: Versus), Faust...
Kayli Mills – Guest of Honor

Kayli Mills – Guest of Honor

Kayli is a Michigan born voice actor, singer, lyricist and script adapter. You may know them as Keqing (Genshin Impact), Alice (Sword Art Online), Emilia (Re:Zero), Clara (Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun) and many more! Outside of work, they enjoy being active and...
Cory Yee – Guest of Honor

Cory Yee – Guest of Honor

Cory grew up in Orange County, California, but moved to the Los Angeles area in order to study and pursue film. Inspired by movies such as the original Star Wars trilogy, the Incredibles, and the classic Airplane!, Cory attended an intensive course at the Los Angeles...
Kayleigh McKee – Guest of Honor

Kayleigh McKee – Guest of Honor

Kayleigh is a decorated Voice Actress, Worldbuilder, and Artist from a cornfield in Illinois. She is best known for playing the fan favorite character Yuta Okkotsu in the hit anime movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0, as Pina in Netflix’s highly successful BEASTARS, and as...
Molly Searcy- Guest of Honor

Molly Searcy- Guest of Honor

Molly Searcy is an American voice actress with Crunchyroll/FUNimation, Sentai Filmworks, Okratron 5000, Sound Cadence Studios, and Microsoft. She is known for her work as Akame in AKAME GA KILL!, Centorea in MONSTER MUSUME, Jeanne in THE CASE STUDY OF VANITAS, Rory...
Corina Boettger – Guest of Honor

Corina Boettger – Guest of Honor

Corina Boettger is a Non-binary professional actor for over 20 years starting as a child in theater/on-cameraand now working in the voice over world. They can be heard has Paimon in Genshin Impact, Tornado in One Punch Man, Gauko/Naoko in Dino Girl Gauko, Mizuki in...
Mary Claypool – Guest of Honor

Mary Claypool – Guest of Honor

Mary Claypool is a veteran ADR, script, and publication writer who began her anime writing career in 1994 under the banner of L.A. Hero. Her first English script adaptation was episode three of Giant Robo. From there, Mary went on to write hundreds of dubbing scripts...
Les Claypool – Guest of Honor

Les Claypool – Guest of Honor

Les Claypool was the owner/operator of Magnitude 8 Post from 1989 to 2016. In January of 1992, he was approached by U.S. Renditions and L.A. Hero to provide audio services for their new joint venture of dubbing anime into English. Early “garage studio days” projects...
Ariem Cosplay – Featured Guest

Ariem Cosplay – Featured Guest

Ariem is a Cosplayer, Seamstress, Fabricator, Content Creator, MUA, and Designer based in Los Angeles. Starting in 2013 Ariem learned to be extremely resourceful and budget conscious in the face of a mostly unattainable goal to cosplay at the time. She vigorously...
Lemar Harris – Featured Guest

Lemar Harris – Featured Guest

Lemar “The Con Guy” Harris is a comedian, singer, streamer and all-round entertainer. He has created, developed and run several successful interactive panels for more than 20 conventions throughout the United States including The Otaku Comedy Tournament,...
Dorothy Fahn – Featured Guest

Dorothy Fahn – Featured Guest

Dorothy Fahn 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 Fahn – Featured Guest

Tom Fahn – Featured Guest

Tom is best known as the voice of Agumon in the TV series Digimon: Digital Monsters, and he reprised the role in the Digimon Adventure Tri movies and Video Game. Other recent game credits include Brigand Boss in both Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia and Fire Emblem...
Pros and Cons Cosplay – Masquerade Judge

Pros and Cons Cosplay – Masquerade Judge

Pros and Cons Cosplay are twin Master-level cosplayers from the Midwest who have a strong understanding of cosplay construction, cosplay competition and diversity, equity, and inclusion. They have competed and won numerous awards for cosplay craftsmanship and...
Steff von Schweetz – Masquerade Judge

Steff von Schweetz – Masquerade Judge

Steff Von Schweetz is a self-taught seamstress, tailor, makeup artist, and all around crafter currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Steff began making costumes with the help of their mom back in 2003. When they got their own sewing machine for Christmas in 2006,...
Cosplay Wrestling Federation – Featured Guest

Cosplay Wrestling Federation – Featured Guest

For 8 years the Cosplay Wrestling Federation has been entertaining convention crowds across the country. Dubbed “The Air Guitar of Pro Wrestling” a CWF production blends improv comedy, cosplay theatrics and wrestli bombast to create a unique experience...
TaiKomotion – Featured Guest

TaiKomotion – Featured Guest

TaiKomotion is an open taiko group based in Orange County. Taiko is the art of Japanese drumming. Kumi daiko, the type of taiko most common in North America, combines aspects of dance and music to make an invigorating experience! As an open group, anyone who wishes to...
Evil Ted – Featured Guest

Evil Ted – Featured Guest

Evil Ted worked in the movie industry doing visual effects, prop, and model making for 30 years. He worked on films and television shows such as Fifth Element, Guyver, Titanic, Hunger Games, Xena Warrior Princess, and Criminal Minds. He’s known around the world for...
The Corps Dance Crew – Featured Guest

The Corps Dance Crew – Featured Guest

The Corps Dance Crew is a professional dance company that brings anime, comics, and video games to life on stage. With a crew of performers whose credits include Disney, America’s Best Dance Crew, Hip Hop International Champions, Nickelodeon, Cirque du Soleil, and...
Arron Bowman – Masquerade Judge

Arron Bowman – Masquerade Judge

Arron Bowman(IG @epic_socks_cosplay) began his cosplay journey at age 12 and has continued to hone his craft ever since. A San Diego native, Arron holds a BA in Theatre Design from San Diego State University. His cosplay competition accolades include awards from...
Azura Cosplay – Featured Guest

Azura Cosplay – Featured Guest

Azura (“AZZ-er-ah”) is a professional cosplayer, costume & graphic designer, and traditional artist from New York. She specializes in realistic & embellished renditions of known video-game/movie/anime characters, as well as original designs,...
Black Ros3 – Featured Guest

Black Ros3 – Featured Guest

BLACKROS3 is a Las Vegas based rock band duo covering otaku favorites from anime, and video games. Musicians Vanessa and Michael are known for their variety-show performances that are packed with face melting guitar solos, instrument swaps, Japanese and English...
Ally Vega – Featured Guest

Ally Vega – Featured Guest

Ally Vega is a 2nd generation Filipina American choreographer, dancer, and performer based in Los Angeles. She has performed alongside artists such as Guy Tang, Bohan Phoenix, Gingee, Nitemrkt, and Ppop artists Maris Racal, AC Bonifacio, Kim Chiu, and more. Ally has...
Signal Fires – Featured Guest

Signal Fires – Featured Guest

Signal Fires is a 5-piece Hard Rock / Metalcore band from Los Angeles, CA. Combining driving riffs and catchy melodies with lyrics that will set your heart ablaze, the band is rapidly becoming a contender for the next big thing in the LA music scene. Founded in late...