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Yama-Con
Yama-Con is an annual three-day anime convention with multigenre elements held during November/December at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Yama-Con's name comes from the Japanese word for mountain, "Yama." Programming The convention typically offers an Artists' Alley, ball, concerts, costume contests, dances, exhibits, game rooms, gaming tournaments, karaoke, Maid/Butler Cafe, replicas, vendor space, and workshops. The 2015 and 2016 charity auction benefited Pets Without Parents, and in 2015 raised $2,800. History The first event at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center in 2012 was held in December due to the month having few other conventions. Yama-Con used hotel rooms for their Video Gaming areas and tents for event space in 2013. Complaints occurred due to the use of tents in the cold and wet weather. The convention moved to the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge in 2014 due to outgrowing its old space. Yama-Con located its programming for adults 18 and up at the Smo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch (born John Jay Bosch; January 6, 1976) is an American actor. His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and first Green Turbo Ranger in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, which led to roles in some martial arts television and feature films. As a voice actor, some of his most notable roles are Vash the Stampede in ''Trigun'', Ichigo Kurosaki in ''Bleach'', Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi in ''Persona 4,'' Nero in ''Devil May Cry'', and Lelouch Vi Britannia in ''Code Geass''. Early life Bosch was born John Jay Bosch on January 6, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Garland, Texas. Bosch was born to a Korean mother and an American father of Irish and German descent. He is the second of four children in his family. His father was a soldier in the Army and met his mother while stationed in South Korea. He was interested in martial arts at an early age, inspired by martial arts movies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Mendez
Erica Mendez is an American voice actress who has voiced in English dubs of Japanese anime. She studied graphic design in college for three years prior to becoming a voice actress. Career Mendez's first major voice role was the titular character Pac-Man in the ''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'' video game, which was released in 2013. In 2014, Mendez starred as Aladdin in the '' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'' series and Ryuko Matoi in the English dub of '' Kill la Kill'', the latter of which was broadcast on the Toonami block on Adult Swim. Some of Mendez's other major roles include Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus in the Viz Media English dub of ''Sailor Moon'', Maki Harukawa in '' Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony'', Gon Freecss in the English dub of the 2011 anime adaptation of '' Hunter x Hunter'' and Retsuko in the English dub of Netflix anime series '' Aggretsuko'', Annie in the fighting game ''Skullgirls'', Kamisato Ayaka in ''Genshin Impact'', Rixia Mao and Elie MacDowell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Cranz
Cynthia Cranz is an American voice actress. She is best known as the teenage and adult voice of Chi-Chi in the ''Dragon Ball'' series, Botan in ''Yu Yu Hakusho'', Pipimi in '' Pop Team Epic'' from Ep. 11A, Mitzi Nohara in '' Shin-chan'', and Mitch Tennison in ''Case Closed''. Filmography Anime * ''Ace Attorney'' - Sister Bikini (Season 2) * ''Aria the Scarlet Ammo'' - Landlady (Ep. 13 OVA) * ''B Gata H Kei'' - Ms. Akai * '' B't X'' - Karin, Gaku, Hokuto's Mother (Neo) * '' Barakamon'' - Emi Handa (Handa-kun spin-off series) * '' Bamboo Blade'' - Kirino's Mother (Ep. 16) * '' BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad'' - Koyuki's Mother * ''Beet the Vandel Buster'' - Arin * '' Big Windup!'' - Maria Momoe * '' Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02'' - Takumi (Ep. 3) * ''Black Blood Brothers'' - Sayuka Shiramine (EP. 6) * ''Boogiepop and Others'' - Makiko’s Mom (Ep. 11) * ''Case Closed'' - Mitch Tennison, various * ''A Certain Scientific Railgun'' series - Head Resident * '' Chain Chronicle -The Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Clark
Leah Clark is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer. She has provided voices for Japanese anime series and video games. Some of her major roles include Mavis Vermillion in '' Fairy Tail'', Suzuka Asahina in '' Suzuka'', Saki Morimi in '' Eden of the East'', Kagura Tsuchimiya in '' Ga-Rei: Zero'', Eri Sawachika in '' School Rumble'', Mio Naganohara in '' Nichijou'', Blair in '' Soul Eater'', Minami Shimada in '' Baka and Test'', Kobayashi in '' Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid,'' Himiko Toga in '' My Hero Academia'', and Noah in '' Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie''. Personal life Clark has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety Anxiety is an emotion characterised by an unpleasant state of inner wikt:turmoil, turmoil and includes feelings of dread over Anticipation, anticipated events. Anxiety is different from fear in that fear is defined as the emotional response ... and depression. Filmography An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Vincent (actor)
David Vincent is an American voice actor and voice director who provides voices for animation, anime and video games. Some roles include List of Hollows in Bleach#Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez in ''Bleach (TV series), Bleach'', List of Kill la Kill characters#Senketsu, Senketsu in ''Kill la Kill'', Gilgamesh (Fate/stay night), Gilgamesh in ''Fate/Zero'' & ''Fate/stay night'', Male Robin (Fire Emblem), Robin in ''Fire Emblem Awakening'', the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series and ''Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.'', Marshall Law (Tekken), Marshall Law in the ''Tekken'' series, T. Hawk in ''Super Street Fighter IV'', Richter Belmont in ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles'', the narrator of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV series), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', and Jin Kisaragi and Hakumen in the ''BlazBlue'' series. He also had a guest role in ''Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell''. Filmography Anime Films Animation Video games Live-action References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Stuart
Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician who worked for 4Licensing Corporation, 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media. Among some of his prominent roles, he is best known for being the voice of Brock (Pokémon), Brock and List of Pok%C3%A9mon anime characters#Team_Rocket, James from seasons 1–8 of the original Pokémon (TV series), ''Pokémon'' anime, as well voicing Seto Kaiba in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' anime series. Early life Stuart was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York to a modern dancer mother and a criminal attorney father. Voice acting career He provides voices for English Dubbing (filmmaking), dubs of anime, Animated cartoon, cartoons, and video games. Some of his most prominent roles include Brock (Pokémon), Brock and Team Rocket#Team Rocket, James in ''Pokémon'' from seasons 1–8, Seto Kaiba in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', and Gourry Gabriev in ''Slayers''. Music career As a stage performer, he and his band, Eric Stuart Band, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Hebert
Kyle Henry Hebert ( ) is an American voice actor known for his work in anime and video game series, such as the teenage/adult Gohan and the narrator in the Funimation dub of the ''Dragon Ball series'', Sōsuke Aizen in ''Bleach'', Ryu in the ''Street Fighter'' video game series, Kiba Inuzuka in ''Naruto'', Kamina in '' Gurren Lagann'', Ryuji Suguro in '' Blue Exorcist'', Noriaki Kakyoin in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'', Dribble and Dr. Crygor in '' WarioWare Gold'', and Big the Cat in ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. Career Hebert got his start in voice-over during the mid-1990s as a disc jockey for Radio Disney, under the pseudonym Squeege. This lasted until September 2005, when he moved from Dallas to Los Angeles, to get bigger interests in the world of voice acting. He had cameo roles in various anime dubs such as ''Case Closed'', ''Fruits Basket'', and ''One Piece'' with recurring roles including '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', Kiba Inuzuka on ''Naruto'', S� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Goodson
Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the ''Power Rangers'' television series, starting with ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', and including ''Power Rangers Zeo'', '' Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie'', and '' Power Rangers in Space''. Early life Goodson was born in Brooklyn, New York. Career In 1988, Goodson did her rendition of Red Fraggle in '' Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series''. In the 1990s, Goodson was known for voicing Rita Repulsa in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and her other appearances in ''Power Rangers Zeo'', '' Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie'', and '' Power Rangers in Space''. Other ''Power Rangers'' characters she has played include Prince Sprocket and Orbus in ''Power Rangers Zeo'', and Mandilok in ''Power Rangers Wild Force''. She also voiced Ladyborg in '' Beetleborgs Metallix'', and Mother Talzin on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Vale
Eric Vale (born Christopher Eric Johnson) is an American voice actor featured in numerous English versions of Japanese anime series. Some of these include Yuki Soma (Fruits Basket), Yuki Soma from ''Fruits Basket'', Sanji (One Piece), Sanji from ''One Piece (1999 TV series), One Piece'', Tomura Shigaraki from ''My Hero Academia'', Matthew Williams and Alfred F. Jones from ''Hetalia: Axis Powers'', and Future Trunks from ''Dragon Ball Z''. Career He is known for voicing Koichiro Iketani in the ''Initial D'' series, Trunks (Dragon Ball), Trunks in the ''Dragon Ball'' series, Sanji (One Piece), Sanji in ''One Piece'', Kogoro Akechi in ''Trickster (Japanese TV series), Trickster'', Keisuke Umehara in ''Big Windup!'', List of Baccano! characters#Huey Laforet, Huey Laforet in ''Baccano!'', List of Nabari no Ou characters#Tobari Durandal Kumohira, Tobari Durandal Kumohira in ''Nabari no Ou'', List of Gunslinger Girl characters#Jean Croce, Jean Croce in ''Gunslinger Girl'' series, Kisumi S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slants
The Slants are an American dance-rock band composed entirely of Asian Americans. The band was formed in Portland, Oregon, by Simon Tam in 2006. The band went through a number of early lineup changes, but had a core lineup for its albums and tours by 2009 consisting of Aron Moxley (vocals), Tam (bass, keys), Jonathan Fontanilla (guitar), and Tyler Chen (drums, backing vocals). After experiencing some transitions, the core lineup consisted of Tam, lead singer Ken Shima, and guitarist Joe X. Jiang by 2015, until the band retired from touring in 2019. The band's name originates from an effort of reappropriation and was the source of a protracted legal battle that took them to the Supreme Court of the United States in the case '' Matal v. Tam''. Influenced by 1980s bands such as Depeche Mode and New Order, as well as modern acts such as the Killers and the Bravery, the Slants refer to their sound as "Chinatown Dance Rock". The band have released five studio albums, two EPs, and a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Sinclair (voice Actor)
Ian Sinclair (born March 2, 1984)Birthday references: * * * is an American voice actor and voice director. He provides voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and video games. Some of his major roles include Toraji Ishida in '' Bamboo Blade''; Dallas Genoard in ''Baccano!''; Douglas Rosenberg in '' El Cazador de la Bruja''; Takeru Oyama in ''Maken-ki!''; Brook and Scopper Gaban in the Funimation dub of ''One Piece''; Juzo Sakakura in the ''Danganronpa'' series; Whis in '' Dragon Ball Super'', and the title characters in '' Toriko'' and ''Space Dandy''. In addition he performs the voice in video games the likes of '' Battleborn'', Zaveid in '' Tales of Zestiria'', Baron Flynt in '' Borderlands'', Professor Nakayama and Jimbo Hodunk in '' Borderlands 2'', and Berkut in '' Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia''. Ian was in the English Dub cast as Yasuda in '' Shin Godzilla''. Biography Sinclair was born in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. on March 2, 1984. He is half- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
