Castle Point Anime Convention
Castle Point Anime Convention (abbreviated as CPAC) is an annual two-day anime convention held during April/May at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. The convention was previously organized by the Stevens Institute of Technology's Stevens Anime Club, and was located on campus for several years. Programming The convention typically offers an Artist's Alley, card games, dance, dealers' room, masquerade, musical performances, panels, video games, and workshops. History CPAC 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif .... The convention held a virtual event for 2021. Event history References Further reading CPAC shatters attendance recordThe Stute, Retrieved 2020-06-02Photos: Castle Point Anime ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, or video games. It is classified into numerous genres targeting various broad and nic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jamie Marchi
Jamie Lynn Marchi (; born October 8, 1977) is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer who works for Funimation, and Sentai Filmworks. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of anime and video games. She is known for her role as Masane Amaha in ''Witchblade'', Mari Ohara in '' Love Live! Sunshine!!'', Mimi in '' Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne'', Mitsuko Kongo in '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'', Charlotte E. Yeager in ''Strike Witches'', Haruna Saotome in '' Negima!'', Rias Gremory in '' High School DxD'' and Panty Anarchy in '' Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt''. Early life Marchi was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Susan Kay Hester (née Taylor, born 1951). Her stepfather, Michael Hester (1957–2016), worked as a bio-medical engineer. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in theater, and started her professional acting career in 2000. Career Marchi got her start in voice acting in ''Fruits Basket ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adam McArthur
Adam McArthur is an American actor and voice actor based in Los Angeles, California. His best-known role is voicing Marco Diaz in ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil,'' Prince Lee-Char in '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars,'' Ricky, and Patrick in Shadows House, Yuri in Sakugan, Chifuyu Matsuno in Tokyo Revengers, and Yuji Itadori in ''Jujutsu Kaisen''. He also voices characters on other animation shows, and on-screen on some nationally aired commercials. In martial arts, he specializes in kung fu, has been a champion at some tournaments, and has been the featured subject of several documentaries that have aired on PBS. Biography McArthur grew up in Pinole, California in the San Francisco Bay Area He graduated from Pepperdine University in 2005 with a degree in Acting and Television Production, and has worked with improv groups in the Los Angeles area. As a martial artist, he specializes in Wushu kung fu, and other forms such as judo. He started when he was 11. In 2003, he was an All Aroun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jenny Yokobori
Jenny Yokobori (born February 11, 1997) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Yoimiya in ''Genshin Impact'' and Kuromi in '' Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures''. Career In 2014, Yokobori made began her voice acting career when she voiced the character known as the Lady of the Sea Discordia in the online video game '' Smite''. Yokobori provided the US voice of Dashi in the children's animated series '' Octonauts'', which premiered on Netflix in 2020. In 2021, Yokobori provided the English voice of Yoimiya in the video game ''Genshin Impact''. The same year, she replaced Tress MacNeille as the voice of Kumiko in ''The Simpsons'', starting with the thirty-second season in response to the George Floyd protests and Harry Shearer Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brianna Knickerbocker
Brianna Knickerbocker is an American voice actress who has provided numerous voices for English dubbed Japanese anime and video games. Some of her roles include Kanao Tsuyuri from '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Tuesday from ''Carole & Tuesday'', Hu Tao from '' Genshin Impact'', Chisaki Hiradaira from '' Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea'', Tita Russell from '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV'', Sakura from '' Fire Emblem Fates'', and Rem from '' Re:Zero''. She is also a singer and songwriter known as Starless. Filmography Anime Video games Live-action dubs Live-action appearances Honors and awards * 2015 Staff Choice Award & People's Choice Award for Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year, 4th Annual BTVA Anime Dub Awards See also * List of women in the video game industry This is a list of notable women in the video game industry. Notable women in the video game industry * Mabel Addis wrote the mainframe game ''The Sumerian Game'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elizabeth Maxwell
Elizabeth Maxwell is an American voice actress. She is best known for her roles as Ymir in '' Attack on Titan'', Winter Schnee in ''RWBY'', Urbosa in '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'', Rosaria in ''Genshin Impact'', and Caulifla in ''Dragon Ball Super''. Career Maxwell began her acting career in short web films, the first being, Living Like Fire (2004). She then moved on to bigger projects like 201 Hells (2008), which was her debut anime dub. She would later appear as Abby in the television show Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was revived in 2022. It .... Nearly five years later in 2013, she played Ymir in '' Attack on Titan'' and the parody show '' Attack on Titan: Junior High'' in 2015. Filmography Anime Film Video games Web shows Awards R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SungWon Cho
SungWon Cho ( ; ; born December 9, 1990), also known by his internet pseudonym ProZD, is an American voice actor and YouTuber. On his YouTube channel, Cho produces short comedy skits, unboxing videos, and reviews of board games and snack foods. He is also known for playing Detective Joe Furuya in ''Anime Crimes Division'' and for his many voice acting roles, including FL4K from ''Borderlands 3'', Holst Sigiswald Goneril from '' Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'' and Ratatoskr from '' God of War Ragnarök''. Early life SungWon Cho was born to Korean parents in Minnesota on December 9, 1990, and later moved to DeWitt, Michigan. He started voice acting in high school when he voiced different characters on a friend's radio plays. He attended Michigan State University, where he frequently acted in live performances and graduated in 2012 with a degree in Media Information and Technology. In 2012, after graduating, he described himself as being "in a creative rut" and taught English as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tia Ballard
Tia Lynn Ballard (born May 11, 1986) is an American voice actress and ADR director affiliated with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Some of her notable roles are Kusano in '' Sekirei'', Mizore Shirayuki in '' Rosario + Vampire'', Rin Ogata in '' Rideback'', Happy in ''Fairy Tail'', Eris in '' Cat Planet Cuties'', Nanami Momozono in ''Kamisama Kiss'', Kokomi Teruhashi in ''The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.'', Zero Two in ''Darling in the Franxx'', Itsuki Nakano in ''The Quintessential Quintuplets'' and Yashiro Nene in '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''. Biography Ballard was born and grew up in Paris, Texas. She developed an interest in voice acting when she attended a local anime convention, seeing the panel of voice actors, and learned that Funimation was only two hours from her hometown. While attending Paris Junior College, she was a participant in the Disney College Program, after which she changed her major to theatre. Ballard graduated in 2006 with an associate degree in theatre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Justin Briner
Justin Briner is an American voice actor. He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series with Funimation. He is best known for his roles as Izuku "Deku" Midoriya in ''My Hero Academia'', Mikaela Hyakuya in ''Seraph of the End'', Maki Katsuragi in '' Stars Align'', Qwenthur Barbotage in '' Heavy Object'', Alfonso San Valiante in '' Garo: The Animation'', Luck Voltia in '' Black Clover'', Kensuke Hanasaki in ''Trickster,'' Ichi in the game '' Cibele'', Shō Kusakabe from ''Fire Force'' and Hanako/Amane Yugi from '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''. Biography Justin Briner was born and raised in Maryland. He has a younger sister, Hayley Briner. He attended the University of North Texas and studied theater prior to finding voice acting work. In 2015, he starred as the voice of Mikaela Hyakuya, one of the two main teenage orphans who turns into a vampire in the anime series ''Seraph of the End'', which was released through Funimation's b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kyle Hebert
Kyle Henry Hebert ( ) is an American voice actor and DJ who works for 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'', Sōsuke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Epcar
Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the '' Mortal Kombat'' franchise, The Joker in several projects (including '' Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe'', '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'', ''Injustice 2'' and ''Mortal Kombat 11''), Zangetsu in '' Bleach'', Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in '' Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', Etemon and Myotismon in ''Digimon'', Batou in '' Ghost in the Shell'', Xehanort/Ansem in ''Kingdom Hearts'', Joseph Joestar in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' and '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable'', Black Ghost/Skull in '' Cyborg 009'', Akuma in '' Street Fighter V'', Daisuke Jigen in '' Lupin the Third'' and Andrall in '' Gormiti Nature Unleashed''. He and fellow voice actress Ellyn Stern own and operate Epcar Entertainment, a voice-over production service company based in Los Angeles. Filmography Anime ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bryce Papenbrook
Bryce Austin Papenbrook (born February 24, 1986) is an American voice actor and martial artist who has done voice work for Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Viz Media, Animaze, Studiopolis and Scoffer Studios. He has voiced in several anime series, particularly those of young male protagonists. Early life Bryce Austin Papenbrook was born in the Reseda area of Los Angeles on February 24, 1986,Birthday references: * * the son of voice actors Debbie Rothstein (born 1956) and Bob Papenbrook (1955–2006). Papenbrook is half-Jewish, via his mother. He graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in political science. Career Papenbrook is best known for his portrayals of Kirito in '' Sword Art Online'', Eren Yeager in '' Attack on Titan'', Inosuke Hashibira in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,'' Rin Okumura in '' Blue Exorcist'', Rokuro Enmado in '' Twin Star Exorcists'', Masaomi Kida in '' Durarara!!'' series, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in '' JoJo's Bizarre A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |