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Kawaii Kon
Kawaii Kon is an anime convention geared towards anime, Japanese animation and manga, comics held in the Honolulu area. Programming Kawaii Kon currently has AMV and anime screenings; industry, fan, and guest panels; Hall Cosplay contests, Masquerade ball, Masquerade/Cosplay Competitions, Art Shows, Artist Alley Contests, Concerts, Dances, and Karaoke, along with Video and Role Playing games, autographs, and a Dealer's Room. History Kawaii Kon was founded by Gamers Evolution Expo, LLC., a company started by Stan Dahlin, Marlon Stodghill and Scott Richardson. Dahlin is a Hawaii native himself, who was at the time based out of Atlanta, Georgia. As for why they decided to bring an anime convention to Hawaii, taken from the website: "Being a transplanted local boy living far away from home for a better part of a decade or more, I'm very proud to be hosting this show in my home state. You ask why? A number of reasons but to simply state it.... I love anime!" Kawaii Kon was the first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime Convention
An anime and manga convention (often called just anime convention) is a fan convention with a primary focus on anime, manga and Japanese culture. Anime conventions are commonly multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions. Anime conventions are also used as a vehicle for industry, in which studios, distributors, and publishers represent their anime related releases. They also take place in multiple different countries, such as Japan, South Korea, China, India, Indonesia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Norway and Finland. History Anime conventions have a long and varied worldwide history. The original Comiket, mostly based on fan published manga called dōjinshi, started in 1975 wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Schemmel
Sean Schemmel (born November 21, 1968) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime, and video games. His most notable role is the teen and adult voice of Goku, Son Goku in the Funimation dub of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise. Career Initially, Schemmel never planned on becoming a voice actor; he trained to be a Classical music, classical French horn player. When a friend persuaded him to audition for ''Dragon Ball Z'', he tried out for a minor character who was going to be killed in the first season of the show. He had been recording for two weeks before he was told that he was going to be the lead. Since being cast as Goku, Son Goku by Funimation in 1999, he has been the most consistent English voice actor for the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, having voiced the character's older teen and adult incarnations in every anime series produced to date (''Dragon Ball (anime), Dragon Ball'', ''Dragon Ball Z, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Miyamura
Yuko may refer to: * Yuko (judo) (''yūkō''), a score in judo competition * Yuko (Ukrainian band), a Ukrainian band * Yūko, a Japanese female given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Yuko, a Belgian band * Yuko people Yukpa is an Amerindian ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the Cesar Department in northern Colombia by the Serranía del Perijá bordering Venezuela. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the municipalities of Robles ..., an Amerindian ethnic group * Yuko, a famous cosplayer See also * Yukou (Japanese citrus) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Iijima
is a Japanese actress and singer. She writes and produces most of her own music, and plays the piano and other instruments. After being signed to JVC Victor in 1982, Mari first became known for her voice-acting role as Lynn Minmay in the anime ''Macross''. Her debut original album, ''Rosé'', was released in 1983, which was produced by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Life and career Iijima was born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. Her original demo tape was picked up by JVC Victor in 1982 and she was signed to the record company as a singer-songwriter. Soon afterward, she was asked to audition for the role of Lynn Minmay in ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' by the label and the producers chose her to play the role. The series quickly became a mega hit and brought Iijima to stardom. Her debut album, ''Rosé'', containing no ''Macross'' tracks, had lyrics and music written by her. It was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who used the new Yamaha DX7 di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Grant
Tiffany Lynn Grant (born October 11, 1968) is an American voice actress and script writer who is known for her English-dubbing work for anime films and television series as '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', in which she voiced the character Asuka Langley Soryu. Biography Grant was born in Houston, Texas. She was the first actor hired by ADV Films in February 1994. Grant's first work in the field was Raina from ''Guy: Double Target''. In 1996, she was cast as Asuka Langley Soryu, one of the main female characters in '' Neon Genesis Evangelion''. She would later go on to write ADR scripts for several anime shows, having written over 200 TV episodes to date. Grant is also known for portraying Nojiko in ''One Piece'', Altena in '' Noir'', and Ryoko Subaru in '' Martian Successor Nadesico''. Grant is an independent contractor, and in addition to her work at ADV Films, she has also worked for Funimation, Seraphim Digital/ Sentai Filmworks, and Illumitoon Entertainment. Grant enjoye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice acting, voice actress, Dubbing, ADR director, line producer, and screenwriter, writer. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore (Case Closed), Rachel Moore in the long-running detective series ''Case Closed''. She then later served as the Co-ADR director on ''Fullmetal Alchemist (TV series), Fullmetal Alchemist'', which aired on Adult Swim in 2004. She has since starred in many popular anime dubs, including as Monkey D. Luffy in ''One Piece'', List of Fairy Tail characters#Erza Scarlet, Erza Scarlet in ''Fairy Tail'', Moka Akashiya in ''Rosario + Vampire'', Risa Aoyanagi in ''Psycho-Pass'', Maria in ''Burst Angel'', Gohan, Son Gohan in ''Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z Kai '', and Momo Yaoyorozu in ''My Hero Academia''. She also voiced Kisara Nanjo in ''Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple''. Career As a stage actress in Dallas, Clinkenbeard got involved in voice-over when fellow voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Willingham
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor known for his character portrayals in video games and English anime Dubbing, dubs. His notable roles include Roy Mustang in the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' franchise, Cleo in ''Glass Fleet'', Ginko in ''List of Mushishi episodes, Mushishi'', Portgas D. Ace in ''One Piece (1999 TV series), One Piece'', Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in ''List of Ouran High School Host Club episodes, Ouran High School Host Club'', Yu Kanda in ''List of D.Gray-man episodes, D. Gray-man'', and Cameron Campbell in ''Camp Camp''. Willingham's video game roles include Guile (Street Fighter), Guile in the ''Street Fighter'' franchise, Knuckles the Echidna in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor in various Marvel Comics, Marvel games, and Isaac Frost in Fight Night Champion. He has been a cast member of the web series ''Critical Role'' since 2015, in which he and other voice actors play ''Dungeons & Dragons''. He co-founded the production co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Sabat
Christopher Robin Sabat is an American voice actor. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime include Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Shenron, and various characters in ''Dragon Ball'', Roronoa Zoro in ''One Piece'', Giroro in ''Sgt. Frog,'' All Might in ''My Hero Academia'', Daisuke Jigen in ''Lupin the Third'', And Yami Sukehiro in ''Black Clover''. Career Sabat has provided voices for English-versions of Japanese anime and video games, including a variety of ''Dragon Ball'' characters, such as Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Shenron and others. Besides voicing in ''Dragon Ball ''he has lent his voice to several other anime characters including Giroro in ''Sgt. Frog,'' Daisuke Jigen in ''Lupin the Third'', Kazuma Kuwabara in '' Yu Yu Hakusho'', Alex Louis Armstrong in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Tatsumi Saiga in '' Speed Grapher'', Kurogane in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', All Might in ''My Hero Academia'', Roronoa Zoro in the Funimation dub of ''One Piece'', Yam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittney Karbowski
Brittney Marie Hernandez (nee Karbowski ; born June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series. Karbowski was born in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston and since 2004, she has voiced Mikoto Misaka in '' A Certain Magical Index'' and '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'', Migi in '' Parasyte'', Rimuru Tempest in '' That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime'', Lute in '' Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On'', Sanae Dekomori in ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'', Yuki Takeya in '' School-Live!'', Nanachi in '' Made in Abyss'', Zircon in '' Land of the Lustrous'', Mikan Yuuki in ''To Love Ru'', Wendy Marvell in '' Fairy Tail'', Yamada in '' B Gata H Kei'', Camie Utushimi in ''My Hero Academia'', and Saori Arisugawa in '' Tribe Nine''. In addition to her voice acting career, Karbowski has starred in numerous films such as ''Puncture'' and ''The Starving Games''. Early life Karbowski was born on June 26, 1986, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luci Christian
Luci Christian is an American voice actress and ADR script writer. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and films. Life and career Christian grew up in Texas, where her parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school teachers. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, and her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in Houston where she had some bit parts in '' Those Who Hunt Elves'' that involved about three hours of studio time. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in '' Neo Ranga''. A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop''; Amon from ''The Legend of Korra''; Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and Vilgax from '' Ben 10''; Garazeb Orrelios from '' Star Wars Rebels''; Starscream from '' Transformers: Prime''; Sub-Zero from the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise; Tank Dempsey from the ''Call of Duty'' Zombies franchise; Ares in ''God of War'', '' God of War: Ghost of Sparta'', and '' God of War: Ascension''; and Wolverine from Marvel's '' Wolverine and the X-Men'', '' Marvel Anime: X-Men'', and various other projects featuring the character. Blum has also been credited as David Lucas, Richard Cardona, Roger Canfield, Tom Baron, and Daniel Andrews in various anime and other live-action appearances. Early life Steven Jay Blum was born on April 29, 1960, to a Jewish family in Santa Monica, California. As a child, Blum was overweight and bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Ayres
Greg Ayres (born December 7, 1968) is an American voice actor who works on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series. He voiced Hideki in '' Nerima Daikon Brothers'', Koyuki Tanaka in '' Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad'', Son Goku in '' Saiyuki'', Clear in '' Dramatical Murder'', Takaya Abe in '' Big Windup!'', Chrono in ''Chrono Crusade'', Yuu Nishinoya in '' Haikyu!!'', Kaoru Hitachin in '' Ouran High School Host Club'', Kouichi Sakakibara in '' Another'', Sorata Kanda in '' The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'', Negi Springfield in '' Negima'', Kenta Nakamura in '' Initial D'', Heihachi Hayashida in '' Samurai 7'', Taichi Yaegaeshi in '' Kokoro Connect'', Frost in '' Dragon Ball Super'' and Tomoki Sakurai in '' Heaven's Lost Property''. Outside of voice acting, he has worked as a nightclub DJ and even performs as such at anime conventions. Personal life Ayres is gay. Filmography Film Dubbing roles Anime Film Video games References Further reading * * * Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
