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Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres has been screaming into microphones for close to 25 years now! With over 376 credits to his name, he has managed to play a variety of characters that are almost as colorful as his hair. He was honored to recently return to his role of Son Goku in Saiyuki Reload Zeroin, having worked on the Saiyuki franchise for over 20 years. He can currently be heard as Po in Eminence and Shadow, As Kenta Kanzaki in The Dangers in My Heart, Yu Nishinoya in Haikyu, Chai in Shenmue The Animation on Adult swim, and a super bad demon known only as “God” in Dark Gathering. Some other recent roles include Chota Segawa in Alice in Borderland (OAV), Sho Utsumi in SSSSGridman, Frost in DragonBall Super, Geo in Sony Picture’s Starship Troopers : Traitor of Mars, Jiro in Concrete Revolutio, Ryuuou Edogawa in Doreiku, Koji Koda in My Hero Academia, and he even makes an appearance as Popuko in Pop Team Epic.

He is proud to be a part of the new “Pink Harvest” productions from Sentai Filmworks, in the roles of Izumi Sena in Lovestage, and Yabase in Hitorijime My Hero. Some other recent favorites include Nagisa Haruki in Free, and Free Eternal Summer, MonoKuma in Danganronpa, Clear in Dramatical Murder, Doug in Gangsta, Zenji Marui in Food Wars, Ganta Igarashi in Deadman Wonderland, Heihachi Hayashida in Samurai 7, and Kouichi Sakakibara in Another. Some of his all-time favorite roles include Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Hideki in Nerima Daikon Brothers, Youhei Sunohara in Clannad, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tomoki Sakurai in Heaven’s Lost Property, and Negi Springfield in Negima.

Of all of his many roles, his favorite will always be the real life role of “Little Brother” to voice actor Christopher Ayres. The little guy with a big Sippy Cup, and even bigger heart – who touched the world with his “Love and Laughter”.

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Fri 11:00am - 11:50am
Ranting, Raving, and Rolling Thunder - An hour with Greg Ayres
Panel Room 1
Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Greg Ayres, Kyle Jones, Barry Yandell, John Swasey, Cole Feuchter, Kiba Walker
Autographs
Fri 6:00pm - 9:20pm
Late Night Anime Dance
Main Events
Sat 9:00am - 9:50am
Kiba Walker, Emily Cramer, Cynthia Cranz, Whitney Rodgers, Robert L. Mungle, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Sat 10:30am - 11:50am
It Gets Better - Anime Con Edition with Greg Ayres
Panel Room 1
Sat 6:00pm - 9:50pm
Saturday Thunderstorm Dance
Main Events
Sun 9:00am - 9:50am
Evenings with Isabelle
Panel Room 1
Sun 10:00am - 10:50am
Gareth West, Cynthia Cranz, Jessica Cavanagh, John Swasey, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Jay Hickman

Jay Hickman

Jay began his career in anime in the 1990s, when he landed his first role at ADV Films in Master of Mosquiton. Since then, he has appeared in more than 100 titles with studios including ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Okratron 5000, and others. As a character actor, Jay has been able to voice a broad variety of colorful roles, with the occasional romantic lead thrown in for good measure. His notable credits over the past two decades are Mechazawa in Cromartie High School, Spitfire in Air Gear, Sho Zama in Aura Battler Dunbine, Shiryu in Saint Seiya, Chuu and Hammond in One Piece, Kagetane Hiruko in Black Bullet, Chief Kurama in Elfen Lied, Koji in Generator Gawl, Toru Watanabe in Excel Saga, The Fool in Kaleido Star, Crusty in Log Horizon, SSS in Madlax, Dera Mochimazzi in Tamako Market, Sanetoshi Watase in Penguindrum, Prince Mytho in Princess Tutu, and Giraffe in Revue Starlight, among many others.

Jay’s voice has also been featured in live action series and films such as Dark Water, Synesthesia, Conduct Zero, The Fuccons, Touching Wild Horses, Gamera – Attack of Legion, as well as in the video game Unlimited Saga. Jay had his Toonami debut playing Dr. Stylish in Akame ga KILL!, followed by Shiro Kuramori in Parasyte – the maxim, and now Joichiro Yukihira in Food Wars!

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Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Cynthia Cranz, Marissa Lenti, Gareth West, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Fri 4:30pm - 6:20pm
Lake Texarkana Gamera (18+)
Panel Room 2
Sat 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Kyle Jones, Jay Hickman, John Swasey, Marissa Lenti
Autographs
Sat 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Karaoke with the Guests!
Panel Room 1
Sat 3:30pm - 4:50pm
Bottom of the Barrel w/ John, Kyle, and Jay (18+)
Panel Room 3
Sun 7:00am - 7:50am
Kiba Walker, Cole Feuchter, William Ofoegbu, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Sun 8:00am - 8:50am
Akame ga Parasyte Wars Academia - Voiceover Q&A with Jay Hickman
Panel Room 3
Robert L. Mungle

Robert L. Mungle

Robert L. Mungle is a voice actor for Funimation, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, and OkraTron 5000. The Right Reverend Robert L. Mungle founded The Whiskey Brothers in 1998. Since then, while the line-up has changed, it has been his outrageously loud voice that has led the group. Mungle has taken the stage everywhere from sold out theaters to seedy strip clubs. His IMDB page boasts over 100 different anime roles, from “Ghost Stories” to “Lady Death” to “Excel Saga.” He was born in Houston and you might recognize him from any of tons of anime roles, some of which include Amanojaku from Ghost Stories, Mr.8 from One Piece, Matsushita from Angel Beats, and Pedro Domingo from Excel Saga. He’s appeared in Akame ga Kill!, 009-1, Broken Blade, Gantz, Halo Legends, and many others.

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Fri 10:00am - 10:50am
Whitney Rodgers, Emily Cramer, Robert L. Mungle
Autographs
Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Comedy Showcase with Robert L. Mungle (18+)
Main Events
Sat 7:30am - 8:20am
Comedy Workshop with Robert L. Mungle
Panel Room 3
Sat 9:00am - 9:50am
Kiba Walker, Emily Cramer, Cynthia Cranz, Whitney Rodgers, Robert L. Mungle, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Gareth West

Gareth West

Gareth is an actor, model, and voice actor based out of Texas. He is known for such Anime roles as; Ittetsu Takeda in Haikyu, Seiya Takehaya in Tsurune, Kanichi Konishi in Food Wars, Haruka Shinozaki in My Girlfriend Is Shobitch, Lizard Misty in Saint Seiya, 2D in Golden Time, Akihiro Tsukaba in Chihayafuru, Tomoaki Yamagishi in O Maidens In Your Savage Season, and Dinkuron in Log Horizon. He is also currently playing the role of Jason Lee Scott the Red Power Ranger in the upcoming release Red Rising: A Power Rangers Fan Film. When not making anime voices or acting, Gareth enjoys basically anything nerdy under the sun. So whatever it is you are into, chances are you can come up and geek out. Because there is nothing he likes more than getting enthusiastic, and making new friends!

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Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Cynthia Cranz, Marissa Lenti, Gareth West, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Fri 3:30pm - 4:50pm
Greggo's Game Shows: Match Game ft. Guest VAs!
Panel Room 1
Sat 6:00am - 7:20am
Anime Improv LIVE! (13+)
Main Events
Sat 10:00am - 10:50am
Haviland Stillwell, Jessica Cavanagh, Cole Feuchter, Gareth West
Autographs
Sat 11:00am - 11:50am
Hypnosis Show with Gareth West
Panel Room 2
Sat 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Karaoke with the Guests!
Panel Room 1
Sun 9:00am - 9:50am
Let's Play! with Gareth West
Panel Room 4
Sun 10:00am - 10:50am
Gareth West, Cynthia Cranz, Jessica Cavanagh, John Swasey, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Samurai Dan and Jillian

Samurai Dan and Jillian

The husband and wife team of Daniel and Jillian Coglan are full-time martial art instructors, specializing in 16th century Samurai Arts. When not teaching at their dojo, the Kojokan, they travel the United States performing and teaching the ancient ways of the most famous warriors in history.

With a combined 35 years of experience, their show is a unique blend of history, combative skill, and humor, designed to educate and entertain audiences both large and small.

Beyond their martial skills, the dynamic duo collaborated to write, direct, host, and star in a 12 episode TV series entitled, “The Way of The Samurai.”

Daniel is also an author, with several martial art articles published, and is currently working on his second full-length novel.

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Fri 11:30am - 12:20pm
Get Your Hands Off Me! Self Defense w/ Samurai Dan
Panel Room 4
Fri 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Cards Against Humanity With Samurai Dan and Jillian (18+)
Panel Room 3
Sat 5:30am - 6:20am
The Way Of The Samurai
Panel Room 1
Sat 10:30am - 11:20am
Ninja Olympics with Samurai Dan
Panel Room 3
Sat 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Samurai Dan Q&A: Everything Samurai
Panel Room 1
Sun 7:30am - 8:20am
Niten (Two-sword) Class
Main Events
Emily Cramer

Emily Cramer

Emily Cramer is a voice actor and singer with an established performance background as a broadway character actor. Her Broadway credits include Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, School of Rock the Musical, and the first national Broadway tour of Shrek the Musical. Her most notable animation credits come from across the Pokémon franchise in Sun & Moon, Journeys, Paldean Winds, and Cat’s Kitchen, the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in Arc-V, VRAINS, Sevens, Duel Links, Cross Duel, and Rush Duel, as well as other titles such as Genshin Impact, Warhammer 40K, Battle Game In 5 Seconds, EDF World Brothers, Bread Barbershop, Snack World, Back to Back, and Bloom on The Winx Club.
@emilycramerva emilycramer.com

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Fri 10:00am - 10:50am
Whitney Rodgers, Emily Cramer, Robert L. Mungle
Autographs
Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Gotta Voice ’Em All: Emily Cramer QnA
Panel Room 1
Fri 3:30pm - 4:50pm
Greggo's Game Shows: Match Game ft. Guest VAs!
Panel Room 1
Sat 7:00am - 7:50am
Women in Anime
Panel Room 2
Sat 9:00am - 9:50am
Kiba Walker, Emily Cramer, Cynthia Cranz, Whitney Rodgers, Robert L. Mungle, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Sun 9:00am - 9:50am
Marissa Lenti, Emily Cramer, Barry Yandell, Whitney Rodgers
Autographs
Kohei

Kohei

Kohei, a singer from Tokyo, Japan and moved to New York in the summer of 2011. Kohei is well known for singing R&B and Soul and has performed over 300 shows in the course of four years. He has performed in the all famous Apollo theater 8 times and got first place in 2014. He has opened up for Wu Tang Clan(Raekwon) R&B Legend Case, Lyfe Jennings and Lil mama in 2015 2016. He has done everything such as hosting a music event at the Jay-Z’s Moms restaurant, and being the Official Japan Fes MC. He was a finalist of McDonald’s Gospelfest 2016 and 2017, and featured on M-On TV with Japanese recording artist The RAMPAGE.

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Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
History of Japanese Anime w/ Kohei
Panel Room 1
Sat 9:30am - 10:20am
Japanese Anime Singalong Dance Party w/ Kohei!!
Main Events
Sat 12:00pm - 1:20pm
The Grand Cosplay Contest
Main Events
Sat 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Japanese Culture and Fashion
Panel Room 2
Tyler Walker

Tyler Walker

Tyler Walker is a scriptwriter, ADR director, and VA. He began working as an engineer for FUNimation in 2002. Since then, he’s handled ADR director on nearly 1000 episodes of such series as Baccano!, Fairy Tail, Toriko, Ghost Hunt, Basilisk, Black Cat, Samurai Warriors, Hell Girl, Is This a Zombie, Kado, Tales of Zestiria, 91 Days, Dies Irae and King’s Game. He’s also written hundreds of scripts including Dr. Stone, Fire Force, Fairy Tail, Combatants will be Dispatched, One Piece, and Sonny Boy. He also plays synths, drums, and produces music with his band O. Deletron. Notable roles include Gang Orca & Bondo in MHA, Baba in Hinamatsuri, Scop in Fire Force, Nash Tringham in Full Metal Alchemist, Supashan in Hakyu Hoshin Engi, and probably a whole battalion of ill-fated soldiers.

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Fri 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Jessica Cavanagh, Tyler Walker, Heather Walker
Autographs
Sat 7:00am - 7:50am
Directing and Auditioning in Anime w/ Tyler Walker
Panel Room 1
Sat 8:00am - 8:50am
Tyler Walker, Heather Walker, Barry Yandell
Autographs
Sat 9:30am - 10:20am
Voices of the Guild: Fairy Tail VA Panel
Panel Room 3
Sun 7:00am - 7:50am
Heather and Tyler Walker Q&A
Panel Room 2
Sun 8:00am - 8:50am
Tyler Walker, Heather Walker,
Autographs
Heather Walker

Heather Walker

Heather Walker loves the freaks, the geeks, and the oddballs. From birds and giant rats, to tortured mystical children and sexy nurses, she’s played a variety of roles. Whether screaming her head off or being innocently naughty, Heather loves extreme characters. Some of her roles include Kei in KaguyaSama:Love is War, Hamsuke in Overlord, Hiruko in Shangri-La, Aki in Maken-Ki, Mary Hughes in Fairy Tail, and Alma in AOT, and more. She studied creative writing and has adapted a few anime scripts of her own, including episodes of The Detective is Already Dead and others. In her free time, Heather is a photographer, animal lover, and of course, an avid Stardew Valley fan.

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Fri 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Jessica Cavanagh, Tyler Walker, Heather Walker
Autographs
Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
JUMPING JUNIMOS: A STARDEW VALLEY PANEL
Panel Room 2
Sat 8:00am - 8:50am
Tyler Walker, Heather Walker, Barry Yandell
Autographs
Sat 9:30am - 10:20am
Voices of the Guild: Fairy Tail VA Panel
Panel Room 3
Sun 7:00am - 7:50am
Heather and Tyler Walker Q&A
Panel Room 2
Sun 8:00am - 8:50am
Tyler Walker, Heather Walker,
Autographs
Whitney Rodgers

Whitney Rodgers

Your favorite Muscle Mommy Whitney Rodgers is a voice actor and freelance model from Texas. You have heard her in shows such as “Overlord”, “Prison School”, “One Piece”, “Haganai” “Ace Attorney”, “Assasination Classroom”, “Tokyo Ghoul” and “Senryu Girl”. She can also be heard lending her voice to SMITE as “Leona Genisis Jet Pack Fighter” and “Ordo Solarus Amaterasu”.

When she is not voicing cartoons, she is teaching her cat tricks, works as a freelance photographer and figure model, is training/aspiring to win the title of Olympia in bodybuilding’s Bikini division. In addition to working in the arts, she is currently completing college to be a voice writer/ stenographer with a focus on being a CART interpreter.

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Fri 10:00am - 10:50am
Whitney Rodgers, Emily Cramer, Robert L. Mungle
Autographs
Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Build that Anime Body w/ Whitney Rodgers
Panel Room 2
Fri 3:30pm - 4:50pm
Greggo's Game Shows: Match Game ft. Guest VAs!
Panel Room 1
Sat 7:00am - 7:50am
Women in Anime
Panel Room 2
Sat 9:00am - 9:50am
Kiba Walker, Emily Cramer, Cynthia Cranz, Whitney Rodgers, Robert L. Mungle, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Sun 7:30am - 8:20am
Trust the Process w/ Whitney Rodgers
Panel Room 1
Sun 9:00am - 9:50am
Marissa Lenti, Emily Cramer, Barry Yandell, Whitney Rodgers
Autographs
John Swasey

John Swasey

John started down the road of anime in 1997, when he landed his first role in Golden Boy from ADV Films. Since then, John has gone on to voice hundreds shows and characters. John’s wife once quipped that there are certain actors who might be the “Brad Pitts” of anime but John is the “Kevin Bacon” of anime.

Being the character actor type has given John the freedom to voice bazillions of characters such as Undertaker in Black Butler, Salvador in Borderlands II (VG), Gendo in Evangelion, the Captain in Halo (VG), Lord Death in Soul Eater, Hoenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist, Sir Crocodile in One Piece, Salvador in Borderland II, Kogoro in Sgt. Frog, Huang in Darker than Black, Vulcan in Orphen, Ken in Kaleido Star, Captain Ahab in Hakugei The Legend of Moby Dick, Rikudoh in RahXephon, Mister in Coyote Ragtime Show, as well as roles in the live action films 2009 Lost Memories, Conduct Zero, Yesterday, Jungle Juice, and the Gamera trilogy. Most recently you can catch John in the broadcast series of GANGSTA as Chad, and Akame Ga Kill as Bols as seen on Toonami.

In 2004, John jumped to the other side of the “mic” to direct. Among the shows he has directed are Welcome to the N.H.K., AirGear, Wandaba Style, St. Seiya, Shadow Skill, E’s Otherwise, Michel, Jinki Extend and Shinobi (live action co-directed with longtime pal, Kyle Jones). John loves working in the world of anime as a director and voice actor! Currently John is working with pals Kyle Jones and Jay Hickman on an original animation full length movie called The Perfect Khan. In addition to anime, John has voiced thousands of radio and tv commercials – even acted in a few films. One of the coolest acting jobs was being the Beer Delivery Guy in Dazed and Confused.

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Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Greg Ayres, Kyle Jones, Barry Yandell, John Swasey, Cole Feuchter, Kiba Walker
Autographs
Fri 4:30pm - 6:20pm
Lake Texarkana Gamera (18+)
Panel Room 2
Sat 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Kyle Jones, Jay Hickman, John Swasey, Marissa Lenti
Autographs
Sat 3:30pm - 4:50pm
Bottom of the Barrel w/ John, Kyle, and Jay (18+)
Panel Room 3
Sun 8:30am - 9:20am
Plus Ultra! A My Hero Academia Voice Actor Panel
Main Events
Sun 10:00am - 10:50am
Gareth West, Cynthia Cranz, Jessica Cavanagh, John Swasey, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Cole Feuchter

Cole Feuchter

Cole Feuchter is an Androgynous Voice Actor based out of Dallas, Texas. They have worked extensively in the voice over industry since 2017, having lent their voice to several anime, numerous mobile games and even audiobooks and commercials.

Known for voicing Tada Tomonari in BLUELOCK, Marcel in SAVING 80000 GOLD as well as Wheel in ONE PIECE, They can also be heard as Yoshio Asakura (ISHIDA & ASAKURA), Naoto Hamasaki & Archer Springfield (CAMP BUDDY), Lenga Valentine (FULL SERVICE).

He can even be heard in the anime dubs of VINLAND SAGA, BUDDY DADDIES, THE SAINT’S MAGIC POWER IS OMNIPOTENT, THE CASE STUDY OF VANITAS, CHAINSAW MAN and more.

Cole is also fluent in Japanese, earning his degree at the University of North Texas, and outside of voice work, he is also a content creator under the moniker ”The Retrocade” and was even one of the creators for GAMESTOP TV frequently featured in the “All-In” segments. Cole has also taught, and still offers, Japanese classes/lessons online and in-person for groups or individuals.

Outside of voice over and sharing their love and knowledge of Japanese language and culture, Cole also finds joy in creating their own works of art. Be it hand drawn creations or handmade jewelry, it’s a joy they look forward to sharing with anyone and everyone who may be interested.

If you want to learn more about Cole, you can check out his Twitter @LordAzria or his website at colefeuchter.com.

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Fri 10:30am - 11:50am
Saving Hyrule Saved Me w/ Cole Feuchter
Panel Room 2
Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Greg Ayres, Kyle Jones, Barry Yandell, John Swasey, Cole Feuchter, Kiba Walker
Autographs
Fri 5:00pm - 6:20pm
Bad Fanfiction Theater w/ Kiba Walker +Cole Feuchter (18+)
Panel Room 1
Sat 8:30am - 9:50am
LET’S TALK JAPAN! w/ Cole Feuchter
Panel Room 2
Sat 10:00am - 10:50am
Haviland Stillwell, Jessica Cavanagh, Cole Feuchter, Gareth West
Autographs
Sun 7:00am - 7:50am
Kiba Walker, Cole Feuchter, William Ofoegbu, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Shihori

Shihori

SHIHORI is an international pop singer/songwriter from Japan who composes and performs solo work, as well as music for film, TV, anime and games. She’s best known for her collaborations with Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in The Shell) and Kohei Tanaka (One Piece). She has written and composed over 100 songs for her home country’s best known contemporary artists such as Nana Mizuki, Momoiro Clover Z, Buono!, and for such famed shows as Fairy Tail, My Little Pony, Tomodachi Game, Macross Frontier and The Irregular at Magic High School.

Many of her releases have made the Oricon Chart in Japan with 11 of her hits having attained Gold Disc Certification. Her 3rd single “Never End Wonderland” which released after her debut in 2007 under the pseudonym “Sena,” is her most personally meaningful achievement and ranked #5 and #8 on the Oricon Singles Daily and Weekly charts, in 2009.

Born deaf in one ear (but with perfect pitch in the other) and with Asperger Syndrome, she serves as both an inspiration and ambassador for people struggling with disabilities. Her main mission through her music and life is, “to spread love” since it’s her belief all problems and solutions in life connect to this core value.

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Sat 8:00am - 8:50am
Concert: Shihori
Main Events
Cynthia Cranz

Cynthia Cranz

Cynthia Cranz is an American actress primarily known for her extensive voice work dubbing anime shows, many that have aired on the Cartoon Network and Toonami. The Fort Worth, Texas native has been acting professionally since 1993, performing in theater, commercials, industrial videos, music videos, PSA’s, infomercials, TV, film, commercial print, video games and voice over.

In 1999 she was one of the first actors cast by Funimation Entertainment in their Flagship Show Dragon Ball Z, voicing the roles of Chi Chi and Mrs. Briefs, and continues to voice those roles presently. Other notable roles include: Boton – Yu Yu Hokusho, Mitzy – Shin Chan, Mitch – Case Closed (Detective Conan), Paninya – Fullmetal Alchemist, Chieko – Princess Jellyfish, Tsurara – Rosario and The Vampire, Lisa – Summer Wars, Coach Mo – Big Wind Up and Pipimi in Pop Team Epic.

Recently she reprised her roles as Mitsuru (Mii) in Fruits Basket and Bellemere in One Piece. She can also be heard as the voice of Sister Bikini – Ace Attorney, Shiizaki – Date A Live, Melida – Wise Man’s Grandchild, Serena – Love Esquire, Mineko – Citris, Lisa – Soul Eater, Ferro – GunSlinger Girls, Dog Woman – Desert Punk, Meow’s Mom – Space Dandy, Elena – Claymore, Lisa – The Galaxy Railways, Kyoko – Witchblade, Karin – B’t X, Nao – Shiki, Lilith – Trinity Blood, Rieko – Spiral, Mika – Burst Angel, Sara – D. Grey-Man, My Hero Academia, Attack On Titan and hundreds of other roles in Anime and video games over the past 2 decades. She is very excited to announce her role as Miss Babcock in the upcoming Jam Productions and Netflix series, Jet Boy!

When not in the booth, Cynthia enjoys riding and showing horses, a life- long passion and sport, as well as reading, cooking, gardening and piddling around the house which she shares with her husband, three legged lab, German Shepherd rescue, parakeet and 3 fish.

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Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Anime Mom Q&A w/ Cynthia Cranz
Panel Room 3
Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Cynthia Cranz, Marissa Lenti, Gareth West, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Sat 7:00am - 7:50am
Women in Anime
Panel Room 2
Sat 9:00am - 9:50am
Kiba Walker, Emily Cramer, Cynthia Cranz, Whitney Rodgers, Robert L. Mungle, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Sun 10:00am - 10:50am
Gareth West, Cynthia Cranz, Jessica Cavanagh, John Swasey, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Jessica Cavanagh

Jessica Cavanagh

Jessica Cavanagh is a Dallas-based theatre artist, voice actor, and writer. As a staff writer with Funimation Entertainment, she’s adapted hundreds of episodes of Japanese anime for an English-speaking audience (some favorites are Golden Kamuy, Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Sakura Quest, and Fuuka) and she’s also worked extensively as an actor in their English broadcast dubs, voicing roles in Attack on Titan (Carla Jaeger), Fairy Tail (Aquarius), Steins;Gate (Moeka/Shining Finger), Black Butler (Paula), One Piece (Curly Dadan), My Hero Academia (Inko Midoriya, Izuku’s sweet mama!), Karneval (Iva), Katana Maidens (Akane Origami), and many others. Her play, Self-Injurious Behavior, which is based loosely on her own experience as the parent of her autistic son and favorite human, Elijah, was just presented off-broadway at Urban Stages in NYC in April 2019. Jessica is passionate about telling women’s stories now that she’s actually tried it and she’s pretty determined to spend the rest of her life doing as much of that as possible!

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Fri 10:00am - 10:50am
Theatre Nerds Unite: The Read-thru w/ Jessica Cavanagh
Panel Room 3
Fri 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Jessica Cavanagh, Tyler Walker, Heather Walker
Autographs
Sat 10:00am - 10:50am
Haviland Stillwell, Jessica Cavanagh, Cole Feuchter, Gareth West
Autographs
Sat 11:00am - 11:50am
“Take your broken heart and make it into art” w/ Jessica Cavanagh
Panel Room 4
Sun 8:30am - 9:20am
Plus Ultra! A My Hero Academia Voice Actor Panel
Main Events
Sun 10:00am - 10:50am
Gareth West, Cynthia Cranz, Jessica Cavanagh, John Swasey, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Barry Yandell

Barry Yandell

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor by BTVA for his iconic role as William T. Spears in Black Butler, Barry Yandell is a well-known and very busy regional stage actor and voiceover artist based in North Texas. Most recently, Barry lends his voice talent to the characters of Conehead in Fire Force, Zelada in Cop Craft and Kodai in Yu-No. Fans will recognize his voice contributions in some of the most popular Anime series to date including Alexis Kerib in SSSS Gridman, Yoki in Full Metal Alchemist, Mr. 2 Bon Clay in One Piece, Little Demon in Soul Eater, Dwarf Shaman in Goblin Slayer, and Popuko in Pop Team Epic. Additional roles include an array of characters from Dragonball Z, Ghost in the Shell, Fairy Tail, and Attack on Titan to name a few. Please visit Barry’s actor pages at IMDB.com and behindthevoiceactors.com for a full listing of characters and upcoming new roles.

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Fri 11:00am - 11:50am
Aliens, Villains & Freaks :Q&A with Barry Yandell
Panel Room 3
Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Greg Ayres, Kyle Jones, Barry Yandell, John Swasey, Cole Feuchter, Kiba Walker
Autographs
Fri 3:30pm - 4:50pm
Greggo's Game Shows: Match Game ft. Guest VAs!
Panel Room 1
Sat 8:00am - 8:50am
Tyler Walker, Heather Walker, Barry Yandell
Autographs
Sat 9:30am - 10:20am
Voices of the Guild: Fairy Tail VA Panel
Panel Room 3
Sat 1:30pm - 2:20pm
The Actor's Launch: Advanced Voice Acting W/ Barry Yandell
Panel Room 3
Sun 9:00am - 9:50am
Marissa Lenti, Emily Cramer, Barry Yandell, Whitney Rodgers
Autographs
Marissa Lenti

Marissa Lenti

Marissa Lenti, best known as the voice of Moze (Borderlands 3), is a voice actress who you can also hear in anime roles like Malva (Pokémon Evolutions), Cocotte (Dragon Ball Super), Libra (Fairy Tail), Yuna (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear), Arue (Konosuba), Gray Wolf (Kemono Friends), Momoko Hyakushiki & Kuu (NANBAKA), Chiaki Hoshinomori (Gamers!), Mikado Ryoko & Marron (To Love Ru), Mistress Sadie (One Piece), Ilse Langnar (Attack on Titan: Junior High), and Atago & Z1 (Azur Lane), among others! She’s also appeared in many other video games, like Genshin Impact, Brawl Stars, SMITE, Yandere Simulator, HuniePop 2: Double Date, Freedom Planet 2, A Hat in Time, MechWarrior 5, My Tamagotchi Forever, and more.

When she’s not acting, she’s casting & directing for Sound Cadence Studios, with some of her recent projects being directing the English dubs of the anime Kemono Friends, Kageki Shojo!!, Arte, Adachi and Shimamura, and B’t X; as well as casting for Rooster Teeth’s RWBY, gen:LOCK, Red vs Blue, Nomad of Nowhere, and Camp Camp. She’s also an ADR Writer, providing the scripts for anime like Bloom Into You, Tada Never Falls In Love, City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes, Actors: Songs Connection, and Love Stage!!! to name a few.

To learn more about Marissa, check out her website at www.MarissaLenti.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@MarissaLenti)!

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Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Cynthia Cranz, Marissa Lenti, Gareth West, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Fri 2:00pm - 2:50pm
From Fan-Fiction to Fan-Reality with Marissa Lenti
Panel Room 3
Sat 7:00am - 7:50am
Women in Anime
Panel Room 2
Sat 9:30am - 10:20am
Voices of the Guild: Fairy Tail VA Panel
Panel Room 3
Sat 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Kyle Jones, Jay Hickman, John Swasey, Marissa Lenti
Autographs
Sun 9:00am - 9:50am
Marissa Lenti, Emily Cramer, Barry Yandell, Whitney Rodgers
Autographs
William Ofoegbu

William Ofoegbu

William Ofoegbu is an American voice actor with Crunchyroll. Some of his notable roles in anime include Bravo Leader Ethan Drive in My Hero Academia, The Corpse God in Dead Mount Death Play, Madmole in Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, Takeru Sengoku in Horimiya: The Missing Pieces, Omasa in One Piece, Io in Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, Takao in Kaiju No. 8, Joseph Albright in Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Rikvelt in The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash, The Eternity Devil in Chainsaw Man, Leon in Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World, Twisted Keiun in Hell’s Paradise, Lars in Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, Lex Hail in The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, Sammy Jones in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Bokamoso in Psycho-Pass Providence, Garganly in Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Kamil Kaysink in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Maxwell in The Prince of Tennis u-17 World Cup, Gordon in Bye Bye, Earth, Makita in Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds, Shiguma in Blue Lock, and more!
William’s known for incredibly tasty meals, teaching his students, raising his kid, enjoying films, TV, manga, video games, and making perfect recommendations, and he loves his friends and family.

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Fri 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Jessica Cavanagh, Tyler Walker, Heather Walker
Autographs
Fri 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Bringing Characters to Life w/ William Ofoegbu
Panel Room 3
Sat 9:30am - 10:20am
Voices of the Guild: Fairy Tail VA Panel
Panel Room 3
Sat 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Kyle Jones, Jay Hickman, John Swasey, Marissa Lenti
Autographs
Sun 7:00am - 7:50am
Kiba Walker, Cole Feuchter, William Ofoegbu, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Sun 8:30am - 9:20am
Plus Ultra! A My Hero Academia Voice Actor Panel
Main Events
Kyle Jones

Kyle Jones

Kyle Colby Jones is an ADR director, writer, producer and actor at Sentai Filmworks & AMC Networks. He has been in the industry for 20 years. Notable titles include: Haikyu; Made in Abyss; Food Wars; Akame ga Kill; Parasyte; No Game No Life; Reincarnated As A Sword; GATE; Umaru-chan; Demon Girl Next Door; Gintama; Monster Musume; My Love Story; Log Horizon; Princess Principal; Mr. Tonegawa; Land of the Lustrous; Sakamoto; Nozaki-kun; Gatchaman Crowds; and Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?. Kyle’s library also includes: Saint Seiya; Air; Kanon; Madlax; Kino’s Journey; Phi-Brain; Girls und Panzer Der Film; Short Peace; Martian Successor Nadesico – Prince of Darkness and the stupendously amazing Papuwa. Twitter: @KyleColby

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Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Greg Ayres, Kyle Jones, Barry Yandell, John Swasey, Cole Feuchter, Kiba Walker
Autographs
Fri 4:30pm - 6:20pm
Lake Texarkana Gamera (18+)
Panel Room 2
Sat 11:00am - 11:50am
William Ofoegbu, Kyle Jones, Jay Hickman, John Swasey, Marissa Lenti
Autographs
Kiba Walker

Kiba Walker

Kiba Walker is an actor, musician, and drag performer based out of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Known for FIRE EMBLEM: HEROES and his roles in anime such as PHANTOM OF THE IDOL (Yuya Niyodo), TWILIGHT OUT OF FOCUS (Chiaki), CHERRY MAGIC (Showta), BERSERK OF GLUTTONY (Luke Barbatos), MY HERO ACADEMIA (Cider House), ONE PIECE (Jo, Dachoman), BLUELOCK (Young Barou), HAIKYUU!! (Koganegawa, Komi), HORIMIYA (Makio Tanihara), 86:EIGHTY SIX (Erwin Marcel), THE TITAN’S BRIDE (Caius Lao Bistail), BLACK CLOVER (Paplo Espuma), SHANGRI-LA FRONTIER (Branch), REIGN OF THE SEVEN SPELLBLADES (Tim Linton), SUGAR APPLE FAIRY TALE (Valentine), BOFURI! (Christmas Rose), REINCARNATED AS A SWORD (Cruise Riouselle), OSHINOKO (LoveNow Director), SACRIFICIAL PRINCESS AND THE KING OF BEASTS (Young Leonhart), TOMODACHI GAME (Manabu), THE HEIKE STORY (Kiyotsune), EDENS ZERO (Foote Brother), SASAKI AND MIYANO (Higure), CLASSROOM OF THE ELITE (Beppu), SAINT SEIYA (Scylla-Io), JUNJI ITO COLLECTION (Tsukano Ryou), and many others.

In other video games, you can hear him in GENSHIN IMPACT, TINY TINA’S WONDERLANDS, DRAGONHEIR, LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX, CONTRA RETURNS, CAMP BUDDY, FULL SERVICE, TO TRUST AN INCUBUS, SINSATIONS, SINSATIONS 2, EARTHLOCK, to name a few.

He’s a former GAMESTOP TV host and correspondent, has worked with MATTEL, and runs a streaming channel and podcast with his partner, COLE FEUCHTER, called THE RETROCADE and FILE SELECT respectively. His VTuber has been taking off and making shockwaves as ELEX on Twitch.

Kiba also is a full time drag performer named SALEM MOON, who has a traveling convention show called READY PLAYER DRAG, an all-ages drag event that mixes fandom and drag. You can follow him on Twitter at @justkibawalker or on Instagram at @kibathevoice or @salemmoondrag

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Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Greg Ayres, Kyle Jones, Barry Yandell, John Swasey, Cole Feuchter, Kiba Walker
Autographs
Fri 2:30pm - 3:20pm
The Drag Roundtable w/ Kiba Walker
Panel Room 1
Fri 5:00pm - 6:20pm
Bad Fanfiction Theater w/ Kiba Walker +Cole Feuchter (18+)
Panel Room 1
Sat 8:00am - 8:50am
Being Black and Queer in Anime
Panel Room 1
Sat 9:00am - 9:50am
Kiba Walker, Emily Cramer, Cynthia Cranz, Whitney Rodgers, Robert L. Mungle, Greg Ayres
Autographs
Sat 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Ready, Player, DRAG! - Nerdy Drag Show
Main Events
Sun 7:00am - 7:50am
Kiba Walker, Cole Feuchter, William Ofoegbu, Jay Hickman
Autographs
Sun 8:30am - 9:20am
Plus Ultra! A My Hero Academia Voice Actor Panel
Main Events
Sin_Thetic_Cosplay

Sin_Thetic_Cosplay

Sin has been cosplaying for around 7 years and has been crafting for more than 20. She competed in her first cosplay competition at MetaCon 2023 where she won Best in Show. Sin has continued to hone her skills with experience in sewing, armor, and prop making. Most recently, she competed at the Wold Crown at Anime Midwest this July.

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Haviland Stillwell

Haviland Stillwell

Haviland Stillwell is an Actor, Singer and Producer, whose extensive work has been performed on Broadway, TV, Film, in Voiceover, and has become very well known on social media.

On Broadway, she was in the original cast of the revival of Fiddler on the Roof with Rosie O’Donnell, Alfred Molina, Lea Michele and Harvey Fierstein, and Les Miserables with Daphne Rubin Vega and Lea Salonga. She has performed live on The Oscars, The Tonys and The View and has made two albums, SPARK and HOW I ROLE. Her live concerts has been seen everywhere from Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub and Rockwell in Los Angeles, to dive bars, festivals and clubs. She recently joined the Producing team for the upcoming Broadway show, A Transparent Musical.

Her screen work includes Ava Duvernay’s Selma, Amazon’s Crime Story with Mira Sorvino, Magic Mike XXL, Gabriel’s Inferno, Santa Jaws, UnREAL, CSI: NY, Stitchers, Eastwick, VH1’s Single Ladies, and the upcoming season 2 of BIFL and the films Literal Nightmare, which she also wrote, The Undertaker’s Wife, and leading roles in Fishy, and Feathered with Dot-Marie Jones and Bruce Dern. She is an Executive Producer on the upcoming film Under The Influencer.

She is the voice of dozens of brands, plays animated characters such as the standout role of Raquelle in Barbie: Life In The Dreamhouse, Miraculous Ladybug, Monster High, Ever After High, and High Guardian Spice and video games such as League of Legends: Convergence, Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, Bugsnax, Epic7 and Fallout 4: Far Harbor.

She was born in Georgia, attended Ithaca College for Vocal Performance, The Groundlings for Improv, and graduated with Honors from NYU with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, with a concentration in Musical Theatre. Haviland has been a lifelong progressive activist, and now lives in Los Angeles.

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Sat 8:30am - 9:20am
Frightfully Fabulous: Behind the Mic w/ Haviland Stillwell
Panel Room 3
Sat 10:00am - 10:50am
Haviland Stillwell, Jessica Cavanagh, Cole Feuchter, Gareth West
Autographs
Sat 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Karaoke with the Guests!
Panel Room 1
Sun 6:00am - 6:50am
Haviland Stillwell
Autographs
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