Guests
Tekkoshocon VI is always bringing you the best guests possible. Below we have our current confirmed guests for Tekkoshocon VI.
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Sandy Fox
Sandy Fox is an accomplished actress, VO artist, singer, writer, and producer.
Her voice can be heard in many cartoons, anime and video games. Her credits include The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama, As Told By Ginger, Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi, Very Merry Muppet Christmas, Akira, Ark, Land Before Time, and Fox's Transformers. She is the voice of well known anime characters including Sumomo in Chobits, Risky from Risky Safety, Marie in Hare Guu, Rinna in Stellvia, Paiway in Vandread, Monica in Heat Guy J, Pyocola In Digi Charat, Mireille in .HACK, and Flonne in Disgaea. Video Game titles include PlanetSide, Disgaea, Sanctuary, Phantom Brave, Go Go Hypergrind and the .HACK games. Sandy is also well known for singing the theme songs to the popular anime titles Rurouni Kenshin and Magic Knight Rayearth.
Sandy was recently nominated as Best Actress in a Comedy for the first American Anime Awards in New York. Her current projects include Asta in .Hack Redemption/volume 3, Robin in Super John Doe Junior for Nick Cartoons, 2007 season of King of the Hill, and returning as Flonne in the series Makai Senki Disgaea.
Sandy has been working in the entertainment business since the age of 15. She started her career at the Walt Disney Company in Orlando, singing and dancing in stage shows and television specials. She sang 1920's jazz for over 11 years performing the songs of Betty Boop and toured jazz festivals on the east coast with the Coconut Manor Orchestra, opening for such greats as Cab Calloway, Dizzie Gillespie, and Ray Charles.
She is currently writing and developing her own TV shows and creative projects, and is founder of a non-profit organization called The Love Planet Foundation. She is also co-creator of H2Om ~ water with intention. The world's first vibrationally charged, interactive bottled spring water, promoting positive energy for people and the planet.
For more info visit her web site at www.sandyfoxworld.com
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Lex Lang
Recent shows Lex has been a voice on include Doto (the bad guy) in the Naruto Movie, Teuchi and Hayate in Naruto the TV show, Dew in IGPX, Kenji Kondo in Fafner (which Lex also directed), Xavier III in Samurai Champloo, and Mansairaku in Otogizoshi.
Lex is known worldwide for voicing Sanosuke Sagara in Rurouni Kenshin, Goemon in Lupin the Third, Sanzo in Saiyuki Reload, Crim in Dot Hack, Kimishima in Scryed, Nagira in Witch Hunter Robin, Shouryuu in The Twelve Kingdoms, Captain Herlock in Captain Herlock, Zagato, Lantis, Rune Gods, Windam and Rayearth in Magic Knight Rayearth, Dread in Ghost in the Shell, Jovanni and Shun in Heat Guy J, Chiaki in Mirage of Blaze, Axcel, Accelludor, Phase Breaker, Elsor, Doctor, and Old West Bartender in Cosmo Warrior Zero, Cain Tokioka in Ex-Driver, Suzuki in Ai Yori Aoshi, Heidelnoir in Gun Frontier, War Greymon in Digimon, Ry and Announcer in Initial D, Frank, Yuri Leonov and Rick Schtiner in Argento Soma, Slash in Mahoro Matic, Dino Fishman in Flint the Time Detective, Dark Factor (Fact) in Ys, Ken in Fist of the North Star, DD in Figure 17, Gineus in Gundam MS008 team, Lodem in Babel II, Hero in Hello Kitty , Delta Boy in Armageddon, Swim Coach in Battle Atheletes, Takumas Father Isuki, Evil Ongo, Professor and Old Man in Jungle De Ikou, Storm Dragon, Water Dragon and Luke in Mon Colle Knights, Kakugo and Zero in Apocolypse Zero, Father Olivier in Gestalt, Hayashi and Matzusaka in Ninja Cadets, Presenter and Manager in Idol Project, Yui in Samurai Armageddon, as well as Towline in The Transformers, multiple voices in Akira, Black Jack, Gad Guard, Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex, Alive, Burn up Scramble, Stellvia, Wolf's Rain, Gungrave, New Getter Robo, Scrapped Princess, Tenjo Tenge, Planetes, Aquarian Age the movie, Kannazuki No Miko, and many more.
Lex can also be heard in hit Playstation and Xbox games as Dr. Neo Cortex in Crash Bandicoot games, Han Solo in Star Wars: Empire at War and KOTOR II, Han Solo and Indiana Jones in Mercenaries, NeNe in Blue Dragon, Beast Rider in Knights of the Old Republic II, Ash in Phantom Brave as well as Drill Instructor Lt. David Phillips in the Full Spectrum Warrior game series, Star Wars: Empire at War, Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard, Haunting Ground, The Matrix: Path of Neo, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Crash Twinsanity, Full Spectrum Warrior, Painkiller, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, Lords of Everquest, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Star Trek: Elite Force II, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike, Bloody Roar: Primal Fury, Defender, .hack//INFECTION - Part 1, Heroes of Might and Magic IV, Might and Magic IX, Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix, Legends of Might and Magic, Star Trek: Armada II , Star Trek: Klingon Academy, Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor!...
Lex can also be heard on mainstream animated series including The Batman (as Metallo and Clayface), Justice League Unlimited (as General Nardoc, Heatwave, Atomic Skull and Captain Cold) Tutenstein, (as Professor Bedhety), Curious George (as the Doorman and Hundley the dog), Avatar the Last Airbender (as The Lord of the Fire Nation and Various Shamen), and Legion of Superheroes (as Grimbor, Referee and Sports Announcer.)
Recipient of the Excellence in Acting Award from The JFK Center for Performing Arts and The American College Theatre Festival's Outstanding Actor Award, Lex has had a wide variety of performance experience. He has played the leading role in over 40 stage productions, toured the southwest as a stand up comic, and played with his band LeXLang throughout southern California and Nevada.
Lex was born in Hollywood, California, is the astrological sign Scorpio (November 12th), and enjoys playing poker with his friends when he's not writing music or doing voice overs. For more information, check out his web site at http://www.lexlang.com/.
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Aaron Dismuke
Texas-born Aaron Dismuke started with a few small parts (in FRUITS BASKET and KIDDY GRADE), courtesy of his cousin, Funimation ADR director Justin Cook. But it wasn't long before the budding voice actor showed real talent, and quickly catapulted to a critical leading role in FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST as Alphonse Elric . It's a feat all the more impressive when you do the math and realize that he was only 11 years old when he started voicing Alphonse, and that he did most of that difficult work while speaking into a big metal bowl. Aaron has resumed the role for the movie FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALLA, as well as several video games based on the series. More recently, Aaron (now 15 years old) can be heard as Ion Fortuna in TRINITY BLOOD and listen for him in Mushi-Shi coming out soon.
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Greg Ayers
Greg Ayres has spent the last year rockin' his way through two new anime series. As the loud-mouthed Hideki in Nerima Daikon Brothers, or singing with the the band in Beck:Mongolian Chop Squad as Koyuki. The once "Fanboy" turned VA started working for ADV Films a little over five years ago, and within the first two years managed to snag two of his favorite roles in anime. He was thrilled to voice the role of his favorite character Son Goku in Saiyuki. Just one year later voiced Kaworu Nagisa in the Director's Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Other roles include Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Negi Springfield in Negima,Roan in Ragnarok The Animation, Hajime Hario in Magikano, Yamazaki in Welcome to the NHK, Heihachi in Samurai 7, Jr. in Xenosaga:The Animation, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Pope Alessandro XVIII in Trinity Blood, Tsuyoshi in Kodocha, Leo in Ghost Stories, Tsujido in Speed Grapher, and Gau Ban in Shadow Skill.He can also be heard in other anime titles such as Super Gals, Spiral, Macross, Mythical Detective Loki, Burst Angel, Gravion, Godanner, Pretear, Full Metal Panic, E's Otherwise and a whole lot more.
When he's not in a booth with headphones on, you can usually find him sporting headphones of another variety behind "the decks". A veteran nightclub DJ of many years, Greg has really enjoyed the opportunity of doing something else that he truly loves. From packed rooms at anime conventions, to the legendary stage of *The Knitting Factory (NYC)*, Greg never misses an opportunity to share his love of music with anyone who will listen.
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Matt Greenfield
As the co-founder and Senior VP of ADV Films, North America's largest anime distributor, Matt Greenfield is easily one of the busiest men in anime today. He also considers himself one of the luckiest. Raised on a steady diet of science fiction novels, giant monster movies and animated series like Astroboy and Speed Racer, Greenfield's career never lost touch with his youthful interests. A Theater Major, he worked for four years at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, providing mission support for the first three Space Shuttle missions and the Voyager Jupiter flyby. In 1982, he moved to Texas where he began writing professionally and became heavily involved with the embryonic stages of a new fandom focused on Japanese animation.
Several attempts to interest outside production companies in anime led to the founding of AD Vision in 1992, where he has since racked up over a thousand production credits as producer, writer and/or director. Amidst his Senior VP executive duties, Matt has helmed the English language versions of well over 500 episodes of such anime classics as CHRONO CRUSADE, NOIR, EXCEL SAGA, GANTZ, RAHXEPHON, NADESICO, BUBBLEGUM CRISIS TOKYO 2040, GUNSMITH CATS, BATTLE ANGEL, SPRIGGAN, MACROSS and NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, and the live action GAMERA-GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE. He's written numerous comic books and magazine articles and has over 300 voice acting credits (mostly as 'Brian Granveldt'.) Now married to voice actor Tiffany Grant, recent and current projects include directing the English language version of KURAU-PHANTOM MEMORY, THE WALLFLOWER and GURREN LAGANN, writing and producing an original animated series based on the best-selling David Weber novel MUTINEERS' MOON, and contributing to the production of the live-action EVANGELION feature film.
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Tiffany Grant
Tiffany Grant is very happy to be returning to Tekkoshocon! Best known as Asuka from NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, Tiffany was the first voice actor hired by ADV Films in February 1994.
She has now voiced characters in close to 1000 TV episodes, OVAs & movies including COMIC PARTY REVOLUTION (Yuu), CHRONO CRUSADE (Satella), BLUE SEED (Kome), GOLDEN BOY (Madame President), AZUMANGA DAIOH (Kaorin), FMP? FUMOFFU (Bonta-kun), GODANNAR (Shizuru), FULL METAL ALCHEMIST (Marta) and MABURAHO (Kuriko). Video game credits: UNLIMITED SAGA, DEUS EX II: INVISIBLE WAR. Recent projects include GURREN LAGANN (Yoko), KURAU: PHATNOM MEMORY (Ayaka),THE WALLFLOWER (Auntie), MAGIKANO (Rika) and episodic leads in BEST STUDENT COUNCIL, MUSHI SHI and HELL GIRL.
Ms. Grant has written English dubbing scripts for TV series such as ANGELIC LAYER, SISTER PRINCESS, HELLO KITTY'S ANIMATION THEATER, MABURAHO, GODANNAR, AH! MY GODDESS 2, THE WALLFLOWER and the live-action Korean film JUNGLE JUICE. She also adapted scripts for several subtitled projects including MIYUKI CHAN IN WONDERLAND and the live-action TOKYO - THE LAST MEGALOPOLIS.
Recently, Tiffany contributed to the album "Voices for Peace." www.voicesfor.org CDs are available at www.cdbaby.com. All profits go to DoctorsWithoutBorders.com and www.care.org. "Voices for Tolerance" is slated for release in late 2007.
Non-anime work includes ARLINGTON ROAD (with Jeff Bridges) and the independent film LAUGHING BOY (she has DVDs!) which has played to enthusiastic film festival & convention audiences in numerous cities around the country. Tiffany also has many years of experience in theatre and commercials as well as an incurable Hello Kitty addiction! For more, please visit http://tiffanygrant.eva-r.com
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Carrie Savage
Carrie Savage is so happy to be returning to Tekkoshocon again!
Carrie has voiced many anime characters: from California she has voiced such characters as "Fuko" in I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs , "Rakka" in Haibane Renmei, "Hakufu" in Ikki Tousen, "Nancy Makuhari" in R.O.D. the TV, "Maromi" in Paranoia Agent, "Shima" in Stellvia, "Nina" in Ultra Maniac and others such as Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Marmalade Boy, Gankutsuo, Dear.S, GunXSword, Ergo Proxy, Girl's Bravo, Texhnolyze, Melody of Oblivion, Tsukihime, Sakura Wars the Movie , Dangaizer 3, Aguarian Age the Movie, and Ghost Talker's Day Dream. Her Texas characters include "Mokona" in Tsubasa Chronicles, and XXX Holic, "Rihoko" in Witchblade, "Asta" in Trinity Blood, "Penny" in Shin Chan , "Solty" in Solty Rei, "Haruka" in Rumbling Hearts, "Kaede" in Shuffle, "Yuffa" in Ragnarok, and other shows such as School Rumble, Moon Phase, Mushishi, Samarai 7, Full Metal Alchemist, Suzuka, Hell Girl, Origin "Spirits of the Past", Xeno Saga, Btx, Beet the Vandel, and more "secret" shows.
She has also had a fun time voicing characters in video games such as Final Fantasy, Suikoden 5, Tales of Legendia, Romancing Saga, Dynasty Warriors, Soul Calibur III, and more. She even got to be the voice of 2 "My Little Pony" toys: Baby "Skywishes" and a singing teapot!
Carrie has adapted scripts for such shows as School Rumble and Shuffle, and was also lucky enough to get to direct episodes 1-4 of Shuffle, as well as a little directing on various other shows.
Carrie also has a heavy background in Theater and is a very small time film actress. She also loves traveling around the world helping struggling children and adults in 3rd world countries such as Africa and the Philippines, and will most likely be going to Uganda this fall!
She absolutely loves voice acting for Anime and is looking forward to recording more shows in the future. She is very much looking forward seeing everyone again at Tekkoshocon!!
P.S. Let's have a great charity auction this year! I'll be bringing some cool stuff!!!
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Mike McFarland
Mike McFarland got his start in anime as one of the first voice actors in Texas to be hired by FUNimation Productions in 1997, and has since moved on to become a Director, Script Writer, and Line Producer for numerous anime series. Notable roles include Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Android #8 and Pui-Pui in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, Baby and Baby-Vegeta in Dragon Ball GT, Goemon in Lupin The Third (Movie Specials), Ritsu Sohma in Fruits Basket, Lt. Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Cain in Trinity Blood, Leo in Burst Angel, Bruce J. Speed in Galaxy Railways, as well as various roles in Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Gender, Case Closed, Spiral, Kodocha, Baki the Grappler, Desert Punk, Black Cat, and Kiddy Grade. He has also worked with ADV Films on Parasite Dolls, Gantz, Shadow Skill, Papuwa, Nerima Daikon Brothers, and Diamond Daydreams, and with Geneon on Ghost Talker's Daydream, Koi Kaze, and Rumiko Takahashi Anthology.
As an ADR/Voice Director, Mike has worked on Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, Case Closed, Dragon Ball, Galaxy Railways, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror Of Shamballa, as well as Trinity Blood, as seen on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. ADR Scriptwriting credits include Fullmetal Alchemist, Kodocha, Trinity Blood, and the uncut versions of Dragon Ball Z.
Mike is also an accomplished improv comedian, musician, and has appeared in numerous commercials and independent films, including The Rage Within, House Of The Generals, Placebo, and the award-winning Schtickmen. For more information, check out his web site at www.mikemcfarland.com.
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Mari Iijima
Mari Iijima is an accomplished singer and songwriter who has released numerous top 10 albums through Victor Entertainment Japan and Warner Music Japan. She wrote all of the music for her critically acclaimed debut album "Rosé", which was produced by renowned composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Throughout her career Mari has worked with the music industry's greatest musicians including Alan Parson's Project, Toto, and members of the John Mayer Band. Her 2004 release, "Wonderful People" was a smash hit and stayed on the top of an Indie album chart for over 5 consecutive weeks.
Mari has won several awards including the FM Osaka Best New Artist Award and the Japan Audio Society Golden Jubilee Award 2 years in a row, which is voted on by both Japanese & American judges. She was also nominated for the 2000 Los Angeles Music Awards Best Pop Artist Award for her first independently released album "No Limit". At the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Mari won a Best Song Award for her song “Unspoken Love” from her album “Wonderful People”.
In addition to singing and songwriting Mari has also appeared in film, television, and on radio in both Japan and the U.S. In 2004 Mari starred in the short feature film "Green Tea-r" and also wrote and performed the film’s theme song, “Petal”. “Green Tea-r” won the top honor of Grandprix at the Takazuka Film Festival in Japan,Silver Screen Award at US International Film & Video Festival, and was shown at the Berlin Film Festival.
Most recently Mari played Lynn Minmay in the animated series “Super Dimension Fortress Macross”, making her the first actor to voice the same character in both English and Japanese.
In November 2006 Mari released her 20th studio album, "Uncompromising Innocence", which she wrote, arranged, and produced, with collaborative contributions from David LaBruyere (John Mayer Band), Michael Chaves (John Mayer Band, Low Millions), and Mick Karn (Japan, Dali's Car).
Visit her web site at http://www.marimusic.com or her myspace http://www.myspace.com/mariiijima
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Hsu-nami
Formed in the fall of 2005, The Hsu-nami defines East meets West and has become the first Er-hu Rock Group in America and possibly the world. Their unique union introduces the Er-hu to new listeners everywhere. It's the combination of an Asian cultural icon with the tenacity of American modern rock.
Members are Jack Hsu (Er-Hu), Brent Bergholm (Lead Guitar), Derril Sellers (Bass), and John Manna (Drums). Their musical influences range from rock, metal, funk, and jazz to classical and traditional Asian music.
In their short two years together Hsu-nami has managed to open for Yellowcard, Cthonic, Nightmare of You, the Parlor Mob, World Leader Pretend, and Jet Lag Gemini. They have also performed at Union Square in New York for numerous Asian Culture Festivals including the CAPA Festival and Passport to Taiwan.
Hsu-nami has established themselves on the Tri-state area club circuit, headlining clubs like the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ and Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, NJ as well as playing one of the closing nights at the legendary CBGB's in NYC.
Hsu-nami have been featured in The Aqaurian, Chorus and Verse Magazine, The Bergen Record, Ins and Outs Magazine, The World Journal, The Journal News, and The Northern Valley Suburbanite. They have also been featured in a televised interview on the AZN Television Network for their NBA Time Out program.
Hsu-nami has recently self released their first CD titled "Entering the Mandala" on November 30th 2007.
Visit their web site http://www.hsu-nami.com or myspace http://www.myspace.com/thehsunamirocks.
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Robert Axelrod
Robert Axelrod has created a wildly diverse career for himself that runs the gamut of all aspects of the entertainment industry including writing, directing, performing in major TV shows, mainstream and cult films, as well as a highly respected theatre reviewer, plus his very long list of voice-over cartoon and anime character creations, not to mention the original voicing of the popular Lord Zedd and Finster characters for the Original Hit Show, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".
Born and raised in New York City, Axelrod's beginnings as a child/teen actor for commercials and onstage work eventually led him to the "hip" New York Soho Avant-garde theatre scene and off-Broadway shows, Robert also spent eight years as a working rock musician playing electric bass and doing vocals around the country. His music gigs landed him in Los Angeles where he found himself being cast in so many voice-over and movie roles that he packed up his New York gear to call LA his new home.
Since then, Mr. Axelrod has appeared in many feature films, including the Sci-Fi hit remake "The Blob", "The Last Shot" with Alec Baldwin and Matthew Broderick, and others. Television appearances include guest star roles on "Amazing Stories" and "Star Trek Voyager".
Robert was also privileged to star in the Michael Jackson music video "Stranger in Moscow". This very moving rare video can be viewed on Robert's newly joined myspace page. (His long time manager, Sheryl Mandel, finally convinced him to join the myspace craziness and Robert admits, "It's great"!!!)
Robert's worldwide fans know him as the evil voice of Lord Zedd and Finster on the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", Armadillomon and Wizardmon on "Digimon", The Punisher's sidekick, Microchip, on "Spiderman" and Rico on "Robotech".
Robert has voiced countless anime features including "Akira", "The Big O", "Cowboy Bebop", and "Metropolis".
As Lord Zedd, Robert starred in both the first Power Rangers feature film and the wildly popular live show that toured the country. Just finishing up production narrating a new clever mockumentary, "Safety First: The Rise of Women", Robert is booked for some very interesting projects for the next few months.
Robert is truly looking forward to finally meeting his longtime and new anime fans!
For more information please visit his myspace myspace page.
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Studio Capsule - Bob & Emily Dejesus
Robert DeJesus is a writer, story creator, illustrator, storyboard artist and character designer for Studio Capsule. Robert is no stranger to the anime and manga community. An Indiana born, self-taught artist, who got his first art career break when he sent an eight page short story to comic publisher, Antarctic Press in February of 1990. He has drawn manga inspired art for well over 19 years and has been published nearly all over the world. He has worked for many companies like Playstation Magazine, Marvel, Hasbro, and recently with Harper Collins Publishing.
Emily DeJesus is a writer, editor, story creator and manager of Studio capsule. Robert and Emily met at a convention called Anime Central and haven't been apart since that day. Emily has always enjoyed manga and anime, but never thought it could be her job. Emily has worked with Robert for over 7 years now. She helps write the web comic "How to Loathe Drawing in the Manga Style" and has just finished writing her first children's book. She enjoys the business side of working for Studio Capsule very much and is grateful that she has an opportunity to work in the manga/comics business.
Studio Capsule is involved in creating a line of low print run doujinshis, portfolios, animated shorts, and other projects expanding Studio Capsule. Find out everything that's new with either Studio Capsule or Robert and Emily DeJesus at www.studiocapsule.com
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