Youmacon 2008

October 30–November 2, 2008 Hyatt Regency Dearborn Dearborn, Michigan

Detroit's { Anime / Manga / Gaming / J-Music } Experience

Guests

Caitlin Glass

Caitlin Glass is a voice actress and ADR director for FUNimation Entertainment. She first started working for FUNi in January of 2004 after being hired while on a tour of the studio! Her first roles were bit parts on "Case Closed" until she landed the role of Hiyono in "Spiral". She then went on to voice Triela in "Gunslinger Girl", Takane in "Burst Angel", and most notably, Winry Rockbell in "Fullmetal Alchemist". More recent roles include Yakumo in "School Rumble", Souma in "Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle", Accela in "Solty Rei", Miss Anderson in "Crayon Shin-chan", Saya in "Black Cat", and Chiemi Kuniyoshi in "BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad", in which she also sings! She can also be heard in "Negima", "Kodocha", "The Galaxy Railways", "Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris", and the "Lupin III" OVAs. Caitlin's first ADR directing project, "Suzuka", is available now, and she is currently one of a select few directors working on FUNimation's dub of "One Piece". Caitlin is so excited to be back at Youmacon for the fourth year in a row and can't wait to make more great memories.

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Wayne Grayson

Best known as the voice behind Joey on "Yu-Gi-Oh!" and Michelangelo on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Wayne's recent and upcoming projects include "GaoGaiGar", "To Heart", "Easter Island" and "The Third". He also regularly appears as Syrus on "Yu-Gi-Oh GX". Past credits include: "Revolutionary Girl Utena", "Sadamitsu the Destroyer", "Ultimate Muscle", "Giant Robo", "Samurai Deeper Kyo", "Pokemon", "Patlabor", "Shaman King", "Animation Runner Kuromi", "The Winx Club", "Princess Natasha", "Kappa Mikey", and various monsters and animals on "Chaotic" and "Viva Pinata". On the commercial end of things, you can hear him touting the virtues of various products on television and radio spots. He's also been a fixture of the NY theatre scene for over 15 years, appearing in several productions with the NY Fringe Festival and other reputable companies. Wayne's a self-professed pop culture junkie, but to this day, he can't understand the appeal of reality television.

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Kyle Hebert

Kyle Hebert is a Los Angeles-based animation and video game voice actor currently heard on "Naruto" (Kiba), "Bleach" (Aizen, Ganju), and "Gurren Lagann" (Kamina). In early 2009, you'll be able to hear him as Ryu on "Street Fighter IV". He is best known as the Narrator and teen Gohan from "Dragonball Z". Other notable roles include "Ouran High School Host Club" (Kazukiyo Soga), "Fullmetal Alchemist" (Vato Falman), and "Devil May Cry 4" (Bael, Dagon). Kyle cohosts a podcast dedicated to news on all things geeky called The Big Bald Broadcast.

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Evelyn Lantto

Evelyn Lantto grew up outside Detroit, and is excited to be coming home to be a part of Youmacon! Aside from starring in "Kappa Mikey" as Mitsuki, she took over the role of Mokuba in "Yu-Gi-Oh!" for its final season. Additionally, she has done guest spots on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Winx Club", "Pokemon", "Magical DoReMi", and "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX" for 4Kids to name a few. Her voice can be heard on lots of anime as well: most recently "Tamagotchi" and "Freedom", due for release this fall! Beyond her recent work, she's been a part of some classics as well! Her roles date back to "Magic Users Club", "The Gokusen", "Midori Days", and "Ah! My Goddess". And besides her voice acting work, she also does casting for NYAV Post in New York.

Patrick Seitz

Patrick Seitz is a Los Angeles voiceover actor, script adapter and ADR director who has been fortunate enough to lend his efforts to over 100 anime and video game titles during the last few years. As a voice actor, a few of Patrick’s more prominent roles include Franky in One Piece, Nekozawa in Ouran High School Host Club, Isshin Kurosaki in Bleach, George in Paradise Kiss, Hazel in Saiyuki Reload Gunlock, Dhaos in Tales of Phantasia, Raul in Ergo Proxy, Koshiro in Koi Kaze, Charles Beams in Eureka Seven, Lee Linho in ROD the TV, and Luke Valentine in Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate. On the video game side of the ledger, you can hear him as Chopin in Eternal Sonata, Dylan in Valkyrie Profile 2 and Sergei Vladimir in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, as well as various characters in the likes of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, Wild Arms 5, and Romancing Saga, to name just a few. In addition to voiceover work, Patrick has done script-adapting and/or ADR direction for Naruto, Blue Dragon, Honey & Clover, Hell Girl, Girls Bravo, Kamichu!, Tales of Phantasia, The Melody of Oblivion, Zegapain, Guardian of the Spirit and Rumiko Takahashi Anthology.

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Michael Sinterniklaas

Michael Sinternklaas' current most popular castings as a voice actor are Leonardo in the 2003 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon, Dean Venture (and other small parts) in "The Venture Bros.", Leo in "Full Metal Alchemist", Mikey Simon in "Kappa Mikey", and Mahad in "Yu-Gi-Oh!". In the past, Sinterniklaas has also dubbed such shows as "Twin Signal", "Night Hunters", "Magic User's Club", "Berserk", and more.

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Trish Ledoux

Editor, rewriter, translator, scriptwriter, voice actor, author, producer, mother of one, grad student, high-school English teacher, and now, adjunct professor of Japanese, Trish Ledoux fell down the anime rabbit hole 20 years ago and has rarely been up for air since. Starting with late, lamented, smart-alecky anime mag Animag in the late '80s and continuing on to become founding editor of Animerica, Trish is the writer of hundreds of anime scripts, the voice of Princess Kahm in the U.S. renditions of "Outlanders", co-author of The Complete Anime Guide, producer of "Project Arms" and "Trouble Chocolate", and is either the editor, translator, and/or rewriter of many popular manga titles including Ranma 1/2, InuYasha, Maison Ikkoku, Ceres, Kaze Hikaru, Here Is Greenwood, Eureka Seven, Negima!, and Rurouni Kenshin. Current plans include earning her clear credential in English, her M.A. in Educational Technology, and possibly taking a year-long sabbatical with now-preschool-aged son Hajime next year at Chukyo University in Nagoya, Japan.

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Toshifumi Yoshida

Toshi Yoshida has spent half of his life reading comic books and watching cartoons for a living. During those two decades, he worked on a now-defunct smartass anime-mag called Animag, spent 12 years producing anime at Viz Media and finally reached his current position at Bandai Entertainment as a producer, as well as being a manga translator. Toshi's past credits include producing the English-language versions of Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha as well as numerous amounts of manga translations such as Negima! for Del Rey, Eureka Seven for Bandai Entertainment, and Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service for Dark Horse. His current projects include the English-language versions of "Gurren Lagann", "Freedom", "Ghost Slayers Ayashi" and a top secret project he might be able to talk about at the con. Toshi has been attempting to attend Youmacon for three years now and he's happy to finally make it here. As usual, if you're looking for Toshi, try looking for him in his "office", the hotel bar, first.

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Walter Jones

While Walter E. Jones has an impressive resume, ranging from actor to educator, it’s likely you’ll best know him as Zack, the Black Ranger from the action-adventure phenomenon, “The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”. Since then he’s been involved in over 150 episodes of various shows and 7 films, including “The Shield” and “CSI”. His talents have developed him into a “triple threat,” having proven himself as an actor, singer, and dancer. He was chosen as one of fifty dancers to represent the United States in the 1992 Olympic Closing Ceremonies in Barcelona, and has traveled much of the world as a dancer and singer for Princess Cruise lines. He has been a Salsa Instructor in some of the most prestigious Salsa Clubs in Los Angeles, and has shared this gift with some of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities.

Mark Musashi

Mark Musashi began his entertainment career as a stuntman in the Tokyo based AAC Stunts. Early in his career, he was involved with numerous video game projects, most notably as Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes and Colonel Volgin in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He continued his career in Japan to include several live action television shows and movies, both as an actor and as a stuntman/suit actor. Some of his more memorable roles would be as the character Piece in "Sh15uya", Kodama in "Garo", and Duke Watari in "Cutie Honey: The Live". Early this year, Musashi relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in American based film and television.

Paulie Schrier

Paulie Schrier is a ten year veteran of the "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" series, portraying the character Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier, as well as directing and assistant directing several episodes. He also directed 16 "Hello Kitty" episodes for producer Tony "Oh Rick" Oliver, and appeared in UPN'�s "Teknoman" series for 65 Episodes, giving a voice to the evil Sabre. An Avid 3D modeler and LightWave artist, for three years Paulie's contributed 3D scenes to Christian Gossett'�s hybrid comic, "The Red Star," since it was optioned for feature film production by Universal Pictures. Still active on the theatrical stage in Los Angeles, Paulie can be found with the Theatricum Botanicum Theatre Company in Topanga Canyon, CA, performing Shakespeare, Brecht, Moliere, and Wilde. Currently, Paulie is Creative Director at a top secret Art Studio in Los Angeles.

Lemon Demon

with the Potter Puppet Pals

Lemon Demon, best known for their song "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny," bring their catchy melodies and geek rock sensibilities to Youmacon. Lemon Demon has released five full-length albums since their formation in 2003 as well as quite a bit of "unreleased" and "unreleasable" material. Bassist Alora Lanzillotta, guitarist Charles "Chooch" Sergio, and drummer Tony Wry are led by singer/songwriter/keyboardist Neil Cicierega.

Originally a set of Flash animations, the Potter Puppet Pals have found new life in live-action form, exploring what would happen if Harry Potter was acted out with insane puppets. With puppeteers Neil Cicierega, Emmy Cicierega, and Alora Lanzillotta behind the stage they've recorded four live-action skits to date, the latest of which was the number one most viewed comedy video on YouTube for the month it was released.

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My Dear Disco

A year and a half after its inception, My Dear Disco has already earned a permanent place in the incredible lineage of bands that have emerged from the Ann Arbor music scene. Known for their distinctive "DanceThink Music", their debut has been met with much critical acclaim since its release in 2007. Their music features electrified Irish bagpipes, and their lineup includes a two-time International Acoustic Music Award-winning composer, a 3-time world champion instrumentalist, a first place Michigan Idol winning singer, and two first place M-Block Records "New Music on the Block"-winning recording artists. In 2008, the band was named one of the most promising bands in the country by American Eagle's New Music Union. As a result, they were invited to perform at the AE Summer Festival, curated by Anthony Kiedis. Coming off of a fully-stocked summer schedule, including BlissFest, Hoxeyville, Dunegrass, Feel Good Festival, The Jazz Aspen Snow Mass, and Nelson Ledges, alongside artists such as Lotus, Moe, Bucket Head, and Bela Fleck, My Dear Disco is in full-flight, following their "DanceThink Music" wherever it takes them.

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The Spoony Bards

After meeting at Anime Central 2004, the group of musicians calling themselves the Spoony Bards have come to be known for their ability to assemble any available combination of vocal and instrumental talents to create a relaxed musical atmosphere at anime conventions. Hailing from different parts of the country, this network of musicians has grown in reputation and number, having played video game and anime music by request for days at a time at conventions. Count on the Spoony Bards to provide a fun, spirited atmosphere during your stay at Youmacon.

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