In Concert on Sunday Night!

Starting her career at age 15, she performed the opening song for the hit anime series Vision of Escaflowne written by the famous Yoko Kanno, among others. Since then she has continued to perform countless songs written and composed by Yoko Kanno. These have included the theme songs to RahXephon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Wolf's Rain and countless others. She has also released several solo albums and singles.

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Sisters Kim and Michelle Kwon live in the California Bay Area, and have been studying music since childhood. Also lovers of anime and games, they made their debut as the anime/game music duet "Ramen and Rice" 5 years ago at Fanimecon 2000. Since then, they have attended Fanimecon every year to play and also made an appearance at AnimeExpo 2002 in Long Beach. Both college students at Stanford, Kim (Ramen)has been studying violin for 15 years; and Michelle (Rice) has been studying cello for 14 years. Together, they arrange their own versions of anime/game music by ear and present them to the anime/game public to enjoy.

Director of Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira (aka Cowboy Bebop: The Movie), Cowboy Bebop (TV Series), and Macross Plus. He is also the writer and director for Kid's Story (The Animatrix: Kid's Story), A Detective Story and writer of the screenplay of the Cowboy Bebop TV series.

Jennifer's really excited to be going to Anime Fest. She's been lucky enough to have voiced characters in FLCL (Mamimi), Koi Kaze (Nanoka), Ultra Maniac (Ayu), Tenho Tenge (Aya), Girls Bravo (Kirie), Snow Fairy Sugar (Greta), Haibane Renmei (Midori), Cybuster (Mizuki), Aquarian Age the Movie (Misuzu), and Digi Charat TV (Gema) as well as other upcoming projects. You can also hear her in I'm Gonna Be An Angel, Strawberry Eggs, Hanukyou Maid Team, DearS, Paranoia Agent, R.O.D. the TV, Leave It To Piyoko, and Jungle Emperor Leo to name a few. When she has free time she picks her belly button lint and does plays, although not at the same time...yet.

Carrie Savage is very excited to be comming to Anime Fest!! - Carrie is a West Coast voice actress who voiced her first characters in anime 3 years ago as "Fuko" in I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs and "Hina" and "Eileen the Angel of Destruction" in Dangaizer 3. Since then, she has voiced many more characters, including "Rakka" in Haibane Renmei, "Hakufu" in Ikki Tousen, "Nancy Makuhari" in R.O.D. the TV, and "Maromi" in Paranoia Agent. Some of her other shows include Stellvia, Melody of Oblivion, Girl's Bravo, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Marmalade Boy, Ultra Maniac, and Texhnolyze. She also voices characters in such shows as Dear.S, Lunar Legend Tsukihime, Sakura Wars the Movie, Aguarian Age the Movie, and more. Try to figure out some of the tiny characters she voices in Rumiko Takahashi Anthology! She is very exitedly working on a many more really fun shows and video games that are yet unmentionables.

Carrie also has a heavy background in Theater and is very small time film actress. Her work with children and adult women in 3rd world countries such as Africa and the Philippines also keeps her traveling around the world whenever time and money make it possible. She feels very lucky to be able to be a part of such projects!

Carrie is so happy to have been able to play such wonderful roles so far in Anime and is hoping to ve able to voice many more in the future. Please don't be shy! Say Hi! any time at Anime Fest!

Caitlin is excited to be back at AnimeFest, this time as an official guest! AnimeFest '04 was her first con experience, so this convention has many happy memories! A voice actress for almost 2 years now, Caitlin is best known for her work as Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist. Other roles include Hiyono in Spiral, Triela in Gunslinger Girl, Natsumi in Kodocha, Takane in Burst Angel (for which she also sang the dubbed closing theme), Ai in Galaxy Railways, Erica in Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris, Ellen in Lupin the 3rd: Island of Assasins, and various victims, suspects, little boys, old ladies and screaming women on Case Closed. Caitlin holds a Bachelor's Degree in theatre, teaches acting to children and adults and continues to pursue theatre locally.

Jonathan Klein is the vice-president, co-founder and co-owner of New Generation Pictures, a company that has been translating, subtitling and dubbing anime for such major companies as Geneon/Pioneer, Bandai, Urban Vision, Central Park Media, The Right Stuf and TOKYOPOP. During the last 7 years, New Generation Pictures has worked on over 250 different anime projects for both U.S. and international release. Jonathan's work has mainly been as the producer of both English dubbed and subtitled versions for such anime as R.O.D the TV Series, DearS, Girls Bravo, Daphne in the Brillant Blue, Mermaid Forest, Koi Kaze, The Melody of Oblivion, Ikki Tousen, Haibane Renmei, Licensed By Royalty, Hellsing, Strawberry Eggs, NieA Under 7, 3x3 Eyes, Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko, Amazing Nurse Nanako, and many other titles After directing the English language versions of Haibane Renmei, Texhnolyze and Anime Insider Magazine "Best Dub of 2004", Paranoia Agent, he has just completed directing an upcoming videogame release for Square Enix as well as several episodes of Rumiko Takahashi Anthology. Besides his work as an anime dub/sub producer and director, Jonathan's responsibilities also include scriptwriting and even occasionally working behind the microphone as a voice actor.

"rkmilholland is probably napping right now. Sometimes, at night, he dons little shoes with curled toes and a little hat and secretly aids overworked cobblers. Then he uses their stores to launder money. He grew up in a little patch of suburban sprawl between Dallas and Ft. Worth but currently enjoys life in Boston's ghetto. Under a full moon he sometimes transforms into a meerkat."

Hailing from Vancouver, Canada by way of Brisbane, Australia, Scott started acting at the age of three and hasn't (his mom would say) stopped since. Spanning more than a decade, and including over seventy series, Scott's voice career began with The New Adventures of He-Man way Back in (gasp!)1989. He is perhaps best known currently as Duo Maxwell in Gundam Wing, Piccolo (the first) in Dragonball Z, Dinobot, Rattrap, Waspinator, and Silverbolt in BeastWars, and Wolverine in the new WB series X-Men Evolution. Among his other voice credits are Reboot, Monster Rancher, Mummies Alive, Ranma 1/2, Kong, The Vision of Escaflowne, Megaman, WarPlanets, Weird-Oh's, Molly O, Conan the Adventurer, Extreme Dinosaurs, DragonTales, D'Myna Leagues, Aagh it's the Mister Hell Show, Double Dragon, Street Fighter, and GI Joe.

Johnny Yong Bosch made his debut as Adam, the Black Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He appeared in over 200 episodes and both big screen versions of the series. He ís also known for his voice work as Vash in Trigun, Kaneda in Akira, Reiji in Gate Keepers, Claus in Last Exile, Clair in Heat Guy J, Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin, Mike in Please Twins and Kiba in Wolf's Rain. Johnny has recently completed his directorial debut on a live action horror film called Devon's Ghost with Artist View Entertainment. Aside from acting and directing Johnny has an alternative rock band called Eyeshine.

Monica Rial is pleased to attend her 4th Animefest! She is proud to keep Dallas peeps from experiencing Monica withdrawals. She has been with ADVFilms for 5 years where she has worked on such shows as Gasaraki, Princess Nine, Steel Angel Kurumi, Excel Saga, Full Metal Panic!, Noir, Rahxephon, Angelic Layer, Azumanga Daioh, Megazone, and Aquarian Age. She is also currently working with Funimation Studios on Kiddy Grade. Come by and say hi! Or Yay! Whatever makes you happy.

Greg Ayres is not your average voice actor. The once “Fanboy” turned VA started working for ADV Films two years ago, and in that time 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, then just one year later Kaworu Nagisa in the Director's Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Other roles include Toga in Gravion, Bomb in BASTOF Syndrome, Yuya Asou in SuperGals, Mannen in Pretear, and Shinji Kazama in Full Metal Panic. He can also be heard in other anime titles such as The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Steel Angel Kurumi, Those Who Hunt Elves II, Panyo Panyo DiGi Charat, Dragon Knight Wheels of Time, Oh Super Milk Chan, and Aura Battler Dunbine. To find out even more information visit Greg’s web site at www.gregayres.com.

Mike got his start in anime as one of the first voice actors in Texas to be hired by FUNimation Productions in 1997. 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), and Ritsu Sohma in Fruits Basket, Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, 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, and Kiddy Grade. He has also worked with ADV Films as Meyers in Parasite Dolls, and with Geneon through New Generation Pictures on ROD The TV series, 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, as well as Fullmetal Alchemist, as seen on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. ADR Scriptwriting credits include Fullmetal Alchemist, Kodocha, Tenchi Muyo (3rd OVA), 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, the award-winning Schtickmen, and the upcoming Placebo. For more information, check out his web site at www.mikemcfarland.com.

Jamie McGonnigal lives in New York City and enjoys his careers as Actor, Director and Producer. He is best known for his work in Weiss Kreuz (Knight Hunters) as Omi, Takeo in Magic User’s Club, Kazuto in World of Narue and 4Kids’ F-Zero as Zoda. He has also been heard in Tezuka’s Jungle Emperor Leo, Pokemon, The Gokusen, Patlabor, The Weathering Continent, Arcade Gamer Fubuki, Kirby, GTO (Live Action), Naru Taru, and many more. He is also proud to announce that he will be playing a leading role in a very popular upcoming game for PS2. Jamie has become well-known in New York City for his work as a producer and director with his concert productions of Pippin (starring Rosie O’Donnell and Ben Vereen), Children of Eden (both for The National AIDS Fund), Embrace! 2004 & 2005 (to benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation), SNOOPY! The Musical, starring Tony-Award Winner Sutton Foster, and the upcoming Concert Revival of The Secret Garden. Jamie is the Artistic Director of BroadwayWorld.com. Visit www.JamieMcG.com for more information.

Kyle Hebert- Best known as the voice of teen Gohan and the Narrator from Funimation's dub of Dragonball Z, Kyle's credits also include Yu Yu Hakusho (Karasu, Okubo), Blue Gender (Seno Miyagi), Fruits Basket (Takei) and various character roles on the new Adult Swim series, Case Closed. His voice will also be heard in Dementia 7 Studios' upcoming D7 Nightfall feature. His website, www.kylehebert.com , promotes voice actors, anime, cartoons, games, movies, and other aspects of fandom. Kyle has also launched a new DVD series, called The Dub Club, exclusively dedicated to anime dub voice actor interviews.

Robert DeJesus - Writer, Story Creator, Illustrator, Story Board Artist, and Character Designer.

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 18 years and has been published nearly all over the world. He has worked for many companies like Playstation Magazine, Marvel, Hasbro, and now his most recent work with Harper Collins Publishing, just to name a few.

Emily DeJesus - Writer, Editor, Story Creator and Manager.

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 6 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 really grateful to her husband for giving her a chance.

Studio Capsule

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
http://www.robertdejesus.com/ or view more current information on live journal under user 'banzchan'.

Xero Reynolds, (aka Xerjester) is a Houston-based musician, comic artist, and most recently voice actor who has worked on such projects as "D7PEACEMAKER::Stage 1" (original DVD score and voices), and who's voice can be heard in such ADV titles as Moeyo Ken, Jungle Juice, Elfen Leid, and most recently his recurring role as Masanobu Hojo in Gantz!

He is also the creator and one-man-circus responsible for the online fantasy comic Konsekai: Swordwaltzer, which he works on full time when not distracted by other projects or the inevitable shiny bauble. K:S is being published by Bohemian Trash Studios, and the first graphic novel will appear next Autumn. You can check out his work and learn more at www.xerjester.com.

Bruce Lewis (born Dallas, Texas, 1965) [pseudonym B-chan] is an American cartoonist, artist, and author.

Among the first comics artists to bring manga influences to American comics, Lewis wrote and drew the Robotech: Invid War Aftermath (1993-1994) series for Marvel's Malibu/Eternity Comics line. Since then he has worked with CPM Manga, Academy Comics and Argo Press. His most recent pure comics work was the comics novella "Dairooster 5!" and the short story manga "It Happened in the 7th Grade", both featured in 2002's Juku: A Comics Album.

An advertising artist and art director for some fifteen years, Bruce Lewis retired from the advertising field in 2003 to work full-time on drawing and writing about manga and other forms of cartooning. His forthcoming book on Japanese comics techniques, Draw Manga: How To Draw Manga In Your Own Unique Style will be published worldwide in 2005 by Chrysalis / Collins & Brown / Barnes & Noble Publishing.

Doug Smith is an Artist/Voice Actor in the anime industry for Both ADV and Funimation and has voiced in over 30 ADV titles. Doug is most known for his role as Kintaro Oe, in "Goldenboy", but you can see his other works now in Funimation titles like, Case Closed, Grapler Baki and now DBZ. When he's not doing voice overs he's drawing and creating art for fans, so swing by his table and check out his art or hop online and visit his website: www.dougsmithart.com

Krista is an artist, author and graphic designer who has been involved in amateur and professional web-based creations for nearly a decade. Always a lover of good storytelling, she became involved in writing anime fanfiction when she discovered that some fantastic stories involving her favorite series were being published by talented authors on the internet. Her own fanfic contributions, which have earned some popular and critical success, can be found at www.akane.org/fanfiction.

As AnimeFEST's Fanfic Contest Coordinator, Krista is pleased to help in AnimeFEST's efforts to bring recognition and appreciation to talented anime fanfic authors.

Krista is also known as the creator, artist and co-author of the Babylonian Mythology-based webcomic Utukki (www.utukki.com), which she produces with co-author and partner-in-crime, Michelle Thatcher.