Contact Us
AnimeFest
675 North Glenville Rd Suite 165 Richardson, TX 75081
E-Mail: info@animefest.org
Phone: 214-473-GUNDam
Fax: 972-692-5996
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We're proud to announce the following confirmed guests:
Eyeshine
Musical Guest
Eyeshine is a four piece, "edge rock" band out of West Hills, California. Since 2006, Eyeshine has self-produced 3 albums and has
continued to tour nationwide acquiring fans from all across the globe. We should probably add something really cool in this bio about
"how promising we sound" but we'd be lying. Maybe you should just come check us out and let us know what you think. If we suck, please
don't throw tomatoes - we prefer a bag of Peanut M&M's, Skittles or Money (unmarked). Hopefully you'll like us and want to be our BFF.
Members include Johnny Yong Bosch, Maurice Salmin, Eddie Colmenares, and Tori Dozier.
For more news check out their website or their
MySpace page
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Shinji KIMURA
Art Director / Background Artist
Shinji KIMURA is once of Japan's foremost background artists.
Having worked with both traditional paint & brush media as well as in the latest 3D digital environments,
Shinji KIMURA's amazing backgrounds have helped bring the unique and memorable atmospheres to famous anime such as
Hayao Miyazaki's "My Neighbor Totoro",
Katsuhiro Otomo's "Akira",
Mamoru Oshii's "Angel's Egg",
Rumiko Takahashi's "Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love",
and many others.
He has also served as Art Director on
Katsuhiro Otomo's "Steamboy",
Katsuhiko Nishijima's "Project A-Ko",
Michael Arias's (of Animatrix fame) "Tekkonkinkreet".
Additionally, Shinji KIMURA directed "Deathtic 4", which is part of the compilation known as "Genius Party".
Mr. Kimura will hold several panel discussions throughout AnimeFEST 2009 covering a wide variety of topics related to how anime used to be and is currently made.
This will be Shinji KIMURA's first visit to AnimeFest!
Learn More About Shinji KIMURA here.
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Junichi TANIGUCHI
Art Director / Background Artist
Extremely talented Art Director and Background Artist - Junichi TANIGUCHI - has contributed breathtaking background art on numerous works from a variety of top class studios including Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle, Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, TV Series Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, and movie Perfect Blue.
Junichi TANIGUCHI has also been involved in the art direction of 3x3 Eyes, Dragon Ball Z Movie 6: Return of Cooler, and Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose.
Additionally, he worked on the art for Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel.
Mr. Taniguchi will hold several autograph sessions and panel discussions throughout AnimeFEST 2009 covering a wide variety of topics related to making Anime.
This will be Junichi TANIGUCHI's first visit to AnimeFest!
Learn More About Junichi TANIGUCHI here.
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tsutchie
DJ/Producer
Tsutchie is an incredibly talented Japanese hip-hop producer / DJ.
Originally the DJ/producer for the group ShakkaZombie, he has done several solo and countless collaboration works since then. Two of the more famous shows he has worked on are "Cowboy Bebop" and "Samurai Champloo".
Recently Tsutchie reformed the group "RAVOLTA" and they are currently working on a new album due out soon.
Tsutchie will be our DJ at our nightly Dances this year!
This is tsutchie's third time at AnimeFest.
Learn More About Tsutchie from the following links:
Tsutchie (on MySpace)
RAVOLTA(on MySpace)
Follow Tsutchi on Twitter
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Dai Sato
Screenwriter
Dai Sato was born in Shimane, Japan in 1969. Around the age of 19, he contracted with “Sold Out” and started his career working on broadcast composition and lyric writing. His interests gradually shifted toward the gaming industry and at the age of 23, Sato met Satoshi Tajiri, the game designer that brought the world “Pocket Monsters,” and began working at Game Freak. When Sato completed his contract the following year, he continued with his writing career, but at the same time expanded his reach into Techno and Club music. Soon thereafter, Sato co-founded a Techno music Label (Frogman Records) with Kengo Watanabe. This venture evolved into a planning company (his main forte) called, Frognation. Since then, Sato has independently founded a new company, Story Riders (KK), where he currently serves as President.
Some of Sato’s representative works include TV Anime shows such as “Cowboy Bebop”, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex”, “Wolf’s Rain”, “Samurai Champloo”, “Psalms of Planets: Eureka Seven”, “Ergo Proxy”, “FREEDOM”, “Battle Spirits: Shonen Toppa Bashin” (2008), and most recently "Eden of the East".
This is Dai’s third time at AnimeFest.
You will also be able to find Dai this year in our Bazaar! He will be representing his joint venture company "Ikoi", a collaboration of "Story Riders", "HOF", and "Quest" that is introducing the world to up and coming anime and manga artists through art and fashion. Please make sure to stop by over the course of the weekend to say hello and learn more about "Ikoi"!
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Chuck Huber
Voice Actor
Chuck Huber has been an actor and teacher for 20 years including a recent six year stint as Principal of
St. Bernadette Academy. His ongoing credits include the voice of Hiro Nohara on Cartoon Network's Shin Chan,
as well as hundreds of other voices on dozens of shows. Android 17-Garlic Junior on Dragon Ball Z, Emperor
Pilaf on Dragonball, Hiei on Yu Yu Hakusho, Shou Tucker on Full Metal Alchemist, Hector on
Glass Fleet, Father Vaclev Havel in Trinity Blood, Seamus Han in Blue Gender, Adashino on
Mushishi, Metal Face on B'tX, The Royal Envoy on Samurai 7, Tanaka on Kodacha, Mohji on
One Piece, six different killers on Case Closed, Wong on Burst Angel, Nomura on Grappler Baki,
Eishun Konoe on Negima to name a few.
He is also on the writing team for One Piece and directs for various
shows as needed including Sasami, One Piece, and Ouran Host Club. He began acting in Chicago on stage at the Goodman
Theater in Marvin's Room as well as working at the Steppenwolf, Court and Bailiwick theaters. TV/Film credits include
The Untouchables (TV) for Fox, Missing Persons for NBC and Going All the Way for Lakeshore Productions. His latest
film, The Fragility of Seconds, fragilitythemovie.com, which he produced,
wrote and starred in won the Gold Remi Award (3rd place) at the Houston International Film Festival as well as premiering to rave reviews at the USA Film Festival.
Chuck is the Southern Regional Director of Pinnacle Performance Company, www.pinper.com,
which teaches performance based communication skills to fortune 500 companies. Chuck speaks and gives workshops on the subject of education
innovation and curriculum development at various colleges around the country and writes children's books with his wife.
They have five children named Joshua, Sebastian, Gabriel, Sophia and Max. Their first book, Zak and the Three Tree,
sold over 5000 copies. His next projects are an educational kid's show, Twisted History, and a related
children's book entitled The Hippo of Hope.
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Troy Baker
Voice Actor
A native of Dallas, Texas, Troy, once the lead singer for "Tripp Fontaine" (fmpm/universal) first began working as an actor in TV and radio commercials.
He quickly became a mainstay voice actor of the anime community with such roles as Frank Archer,in Full Metal Alchemist, Abel Nightroad in
Trinity Blood, Gennosuke in Basilisk and Action Bastard in Shin Chan. Troy can also be heard in lead roles for blockbuster video
game titles like the Brothers in Arms franchise, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Ghostbusters, Bloodrayne 2, Aeib Flux, Persona 4,
Tales of Vesperia, Resistance 2, Trauma Center: New Blood and Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Troy has excelled in the on camera industry
as well. He has starred alongside Val Kilmer, Steve Zahan, Karl Urban, Elizabeth Banks and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Not only has Troy hosted panels and hung with fans at conventions across the country, he was the host and co-producer for the hit TV reality show Anime Road Rage, which spotlighted
the largest pop culture conventions, including Anime Expo, Anime Boston and Comic Con.
Now residing in Los Angeles, Troy is excited to continue working on numberous projects including, Naruto, Bleach, and several other projects to be announced this year. This
will be Troy's first visit to AnimeFest.
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Ramen and Rice
Anime Music Performers (Violin & Cello)
We're excited to annouce the return of Ramen and Rice to AnimeFest for their fifth appearance!
Sisters Kim and Michelle 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" years ago at Fanimecon 2000. Since then, they have played for numerous conventions and special events such as Fanime, Anime Expo, WonderCon, Blast Off! Osamu Tezuka exhibit, the opening of Hotel Tomo in San Francisco, and the ever-so-dear Anime Fest!
Kim (Ramen) has studied violin for many years, and Michelle (Rice) is continuing higher education in cello and chamber performance. Together, they arrange their own versions of anime/game music by ear and present them to the anime/game public to enjoy. Ramen and Rice love coming to Anime Fest, and look forward to entertaining the wonderful staff and con-goers. Thanks for listening!
Visit their website for more information including their massive music list!
J. Michael Tatum
Voice Actor / Writer / ADR Director
J. Michael Tatum is an American voice actor perhaps best known for portraying Kyoya Otori in Funimation’s hit
English language dub of Ouran High School Host Club, Doumeki in XXXHolic, and Komui Lee in D-Gray Man. Other notable
roles Jiro Mochizuki in Black Blood Brothers, Isaac Dian in Baccano! Eneru in the new dub of One Piece,
Toma in Aquarion, and more recently the titular character of Heroic Age. He has also been featured in Romeo X Juliet, Speed Grapher,
Trinity Blood, Black Cat, Ghost Hunt, School Rumble, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles, Shuffle, Shigurui, Glass Fleet, Mushishi,
and the feature-length film Vexille, among many others.
Discovered by Funimation veteran Christopher Bevins, who cast him in the challenging role of Rikichi in 2005’s Samurai 7,
Tatum has gone on to play a wide variety of eccentric characters; most often peculiar, flamboyant villains bent on world
domination, loveable buffoons or hilariously stoic wingmen. In late 2007 he officially branched out into ADR directing and
adaptive scriptwriting for Funimation. His ADR directing credits include Aquarion, Jyu-oh-Sei, and Romeo X Juliet, while his
writing credits include substantial work on both Ouran High School Host Club and Heroic Age. He is currently working on a
number of exciting projects due for release later this year.
Bruce Lewis
Artist
Bruce Lewis is a voice actor, author, writer, and manga artist
His career as a voice actor began in 2005. Since then, he has appeared as Fat Thief in Ragnarok: The Animation; as
>b>Hikobe Mariko in Shigurui; as Joshua in Darker than Black; as Kurokawa in Kenichi; and as
Pezzo in Baccano. He has also appeared in Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad,
Black Cat, One Piece, Genesis of Aquarion, Hell Girl, Witchblade, Black Blood Brothers, Baldr Force EXE, Shuffle! , XXXHolic,
Shin-Chan, School Rumble, Strain, Jyu Oh Sei, Heroic Age, Romeo x Juliet, Kenichi, and many others, all for FUNimation.
He is the author of Draw Manga: How To Draw Manga In Your Own Unique Style (ISBN 1-84340-188-6), which has consistently
topped the "how to draw manga" sales chart on Amazon.com and was recommended by Shôjo Beat magazine as one of the four best
English-language books on drawing your own manga. He also wrote episode 32 of Kodocha for FUNimation, as well as numerous articles
for the leading anime magazines in the US and UK for many years
As a manga creator, Bruce Lewis is best known for the thirteen issues of the Robotech: Invid War Aftermath OEL manga he
wrote and drew during the 1990s for Eternity Comics and Academy Comics. He is a former writer, editor, and artist for the
American Star Blazers comic/magazine, which was among the first OEL manga published in the US; he also wrote and drew the
three-part OEL manga Gall Force for CPM Manga. His most recent comics work was design, lettering, and touch-up art for the
Excel Saga manga (Viz).
Bruce Lewis has been an anime and manga fan since 1969 (!) and has worked in the American anime/manga industry since 1993. He is
currently a staff writer and voice-over artist for an online television network in metro Dallas.
Misako Rocks!
Artist
Misako Rocks! developed a love for comics and manga at an early age and drew her first comic at the age of 13. She moved to New York in 2001 and worked as a a puppeteer, face painter, animal balloon maker, and art teacher while still developing her own work.
Her first break came when the Onion decided to use her illustrations for their now famous "Savage Love" column, which runs every week. Shortly thereafter, Misako scored a two-book deal with Hyperion, a three-book deal with Henry Holt and a writing gig for Archie comics.
She has been featured in many magazines and newspapers, including Elle Girl and the New York Times. The BBC also featured her in a documentary about comic book creators. On top of that, she has recently received the Venice Beach, LA Playwright award!
Misako currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and spends her free time riding her vintage bike, making hip hop, kissing babies, shaking hands, slam dunking and eating lots of Onigiri !!!
Greg Dean
Artist
Greg Dean has a very hard time focusing. In the past, he's worked
as a small plane refueler, a personal assistant, a graphic designer, a
web designer, a culinary student, a cook, and of course, a cartoonist.
His hobbies range from making chainmaille to writing about himself in
the third person. Think of him as a renaissance man, sans renaissance.
So, a….man.
Greg has been writing and illustrating his online comic, "Real Life"
since late 1999, making it the longest he's ever paid attention to just
one thing. For those who may not have heard of it, (SHAME on you!) Real
Life is a semi-autobiographical comic about the author and his friends.
What's meant by semi-autobiographical? Well, it deals with such subjects
as going to work or school, road trips to Michigan, and building a giant
orbital space station of death. Which is absurd, because Greg's never
even BEEN to Michigan.
Greg graduated from the California Culinary Academy, so in
addition to drawifying things, he's now certified to cookify things as
well. A shame they didn't have an English course at the academy.
Visit his website and have read.
Johnny Yong Bosch
Voice Actor
Johnny Yong Bosch got his start fighting giant bugs as Adam Park, the Black Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It is a role that
he would play for three and a half seasons on TV, two motion pictures and two special guest appearances in future Power Rangers seasons.
After Power Rangers, Johnny became very involved in voice acting work for various anime titles; usually landing the lead role. His first
major voice acting role was Vash the Stampede in Trigun. He will later go on and play the voices of Kaneda in Akira,
Renton in Eureka Seven, Claus in Last Exile, Clair in Heat Guy J, Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin,
Mike in Please Twins, Albert in The Count of Monte Cristo, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, and Itsuki in The Melancholy of Haurhi Suzumiy a.
Currently he is the voice of Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach and Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass.
Johnny’s voice can also be heard in numerous video games. He voices the main character Nero in Devil May Cry 4 and performed voiceover work in
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, .hack//G.U. , Persona 4, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time,Xenosaga, Wild Arms 4, Disgaea 3,
Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Abyss, and Eternal Sonata.
When Johnny is not voice acting, he is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of his band Eyeshine and the host of the hit podcast Anime TV.
He is also an accomplished martial artist.
Read Johnny's Twitter or check out
his MySpace page
David Doub
Comic writer
David is influenced by all form of comics from superheroes, to manga, to European. For a while David tried to balance a normal 9 to 5 job and a comic career
on the side, but he has now taken the plunge and his doing comic writing full time. His current work is Dusk, a supernatural vampire drama/action/thriller graphic novel
More on Dusk -
As a battered wife, Eve's only concern was to keep her marriage together. But when she is kidnapped into the sordid supernatural world of vampires and foul magic, Eve finds
she doesn't want to leave. Her mysterious benefactor, the Vampire Lord Ash, wishes her to have a normal life but Eve chooses to stay in the service of Ash. Dusk is the stories
about Eve and her challenges living in the darkness. Dusk is a supernatural action/drama story done in a dynamic blending of the sequential art styles of American Comics and
Japanese Manga. Several artists help tell these stark noir tales of Vampires and Unrequited Love.
You can find out more on David's Comic Space page.
J. Grant & Mel Hynes
Comic writers
Mel Hynes and J. Grant are a conglomerate beast, spawned in California's strange climes and summoned to the heart of Dallas,
where they now reside in a dank cave. Between the two of them, they create the webcomic Two Lumps, as well as various other
comics and works of literature. Mel enjoys martial arts, cats, and committing random acts of senseless kindness. J. is fond
of drawing things, shooting things, and preaching to any who will listen of the coming Puppy-geddon. Between the two of them,
no problem is too complicated, no mystery too convoluted, no video game too difficult, and no beer is safe. Their works have
primarily appeared online, in magazines, and in the form of "books" that are "printed" by various "publishing houses." They
are delighted to make their fourth Animefest appearance in as many years, and look forward to introducing people to the concept
of flammable undergarments.
Read their comic Two Lumps for more insight into J & Mel.
Randy Millholland
Comic writer
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 also grew up in a little patch of suburban sprawl between Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas. Under
a full moon he sometimes transforms into a meerkat. .
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Due to the recent increased U.S. border security and new travel visa processing procedures, we were unable to obtain the necessary visa approvals in time for Do As Infinity to perform at AnimeFest 2009. It is with regret that AnimeFest must announce the cancellation of our musical guest. AnimeFest would like to thank AVEX and Do As Infinity for their steady commitment and all of their efforts in trying to help make this event a reality.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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