Posted by TwilightDreamer on 07-22-2008 - 12:04 PM
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2008 Guests : Music
Versailles
Versailles will be returning to America for their Sentiment of Genesis Part II Tour, with the first stop being right here at AnimeUSA! The band will be signing autographs, participating in Q&A sessions with fans, and performing a full concert on Saturday, Oct 11th.
Versailles is composed of Kamijo (vocals), Hizaki (guitar), Teru (guitar), Jasmine You (bass), and Yuki (drums). The group combines their duel guitars and agitated rhythm to embody “The absolute formula of beauty and extremity of aestheticism.” Their DVD single “The Revenant Choir” won No.1 for the most powerful visual kei website, “visunavi” and in January of 2008, Versailles received the J-Rock Award for Best New Artist. Their first full album “NOBLE” will be released in Japan on July 16th and soon after in Europe and the United States. To learn more about this incredible group, visit their website and their MySpace page.
2008 Guests : Music
Freezepop
Freezepop has always been something of an oxymoron: embraced by both hipsters and nerds; serious about irony; and retro-futuristic. A synth band in a guitar videogame, singing pop songs about rock. And it all somehow makes sense when you listen to the music.
Freezepop is comprised of Liz Enthusiasm (vocalist/designer), the Duke of Pannekoeken (producer/vocalist/programmer), and Sean Drinkwater (synthesizers/programmer/vocalist). Formed in Boston in the summer of 1999, within eight months, Freezepop had released two homemade EPs and started a DIY machine that would become one of their trademarks. Their debut album, 2000’s Freezepop Forever, was released domestically on their own label, Archenemy, as well as licensed in Europe by the Spanish indiepop label Elefant. Several more EPs followed, and in 2004, Freezepop released their sophomore album, Fancy Ultra•Fresh. After nearly eight years of self-releasing their CDs, they partnered with Rykodisc/Cordless Recordings for their most recent album, Future Future Future Perfect. Their single “Less Talk More Rokk” was the iTunes #4 dance/electronic song of 2007, and the band recently swept the Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll 2008, winning the local categories of Best Band, Best Live Act, and Best Album.
A key factor in Freezepop’s success has been that they have sought out licensing opportunities as an alternate means of getting their music out into the world. A natural fit on videogame soundtracks, the band saw their following grow through songs in the cult music-based games Frequency and Amplitude, and then increase exponentially after appearing in the massively popular Guitar Hero series, Dance Dance Revolution, and the new MTV Games release Rock Band. Freezepop’s songs are also featured in television shows as diverse as Showtime’s drama The L Word, and the PBS children’s series Arthur.
Check out their website, www. freezepop. com, and their MySpace page, which is still maintained by the band members themselves.
2008 Guests :
Artists
Allison Strom
Allison Strom has been drawing all her life with the help and support of her family, especially her old sister, Rachel, who proved to be Allison’s first critic at the tender age of seven when she pointed out that Allison’s unicorns sucked. She is both a full-time student at MCAD and an illustrator, working with Seven Seas Entertainment on “Avalon” since 2006.
She also incorporates a lot of freelance work into her schedule, from commissions on DeviantArt. com to covers and character designs. On the side, Allison likes to work on her own projects and comics, and catches any spare moments to hang out with friends and family.
You can check out much of Allison’s work at http://shirotsuki.deviantart.com/
2008 Guests:
Webcomics
Matt Herms
Matt Herms is the co-creator, always illustrator, and usually writer of the fresh, smash-hit webcomic Sticky Floors, hosted on Snafu-Comics. com.
Matt also does comics in the traditional dead-tree format, including penciling for Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) and colorist work in Australia. He’s also done conceptual, promotional, and interactive artwork for cell-phone games and anime conventions, and is a regular on the con circuit, happy to go anywhere he has a couch to sleep on and a ‘fridge to raid.
Visit his site at http://www.snafu-comics.com/.
2008 Guests:
Webcomics
Paradox Lost
Trent and Sampson are just a couple of college freshmen who dream of one day breaking into the gaming industry.
When simply impossible situations begin to occur in rapid succession, “real life” takes a back seat and it’s an out of control free-for-all teeming with space pirates, ninja hordes, crazy alien chicks, and more caffeine than the FDA recommends in a lifetime! What does it all mean? What is this missing “Ultimate Power” that everyone seems desperate to find? Can a couple of gamers untangle the mess before summer ends and classes begin? Nothing’s impossible!
Created in 2002, Paradox Lost is the brainchild of artist Dave Lister.
Check them out at http://paradox-lost.com/
2008 Guests:
Voice Actors
Caitlin Glass
Caitlin Glass has been working in the anime industry since 2004. While still a college student, Caitlin was hired by FUNimation while on a tour of the studio. She has voiced Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist, Triela in Gunslinger Girl, Hiyono in Spiral, and Yakumo in School Rumble, as well as roles in Negima, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, and BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, among others. Currently, Caitlin is one of a select few directors working on FUNimation’s dub of One Piece, airing on Cartoon Network. You can catch Caitlin as Miss Anderson in Shin-chan, airing weekly on adultswim.
2008 Guests:
Voice Actors
Antimere Robinson
Antimere Robinson began working for FUNimation in 2002 after graduating from UNT with a BFA in Communication Design. He is a designer and also manages the graphic arts department. Antimere designed the packaging for the American DVD releases of Fullmetal Alchemist, Gunslinger Girl, Kiddy Grade, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Hell Girl, Fruits Basket, Blue Gender: The Warrior, Speed Grapher, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, and Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki.
Antimere also has done voice work for such roles as Bob in Speed Grapher, Tweedledum in Kiddy Grade, Head Chef in Fruits Basket, and Tranny in Burst Angel. Antimere also appears in One Piece, Beck, Case Closed, Shuffle!, Aquarion, Yuyu Hakusho, and Lupin the 3rd.
2008 Guests:
Voice Actors
Patrick Seitz
Patrick Seitz is a Los Angeles voiceover actor, script adapter and ADR director who has been fortunate enough to work on over 80 anime and video game titles during the last few years.
Usually called upon to portray the enigmatic, the ethically ambiguous, the anguished, and occasionally the downright evil, Patrick’s more prominent roles include 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 7, Lee Linho in R.O.D. the TV, and Luke Valentine in Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate.
His voice also appears in Fate/Stay Night, Speed Grapher, GunXSword, Beck, Trinity Blood, Kamichu!, and Hare+Guu, to name a few.
On the video game side of the ledger, you can hear him in the likes of Valkyrie Profile 2, Time Crisis 4, Ace Combat Zero and Romancing Saga.
In addition to the voiceover work, Patrick adapted and directed the English dubs of Girls Bravo, Kamichu!, and Tales of Phantasia, and adapted about two-thirds of The Melody of Oblivion.
Patrick has a BA in Creative Writing and an MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts, both of which he received at the University of California, Riverside. Before falling down the voiceover rabbit hole, he spent two very Welcome Back, Kotteresque years teaching English at his old high school.
Feel free to visit him at his own little carved out niche of e-hubris, http://www.patrickseitz.com/
2008 Guests:
Webcomics
Applegeeks
Applegeeks is a bi-weekly webcomic about four college students, a Mac-obsessed robot, an imaginary squirrel, and the often crazy, always strange lives that they lead. The creative team is comprised of Ananth Panagariya (writer) and Mohammad “Hawk” Haque (artist). Applegeeks has been on the web for 3+ years, and Hawk and Ananth hope to be here for years to come.
Website: http://www.applegeeks.com/
2008 Guests:
Artists
Jo Chen
As one of the comic book industries most popular cover artists, Jo Chen has produced the covers and/or interior illustrations for such titles as Runaways, Street Fighter, Serenity, Thor Son of Asgard, Darkminds Macropolis, Racer X, Battle of the Planets, Robotech, Last of the Mohicans, Fight For Tomorrow, Eva Daughter of the Dragon, The Taskmaster, (Batman &) Robin and XBOX’s Fable.
Since June 2006, she has worked closely with Joss Whedon and Dark Horse on the immensely popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Season 8″ comic, easily one of the year’s most successful comic book series.
By December 2007, her original 1999 manga The Other Side of the Mirror will see publication in both English (TokyoPop) and Italian (JPop). She is currently at work on the packaging and promotional art for XBOX’s FABLE II and several original stories.
For AUSA 2008..She did an amazing job for our 10th anniversary T-shirt!
Jo lives with her family in the Washington, D.C. area has been a regular (as both attendee and as a guest) at Anime U.S.A. since its first ever event.
Jo’s website: http://www.jo-chen.com
2008 Guests : Music
Versailles
Versailles will be returning to America for their Sentiment of Genesis Part II Tour, with the first stop being right here at AnimeUSA! The band will be signing autographs, participating in Q&A sessions with fans, and performing a full concert on Saturday, Oct 11th.
Versailles is composed of Kamijo (vocals), Hizaki (guitar), Teru (guitar), Jasmine You (bass), and Yuki (drums). The group combines their duel guitars and agitated rhythm to embody “The absolute formula of beauty and extremity of aestheticism.” Their DVD single “The Revenant Choir” won No.1 for the most powerful visual kei website, “visunavi” and in January of 2008, Versailles received the J-Rock Award for Best New Artist. Their first full album “NOBLE” will be released in Japan on July 16th and soon after in Europe and the United States. To learn more about this incredible group, visit their website and their MySpace page.
2008 Guests : Music
Freezepop
Freezepop has always been something of an oxymoron: embraced by both hipsters and nerds; serious about irony; and retro-futuristic. A synth band in a guitar videogame, singing pop songs about rock. And it all somehow makes sense when you listen to the music.
Freezepop is comprised of Liz Enthusiasm (vocalist/designer), the Duke of Pannekoeken (producer/vocalist/programmer), and Sean Drinkwater (synthesizers/programmer/vocalist). Formed in Boston in the summer of 1999, within eight months, Freezepop had released two homemade EPs and started a DIY machine that would become one of their trademarks. Their debut album, 2000’s Freezepop Forever, was released domestically on their own label, Archenemy, as well as licensed in Europe by the Spanish indiepop label Elefant. Several more EPs followed, and in 2004, Freezepop released their sophomore album, Fancy Ultra•Fresh. After nearly eight years of self-releasing their CDs, they partnered with Rykodisc/Cordless Recordings for their most recent album, Future Future Future Perfect. Their single “Less Talk More Rokk” was the iTunes #4 dance/electronic song of 2007, and the band recently swept the Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll 2008, winning the local categories of Best Band, Best Live Act, and Best Album.
A key factor in Freezepop’s success has been that they have sought out licensing opportunities as an alternate means of getting their music out into the world. A natural fit on videogame soundtracks, the band saw their following grow through songs in the cult music-based games Frequency and Amplitude, and then increase exponentially after appearing in the massively popular Guitar Hero series, Dance Dance Revolution, and the new MTV Games release Rock Band. Freezepop’s songs are also featured in television shows as diverse as Showtime’s drama The L Word, and the PBS children’s series Arthur.
Check out their website, www. freezepop. com, and their MySpace page, which is still maintained by the band members themselves.
2008 Guests :
Artists
Allison Strom
Allison Strom has been drawing all her life with the help and support of her family, especially her old sister, Rachel, who proved to be Allison’s first critic at the tender age of seven when she pointed out that Allison’s unicorns sucked. She is both a full-time student at MCAD and an illustrator, working with Seven Seas Entertainment on “Avalon” since 2006.
She also incorporates a lot of freelance work into her schedule, from commissions on DeviantArt. com to covers and character designs. On the side, Allison likes to work on her own projects and comics, and catches any spare moments to hang out with friends and family.
You can check out much of Allison’s work at http://shirotsuki.deviantart.com/
2008 Guests:
Webcomics
Matt Herms
Matt Herms is the co-creator, always illustrator, and usually writer of the fresh, smash-hit webcomic Sticky Floors, hosted on Snafu-Comics. com.
Matt also does comics in the traditional dead-tree format, including penciling for Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) and colorist work in Australia. He’s also done conceptual, promotional, and interactive artwork for cell-phone games and anime conventions, and is a regular on the con circuit, happy to go anywhere he has a couch to sleep on and a ‘fridge to raid.
Visit his site at http://www.snafu-comics.com/.
2008 Guests:
Webcomics
Paradox Lost
Trent and Sampson are just a couple of college freshmen who dream of one day breaking into the gaming industry.
When simply impossible situations begin to occur in rapid succession, “real life” takes a back seat and it’s an out of control free-for-all teeming with space pirates, ninja hordes, crazy alien chicks, and more caffeine than the FDA recommends in a lifetime! What does it all mean? What is this missing “Ultimate Power” that everyone seems desperate to find? Can a couple of gamers untangle the mess before summer ends and classes begin? Nothing’s impossible!
Created in 2002, Paradox Lost is the brainchild of artist Dave Lister.
Check them out at http://paradox-lost.com/
2008 Guests:
Voice Actors
Caitlin Glass
Caitlin Glass has been working in the anime industry since 2004. While still a college student, Caitlin was hired by FUNimation while on a tour of the studio. She has voiced Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist, Triela in Gunslinger Girl, Hiyono in Spiral, and Yakumo in School Rumble, as well as roles in Negima, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, and BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, among others. Currently, Caitlin is one of a select few directors working on FUNimation’s dub of One Piece, airing on Cartoon Network. You can catch Caitlin as Miss Anderson in Shin-chan, airing weekly on adultswim.
2008 Guests:
Voice Actors
Antimere Robinson
Antimere Robinson began working for FUNimation in 2002 after graduating from UNT with a BFA in Communication Design. He is a designer and also manages the graphic arts department. Antimere designed the packaging for the American DVD releases of Fullmetal Alchemist, Gunslinger Girl, Kiddy Grade, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Hell Girl, Fruits Basket, Blue Gender: The Warrior, Speed Grapher, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, and Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki.
Antimere also has done voice work for such roles as Bob in Speed Grapher, Tweedledum in Kiddy Grade, Head Chef in Fruits Basket, and Tranny in Burst Angel. Antimere also appears in One Piece, Beck, Case Closed, Shuffle!, Aquarion, Yuyu Hakusho, and Lupin the 3rd.
2008 Guests:
Voice Actors
Patrick Seitz
Patrick Seitz is a Los Angeles voiceover actor, script adapter and ADR director who has been fortunate enough to work on over 80 anime and video game titles during the last few years.
Usually called upon to portray the enigmatic, the ethically ambiguous, the anguished, and occasionally the downright evil, Patrick’s more prominent roles include 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 7, Lee Linho in R.O.D. the TV, and Luke Valentine in Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate.
His voice also appears in Fate/Stay Night, Speed Grapher, GunXSword, Beck, Trinity Blood, Kamichu!, and Hare+Guu, to name a few.
On the video game side of the ledger, you can hear him in the likes of Valkyrie Profile 2, Time Crisis 4, Ace Combat Zero and Romancing Saga.
In addition to the voiceover work, Patrick adapted and directed the English dubs of Girls Bravo, Kamichu!, and Tales of Phantasia, and adapted about two-thirds of The Melody of Oblivion.
Patrick has a BA in Creative Writing and an MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts, both of which he received at the University of California, Riverside. Before falling down the voiceover rabbit hole, he spent two very Welcome Back, Kotteresque years teaching English at his old high school.
Feel free to visit him at his own little carved out niche of e-hubris, http://www.patrickseitz.com/
2008 Guests:
Webcomics
Applegeeks
Applegeeks is a bi-weekly webcomic about four college students, a Mac-obsessed robot, an imaginary squirrel, and the often crazy, always strange lives that they lead. The creative team is comprised of Ananth Panagariya (writer) and Mohammad “Hawk” Haque (artist). Applegeeks has been on the web for 3+ years, and Hawk and Ananth hope to be here for years to come.
Website: http://www.applegeeks.com/
2008 Guests:
Artists
Jo Chen
As one of the comic book industries most popular cover artists, Jo Chen has produced the covers and/or interior illustrations for such titles as Runaways, Street Fighter, Serenity, Thor Son of Asgard, Darkminds Macropolis, Racer X, Battle of the Planets, Robotech, Last of the Mohicans, Fight For Tomorrow, Eva Daughter of the Dragon, The Taskmaster, (Batman &) Robin and XBOX’s Fable.
Since June 2006, she has worked closely with Joss Whedon and Dark Horse on the immensely popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Season 8″ comic, easily one of the year’s most successful comic book series.
By December 2007, her original 1999 manga The Other Side of the Mirror will see publication in both English (TokyoPop) and Italian (JPop). She is currently at work on the packaging and promotional art for XBOX’s FABLE II and several original stories.
For AUSA 2008..She did an amazing job for our 10th anniversary T-shirt!
Jo lives with her family in the Washington, D.C. area has been a regular (as both attendee and as a guest) at Anime U.S.A. since its first ever event.
Jo’s website: http://www.jo-chen.com
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