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Ohayocon
Ohayocon is a three-day anime convention typically held during January in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt Regency Columbus and the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Ohayocon's name is derived from the similarity between "Ohio", the convention's location, and , which means "good morning" in Japanese language, Japanese. Programming The convention typically offers an anime music contest, an artists' alley, concerts, costume contests, a dealers' room, a formal ball, a masquerade, musical events, panel discussions, a rave, table-top games, tournaments, video gaming, and workshops. History In 2007, the Midwestern United States, Midwest premiere of ''Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' occurred at the Arena Grand Theatre during Ohayocon. In 2010, crowding was a problem during the rave due to space issues. The convention shared the Columbus Convention Center with other events and only used about one-fourth of the available space. The convention's dance was moved to the convention center ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Columbus Convention Center
The Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC) is a convention center located in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States, along the east side of North High Street. The convention center was predominantly designed by Peter Eisenman, constructed in 1993, and expanded in 1999 and again in 2016. Venue management company ASM Global oversees day-to-day operations of the facility, including of exhibit space, three ballrooms, and 75 meeting rooms. History Ohio Center The convention center was conceived in 1969 as a way for the City of Columbus to generate economic revenue by hosting events and revitalize the downtown area after a period of decline. Voters approved a $6 million bond in 1971 to purchase which was the site of the first Union Station in the world. Construction was later delayed as the city secured the land, demolished the arcade of Union Station, and changed the building's plans. The station's demolition faced criticism from agencies and the public, with little to n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Cesario
Juliet Cesario (born July 14, 1967) is an American actress best known for her voice work in anime, Miyuki Kobayakawa in '' You're Under Arrest'', Belldandy in ''Oh! My Goddess'' the OVA series, Peorth in the 2nd season TV series '' Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy'', and Nokoru Imonoyama in ''Clamp School Detectives''. Cesario has also appeared in many television series, films, and stage productions. Biography Cesario has attended several anime conventions, including Otakon in 1997 and 1998, and Ohayocon and JACON in 2003, and Animazement in 2007. She has also made appearances in many television shows and films. She has previously worked with Coastal Studios for voice overs. Cesario is now currently active as an actress in television, film, and animation. She starred in a television movie called ''What you Want'' that aired on YTV in September 2008. She can be seen in ''Surface'', ''One Tree Hill'', among many other TV shows and movies including '' Star Trek: The Next Generati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Calvello
Jessica Calvello is an American voice actress and production assistant primarily known for her anime voiceover work, particularly with ADV Films, Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, DuArt Film and Video, Media Blasters, Funimation, Central Park Media, Headline Sound Studios, New Generation Pictures, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment and also known for her non-anime voice work on a number of animated shorts by, Cyanide and Happiness. Some of her more well known roles are Excel in ''Excel Saga'', Nanael in ''Queen's Blade'', Kanako Miyamae in ''Maria Holic'', Zoe Hange in ''Attack on Titan'' and Honey Kisaragi in '' New Cutey Honey'', in which she was personally cast by the creator of the Cutey Honey franchise, Go Nagai, a role that Calvello describes as her most cherished and honored accomplishment. Filmography Anime * ''Alien Nine'' - Kasumi Tomine * ''Amagi Brilliant Park'' - Tiramy * ''Angel Blade'' - Hasumi and Emily * '' Arcade Gamer Fubuki'' - Hanako Kokobuji – As Zoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Mignogna
Victor Joseph Mignogna (); born August 27, 1962)Birthday tweet: * is an American voice actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' series, which earned him the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other animation roles include Broly from the ''Dragon Ball'' films, Tamaki Suoh in ''Ouran High School Host Club'', Fai D. Flowright in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', Dark in ''D.N.Angel'', Kurz Weber in the ''Full Metal Panic!'' series, Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in the ''Vampire Knight'' series, Christopher Aonuma in ''Digimon Fusion'', Nagato and Obito Uchiha in ''Naruto Shippuden'', Ikkaku Madarame in ''Bleach'', Rohan Kishibe in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', Qrow Branwen in ''RWBY'', and Matt Ishida in ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' In video games, he has voiced E-123 Omega in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series and Junpei Iori from ''Persona 3''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Burgess
Keith Burgess is an American voice actor. He voiced Akuma in '' Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation'' and '' Street Fighter Alpha: Generations''. He also loaned his voice in the two anime movies '' Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'', ''The End of Evangelion'' and '' Karas: The Prophecy''. He was a staff member for Manga Entertainment Inc. He has played ''Street Fighter IV'', when he appeared at FanimeCon 2009, challenging Reuben Langdon at the game. Roles * '' Karas: The Prophecy'' as Suiko * ''Ikki Tousen'' as Gang Member * '' Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie'' as Akuma * '' Street Fighter Alpha: Generations'' as Akuma * ''Dead Leaves'' as Chinko Drill * '' Death & Rebirth'' as Makoto Hyuga * ''The End of Evangelion'' as Makoto Hyuga As staff member * Death & Rebirth * The End of Evangelion * Noein * Rayearth * Read or Die (OVA) * Tokko (manga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa, the creator of ''Great Teacher Onizuka''. It was serialize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Gallagher (cartoonist)
Frederick M. Gallagher III (born November 15, 1968) is an American illustrator and web cartoonist. He is best known as the artist, co-creator, and now full owner of ''Megatokyo''. He also goes by the name of Piro, the main character of ''Megatokyo'', who he has stated is an idealized version of himself when he was in college. He took this name from that of the cat in the visual novel ''Kanon (visual novel), Kanon''. Gallagher lives with his wife and their son in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Projects ''The Fine Red Cat'' ''The Fine Red Cat'' (1993) is a children's book by Jennifer Ann Gallagher, Fred Gallagher's sister. It is notable as the first published work Gallagher illustrated. ''Megatokyo'' The webcomic ''Megatokyo'' started its run on August 14, 2000 in collaboration with Rodney Caston, who owned the domain and wrote many of the scripts for the first year and a half, while Gallagher was responsible for the artwork. Due to creative differences, Caston agreed to sell his share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimpei Itoh
is a Japanese manga artist. His best-known works include ''Moldiver'' and ''Hyper Doll''. He recently began a new series, '' Taishō Baseball Girls'', based on the light novels by Atsushi Kagurazaka. Itoh's works are characterized by fight teams, idol stars, military action, and science fiction laced with inside jokes based on otaku culture. He also tends to include a lot of explosions, handgun fights, and gritty action scenes. Works *'' Apple Cinderella'' (1987, 1 volume), Shogakukan *'' Ayame ni Oteage!'' (1987–1988), Shogakukan *'' Tokyo Bakuhatsu Musume'' (1992, 1 volume), Fujimi Shobo *''Moldiver'' (1993–1994, 3 volumes), Tokuma Shoten *'' Rakushō! Hyper Doll'' (1995–1997, 5 volumes), Tokuma Shoten *''Nemesis no Tsurugi'' (1996, 1 volume), Hakusensha *''Angel Attack'' (1998, 2 volumes), Hakusensha *''Angel Heart'' (1998, 1 volume), Hakusensha *'' Haruka Refrain'' (1998, 1 volume), Hakusensha *'' Tokyo Bakuhatsu Musume'' (1998, 2 volumes), Kadokawa Shoten *'' Shōjo T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Patton
Chris Patton is an American voice actor who has worked on a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series that have been dubbed by ADV Films, Funimation, and Sentai Filmworks. Some of his major roles at ADV include Sousuke Sagara in ''Full Metal Panic!'', Ikki Minami in ''Air Gear'', Ayato Kamina in ''RahXephon'', Fakir in ''Princess Tutu'', Hajime Aoyama in ''Ghost Stories'', and Tatsuhiro Sato in '' Welcome to the N.H.K.''. At Funimation, he voiced Greed in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Turles in '' Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might'', Graham Specter in ''Baccano!'', Manabu Yuuki in ''The Galaxy Railways'', Creed Diskenth in ''Black Cat'', Asura in '' Soul Eater'', and Agito in '' Origin: Spirits of the Past''. With Sentai, he voiced Keima Katsuragi in ''The World God Only Knows''. Personal life Patton was born in Houston, Texas. He moved to Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Nadolny
Stephanie Nadolny is an American voice actress, known for her English dubbing role as the child version of Son Goku, the protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' series and the child version of Goku's son, Son Gohan, in ''Dragon Ball Z''. She reprised both roles in several ''Dragon Ball'' related video games and media. She formerly worked for Funimation and ADV Films. In 2013, Nadolny voiced K.O. in the pilot of the Cartoon Network Studios original program ''Lakewood Plaza Turbo'' and Cartoon Network's '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' from 2017 to 2018. Filmography Animation * ''Lakewood Plaza Turbo'' (2013) – K.O., Gladys * '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' – K.O. (Episodes 4, 5, 6, 11, and 43) ** '' TV Shorts'' (2016–2017) ** ''TV Series'' (2017–2018) Video games * ''OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo'' – K.O. (2016) Dubbing roles Voice roles dubbing (as Goku and Gohan in ''Dragon Ball'' series) Series * ''Dragon Ball'' - Goku (Young) * ''Dragon Ball Z'' - Gohan (Young/Teen), Gok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Caston
Rodney Caston (born May 13, 1977) is an American Cybersecurity expert, OSINT Investigator, and writer. He is credited as the co-creator of the popular comic book series ''MegaTokyo''. Fandom Caston is credited as a co-creator and writer of the first volume of the popular comic book series ''Megatokyo'', and as a co-creator of the second volume. He has since parted ways with partner Fred Gallagher (cartoonist), Fred Gallagher and relinquished his interest in ''Megatokyo''. In July 2004, ''Megatokyo'' was the tenth best-selling manga property in the U.S. Published works * ''Megatokyo Volume 1: Chapter Zero'' (''Megatokyo'' vol.1 1st ed.) * ''Megatokyo Volume 1'', 2nd ed. (2004) * ''Megatokyo Volume 2'' (2004) * ''The Government Hacker Threat Landscape'' Political Affiliations Caston is a former member of the Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party. In 2008, he ran, unsuccessfully, for constable in the state of Texas against Republican Chuck Presley, Sr. He recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Rial
Monica Jean Rial (born October 5, 1975) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks. She provides voices for English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series. Career Rial's first voice-over role was some walla in the 1999 dub of ''Martian Successor Nadesico''. In an interview with Otaku News, Rial said she had to talk for two minutes straight as folks in a crowd telling the Jovians to go home. She would later land main character roles as Miharu in ''Gasaraki'', Natsume in ''Generator Gawl'', and Hello Kitty in '' Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'', the last of which was one of ADV's best-selling DVDs. In 2001, she voiced Izumi in the baseball anime ''Princess Nine'' and in 2002, she got to voice Hyatt in ''Excel Saga'', which she listed among her absolute favorites. In 2003, Rial voiced best-friend character Kyoko Tokiwa in ''Full Metal Panic!'', and got to reprise her for ''Full Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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