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Otakon Vegas
Otakon Vegas ( ) was a three-day anime convention held during January at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The convention was organized by Otakorp, the group behind Otakon. Programming The convention typically offered an artist alley, concerts, dealer's room, masquerade, and panels. One of the new programming experiments at Otakon Vegas demonstrated Sumo wrestling. History Otakorp announced in early 2013 a new convention would be held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they hope to create a smaller convention and test new ideas. Otakon has had issues where new test content has been too successful such as the 2012 Maid Cafe. Representatives from Las Vegas first approached Otakorp about moving Otakon from Baltimore to Las Vegas. Expansion to Vegas was also chosen due to Otakon reaching capacity in Baltimore, along with Vegas being accessible with affordable transportation and several hotel/food options. January date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Steve Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his most well-known roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series '' Cowboy Bebop'', Garazeb Orrelios from the animated series ''Star Wars Rebels'', Wolverine from various Marvel projects, TOM (Toonami Operations Module) as the second and current host of Toonami and the current host of Toonami Latin America (2000–2008; 2012–present), Terence and Bomb on Angry Birds Live Action and Sub-Zero from the video game franchise ''Mortal Kombat''. He is sometimes credited as David Lucas, Richard Cardona, Roger Canfield, Tom Baron and Daniel Andrews in various anime and other live-action appearances. Early life Steven Jay Blum was born on April 29, 1960 to a Jewish family in Santa Monica, California. Career Blum began his career in 1992. His credits include the voice of Spike Spiegel in '' Cowboy Bebop'', Zeb Orrelios in ''Star Wars Rebels'', Mugen in ''Samurai Champloo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiro Imagawa
is a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. Much of his work evokes nostalgia for 1970s super robot mecha anime. Works Anime ;Major works ;Minor works *''Bremen 4: Angels in Hell'' (TV film, assistant director, 1981) *''Yattodetaman'' (TV series, assistant director, 1981-1982) * ''Combat Mecha Xabungle'' (TV series, storyboard, 1982-1983) *''Tokimeki Tonight'' (TV series, storyboard, 1982-1983) *''Fang of the Sun Dougram'' (TV series, storyboard, 1981-1983) *''Aura Battler Dunbine'' (TV series, storyboard, 1983-1984) *''Heavy Metal L-Gaim'' (TV series, storyboard, 1984-1985) *''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (TV series, storyboard, 1984-1985) *''Pro Golfer Saru'' (TV series, storyboard, 1985-1988) *'' Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater'' (TV series, episode script, 2020) Manga *'' Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (with Mari Mizuta, 1992–1993) *'' Getter Robo Armageddon: Try to Remember'' (with Hisashi Matsumoto, 2001) *''Seven of Seven'' (with Azusa Kunihiro, 2001â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice actress, ADR director, line producer, and writer working for the anime-dubbing company Funimation. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore in the long-running detective series '' Case Closed''. She then later served as the Co-ADR director on ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', which aired on Adult Swim in 2004. She has since starred in many popular anime dubs, including as Monkey D. Luffy in ''One Piece'', Erza Scarlet in ''Fairy Tail'', and Momo Yaoyorozu in ''My Hero Academia''. Career As a stage actress in Dallas, Clinkenbeard got involved in voice-over when fellow voice actress Laura Bailey brought her to Funimation for an audition. Her first voice role was in ''Dragon Ball GT;'' her first lead role was Éclair in ''Kiddy Grade''. Midway through the Kiddy Grade series, director Justin Cook appointed Clinkenbeard as the ADR director for the rest of the episodes. Her other major role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Charles Miller
Jason Charles Miller is an American musician, singer and songwriter known for his solo career as well as being the lead vocalist and guitarist of the industrial rock band Godhead. He is a voice actor, appearing in various animation and video games. He is also part of the duo The Deadly Grind, and the duo RezoDrone, which has rose to fame for being featured in the acclaimed videogame '' Cyberpunk 2077''. He has released solo albums in the country music, southern rock and Americana (music) genres. Early life In 1977, at the age of 5, Miller moved with his family to Clifton, Virginia where he would spend the remainder of his youth. Miller began singing opera music and playing the guitar while young, and began performing when he was six. He has three stepbrothers and one stepsister. Career Miller is the frontman and founder of the industrial rock band Godhead which was the only band signed to Marilyn Manson's Posthuman Records. Under Posthuman Records, Godhead released their fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
