Guests
Media Guest of Honor
Travis Richey is an actor/writer living in Hollywood, CA. He has recently appeared on TV in FOX's "Sons of Tucson", and on NBC's "The Event". Currently he can be seen recurring on NBC's "Community" as Inspector Spacetime, a role that launched him into the international spotlight of Dr. Who fans, as a spoof of that BBC icon. Travis had previously achieved some international acclaim as a Youtube semi-celebrity and the creator of several web series, including "Robot, Ninja & Gay Guy", "2 Hot Guys In The Shower", "Smiley Town", and an award-winning series of "Mac vs PC" spoofs. His videos have been seen on CNN, Comedy Central’s website, The Huffington Post, The UK Telegraph, PerezHilton.com, and dozens of other notable blogs and websites across the internet, and have garnered over 2 million views. Travis performs regularly at ACME Comedy Hollywood, and coming up he can be seen in the Season 2 Finale of "Pretty Little Liars" on ABC Family. He is also fundraising for a second season of "Robot, Ninja & Gay Guy".
Check out his website, find him on YouTube, or follow him on Twitter.
Voice Actor Guest of Honor
Kyle Hebert is a Los Angeles-based anime and video game voice actor whose credits include Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (Ryu), Naruto (Kiba), Bleach (Aizen, Ganju), X Men Arcade (all male voices) and Gurren Lagann (Kamina). He is best known as the Narrator and Teen Gohan from the Funimation dub of Dragonball Z. Other notable roles include Soul Eater (Masamune), League of Legends (Ezreal/Jarvan/Graves), Ouran High School Host Club (Kazukiyo Soga), Fullmetal Alchemist (Vato Falman), Tales of Symphonia (Richter Abend) and Star Ocean (Dias, Arumat, Crow). Kyle also provides voices in numerous video games including Saints Row: The Third, Sonic, Final Fantasy XIII, World of Warcraft, Devil May Cry 4, Dynasty Warriors, and Resident Evil. He writes and voices all the promos for filmmaker, Kevin Smith's Smodcast Internet Radio. He also provides private online voice acting critique sessions for beginners.
For more info, visit www.kylehebert.com.
Musical Guest of Honor
Akiba has a new little sister, Yuka-Pon! Yuka-Pon has proved with some hard work, dedication, and a pair of cat ears, that dreams really can come true. She can now rightfully call herself an Akiba Idol. Performing on numerous occasions on stages in Akiba, and across Tokyo, she won the hearts of her fans, producers and agencies alike. She performed alongside some of Akiba’s most esteemed idols, and was recognized by one of her biggest inspirations. With a single being released in Japan early 2012, a secret collaboration, an interactive game, and more, she is really living large as an Akiba idol! She juggles upcoming projects, music, and still manages to post new videos on her YouTube, and answer questions from fans and supporters on her blogs. She loves nothing more than performing on stage, just for all of her Oniichans and Oneechans. She embodies the ‘moe’ little sister character, and is truly the embodiment of one of her catchphrases, magical.
To check out some of her music videos, go to her site at yuka-pon.webs.com.
Japanese Culture Track Guests
Returning for 2012! Three Rivers Okiya presents dances, historical interpretation, and tea ceremony demonstrations as geisha. Events and panels hosted by the Okiya will be announced soon.
Find them online at threeriversokiya.net!
Returning for 2012! Daniel and Jillian Coglan are full-time martial arts instructors, specializing in 16th-century samurai arts. When not teaching at their dojo, the Kojokan, they travel the United States performing and teaching the ancient ways of the most famous warriors in history.
With a combined 35 years of experience, their show is a unique blend of history, combative skill, and humor, designed to educate and entertain.
Beyond their martial arts skills, the dynamic duo collaborated to write, direct, host, and star in a 12 episode TV series entitled "The Way of the Samurai".
Daniel is also an author with several martial arts articles published, and he is currently working on his second full-length novel.
Art and Writing Track Guests
Tyrine Carver and Wil Woods of MUSETAP
Returning for 2012! Tyrine was brought up in China and furthur up in Los Angeles, she is a versatile artist and recent graduate of UCSD. She is a full time graphic desinger and web artist and has a much more amazing weekend job as one half of Musetap's illustrative wonder duo.
Wil is a full time illustrator and print artist. He is the current artist for the Avatar: The Last Airbender webcomic entitled The Inferno King. He is most well known for his piece "Deathstar Reflections", a piece featuring Darth Vader at the memorial wall that has gained internet noteriety. He is a proud member of MUSETAP and hopes to become a art world powerhouse alongside Tyrine.
Check out their DeviantArt accounts here and here!
Steampunk Track Guests of Honor
In 2009, not long after Brandt Cooley (vocalist/guitarist) moved to Nashville he briefly met Jules Charlemagne (drums) at a very unorthodox night of karaoke in Nashville’s world famous dive bar, the Springwater. It wasn’t much later when they ran into each other at a house party where Jules was playing drums and Brandt asked him if he wanted to play music sometime. Soon they got together for the first time to talk of bands with dark but not sad melodies and exciting and passionate live shows. Bands like Muse, Dresden Dolls, and Gogol Bordello. That set the band on a path to a unique but easily listenable sound focused on high-energy rock with circus and gypsy flares layered with intense melodic vocals. Since adding bassist Becky Conway and guitarist/violinist/pianist/saxophonist/Vocalist Brian Smith they’ve made a name for themselves across the southeast, even in the challenging live scene of Nashville, TN, with their energetic live shows that often involve belly dancers. The band’s first release, ‘Burlesque and Balloons’ has just released and tour dates are already booked.
After gaining fans at 24 Hours of Potter this summer, the Aeronauts are returning to St. Louis for two concerts at Kawa Kon - one Friday night during the Steampunk Fashion Show and the other a Saturday jam session.
Learn more about them and hear some of their music on their facebook page: facebook.com/Theaeronautsband.
Special Appearance
AnimeVoiceKiddo will be performing after Yuka-Pon at the masquerade on Saturday evening.
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