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Convention Events and Programming => General Kumoricon => Topic started by: Rathany on October 12, 2008, 10:52:47 am
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Kumoricon has a history of inviting many different types of guests, like voice actors, artists, musicians, directors, editors etc. Here is the official thread to reccomend guests. Please reccomend more than one type of guest, and not just your dream guest.
Thanks.
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First, steal back The Slants. Second, book Sachibelle for a concert. She'll do it for free if you ask. Third, get Piano Squall. Fourth, go get Nobuo Uematsu if you can. (Fat chance, I know, since he said no to Sakura, but why not?)
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I'd love to see Crispin Freeman [/drool] Although I'm not sure how possible that is XD
The slants is a must. Their super awesome.
Sachibelle is so awesome, I would bask in her awesomeness.
Toshihiro Kawamoto, Monica Rial. The anime hunters would be awesome to have back.
Um....That's really all I can think about right now XD
OH and Cristina Vee....I love her XD
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Third, get Piano Squall.
PLEASE. I'm still upset that I missed him when he was at K-con. I had no idea what I was missing then, and have since been hoping for a chance to see 'im play.
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Wait...
Piano squall was at K-con!?
And I missed him?!
Oh what a dissapointment!!
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He was at K-con '06. My first con... Like I said, I had no idea what I was missing. >___>
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Oh..I thought you ment this year XD
That would be awesome to see him at Kumoricon then!
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The Slants will be on tour. Unless there's a cancellation in their tour, they are already scheduled to perform elsewhere during Kumoricon.
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I'd love to see Crispin Freeman
This notion is seconded! Any of the major VA's from .hack would be amazing... Kari Wahlgreen, Yuri Lowenthal, Bridget Hoffman, Jamieson Price, Johnny Yong Bosch, Erin Fitzgerald, Daran Norris, and Liam O'Briam. My two most anticipated would be Crispin and Kari :)
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I will sleep with whomever i need to in order to get Matt Groening (Simsons, Futurama) at Kumoricon. I know he's not Anime/Manga, but he's one of the biggest names in animation on the west coast, and I think he still lives in Beaverton.
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Jamieson Price
SECONDED OH MY GOD SECONDED (and someone other than *me* brought him up?). He's an incredible actor, doing an absolutely mind-blowing job from the very beginning (his first VA role was Oikawa from Digimon and he was phenominal!)
I'd also like to see Cathy Weseluck and Maddie Blaustein--two of the most versatile VAs out there. Weseluck has been everyone from Shampoo on Ranma 1/2 to the title character and her alter ego on CyberSix (and if you know the series you know how different just those two voices are), and Blaustein...well honestly, could *you* tell that Lezard from Valkerie Profile had the same VA as Meowth?
(Weseluck would probably be the easier choice though, given that she's based out of Vancouver BC while Blaustein is in New York, but hey).
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These voice actors sound good, and I'm not even that interested in those sorts of panels.
I would like to have the Foglios back at the convention. They brought in a couple dozen people that might not have come otherwise.
And because they'll be mentioned by somebody eventually
Gackt
Joss Whedon
Bruce Campbell
Mark Hamill (at least he did VA work on Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles)
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I second bruce campbell
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Short of, what was it, $2.5 million, Gackt won't show. Forget about him. Joss Whedon, if we can get him, should be a huge draw.
Also Matt Groening.
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Gackt
aw thanks tom :)
but yeah anything that is japanese, singers, voice actors, manga ka
you should get komiz sensei to do a talk on the roots of anime in kabuki
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Gackt
aw thanks tom :)
but yeah anything that is japanese, singers, voice actors, manga ka
you should get komiz sensei to do a talk on the roots of anime in kabuki
Kominz-sensei is more under Jaki than me, but I would love to see him do more stuff at Kcon 2009.
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Y'know, you're pawning off a lot of stuff as being under me :P So, what.. you get all the bigwig out of town people, and I get the locals?
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Y'know, you're pawning off a lot of stuff as being under me :P So, what.. you get all the bigwig out of town people, and I get the locals?
Errr... yes? Isn't that kinda the definition of our respective directorships? I'll be in charge of talking to Kominz if you want me to. I see him a couple times a week anyway ;)
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And because they'll be mentioned by somebody eventually
Gackt
Joss Whedon
Bruce Campbell
Mark Hamill (at least he did VA work on Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles)
Joss....Whedon...?
*dies*
If we could get him or ANYONE from the Firefly cast...I would weep with joy and scream at the same time.
A few I would like to see are:
The cast from Red vs Blue. (I can give you the list of names if necessary) :) I dunno how much they would be...but we would get sooo many nerdy gamers to show if we brought them in.
Fred Gallagher from Megatokyo.com
Chris Hazelton from Misfile.com
Gabe & Tyco from Pennyarcade
The VA Eric Vale ^^
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well here is a thought, who was in charge of getting the dark horse speaker carl horn?
because I dont see much differnce between the two as both are professionals
the roots of anime in kabuki was an idea Kominz tossed out when I first talked with him about k-con back in 2006, its just a shame to have him come and preform but not do a lecture.
(and how is it that I suggest komiz being a great guest idea looooonng time ago but its not followed up until some one from programing takes his class :-\)
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My list:
Chris Patton (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=6336). I already know that he wants to come to a west coast con. My girlfriend actually talked to him on Saturday night about that very thing.
Yuki Kajiura (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3914). She's probably too expensive but if a con I went to ever got her it would be amazing. I love her music.
LiLd3vil: The problem with Gave & Tycho is that they have PAX, which is probably going to be the same weekend as us as long as it is still around, unfortunately. Though they haven't released a date for 2009 yet, it's still probably going to be labor day weekend. I believe the same problem happens with the RvB guys as they've been at PAX every year since it started?
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Hahaha, as much as I'd love to have Joss Whedon (and that's a LOT)... This isn't exactly the right type of convention for him, is it? It's primarily for anime and related Japanese things. Yes, he does have some comic book series but still I think it'd be nigh impossible to get him to come.
Anyway~
Svetlana Chmakova!
- I know there are many who would like to see her at K-con.
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KOKIA!!!!
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You guys are all downers! This isn't a thread for saying who NOT to invite.
Save your elitism for your blogs.
Katsuhisa Ezaki, President and CEO, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
Or his associate at Ezaki Glico USA Corporation. that'd be cool for me.
They'd probably just send some marketing guy though.
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About Joss Whedon....first of all I'd really have to call my Assistant Steve and warn him of the likelihood I would faint! and/or otherwise go missing for all the Whedon programming hours....***LOVES*** Creation Station has run Whedon-related programming (e.g. fanfic contests themed on anime/Whedon crossovers; Toni Levi's keynotes on the Whedonverse....). Dark Horse has been integral *giggles; having been Integra at KC '03* to KC for a few years, and publishes Whedon's comics...Buffy and now Serenity...Whedon's new series, Dollhouse, comes out next year, so undoubtedly there will eventually be some level of comic tie-in and con promo circuit....if he couldn't make the con there might be someone from the new series who could....but if nothing else remember he as well as most of the cast of Firefly/Serenity were awesome about appearing in(giving special interviews and much more for) Done the Impossible: The Fans' Tale of Firefly and Serenity (some such title). This is a fan-made movie about the fan community that basically resurrected Joss's baby and led to the apparently unprecedented (?) making of a full-length feature film out of a cancelled series...if nothing else I've actually thought of if there were any downtime in the Creation Station, showing this film, which is released under Creative Commons, some rights reserved. During the showing of the DVD it reads on the screen that we can feel free to tape or even edit the film (though not the special features on the DVD-ROM, which I haven't seen.) ....So I **think** that means that the film can be shown without paying royalties or getting permissions??? Anyone know???
Oh and of course DH are going to be in the spotlight next year with the mangettes...involving CLAMP **dreams**
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Creation Station has run Whedon-related programming (e.g. fanfic contests themed on anime/Whedon crossovers; Toni Levi's keynotes on the Whedonverse....).
Why wasn't I informed!? -is now upset-
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Anyone from firefly would be great! also I would like to see a Japanese voice actor at next K-con.(although that might be too expensive)
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LiLd3vil: The problem with Gave & Tycho is that they have PAX, which is probably going to be the same weekend as us as long as it is still around, unfortunately. Though they haven't released a date for 2009 yet, it's still probably going to be labor day weekend. I believe the same problem happens with the RvB guys as they've been at PAX every year since it started?
:( Your true, but I can hope can't I? lol
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Jamieson Price
SECONDED OH MY GOD SECONDED (and someone other than *me* brought him up?). He's an incredible actor, doing an absolutely mind-blowing job from the very beginning (his first VA role was Oikawa from Digimon and he was phenominal!)
I love him! His voice is so deep and nice... mmm... I replay .hack cutscenes sometimes just to hear him! I'm kind of thinking about maybe doing a .hack panel next year, and if one of the GU voice actors was at the con I'd be totally inspired too.
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The next time PAX and Kumoricon conflict weekends will be 2016 or 2017 IIRC.
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Creation Station has run Whedon-related programming (e.g. fanfic contests themed on anime/Whedon crossovers; Toni Levi's keynotes on the Whedonverse....).
Why wasn't I informed!? -is now upset-
These were at Sakuracon and Anime Evolution a couple years ago....Toni Levi, who used to be a professor at PSU and at that time keynoted for Kumoricon, now lives in British Columbia, so we've only been able to get her to the cons up north. I'm sorry about that. Feel free to join the_creation_station@yahoogroups.com, which is where the group, largely by consensus, designs our niche of programming for our cons and mini-events.
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It'd be amazing if we could get Quinton Flynn. He's amazing. Eric Stuart would be fun too. :D lol. Or Wendee Lee. lol. Feels like I'm shoot for the stars here. x.x Sorry. >.> Meh. Too bad we can't get An Cafe over here. XD
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Too bad we can't get An Cafe over here. XD
]8
This makes me sad.
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Vic Mignogna usually goes to Sakuracon. If one of the admins goes, maybe they could talk to him? There's a lot of voice actors that perhaps they could get a hold of there.
A mangaka from Japan would be cool.
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lets have
1. The out Mods
They Played In Anime Vegas 07
and rocked the place ^_^
2. my friend DJ Jinnai now known as Katsuhiko Jinnai
who to had played at anime vegas 07
his myspace page
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=150865405
3.Bonnie Pink
I love her she has made some great music for games like Tales of Vesperia
http://www.myspace.com/bonniepink
thats about all I think would vary much be up for it
just tell Jinnai if you ask him that Daniel AKA Neko Ichigo Sent you ^_^
he wanted me to hand out CDs at This years Kcon but I forgot so I think he should show up
Daniel AKA Neko Ichigo
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Eric Stuart would be fun too. :D lol.
'twould be doubly awesome if he did a concert too.
It's very amusing to hear him sing because most of his songs are about either gettin' some or unrequited love, and his singing voice is Brock.
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Katsuhisa Ezaki, President and CEO, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
Or his associate at Ezaki Glico USA Corporation. that'd be cool for me.
They'd probably just send some marketing guy though.
EPIC POCKY CLUB OF DOOM-PANEL! That's what that would make.
Vic Mignogna usually goes to Sakuracon. If one of the admins goes, maybe they could talk to him?
I've had too many bad experiences with Vic Mignogna working as staff up at Sakuracon. He has a very elitist attitude and a VERY inflated ego. He is rude to other guests and panelists (he ran into my friend Brian's panel and told everyone to come across the hall to his panel), is passive aggressive, and is certain that his events are the most important and that he should get special treatment.
I've always though that he's pretty creepy too... I know that he just "does it for the fans"... but I think it's crossing the lines in quite a few ways... (Examples by videos on YouTube: link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S3J2eMsmTg), link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FWHJOR7yf8), link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVzc65UIZG0))
I'll trust you on that one. That does sound bad. It's cool. There are many other guests to ask. Johnny Young Bosch, maybe? He was a Power Ranger!
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... so no one has anymore guest suggestions? In that case, Dawn and I shall assume that there are no more guests that people want to see/meet at con and therefore will ignore further guest requests.
(This is of course meant in jest... the assistant is wondering why no one has made a guest request in over a month...)
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I second Bruce Campbell! He lives right outside Grants Pass, if I'm not mistaken.
Some people I'd like to see:
Yoko Kanno - I don't know how hard it would be to get her, and according to Wikipedia she speaks very little English, but her music is SO AMAZING.
Doc Hammer (Eric Arthur Hammer) and Jackson Publick (Christopher McCulloch) - Most famous for The Venture Bros. They've made multiple con appearances before, and though they're not really anime, they're still awesome.
Guillermo del Toro - Amazing filmmaker. He's the genius behind Pan's Labyrinth, as well as Hellboy and Hellboy II. He lives in California, but he was just announced as the director for The Hobbit (YES!), so he's moving to New Zealand, and I don't know if he'd be in the states around K-con time. Still, if he could come, it would be absolutely fantastic.
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Toxi, if we got any one of those people we would probably surpass Sakuracon's attendance. I say go for it! Whoo!
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Tee hee hee. I just would love to have a reason to make a button that says "I glomped Bruce Campbell"
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I second Bruce Campbell! He lives right outside Grants Pass, if I'm not mistaken.
We actually tried really hard in 2006 and 2007 to get him. The problem is that he's in Burn Notice and they start filming the week before con and he can never make it.
And if we did get him we'd have to worry about all the dead-heads... >_>
Since Burn Notice is awesome, I will have to forgive him :)
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These are the guests that I've worked with that have been the best - in attitude, the way they treat others (attendees/staff/other guests), and who bring a lot to the table:
Voice Actors:
Greg Ayers
Kara Edwards
Artists:
Robert & Emily DeJesus
Steve Bennet (though he'll most likely be in Japan at the time)
Sonnie Wright
General Actors:
James Kyson Lee (Ando from Heroes)
Bands:
Notorious MSG
Peelander Z
Last Stop Tokyo (shameless plug for The Slants' side project)
In the 40+ conventions that I've been involved with, I've had my share of negative experiences with guests as well (both personally as well as just seeing how they treated attendees/staff/other guests). I won't mention them on here, but I'd be willing to help warn Guest Relations for K-Con about them (though they most likely know).
And The Slants will most likely be around the area, but we probably won't be doing three consecutive appearances in a row ^_^
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I second Bruce Campbell! He lives right outside Grants Pass, if I'm not mistaken.
We actually tried really hard in 2006 and 2007 to get him. The problem is that he's in Burn Notice and they start filming the week before con and he can never make it.
And if we did get him we'd have to worry about all the dead-heads... >_>
Since Burn Notice is awesome, I will have to forgive him :)
I get to meet Bruce Campbell on Dec. 14
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I get to meet Bruce Campbell on Dec. 14
How???
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Since the slants may not be able to make it back what about the minibosses =^.^= They do awesome guitar versions of video game level music. I got the chance to see them at PAX in 2005 and it was awesome.
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The next time PAX and Kumoricon conflict weekends will be 2016 or 2017 IIRC.
I hate to burst your bubble, but PAX announced their dates for 2009~
http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/ (http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/)
Though I don't think this'll affect guests that Kumori Con gets. Gaming guests will go to PAX and anime/manga guests we'll try our best to get to come to us ^_^.
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totally second Minibosses. They are awesome!
http://www.minibosses.com/
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I get to meet Bruce Campbell on Dec. 14
How???
He has a new movie coming out and he is going to be at a total of 4 screenings on Dec. 13 and 14 at the Fox tower theater in Portland. He will be at the 7:30 and 9:20 shows on both days you can get tickets on fandango or at the box office. The Movie name is "My name is Bruce"
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He has a new movie coming out and he is going to be at a total of 4 screenings on Dec. 13 and 14 at the Fox tower theater in Portland. He will be at the 7:30 and 9:20 shows on both days you can get tickets on fandango or at the box office. The Movie name is "My name is Bruce"
Thats pretty cool. Ill have too look into that. Thanks!
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The next time PAX and Kumoricon conflict weekends will be 2016 or 2017 IIRC.
I hate to burst your bubble, but PAX announced their dates for 2009~
http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/ (http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/)
Though I don't think this'll affect guests that Kumori Con gets. Gaming guests will go to PAX and anime/manga guests we'll try our best to get to come to us ^_^.
Not if I have anything to say about it. I don't watch anime; I don't read manga; I come to Kumoricon 100% for video games. PAX is leaving us no other option but to become competitive about gaming. In 2008, it was an innocent conflict; now they're walking right over us and I'm not gonna just lie back and let Kumoricon's gaming suffer just because there's a bigger event with bigger sponsors. There's no way we're going to get bigger, as a subdepartment of a smaller convention, so our only option is to make Kumoricon's Game Room a better event with better sponsors.
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The next time PAX and Kumoricon conflict weekends will be 2016 or 2017 IIRC.
I hate to burst your bubble, but PAX announced their dates for 2009~
http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/ (http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/)
Though I don't think this'll affect guests that Kumori Con gets. Gaming guests will go to PAX and anime/manga guests we'll try our best to get to come to us ^_^.
Not if I have anything to say about it. I don't watch anime; I don't read manga; I come to Kumoricon 100% for video games. PAX is leaving us no other option but to become competitive about gaming. In 2008, it was an innocent conflict; now they're walking right over us and I'm not gonna just lie back and let Kumoricon's gaming suffer just because there's a bigger event with bigger sponsors. There's no way we're going to get bigger, as a subdepartment of a smaller convention, so our only option is to make Kumoricon's Game Room a better event with better sponsors.
...but Kumori Con isn't a gaming convention. It's true games are a part of anime/manga fandom, but gaming is a side thing at anime cons. PAX is all about gaming- from 24-hour BYOC LAN gaming, to console tournaments, to demos of the newest games. I staffed PAX in 2007 and it was fun... and HUGE! We shouldn't compete with them as far as our gaming is concerned because they will beat us handily because that's all that PAX is about. Instead, we should focus on the different core demographics that make our cons different- PAX will attract the gamers and Kumori Con will attract the anime/manga fans. Heck, a sci-fi con that shares our weekend is Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia and Dragon Con will attract the sci-fi fans.
I'm sure Jaki will work on improving the gaming room because we shouldn't give up on the gaming room just because there's a gaming con also on Labor Day weekend- but that's not what Kumori Con is about. There was hardly anything anime or manga related as far as PAX was concerned other than having Japanese games- because that's not what PAX is focused on.
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Stupid PAX took Minibosses as Their guests. *Grumble Grumble...*
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Has Laura Baily been mentioned yet? I dunno. She might be fun to have. I don't know where she lives so I couldn't tell you travelling cost. Sorry.
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i recommend cynthia martinez
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I second the nomiantion for Cynthia Martinez!!!
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Third!
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4th. :D
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As for an epic yet unlikely guest (I guess he's very private):
Maurice LaMarche.
I would pay so much money to see him talk.
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I personally love Michael Lindsay, but I doubt he'd come. If he did I know I would faint...
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someone id like to see is kelly sheridan
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MAURICE LAMARCHE TRUMPS BOTH OF THEM.
I'm kidding. It's all opinion. He's one of my voice actor favorites if not my favorite. Not necessarily an anime actor, but he's AWESOME.
He plays Kif Kroker from Futurama! And Morbo! MORBO!!
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Not sure anyone has said this yet.......LeetStreet Boys...you can find them on youtube and myspace they also have there own website.
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I second Svetlana Chmakova and Johnny Yong Bosch. I also propose Versailles ~Philharmonic Quintet~, A-Key Kyo, Piano Squall, and/or Juka. I know Versailles have made appearances in the US before, so it isn't completely out of reach to suggest them, and Juka, well that is just a "What If" situation, haha.
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Sorry guys, Piano Squall has another commitment the weekend of our con. So, we can;t have him this year. I did tell him about how people are always asking for him and still talk about his appearances on our forums.
But, it looks like I will have at least one exciting thing to talk about at the next General Meeting.
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Does anybody know where Quinton Flynn resides? XP I'd loooove to have him come somehow. lol
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AN CAFE!!!!
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But, it looks like I will have at least one exciting thing to talk about at the next General Meeting.
YAY! I love exciting confirmed guests!
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I want Sachibelle! That is all <3
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I have secret squirrel info that one of the guests mentioned will be announced at the next general meeting. You have to guess who.....LOL. *bribes? lol*
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~gives candy~ Bribe?
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LOL. candy is to simple....:)
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~gives Zero yuri~ Bribe?
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I say we invite Aftercon again!
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I have secret squirrel info that one of the guests mentioned will be announced at the next general meeting. You have to guess who.....LOL. *bribes? lol*
Is it Sahibelle? =DDD
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~gives Zero yuri~ Bribe?
LOL if you can find a new Yuri for me I might consider....
Is it Sahibelle?
Maybe/Maybe not.
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You bleeped out my smiley faces! xD
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~gives Girl Meets Girl~ I haven't read it yet but it seems good. ~nudge nudge~ Bribe? 8)
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No more guesses? I am very excited to be making three guest announcements this weekend :)
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If it's Powerglove, I can name five people named "DancingTofu" who will die happily.
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Voice Actor Brandon Potter from school Rumble, Blackcat and many more anime.
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Any voice actors from one of the three Xenosaga games would make me happy. ;)
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The guests I announced today where:
* Last Stop Tokyo, side project band of Slants bassist Simon Young.
* Soul Candy, an "otaku rock" cover band.
* Svetlana Chmakova, author/artist of Dramacon and Nightschool.
More info about them will be on our website soon, when our Guest of Honor page gets put up.
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Svetlana Chmakova? That's going to make a lot of people very happy :D
I like the little afterwords she has in a ton of her work =3
I'm still pulling for Sachibelle to be a guest at KCon *_*
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Oh cool cool!
I still think we should invite aftercon!
They were awesome last con 8D
I made good friends with them!
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No more guesses? I am very excited to be making three guest announcements this weekend :)
are any of them cynthia martinez?
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* Svetlana Chmakova, author/artist of Dramacon and Nightschool.
Yess!! 8D
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* Svetlana Chmakova, author/artist of Dramacon and Nightschool.
Yess!! 8D
SECONDED. I <3 DRAMACON.
LOL FANGIRLS
A representative from Seven Seas might be cool, they're like, the only manga publisher of shoujo-ai in all of the US x-x
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The members of Soul Candy are thrilled to be invited this year. We're cooking up something good for everyone so I hope that this could be a fun experience for all of us. :) For those of you who want to check us out, we have youtube page: www.youtube.com/soulcandymusic and our myspace page www.myspace.com/soulcandyband.
We hope to see you all soon!
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Here are my personal suggestions.
Voice actors:
Tara Strong (What hasn't she done?! "Hello Kitty, Kylie Griffen from Extreme Ghostbusters, Dil Pickles from Rugrats, Timmy Turner and Poof from The Fairly OddParents, Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls, Raven from Teen Titans, Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein from Drawn Together, Omi from Xiaolin Showdown, Rikku from Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 and Ben Tennyson and Upgrade of Ben 10" See?! That's why we need her)
Wendee Lee (Faye, Haruhi and Yoruichi)
Amanda Winn Lee and her Husband Jason Lee (Amanda is Rei from Evangelion, they both did work for the Evangelion movie(s) and I'm a huuuuuuge fan of her less noticed works *ahem* Blue Seed*ahem*)
Monica Rial (Wikipedia says: "anime voice actor, most notably Lyra/Dante of Fullmetal Alchemist and Princess Sakura in Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicle")
Johnny Yong Bosch (ICHIGO KUROSAKI!!!!!!!!!! nuff said )
Richard Cansino (Kenshin Himura and countless others)
Dan Castellaneta (yeah, Homer Simpson, He was in Portland once doing something for Z100)
Justin Cook (Yu Yu Hakusho's Yuske Urameshi, Dende from DBZ, and countless anime staff credits.)
Richard Ian Cox (For the fangirls.... This is Inu Yasha's english dub man, if you already didn't know, lol.)
Grey DeLisle (Yumi on Puffy Ami Yumi, Princess Azula on Avatar and Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
Kari Wahlgren (Haruko from FLCL, nuff said)
Brian Drummond (Vegeta from DBZ) If we could get him and Sean Schemmel, it would be total epic....
Oh and could we bring back the faves Sean Schemmel, Kirk Thorton and Mr. Epcar?
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Suggesting Johhny Yong Bosch as well... He's done VA work for a LOT of anime and video games (Bleach, Code Geass, Haruhi Suzumiya, and Trigun, as well as Tales of the Abyss, Disgaea 3, Persona 4 (!!!!!!), Eternal Sonata (!!!!!!) and Time Hollow to name just a few) plus he was a power ranger, which is always good.
According to a year-old myspace blog, his agent is Maureen Rose and he wants you to direct any convention invitations to maureen@osbrinkagency [dot] com.
It would be so super amazing if I could hear Adachi or Fugue (not that anyone played Eternal Sonata. ): ) in person.
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Here are my personal suggestions.
Voice actors:
Tara Strong (What hasn't she done?! "Hello Kitty, Kylie Griffen from Extreme Ghostbusters, Dil Pickles from Rugrats, Timmy Turner and Poof from The Fairly OddParents, Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls, Raven from Teen Titans, Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein from Drawn Together, Omi from Xiaolin Showdown, Rikku from Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 and Ben Tennyson and Upgrade of Ben 10" See?! That's why we need her)
I have her as a MySpace friend. She provided the voice of a character in one of my favorite X-Box games.
Amanda Winn Lee and her Husband Jason Lee (Amanda is Rei from Evangelion, they both did work for the Evangelion movie(s) and I'm a huuuuuuge fan of her less noticed works *ahem* Blue Seed*ahem*)
I would love to have her, too! Blue Seed is the series that got me to become an otaku!
Monica Rial (Wikipedia says: "anime voice actor, most notably Lyra/Dante of Fullmetal Alchemist and Princess Sakura in Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicle")
I met her at Sakuracon '07. She was a sweety.
Richard Ian Cox (For the fangirls.... This is Inu Yasha's english dub man, if you already didn't know, lol.)
I'd like to have him, too, morely because he was the second Ranma. I would also like to get some insight on possibly becoming a voice actor; I've heard he's considered to be one of the best, in terms of nailing his lines; that's awesome.
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J. Michael Tatum (Kyoya in Ouran)
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Monica Rial
Travis Willingham
Todd Haberkorn
Caitlin Glass
any of them would be awesome ;D
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I second all of celadith's suggestions! Especially for J. Michael Tatum and Travis Willingham, Crispin Freeman would be awesome too! XD
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Crispin Freeman would be so fun to have!
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I would absolutly go nuts if we could get Kanon Wakeshima.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4rJLmYxJlA&feature=related
I might die of happiness. WANT!
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we should get
vic mongana if that is how you spell his name
chrispan freeman
other voice actors form naruto
miyavi \
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Ah yes, yes, how long has it been since I've been here...... Anyway enough thinking, let's get to the requests!
- Akira Toriyama (Famous manga-ka of Dragonball fame and artist for games such as Chrono Trigger)
- Megumi Hayashibara (The undesputed queen of all Japanese voice actors, mostly known for roles such as Ranma Saotome(Girl), Jessie from Pokemon, Rei Ayanami, Lina Inverse, and Faye Valentine, just to name a few of the major characters she's done)
- Romi Paku (Known for doing boyish roles like Ken Ichijoji, Edward Elric, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Heimdall, and Tao Ren)
- Eiichiro Oda (Creator of One-Piece)
- Hikaru Utada (Jpop artist, well known for such hits like "Simple and Clean" and "Sanctuary" for both Kingdom Hearts games)
- Kappei Yamaguchi (Has voiced Inuyasha, Ranma Saotome(Boy), L Lawliet, Sai Saici, Usopp, Shinichi Kudo, and Ryuichi Sakuma.)
- Akira Ishida (Has voiced lots of pretty boy characters such as Evangelion's Kaworu Nagisa, Slayers's Xelloss Metallium, Gaara from Naruto, Sgt Frog's Mutsumi Saburo, Gundam SEED's Athrun Zala, NANA's Shinichi Okazaki, and Yugioh! GX's Edo Phoenix.)
- Nobuhiro Watsuki (Manga artist behind Rurouni Kenshin)
- Tomokazu Seki (G Gundam's Domon Kasshu, Buso Renkin's Moon Face and Hiwatari Sekima, Fruits Basket's Kyo Sohma, Full Metal Panic's Sousuke Sagara, Evangelion's Toji Suzuhara, Gravitation's Shinichi Shindou, Genshiken's Soichiro Tanaka, NANA's Nobu Terashima, Lucky Star's Meito Anizawa, One-Piece's Rob Lucci and Hattori, Fushigi Yuugi's Chichiri, Vision of Escaflowne's Van Fanel, and Yakitate Japan's Pierrot Bolneze)
- IF IT'S POSSIBLE....... Gackt Camui(Former vocalist for Malice Mizer) AND Mana(former guitarist for Malice Mizer)
WHEW! that was a mouthful....
as for the US itself:
- Quinton Flynn
- Kelly Sheridan
- Spike Spencer
- Wendee Lee
- Chris Sabat
- Tiffany Grant
- Monica Rial
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn AND Daran Norris
- Colleen Clinkenbeard
- Laura Bailey
- Chuck Huber
- Eric Vale
- Jameson Price
- Sean Schemmel
- Vic Mignogna
- Lex Lang (Sanosuke Sagara, Genjo Sanzo, and Lupin the 3rd's Goemon Ishikawa III)
- Greg Ayres
- Rachael Lillis(Pokemon's Jessie,Misty, and Genshiken's Kanako Ohno)
- Eric Stuart (Seto Kaiba, Maximillion J. Pegasus, Gourry Gabriev, and Pokemon's James)
- Steven Jay Blum
- Bridget Hoffman
- Johnny Yong Bosch
- Derek Stephen Prince
- Fred Gallagher(Creator of Megatokyo)
- Dave Wittenberg
- Kari Wahlgren
- Kate Higgins
- Crispin Freeman
- David Kaye (Sesshomaru from Inu-yasha)
- David Hayter(Fushigi Yuugi's Tamahome and Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake)
- and Kirk Thornton
If any of them were able to come, that would uber rock!!! ;D
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So many good suggestions guys, all of them are so good.
These one are what I also want that others recommended.
Voice Actors:
-Johnny Yong Bosch [English]
-David Kaye [English]
-Richard Ian Cox [English]
-Akira Ishida [Japanese] <--- I really want him to show up :3
The ones I recommend / suggest:
-Noriaki Sugiyama [Japanese Voice Actor | Ishida from Bleach]
-Maaya Sakamoto [Japanese Voice Actor | Haruhi from Ouran]
-Junko Takeuchi [Japanese Voice Actor | Naruto]
-Takashi Kondo [Japanese Voice Actor | Hibari from KHR]
-Toshinobu Iida [Japanese Voice Actor | Mukuro from KHR]
-Hiroki Takahashi [Japanese Voice Actor | Squalo from KHR]
-Romi Park [Japanese Voice Actor | Ed from FMA]
-Vic Mignogna [English Voice Actor | Ed from FMA]
-SID [Japanese Band | Ending for FMA Brotherhood]
-LM.C [Japanese Band | Openings for KHR]
-Orange Range [Japanese Band | Openings for Bleach]
-YUI [Japanese Singer| Openings for Bleach]
-Bump pf Chicken [Japanese Band | Opening for Tales of the Abyss]
-Becca [Japanese Singer| Ending for kuroshitsuji PLUS she was born here in Portland Oregon!]
Thats all I could think of right now . w.
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We should invite the slants again...I went to the last part of the concert in K-Con 08 and they were great! Please invite them again.
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I think the Slants are going to be on tour over the Kumoricon. They can't make it this year anyway, but we are going to have Soul Candy perform, and they're great!
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sweet! I cant wait to go!
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I would love to see Cristina Vee and Chrispan Freeman
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Crispin Freeman, I second that!
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I would love to see Cristina Vee and Chrispan Freeman
I second both of those! I love Christina Vee~
Do we know yet what guests we're actually getting?
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Hey, didn't see any others and hope it's not too late, but is it ok to start a guest requests topic in here? If so, Would like to request the following:
Kyle Hebert
Yuri Lowenthal
Laura Bailey
Chris Sabat
Johnny Yong Bosch
Barbara Goodson
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Kyle Hebert
Yuri Lowenthal
Laura Bailey
Chris Sabat
Johnny Yong Bosch
Barbara Goodson
Crispin Freeman
YESH ^^
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Kanon Wakeshima.
It sounds absurd, but she's such a great singer, and she's been doing a lot of US stuff lately. She's performing in San Fransisco soon, and will be at Otakon.
I'm so jealous.
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I'd love to see Crispin Freeman [/drool] Although I'm not sure how possible that is XD
The slants is a must. Their super awesome.
Sachibelle is so awesome, I would bask in her awesomeness.
Toshihiro Kawamoto, Monica Rial. The anime hunters would be awesome to have back.
Um....That's really all I can think about right now XD
OH and Cristina Vee....I love her XD
Same I would love to see Crispin XD and I think its possibal. The only way I know how to contact him, and invite him which is how he prefers to be contacted, is this link...
http://www.crispinfreeman.com/news.html
Just scroll down and it shows when he's appering and then theres a link to click to request him to come! ^^
I would love to see him. I've always wanted to. :D
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I think it would be great if we had someone like Kevin Connolly (Kain Fuery from FMA and Takayuki Narumi from Rumbling Hearts)
I'm one of his friends that is attending and he said he'd love to come here and is available, but sadly after two emails to the person running the guests of honor he still hasn't had a single invitation. I mean, he's willing to have a voice acting panel for aspiring actors and that'd be a great thing to have, right? And being a voice actor for such a popular show as Fullmetal Alchemist you think people would love to go!
That aside...I think also Aaron Dismuke would be a great person to invite along with Veronica Taylor (Original Ash Ketchum ftw)
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I put a vote in for Crispin Freeman, Johnny Yong Bosch, and Vic Mignogna.
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I hate to burst everyones bubbles, but I think we're too small of a con to get BIG people like Jonny Yong Bosch. No matter how much I would love him to be there, I think that it might just be a wish.
That is, unless we get a bunch of people to mail him or something, in which case we might be able to get him next year.
Because that would be epic.
And I don't mean to burst the bubbles of people, I'm just not sure whether or not it is even possible for us to get him if we become a giant con.
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I agree with soundninja12, we can't have huge voice actors come. JYB, Vic Mignogna and people like that are probably not gonna show up at a smaller than heck convention, I think they'll only come if the con is actually held in a convention center but other than that I think small time voice actors would be able to come, hence why I believe Kevin Connolly should get invited because he's really pumped and wanting to come to Kumoricon since he has no other cons to go to during that time...
meaning...KUMORICON STAFF INVITE HIM D:<
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I'm still pulling for Sachibelle to be a guest at KCon *_*
You guys really should invite her >: If not for this year, for the next.
I talked with her a few weeks ago and she said she had really wanted to come, and she even emailed Kumoricon, but was turned down because she wasn't 'popular enough' (or something like that. Don't call her out on it, since I probably forgot) . But really, she's an amazing singer, and she did great at MEWcon...
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GREG AYERS should come.
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I agree with soundninja12, we can't have huge voice actors come. JYB, Vic Mignogna and people like that are probably not gonna show up at a smaller than heck convention, I think they'll only come if the con is actually held in a convention center
Nah..not true at all.
Nah..that isn't true at all. I know Vic has gone to smaller cons, because he went to Anime Oasis and they are (purposely) smaller than we are. JYB has been to small cons as well. Plus we had Tiffany Grant back in 2006. I don't work relations so I can't say what all it takes to get a guest, but I would assume it doesn't take much more than paying for their hotel room, airfare, food, etc, stuff like that and the guest wanting to come or not being already booked.
Just take a look at this list: http://www.animecons.com/guests/ and you can see even the big name voice actors do go to small cons.
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I agree with soundninja12, we can't have huge voice actors come. JYB, Vic Mignogna and people like that are probably not gonna show up at a smaller than heck convention, I think they'll only come if the con is actually held in a convention center
Nah..not true at all.
Nah..that isn't true at all. I know Vic has gone to smaller cons, because he went to Anime Oasis and they are (purposely) smaller than we are. JYB has been to small cons as well. Plus we had Tiffany Grant back in 2006. I don't work relations so I can't say what all it takes to get a guest, but I would assume it doesn't take much more than paying for their hotel room, airfare, food, etc, stuff like that and the guest wanting to come or not being already booked.
Just take a look at this list: http://www.animecons.com/guests/ and you can see even the big name voice actors do go to small cons.
I have to agree with you there, all because our con is small does'nt mean we can't get any big name anime voice actors to come.
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Well, being a pessimist, I'll say they wont.
BUT WHAT'S THE SHAME IN TRYING?! WE SHOULD BE PERSISTENT AND GET SOME BIGGIES TO COME! YAY!
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According to the main page, CYNTHIA MARTINEZ will be here! YAY!!!!! Lina Inverse! Whoohoo!!! I have one of her lines as my ringtone!
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Sean Schemmel is a really big name and he came when we were even smaller than this.
Anyway, are all the guests announced or will there be surprises?
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I really hope Sean Schemmel comes back in the future, now that I know he did the voice for Onsokumaru in Ninja Nonsense, heh. I didn't know of him before, unfortunately.
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All GoHs have been announced. Though, we will have some more industry people from Dark Horse showing up.
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I'm pretty happy with how this turned out.
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I really hope Sean Schemmel comes back in the future, now that I know he did the voice for Onsokumaru in Ninja Nonsense, heh. I didn't know of him before, unfortunately.
...oh holy crap now I have to see that. Well, I saw most of it in Japanese anyway.
But now I'm going to be loling every time he talks because I think I know what voice he'd use. Is it smooth, a bit creepy, and with a faint Texas drawl for no apparent reason?
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Saix is coming!!!!!!
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I really hope Sean Schemmel comes back in the future, now that I know he did the voice for Onsokumaru in Ninja Nonsense, heh. I didn't know of him before, unfortunately.
...oh holy crap now I have to see that. Well, I saw most of it in Japanese anyway.
But now I'm going to be loling every time he talks because I think I know what voice he'd use. Is it smooth, a bit creepy, and with a faint Texas drawl for no apparent reason?
haha, actually his voice is pretty deep, fluctuating between smooth debonair and monstrously gruff. Check out some clips here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFTrg2BqNvc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFTrg2BqNvc), lol.
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...yes, that's the voice. Well, the base voice anyway. And I loled because when he's talking slowly he sounds...familiar (*wonders if there's any other Galactic fans in this thread*).