Anime Midwest Announces Featured Guests
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Hey Otakus and Geeks here is some convention news out of Chicago.
Anime Midwest, a three-day convention celebrating Japanese animation, video games, music and more has announced its lineup of featured guests at this year’s convention from July 4-6, 2014. This talent-heavy lineup of guests provides fans with in-person interactions with their favorite anime actors and entertainers. These featured guests will sit on Q&A panels and participate in autograph sessions, where fans can get up and close and ask questions.
Anime Midwest, a three-day convention celebrating Japanese animation, video games, music and more has announced its lineup of featured guests at this year’s convention from July 4-6, 2014. This talent-heavy lineup of guests provides fans with in-person interactions with their favorite anime actors and entertainers. These featured guests will sit on Q&A panels and participate in autograph sessions, where fans can get up and close and ask questions.
Featured guests at the convention include:
· Greg Ayres: Greg Ayres has an extensive resume of anime voice acting, including Son Guku in “Saiyuki,” Heihachi in “Samurai 7,” Chrono in “Chrono Crusade,” and Yuki in “The Wallflower.” He is excited to add the roles of Uesugi Kenshin in “Sengoku Basara”, Seikechi Tayama in “Oh Edo Rocket,” and Abe in “Big Windup” to his list of new roles.
· Sonny Strait: Sonny Strait is a voice actor with a large repertoire of both anime voice acting roles and illustrating. He is best-known for his roles as Maes Hughes in “Fullmetal Alchemist” and Arsène Lupin III and Krillin in “DBZ”. Sonny is also an illustrator for the highly popular independently published comic book series Elfquest.
· D.C. Douglas: D.C. Douglas is infamously known as the dark and sinister voice of Albert Wesker from “Resident Evil.” He has a well-rounded variety of other roles in leading video games including The Master in “Buffy, The Vampire Slayer,” AWACS in “Ace Combat 6,” and Geth as Legion in “Mass Effect 2 & 3.” He has also had a recent television appearances in “Castle,” “Workaholics,” “Criminal Minds,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” and “2 Broke Girls.”