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Guest Announcement: Hiroshi Nagahama

Hiroshi Nagahama was born in 1970 in Saiki, Ooita, Japan and is an animator and director.  He started his career at Madhouse Studio, where he worked on The Cockpit and Azuki-chan,  After leaving Madhouse Studio, he became a freelancer, working on the conceptual design for Revolutionary Girl Utena.  After that, he worked as the storyboard writer and animation director for Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo! Masaru-san and he was a chief director of Jubei-chan 2: Siberia Yagyuu no Gyakushuu.  As a director, he worked on Mushishi, Detroit Metal City, and The Flowers of Evil.  In 2017, he did his first original anime The Reflection, a collaboration with Stan Lee.  He received the 11th Animation Kobe Individual Award in 2006.  In 2024, Uzumaki was released by Adult Swim.

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Guest Announcement: Brittney Karbowski

Brittney Karbowski is a prolific voice actress, who has voiced in a number of series with studios from Texas to California. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Marvel in Fairy Tail, Black Star in Soul Eater, Camie Utsushimi in My Hero Academia, Ryou in Clannad, Yuri in Angel Beats, Pride in Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun Series, Nanachi in Made in Abyss, Rimuru in That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, Migi from Parasyte the Maxim, Kusu is Dragon Ball Super, HisKo in Food Wars, and Hitch in Attack on Titan. Most recently she’s Tirol In Sabukui Bisco; Saori in Tribe Nine, Minoru in Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Cetia Final Fantasy Brave Exvius; Pookie and Chela in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and there’s more to come!

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Guest Announcement: Jordan Dash Cruz

Jordan Dash Cruz is actor and director residing in DFW Texas. Originally hailing from the ole SunshineState of Florida, Jordan likes long walks on the beach, most 90s sitcoms, his wife and pineapple on pizza.When he’s not busy playing video games, hanging out with his wife or admiring Ralph Macchio’s beautifulCrane kick in “The Karate Kid”, he likes to act. So much so, he’s been doing it professionally for 8 years!

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Guest Announcement: Lauren Landa

Lauren Landa is voice actress born and raised in Los Angeles. In the last 15 years her voice has been in over a hundred different anime and video game titles, playing the voice of many beloved characters. Lauren is most known for roles such as the ninja beauty, Kasumi in Dead or Alive 5; the sexy Litchi Faye Ling in the popular fighting games BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, as well as the sequels BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, and Continuum Shift Extend; Chrono Phantasma; the badass Kyoko Sakura in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the enthusiastic Yan Leixia in Soul Calibur V, the deadly Little Queen in Tales of Graces; the valley girl racer in pink, Boiboi, in REDLINE, the adorable zombie Squigly in Skullgirls, kind hearted Leia in Tales of Xillia, the innocent Chubo Sonken in Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians, the quiet Annie …

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Guest Announcement: Kari Wahlgren

Kari Wahlgren’s first role was the Vespa-riding Haruko in FLCL. Since then, Wahlgren has voiced numerous anime characters including Fuu in SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, Saber in FATE ZERO and FATE STAY/NIGHT, Celty in DURARARA, Lucia Fex in PROMARE, Kagami in LUCKY STAR, Robin in WITCH HUNTER ROBIN, Anemone in EUREKA SEVEN, Tayuya in NARUTO, Saya and Diva in BLOOD+, Dee Eye Ell in SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION, and Blue Rose in TIGER & BUNNY. Wahlgren has also voiced characters in many U.S. animation shows, including Jessica, Rick’s Spaceship and Diane in RICK AND MORTY, Starfire in the DC TEEN TITANS movies, Zatanna in DC SUPERHERO GIRLS, Tigress in KUNG FU PANDA: LEGENDS OF AWESOMENESS, Charmcaster in BEN 10, Emma Frost in WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN, Shannon in OK KO: LET’S BE HEROES, and Anka in ARCHER.

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Guest Announcement: Faye Mata

From gaming to voice acting, Faye Mata is an advocate of chasing dreams. She’s best known for playing the roles of Aqua (Konosuba), Astolfo/Rider of Black (Fate/Apocrypha), Yukako Yamagishi (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure), Petra Macneary (Fire Emblem), Kagami (Miraculous Ladybug), and Lulu (League of Legends). She is also known as Sailor Aluminum Siren (Sailor Moon), Ling Xiaoyu (Netflix’s TEKKEN), Princess Malty (Rising of the Shield Hero), Miyu/Fukaziroh (Sword Art Online: GGO), Rin Hoshizora (Love Live!), and Neon Nostrade (Hunter x Hunter). Some game roles are NiCO (Dead or Alive 6), Lene (Fire Emblem Heroes), Daria and Lishenna (Shadowverse), and scattered throughout the world in Genshin Impact! Faye also competed semi-professionally in video game tournaments around the world such as EVO, CEO, and Pokémon Worlds under the gamertag “Princess Aura,” the same name she used as a competitor on national reality TV …

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Guest Announcement: Bill Butts

Bill is an African American voice and film actor, martial artist, and fitness enthusiast! Growing up in Kansas City, he found a deep passion for acting. He studied journalism and theater in college which would lead him to a life in radio, theater, on camera, as well as voice over. You can hear him as Owlbert in Honkai Star Rail, Jack the Drought in the legendary franchise known as One Piece, Mask De Masculine in Bleach, the main antagonist known as Ogre in the Tekken animated series on Netflix, Douglas in the hit show Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Miguel in Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Cioccolata in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, President Obama in Baki and many more!

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Guest Announcement: Cassandra Lee Morris

Cassandra Lee Morris is a Los Angeles-based voice actor who has voiced nearly 300 characters for anime, video games and animation. She’s known for her versatility and fierceness, voicing everything from creatures to boys to strong and sassy fighters. Her first big anime roles were Yubel in Yu-Gi-Oh GX, then Leo and Luna in Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds. More recently, she can be heard telling exhausted gamers to get some sleep as Morgana in Persona 5 or lending her trademark sassiness to characters like Sothis in Fire Emblem, Beffica in Bugsnax and Taiga in Toradora. Other favorite roles include Fie Claussell in the Trails of Cold Steel franchise, Yuumi and Nami in League of Legends, Aoi Asahina in Danganronpa, Nero Claudius in Fate, Leafa in Sword Art Online, and Kyubey in Madoka Magica. She grew up in Connecticut, where her love of …

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Guest Announcement: Kelsey Cruz

Kelsey Cruz is an actor and singer coming to you from the Dallas area! Though her sunshine-y personality says otherwise, she was born and raised in the rainy city of Seattle, Washington. She has a lot of love for her cuddly kitties & silly husband Jordan, singing classic rock songs, playing board games of all sorts & videogames like Pokémon Unite, and snuggling up to a fascinating documentary, anime, or fantasy book. She’s so grateful and excited to be a part of this incredible industry of acting, and even got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in it! You can find her in loads of anime and game titles such as: Yinghua in The Apothecary Diaries, Kim Campbell in Spy x Family, Elfaria Alvis Serfort in Wistoria: Wand and Sword, Animalia in Shangri-La Frontier, Nozomi Kitahara in MF Ghost (The Initial D Sequel), Kaori Houjou in I Got A Cheat Skill in Another World, and Became Unrivaled in …

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Guest Announcement: Chris Hackney

Chris Hackney is an energetic and versatile American voice actor currently based in Los Angeles, CA. Originally from Florida, Chris first pursued music in college before discovering the world of acting, which opened up a whole new creative outlet for him. After years of training and a bold cross-country move, Chris found his true passion in voiceover and hasn’t looked back since. You can hear Chris’s dynamic performances in a wide variety of mediums, from commercials to anime, video games, and animation. He’s best known for his iconic roles such as the noble Rauru in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the fierce Dimitri in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the smooth Kamisato Ayato in Genshin Impact, and the intense Urogi in Demon Slayer. Fans also love his chilling portrayal of Illumi in Hunter x Hunter and his badass …

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