Monica Rial has been working in the anime industry for over 20 years and has lent her voice to hundreds of anime including: Assassination Classroom (Kayano), Black Butler (Mey Rin), Black Clover (Mereleona, Nero, Secre), Card Captor Sakura: Clear Card (Sakura), Certain Magical Index (Index), Deadman Wonderland (Shiro), Dragon Ball Super (Bulma), Fairy Tail (Mirajane), Food Wars (Jun), FMA Brotherhood (May Chang), Golden Kamuy (Asirpa), Hello Kitty’s Animation Theater (Hello Kitty), ID:Invaded (Hondomachi), Maid-sama (Misaki), My Hero Academia (Tsuyu), One Piece (Tashigi), Ouran High School Host Club (Renge), Panty and Stocking (Stocking), Saga of Tanya the Evil (Tanya), Seraph of the End (Krul), Soul Eater (Tsubaki), Uzaki-chan Wants To Hang Out (Uzaki), Watamote (Tomoko), Yona of the Dawn (Yona), and many more. She has worked with Rooster Teeth on RWBY (Sienna Khan) and gen:LOCK (Raquel Marin). She voiced Jubilee on …

Nurtured on anime classics from the tender age of Star Blazers, this reclusive actor/writer spent more years than he cares to remember in what might charitably be called free-fall before landing, mostly by accident, smack dab on the industry of his dreams. To this day, some believe the small crater made by the impact remains the source of his power. Cast as Rikichi in 2005’s Samurai 7, Tatum’s inexplicable luck has held long enough to see his flag hoisted on a slew of dream roles, most notably Kyoya Otori in Ouran High School Host Club, suave, demonic Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, France in the Hetalia franchise, Tomoe from Kamisama Kiss, and the equal parts maniacal/vulnerable Okarin Rintarou from Steins;Gate. More recently, Tatum can be heard in the epic My Hero Academia as Teyna Iida.

Most known for voicing Gyutaro (the Upper Six demon) in Demon Slayer, Sir Nighteye in My Hero Academia, Apollo in EPIC: The Musical, Mafuyu in Given, Alear in Fire Emblem: Engage, Finral Roulacase in Black Clover, Gen in Dr. Stone, and Lawrence Bluewer in Black Butler: Public School Arc, Brandon McInnis is an LA-based voice actor, singer, and translator with over 160 roles in anime and video games, and a prolific TikTok account (>600k followers).Having collaborated musically with content creators such as Jonathan Young and Caleb Hyles, he regularly posts both cover songs in English and Japanese on YouTube (https://youtube.com/branmci) and Spotify (https://ffm.bio/branmci). His most recent releases include covers of Burn from Hamilton, Popular from Wicked, a Japanese cover of Welcome to the Black Parade, and a full EP of English covers from the anime Given.

The time has come!  Mark those calendars and set those alarms, our 2026 schedule is now LIVE!  Check out all events and get your schedule made: https://sakuracon.org/programming/schedule

Tournament Video Gaming has launched our start.gg page, where Sakura-Con attendees can view the tournament schedule and sign up for events. It can be found at https://www.start.gg/sakuracon  We’re running over 30 brackets, so there should be something for everyone! We’re located in Tahoma 3 on the 3rd floor of Arch at 800 Pike. By participating in a tournament, attendees can win prizes from the prize room if they place high enough. Signups are first come, first serve. However, if signups are full on start.gg, we are reserving some space for people to sign up at the convention itself.

MASAKO SATOAnimation Director / Episode Director TRIGUN STARGAZE Director.An animation director and episode director with extensive experience in both television and theatrical productions, she has served in a wide range of roles from episode direction to series director. Her notable works include HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP. [Read More…] NAOYA NAKAYAMADirector / Animation Director / Storyboard Artist A rising animator and visual director gaining strong recognition in the Japanese animation industry. Building on his animation background developed at Kyoto Animation, he brings a versatile skill set spanning key animation, storyboarding, and directing. He is known for expressive character acting and visually driven direction that blends music, rhythm, and dynamic camera work. [Read More…] YOSHIHIRO WATANABE Producer behind LEVIATHAN, associate producer on BEASTARS and TRIGUN STAMPEDE. Born in 1982, Japan. Nabe is a producer at Orange, and currently working on TRIGUN STAMPEDE as …

The Extremely Hard Take-Home Anime Quiz 2026 is now available at: Extremely Hard Take-Home Anime Quiz 2026

Cosplay Chess Applications will close this Saturday, 02/28/26 at 11:59PM Pacific. There’s still time to be a part of this annual event and help to grow our community of cosplayers! The only thing you need to qualify for Cosplay Chess is a cosplay and we welcome fandoms from all over! For all ages, we have the first-ever Cosplay Chess Arena! Join our two mad scientists as they attempt to engineer the most powerful being in the multiverse! What could possibly go wrong? Okay, a lot could go wrong, but we’ll have fun finding out! Cosplay Chess: Arena  For ages 18+, we have Cosplay Chess After Dark! Be a part of the battle of Mankind vs Monsters and help your team dominate the chess board! Hilarity and action meet in this tale as old as time and we encourage all newcomers and …