- August 2-4, 2024
Otakon 2018 Guests
Below is the Otakon 2018 Guest Line-up! Stay tuned for Otakon 2019 announcements!
Ollie Barder
Editor-in-Chief, Writer, InterviewerOllie Balder covers gaming in Japan as well the pop-culture here. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook or check out his YouTube videos. He also founded and continues to manage the mecha gaming site, Mecha Damashii.
Johnny Yong Bosch
Voice ActorJohnny Yong Bosch got his start fighting giant bugs as Adam Park, the Black Ranger onMighty Morphin Power Rangers. It is a role that he would play for three and a half seasons on TV, two motion pictures and two special guest appearances in future Power Rangers seasons.
Nobutoshi Canna
Voice ActorCanna-san has voiced many of our favorite characters including: Basara Nekki from Macross 7, Cú Chulainn/Lancer in the Fate series, Guts in Berserk, Kabuto in Naruto
Ray Chase
Voice ActorRay Chase is an actor who has attached himself to a great many video games and anime in a very short amount of time. In the last few years, fans recognize him as the main character Noctis in FINAL FANTASY XV, Master of Masters from KINGDOM HEARTS...
SungWon Cho
Voice ActorYou also may know him as ProZD online where he makes videos on YouTube/Twitter/Tumblr/all the social medias. He loves his cats Effie and Sophie very much.
Robbie Daymond
Voice ActorRobbie Daymond is a Native-American Voice Artist, Actor, and Performer based in Los Angeles. He works in Anime, western animation, commercials, film, television, audiobooks and videogames.
Serena Dejesus & Roxanne Modafferi
Professional Mixed Martial ArtistsSerena and Roxanne are best friends and training partners out of Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas, NV. Serena is the first pro MMA female fighter with autism and Roxanne is a two season The Ultimate Fighter contestant.
Lucien Dodge
Voice ActorLucien is a voice actor specializing in characters for animation, video games, commercials, and other media. His animé credits include Zoicite and Motoki Furuhata in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal, Waver Velvet in Fate/Zero...
Kanetake Ebikawa
Mechanical DesignerHe worked on such renowned titles as Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphansh, Mobile Suit Gundam and Full Metal Panic! among many others.
Josh Grelle
Voice ActorJosh is a life-long geek and actor with over 200 voice credits in his 10+ year career. His favorite roles include Attack on Titan (Armin), Yuri on Ice (Yuri Katsuki), Princess Jellyfish (Kuranosuke), The Devil is a Part-Timer (Sadao Maou)...
Todd Haberkorn
Actor, Writer, Director, ProducerTodd Haberkorn has been on stage, on set, and behind a mic for many years. Not only is Todd an actor in LA, he works as a producer, writer, and director as well. And he's even been an action figure or two.
Kuniko Kanawa
Shinto PriestessRev. Kuniko Kanawa is an owner of Atelier Kanawa, the Japanese concept earth friendly studio. She offers various refined traditional Japanese cultural services as a certified Kimono consultant, Kimono model, Kimono photographer, founder of Washington D.C. Kimono Club, Edo Tsumami Kanzashi artisan, certified Shinto priestess, Kagura dancer, and Shinto photographer of KAMUNABI photography.
Soojin Kang
Voice ActorWe are excited to announce Soojin Kang will be joining us at Otakon 2018 as part of the talent behind Mystic Messenger! Fans of the game will know him as the voice of Ray.
Shoji Kawamori
Animation Director, Mech DesignerWhile still in college, he created and directed Super Dimensional Fortress MACROSS, which later adapted as Robotec outside Japan. Kawamori also designed the toy for Macross, Valkyrie (Veritech), the iconic transformable fighter with 3 modes (Batroid, Gerwalk and Fighter) which has since sold millions world-wide.
Hirokatsu Kihara
Writer, ProducerFormerly involved with the production desk at Studio Ghibli, Hirokatsu Kihara was involved in the hit anime Laputa: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service
Young Sun Kim
Voice ActorHe has voiced several roles from Harry Potter to Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible and is the voice of Elijah Wood in Korea. He also does quite a few animated roles such as Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle, Saitama...
Yasutaka Kimura
ProducerManager and Producer at Square Enix’s Cross-media Publication Business Division. After working at Anime division in TBS, he joined Square Enix in 2006. He has produced animation and live action adaptations ...
Cherami Leigh
Voice ActressCherami Leigh has been in the industry for 20 years. She has been in over 75 commercials, and has worked on over 100 anime projects including “Lucy” in Fairy Tail, “Asuna” in Sword Art Online, “Road” in D. Grayman,...
Masaya Matsukaze
Voice ActorWe are happy to have Masaya Matsukaze attending Otakon this year! Matsukaze-san has voiced Shin Hyuga Shaing in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, Gaelio Bauduin in Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans, ...
Kyle McCarley
Voice ActorKyle McCarley grew up (but not really) in Kansas and moved to Los Angeles at age 18 to study acting. After getting hooked on playing World of Warcraft with his buddies, he co-wrote, co-directed, ...
Erica Mendez
Voice ActressChicago native Erica Mendez is longtime anime and video game fan turned voice actress. She has been fortunate to play some fan-favorite characters, including: Retsuko in Aggretsuko, Ryuko in KILL la KILL, Gon in Hunter x Hunter, Aladdin in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Yuuki in Sword Art Online II...
Max Mittelman
Voice ActorA Los Angeles native, Max has been entertaining audiences from behind the mic, onstage, and in front of the camera since he was in high school. Although he is well known as Saitama in ONE-PUNCH MAN, Max Mittelman has also given life the hotheaded troublemaker with a heart of gold, Ryuji, in PERSONA 5...
Tatsuyuki Nagai
DirectorHe is known for Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphansh and "anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day among many other titles.
Masahiko Otsuka
President of Studio TRIGGERInitially working in the live-action film industry, Masahiko Otsuka joined the animation industry as assistant director for Studio Ghibli's Pom Poko in 1992. He then moved on to Studio GAINAX; participating in many well acclaimed titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion...
Bryce Papenbrook
Voice ActorBryce has performed in numerous video games, cartoons, and television shows. Some recent roles include Eren in Attack on Titan, Kirito in Sword Art Online & Sword Art Online II, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Chooki & Lydendor in Tenkai Knights, Red in Pokémon Origins...
Sujin Ri
DeveloperAfter graduating from the United States with a degree in computer science, she had a goal of developing games for female gamers and started Cheritz. And over the past 6 years, they have developed and launched three games.
Arnie Roth
Music DirectorRoth is well known in the world of video game music for his work with Nobuo Uematsu and SQUARE ENIX as Music Director and Conductor of the “Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY,” ...
Eric Roth
Composer, Orchestrator, ProducerEric is music director and the chief arranger for A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY, the chamber ensemble concert production by AWR Music Productions and Square Enix, the video game developer.
Kyuhyuck Shim
Voice ActorKyuhyuck is the voice talent behind Yoosung! Yoosung is the vocal talent behind Hiro from Big Hero Six, Clemont in Pokémon, and is also the voice of your friendly neighborhood Spiderman from Captain America: Civil War!
Naoko Tsutsumi
Animation ProducerNaoko Tsutsumi started her career in the animation industry at GAINAX in 2004, She is one of the earliest member to join studio TRIGGER. As an Animation Producer, she has produced many notable titles such as Kill la Kill...
Nobuo Uematsu
Music ComposerNobuo Uematsu is one of the most celebrated composers in the video game field. He has achieved global recognition for his work on the FINAL FANTASY series that has been performed by world-class orchestras around the world.
Ho San Yi
Voice ActorHo San provides the voice for V! Ho San does a wide range of roles from Ryohei in Hitman:Reborn, Tanaka in Haikyuu, Ishido Shuuji in Thunder 11 Go, Ryu in Kimi no Todoki, and Suigetsu, Shin, and Sora in Naruto!
Yoh Yoshinari
Chief AnimatorYoh Yoshinari made his debut as chief key animator in the critically acclaimed animation series Neon Genesis Evangelion, He has participated in many other popular titles such as GURREN LAGANN...
Mr. Creepy Pasta
Voice ActorCreepy Pasta is the new Urban Legend. Horror stories and experiences from around the internet are crawling out of the wood work and coming to your ears from one specific voice. MrCreepyPasta, horror story teller of YouTube, is a well known voice for such famous horror characters such as Jeff the Killer, Smile.Dog...
Yuji Matsukura
Chief of ProductionBorn on February 27th. Executive officer and Chief of Production Division at J.C. STAFF. He became a producer during his twenties, which is exceptionally early. Since “Revolutionary Girl Utena”, his works include the most recent smash hits such as “Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma” series
Toshifumi Yoshida
Animation ProducerToshi has spent more than half his life reading comic books and watching cartoons for a living. During those two-plus decades, he has worked on an anime magazine called ANIMAG, spent 12 years producing anime at Viz Media and 2 years as a producer at Bandai Entertainment.
Man-at-Arms
MetalsmithsYou know them best as the master craftsmen behind the hit Youtube series MAN AT ARMS:REFORGED. The masters at Baltimore Knife and Sword are returning this year and this time they're bringing a surprise for everyone!
