2012 Season Guests

J. Michael Tatum

J. Michael Tatum was discovered by Funimation's warhorse and visionary ADR director Christopher Bevins, who cast him 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 the hit English language dub of Ouran High School Host Club and suave, demonic Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler. Other characters he has played include: Doumeki in xxxHOLiC, Jiro Mochizuki in Black Blood Brothers, Isaac Dian in Baccano!, both God Eneru and Dalton in the new dub of One Piece, Komui Lee in D.Gray-man, Dororo in Sgt. Frog, the titular loveable savage of Heroic Age, Ryosuke Takahashi in Initial D, Lawrence Kraft in Spice and Wolf, Zarbon in Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

The Asterplace


“The Asterplace” is a New Generation Asian Pop Punk band based in New York City, NY. Singing in English, Chinese' and Japanese, they perform worldwide from the United States to Eastern Asia. “The Asterplace” means keep rocking and writing songs like flowers blossoming every year. All lyrics are written by Kota Tsukimoto, and they represent his sensitivity and philosophy. The band was established summer 2005 in Shanghai, China by Kota Tsukimoto and his band mates. They played many local promotion gigs and music festivals in China and became one of the most famous bands in Shanghai. The band then decided to move to New York City to become the greatest Asian band. Now, they perform many musical events and radio shows.
Members are:
Kota Tsukimoto (Composer / Vocal / Guitar)
Steven Lin (Guitar)
Luo Bei (Bass)
Kota Mori (Drum / Percussion)

Jon St. John

Jon St. John is an American voice actor who has provided the character voices for more than 120 video games and countless commercial projects. Best known as the voice of DUKE NUKEM, Jon is also heard on games such as: World of Warcraft, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Sonic Adventure, Conduit 2, Heroes of Newerth, Call of Cthulhu, The Die Hard Trilogy, Rochard, and Guild Wars. He has also provided character voices for theme parks such as Legoland California, and Dollywood in Tennessee. Jon is also a lead singer and keyboard player in a Southern California cover band known as Uncle Boogie. A regular honored guest at cons from coast to coast, Jon says he's thrilled to have a job that he loves, and having fans worldwide doesn't suck, either.

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Past voice actor guests have included Billy West, Johnny Yong Bosch, Vic Mignogna, Brina Palencia, Chris Rager, Chris Cason, Richard Epcar, Sonny Straight, Carrie Savage, Todd Haberkorn, Colleen Clinkenbeard, and John Swasey. Past entertainment guests have included Uncle Yo, Armcannon, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Unicorn Table, and Pine*AM.