SacAnime Summer 2022 Program Book

SACANIME 

SUMMER 2022 PROGRAM BOOK 

COVER ART BY KAZARI

SACANIME SUMMER 2022 

Welcome to SacAnime Summer 2022. We’ve got a great convention in store for you. Fantastic guests, the return of 

Cafe Hoshi and the Saturday Night Dance and much more. Although it is not required to show proof of vaccination or 

a negative test, if you are not vaccinated, please get tested before attending any large gathering. If you are not feeling 

well, please don’t attend (you can use your unused tickets for the next SacAnime). Although it is not required, please 

wear a mask when you are indoors and around large groups of people in close proximity to each other. 

Have a great convention, stay healthy and thank you for your continued support. 

FUTURE SACANIME DATES 

JANUARY 6th - 8th, 2023 - SAFE Credit Union Convention Center 

APRIL 7th - 9th, 2023 - ROEBBELEN Center in Roseville 

SEPTEMBER 1st - 3rd, 2023 - SAFE Credit Union Convention Center 

SACANIME STAFF 

Dan Houck 

Founder/Convention Director 

Steve Wyatt 

Operations Consultant 

Mike Millerick 

Operations Consultant 

Shelby Nickles 

Director of AMV Contest 

Deborah Curtis 

Director of Registration 

Dave Bloomfield 

Vendor Liaison 

SECURITY CONCERNS: 

916-287-3476 

LOST AND FOUND INQUIRIES: 

sacanime.lostandfound@gmail.com 

Scott Armstrong 

Operations Director 

Jeremy Curtis 

Director of Security/Volunteers 

Melissa Sosso 

Directors of Artist Alley/Art Gallery/Indy Press Zone 

Bill Watters 

Professional Photo Ops/Cosplay Masquerade 

Chris Castagnetto/Bob Martin 

Directors of Tabletop Gaming/CCG 

Andre Jenrei Smith 

Director of Live Music 

Momiji 

Director of Maid Cafe 

J. Alexander Arevalos 

Press Liaison/Director of Social Media 

Jess Abad 

Dirctor/Guest of Honor Relations 

Kait Joven-OConnor 

Director/Guest of Honor Relations 

Steven Godbey 

Guest of Honor Relations 

Keri Armstrong 

Green Room Manager 

SACANIME SUMMER 2022 SEPTEMBER 2ND - 4TH, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS! 

Guest Bios........................................................................................................pg 1 

Autograph Info..............................................................................................pg 41 

Program Schedule..........................................................................................pg 44 

Convention Map............................................................................................pg 48 

Digital Art Winners........................................................................................pg 51 

Get the latest in schedule updates, special events, guest information, photo-op and autograph 

schedules and notes via the SacAnime mobile app for iOS and Android. 

Scan the QR codes: 

Android 

iOS 


GUESTS! 

JB BLANC 

JB has been an actor and director for 25 years since graduating from London’s Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art, working 

in all aspects of the business including Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Motion Capture and Voice Acting. He started his 

career on the London theater scene working nationally and internationally, including 3 years at The Royal National Theatre 

in productions of Mary Stuart, Chips With Everything, Flight and The Oedipus plays directed by Sir Peter Hall. Film and TV 

work includes Muppets Most Wanted, Red Dawn, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Pirates Of The Carribean, Tristan And Isolde, 

Breaking Bad, The Brink, Shameless, The Company, CSI: NY, Burn Notice, Vegas, Nikita, Cold Case, The Unit, Prison Break, 

NYPD Blue and others. His Video Game work includes: Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (Voice Director and Actor), Lego 

Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Voice Director and Actor) Bane in Batman: Arkham Origins, Wildstar, Evolve, Elder Scrolls, Call 

Of Duty, Skylanders, Titanfall, Final Fantasy, Knack, Assassin’s Creed, Transformers, Saints’ Row IV, XCOM, Fuse, Metal Gear 

Risng, World Of Warcraft, Darksiders, Diablo III, Uncharted, Street Fighter and many more. JB was Alfred in Beware The 

Batman on Cartoon Network and has performed voices in many animated series including Pickle and Peanut, Avengers 

Assemble, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Scooby Doo, Hulk And The Agents Of Smash, Ultimate Spider Man, Trip Tank, Black 

Panther, Blade, Wolverine, Naruto, Bleach and many others. 

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GUESTS! 

GREG CIPES 

Born and raised in Florida, Greg began as performer starring in over 30 national television commercials, broadway 

musicals, movies and television shows. All this before the age of 15, he also self produced his first album. All the while, Greg 

managed to place third in the USA as a Jr. Pro. surfer. Greg then moved to Los Angeles at the age of 20 in order to pursue 

and grow his entertainment career. Over the past 17 years, he’s garnered a massive audience, has starred in blockbuster 

films and TV shows, put out multiple albums, has produced his own TV shows and movies and has become one of the most 

recognized voice actors in the world. He currently is creating and producing his own television shows series. 

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GUESTS! 

NICHOLAS CORDA 

Nicholas Corda is an actor, voice-over artist, singer, musician, writer and producer. He is the voice of Shitan in Adult Swim 

& Crunchyroll’s Fena: Pirate Princess, Hansel in Netflix’s Original Movie Secret Magic Control Agency (#1 Netflix Movie 

in the World – April 1st-2nd, 2021), Oliver in Pokémon Journeys, Ulu in Pokémon: Sun & Moon, Janko Entant in Yu-Gi-Oh! 

Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale!!, Trey in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, Wilhelm in Emma: A Victorian Romance, the Trigger 

Smuggler Captain in My Hero Academia, and a cast member in various other anime, cartoons, commercials, video games, 

podcasts, and audiobooks. Nick is also the Audio Description Narrator for the beloved Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last 

Airbender on Netflix. He is an active script adapter, having most recently worked on Warner Bros and Amazon Prime’s 

series, Beat and Amazon Prime’s film Chiara Ferragni: Unposted. Nick is an alumnus of Vassar College, where he graduated 

with general and department honors, and the National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. Nick is a 

proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. 

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SACANIME SUMMER 2021 SEPTEMBER 3RD - 5TH, 2021

BRITTANY COX 

Brittany is a voice over artist, actor, and producer based in L.A. She was born in Raleigh, NC and has lived all over the 

US. Having lived on both coasts, she brings a fun, straightforward energy to every project. Fun fact: she knows her way 

around most power tools, hasn’t encountered a sport she didn’t excel at, and has been known to hang out with undercover 

detectives. Best known for her rolls in Fena Pirate Princess, Fire Emblems Warriors: Three Hopes and Pokemon the TV 

series. 

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GUESTS! 

DARREL DELFIN 

Darrel J Delfin is a 27 year-old Asian American actor. He is Legatus Laendur in the “Fallen Legion” games, Imperial General 

Geshtar in the 2017 “Secret of Mana” game, and Krillin in “DBZ Tribute”. He has also provided voices for shows like 

“Sword Art Online”, “Kill la Kill”, “Cells at Work”, “Mob Psycho 100”, “Mobile Suit Gundam: IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS”, 

“Hero Mask”, “Konosuba!: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World”, “Record of Grandcrest War”, and many more. He is 

also the head stunt coordinator for “We The Geeks of East LA” and co-creator of “Createfinity”. You can follow Darrel on 

Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @DarrelJDelfin. 

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GUESTS! 

BRIAN DONOVAN 

Brian Donovan is the director of the award winning documentary, Kelly’s Hollywood (Showtime Networks), about the 

intimate relationship he had with his spectacular sister who was born with Down syndrome (www.kellyshollywood.com). 

Brian has toured internationally speaking about inclusion, equality and how imperative it is for everyone to be given the 

chance to pursue their dreams. 

Brian has been a professional actor (www.briandonovan.org) for more than 25 years in film, television and radio. He has 

worked on-screen with such luminaries as Jim Belushi, Jim Carrey and Angelina Jolie. He has been the voice of countless 

animated heroes, including Rock Lee from the juggernaut hit, Naruto. 

In addition, Brian has been the executive director of the Los Angeles Repertory Theater since 1994, producing and 

directing more than a hundred inner-city high school workshops and live shows. 

Brian lives in Los Angeles with his family and dog, Cosmo. 

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GUESTS! 

STEVE DOWNES 

Since 2001, Millions of fans have known Steve Downes’ legendary sound as the voice of one of the world’s most beloved 

heroes: The super Spartan cyber-soldier–Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 from the top selling HALO video game series 

for Xbox. But countless many have also heard this especially talented VO extraordinaire as the voice for Carnival Cruise lines 

national ad campaign and as narrator for The Discovery Channel’s hit show–The Shark Attack Files. Steve was also the voice 

of “Star Lord” on Disney XD animated series, THE AVENGERS. EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES 

Some of Steve’s other voiceover credits include Craftsman, International Truck, CDW and the Chesapeake Energy TV campaigns, 

just to name a few. And Steve’s exceptional and acclaimed voice work doesn’t stop at the monumentally successful Halo 

game series and these fantastic commercial, promo and narration spots… 

In 2015, Steve retired, after 14 years as Chicago’s favorite radio host from 97.1 FM WDRV, “The DRIVE,” He continues as 

the host of the popular internationally syndicated radio program: The Classics. Downes is known around the country as a 

national rock ‘n’ roll radio icon. 

Steve Downes reprised the role of John 117- Master Chief in the latest installment of the Halo Series: Infinite. 

Steve Downes, The Voice of An Icon. The Sound of a Legend. 

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GUESTS! 

DOUG ERHOLTZ 

With over 20 years in the voice over industry, Doug Erholtz has left his mark on many animated characters. Known for his work in 

anime as Inspector Zenigata in Lupin the III, TK from Digimon, Asuma Sarutobi from Naruto, Gin Ichimaru from Bleach, Akhiro Atland 

from Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans and Jean Pierre Polnareff in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures – Stardust Crusaders. In Video games you 

can hear Doug as the English voice of Squall Leonheart from Final Fantasy and Kindom Hearts, Vega from Street Fighter, Hazama 

from Blazblue, Cao Pi from Dynasty Warriors and Python from the Fire Emblem series. In original animation, Doug has voiced Grumpy 

Bear and Beastly from Care Bears, Sprint Deer and Flap Peacock from Mattel’s Enchantimals, Sir Steel from Nickelodeon’s Deer 

Squad and a host of characters form the all new Monchichis. Stay “tooned” as Doug has several new original shows on the horizon. 

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GUESTS! 

MAILE FLANAGAN 

Maile Flanagan has been the lead in Naruto & Naruto Shippuden for all 720 episodes, 46 video games and 6 movies. 

Currently she appears in the Naruto spin-off Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. She was Principal Perry on Disney XD’s 

Lab Rats. She is an Emmy winner for “Jaker’s! The Adventures of Piggley Winks” and was nominated a second time. She’s 

appeared in many cartoons including recurring on The Loud House, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, and Back At the Barnyard 

as well as Ice Age 3 and the Oscar-winning film Rango. On camera she has many credits including recurring on Shameless 

and Grey’s Anatomy. Also: The Mindy Project, Last Man Standing, Mike and Molly, ER, Yes Man, Phone Booth, Modern Family, 

Evan Almighty, The Station Agent, etc. She was an actress and producer on the films “3 Bears Christmas” and in “My 

Babysitter The Superhero” which is now out on all platforms! Latest cartoon: Harriet The Spy and new stuff is coming!! 

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GUESTS! 

TOM GIBIS 

Tom Gibis is best known for voicing the voice of Shikamaru Nara from Naruto, Takumi Nomiya from Honey and Clover, 

Mushra from Shinzo, Toyman in JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time, Michael Washington in Digimon, and Yuuta Fuji in the 

Prince of Tennis. 

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GUESTS! 

MICHAEL HAIGNEY 

Michael Haigney was the original voice of more than 40 Pokémon — including Charmander, Psyduck, Cubone, and Snorlax 

— in the classic seasons of the Pokémon TV series and the first three Pokémon movies, which he also adapted and voice 

directed. He adapted and voice directed Kirby: Right Back at Ya; Sonic X; and co-created, wrote and voice directed Chaotic. 

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GUESTS! 

KATE HIGGINS 

Kate Higgins’ major voice roles have been in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and she is best known as 

the voice of Sakura Haruno in Naruto and Talho Yuuki in Eureka 7. She has also voiced CC in Code Geass and Saber in 

the original Fate/stay night. Between 2010 and 2013, Higgins voiced Tails in the video game series Sonic the Hedgehog. 

She also voices Kate, Stinky, and Lilly in the Alpha and Omega sequels. In 2014, Higgins was cast as Ami Mizuno / Sailor 

Mercury in the Viz English dub of Sailor Moon. In 2017, she voiced Pauline in Super Mario Odyssey, for which she also 

performed the in-character vocals for the game’s theme song, “Jump Up, Super Star!” and Starla in Nick Jr.’s Blaze and 

the Monster Machines. She is the current voice of Princess Aurora since 2010, a Disney Princess character originally seen 

in Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. She also played the voice of Frankie Stein in Monster High and Briar Beauty in Ever 

After High. She also starred as Barbie in Life in the Dreamhouse in 2012. Most recently, she was Lady in Devil May Cry 5. 

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GUESTS! 

MEGAN HOLLINGSHEAD 

Megan Hollingshead has voiced 100’s of characters in animation and games. Her first role was Nurse Joy in the original 

English dub of Pokémon, followed quickly by Yu-Gi-Oh!’s original Mai Valentine. She is also well known as Rangiku in Bleach, 

Shizune (and Ton Ton) in Naruto, Re-L in Ergo Proxy, and Viletta Nu in Code Geass. Other memorable characters include 

Adiane in Gurren Lagann, Hilda in Eureka 7, Sala in Mars Daybreak, Gloria in Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Dr. Abigail Finn 

in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, twins (evil and not) Mion and Shion in When They Cry, Nemu in Bleach, Rose Marinade 

in Fighting Foodons, Kano in His and Hers Circumstances (watch the previews!) (oh wait — no! I mean don’t watch 

the previews!), Maharu and Ebi in Girls Bravo, Neneko in DearS, Captain Iruma in Ultraman Tiga, and Trixie in Ultimate 

Muscle. Other Pokémon roles include Cassidy, Whitney, and James’ mother as well as Diane in Pokémon 6: Jirachi Wish 

Maker and Annie in Pokémon 5: Heroes. In addition to Guild Wars’ smarty pants Glenna, Megan has voiced many games 

including Ylgr and Yune in the newly released Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Lenneth in Valkyrie Profile, Ada Wong in Resident 

Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Shion Kasugai in Akiba’s Space Trip: Undead and Undressed, Viola in Eternal Sonata, Edy Nelson 

in Valkyria Chronicles, Autarch Kayleth in Warhammer 40,000, The Third Kiki DeWynter in Saints Row, Five in Drakengard 

3, and Battle Nun in Brutal Legend. She currently has projects in the works for Cup of Tea, Bang Zoom!, and Funimation. 

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GUESTS! 

JUSTINE HUXLEY 

Justine Huxley was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA surrounded by a very musical family. Making her professional 

debut at age 6 in a national commercial for Brawny Paper Towels, Justine has been performing practically her whole life. 

By the time she was 3 years old, she’d memorized almost all of Stephen Sondheim’s repertoire and developed a proclivity 

for giving impromptu concerts in public parks and restaurants. She attended the Los Angeles County High School for the 

Arts (LACHSA) in the theatre program, and then moved to New York, attending the rigorous Acting Conservatory at SUNY 

Purchase, earning her BFA in Acting before returning home to LA. Some of her favorite voice over credits include Wattson in 

APEX LEGENDS, Little Red Riding Hood in Disney’s GOLDIE & BEAR, Constance Pickering in HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS 

UNITE, INCREDIBLES 2, SPYRO REIGNITED TRILOGY, RED DEAD REDEMPTION II, and GRAND THEFT AUTO V. 

She is also the voice of TNT’s daytime sponsorships. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, going to museums, and performs 

regularly in MISCAST, a concert series that benefits Project Angel Food in Los Angeles. You can find her on Twitter and 

Instagram at @JustineHuxley. 

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GUESTS! 

NADJI JETER 

NADJI JETER is a 22-year-old multi-talented entertainer. Where he is the Voice Mocap Animation Character of Miles 

Morales, Spider Man on Disney XD and PlayStation PS4. Nadji will be featured alongside Actress, Vanessa Williams,, Uzo 

Aduba, Amirah Vann and Actor Matthew Modine in an Independent Film “Miss Virginia” Release in 2019. You will also see 

him as Guest Star in the upcoming CBS American Drama Series “The Red Line” April 2019. 

He is the supporting lead role in the feature film “Wonder” starring alongside Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob 

Trembley. He ended a 1961 independent production on director Gregory Caruso’s feature film Flock of Four, playing the 

lead role of Clifford a South Central Jazz drummer. Nadji also starred as Nick Gordon in the Late Whitney Houston’s 

Daughter Bobbi Kristina biopic on the Lifetime Channel. 

Nadji was featured in the hit Adam Sandler comedies Grown Ups and the sequel Grown Ups 2, playing Andre Mckenzie, 

the son of Chris Rock and Maya Rudolph’s characters. His numerous voice-over credits include the Clint Eastwood film 

Changeling. Jeter is also featured as Sam in Naughty Dog’s mocap action-adventure survival video game “The Last Of Us,” 

which is considered by many critics as one of the greatest video games of all time, winning over 230 Game of the Year 

awards, and was one of the best-selling titles of 2013. 

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GUESTS! 

MARGARET KERRY 

Starting work at the age of four, Margaret was originally 

named Peggy Lynch until she landed the part of the teenage 

daughter of Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis in the comedymusical 

“If You Knew Susie.” Thirteen years before, director 

Gordon Douglas had cast her as a dancer and actor in 

“The Little Rascals.” Now, he assigned her a spectacular 

dance number staged by Nick Castle and Charlie O’Curran 

titled “My Brooklyn Love Song.” Mr. Cantor, searching for 

weeks for a new stage name for his “winsome daughter” 

decided on Margaret Kerry. The new name came just in 

time for the movie’s credits. 

While working on the movie, Margaret graduated high 

school with honors. Years later, she returned to Los Angeles 

City College and graduated cum laude. Leaving RKO, she 

headed for Fox to handle assistant dance director duties 

on the super musical “I’ll Get By,” starring June Haver, John 

Payne, Gloria DeHaven and Dennis Day. 

After performing in dozens of TV shows, Margaret starred 

as co-host/performer in “Teleteen Reporter” on Channel 

13 in Los Angeles, which ran for over two years. At ABC-TV, 

she was featured in the musical “Let There Be Stars” and 

in Art Baker’s “Stop, Look and Listen.” “The Charlie Ruggles 

Show,” one of the first network television family sitcoms, 

cast Margaretas the eldest daughter, Sharon. America 

watched her grow up over the years on their television sets. 

The final episode was her wedding and honeymoon — a 

major media event. 

reference model for the three-inch sprite. Famed animator 

Marc Davis drew Tinker Bell’s antics based on Margaret’s 

acting. She also performed the voice of the red-headed 

mermaid in the movie. 

A successful voice-over career ensued, using Margaret’s 

skills in 21 different dialects and 48 various character 

voices in over 600 animated shows. She is the voice of 

Spinner and Paddlefoot and the females in the famous 

vintage “Clutch Cargo” animated series. “Captain Fathom” 

and “Space Angel” followed. Margaret can also be seen in 

many of the hilarious live-action segments that open and 

close the 139 episodes of “The New Three Stooges,” as 

well as be heard in the animated portion voicing all the 

kids, females, and various odd characters. 

Margaret later produced her own radio show called 

“What’s Up Weekly” at KKLA 99.5 — the most listenedto 

Christian talk radio station in the world. In 1993 

she became the station’s Community Services Director, 

and she also headed up the Southern California Buyers 

Network, a program linking 100+ sponsors to over 200 

non-profit organizations, allowing the group to earn money 

for charities. 

Margaret continues to be in demand as a keynote and 

motivational speaker, communications trainer, storyteller 

and humorist. A certified seminar leader by the American 

Seminar Leaders Association, she is also co-author and 

facilitator of the FUNdamentals of Speaking Seminars. 

Walt Disney was searching for a nimble mime/ 

dancer/actor to be filmed performing live-action 

work for the tiny Tinker Bell in the animated feature 

“Peter Pan.” Margaret won the role and became the 16 


GUESTS! 

ANJALI KUNAPANENI 

Anjali is a voice actor and writer featured in a number of anime roles including Karin in Fena: Pirate Princess, Mimi Imimi 

in Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS, Danika in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Ramzi in Attack on Titan, Fuku in Demon Slayer, and in 

games including Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Legends of Runeterra, Genshin Impact, and more! 

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GUESTS! 

ALAN LEE 

Alan is a Los Angeles based actor working in anime, animation, video games, and more. Originally from the Bay Area, CA, 

Alan acted in plays, short films, and independent animation before moving down to Southern California for school. While 

attending college, Alan got roped into doing anime, first providing background voices and then incidental bit parts. After 

getting his degree in Drama, Alan received his first audition for a lead character, booked it, and has been working in the 

field ever since. 

You may have heard him in projects such as Ledo in Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Ren Amaki in The Rising of the 

Shield Hero, Yamanbagiri Kunihiro in Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu, Irvin in Record of 

Grancrest War, Shu Kurenai in Beyblade Burst Turbo, Miyamoto Terunosuke in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is 

Unbreakable, Suiryu in One Punch Man, Gold Fin & Gold Blade in Treasure X, Zen Kubota in Zanki Zero: Last Beginning, 

and Pyxis Rusk in Sant Seiya: The Lost Canvas. You can find Alan on Twitter @AlanLeeVO. 

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GUESTS! 

RACHAEL LILLIS 

Rachael Lillis is probably best known for her work in ‘Pokemon,’ playing the roles of Misty, Jessie, Jigglypuff and many other 

characters during the first eight seasons of the show. She also played the title character in ‘Revolutionary girl Utena’, Hela 

in ‘Cubix’, Tomoe Ame in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ and Danny in ‘Sonic X’. Other roles include Thalia in ‘Shadow of 

the Elves’, Intress in ‘Chaotic’, Mizuki in ‘Comic Party’, Kanako Ono in ‘Genshiken’, Dr. Reese Drake, Ursula and Laura in 

‘Dinosaur King’, Micott Bartsch in ‘Gundam Suit Unicorn’, various roles in ‘Your Lie in April’, ‘Fate Stay Night: Unlimited 

Blade Works’ and ‘Hunter x Hunter’ and many others. 

Other Pokemon characters she’s played include Violet, Maylene, Vulpix, Ninetales, Goldeen, Horsea, Poliwag, Venonat, Torchic, 

Beautifly, Chansey, Ditto, Wigglytuff, Igglybuff and Shinx. 

She’s also voiced roles in video games, including Ms. Globular in ‘Pac- Man and the Ghostly Adventures’, Jigglypuff in ‘Super 

Smash Brothers’ and ‘Pokemon Snap’, Jigglypuff and Goldeen in ‘Super Smash Brothers’, Misty and Jessie in ‘Pokemon 

Puzzle League’ and Natalie in ‘Ape Escape 2’. 

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GUESTS! 

YURI LOWENTHAL 

Yuri had a nomadic childhood, growing up not only around the U.S. but also throughout Africa and Europe. After a brief 

stint with the Japanese government, Yuri turned to acting full time, and after half a dozen years in NYC, relocated to Los 

Angeles. He has performed throughout the world and is also an internationally produced playwright. He spends his days 

working in film, television, theatre, web and as a voice actor in games, animation and commercials. 

Yuri’s prominent roles include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, teenage Ben Tennyson in Ben 10, Jinnosuke in Afro Samurai, 

Simon in Gurren Lagann and Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass. In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft’s Prince of 

Persia, Hayate/Ein in Dead or Alive, Matt Miller in Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV, and Peter Parker/Spider-Man 

in Insomniac’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. 

Yuri is fluent in several languages and studied martial arts before recently settling into yoga like most L.A. actors. He is 

a published author, having penned the “crimedy noirvella” TOUGH CITY (available on Lulu.com), as well as a variety of 

children’s books and short stories and almost a dozen feature screenplays. 

Not content to wait for green lights, Yuri created production company Monkey Kingdom Productions with life partner-incrime 

Tara Platt. 

In addition to several short films, and almost 50 episodes of the hit comedy webseries SHELF LIFE, they have produced 

two features, the psychosexual thriller TUMBLING AFTER (available on iTunes), and their newest film, CON ARTISTS, now 

available on Vimeo On Demand. He is the co-author of the book VOICE OVER VOICE ACTOR: What It’s Like Behind the 

Mic and follow up VOVA: THE EXTENDED EDITION (w/ Tara Platt), published by Bug Bot Press. 

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GUESTS! 

CHARLES MARTINET 

Charles Martinet is an American actor, best known for voicing Mario in the Super Mario video game series. Martinet has 

voiced this title character of Nintendo’s flagship video game franchise since 1991, and also voices Luigi, Wario, WaLuigi, 

Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi, among others. Charles also voiced Magenta in the newly released animated film Dragon Ball 

Super: Super Hero and the dragon Paarthurnax in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video game. Charles holds a Guinness Book 

of World Record for most video games as a character — Mario. We think that number is close to 160. And hopefully we 

will hear of him in the Dragon Ball franchise…. 

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GUESTS! 

ROBB MOREIRA 

Born and raised in New York, Robb had over a decade of stage training and experience under his belt before jumping 

into the world of voice-over. Now with 9 years under his belt, he has had the pleasure of lending his voice to some of the 

largest businesses in the world including Chase, AT&T, McDonald’s, and many others. Robb has also had the pleasure of 

being in over 80 audiobook productions and is continuously working on new book projects. With over 1000 commercial 

credits under his name, his passion lies in voicing characters for video games and anime. His first foray in animation was 

a marriage of gaming and anime as he was cast to be the voice of Bronk Stone in the Yu Gi Oh: Duel Links mobile game. 

Robb has been on Pokemon: Journeys, AMAIM: Warrior at the Borderline, and Yu Gi Oh: Sevens, but his break-out role 

was voicing the stoic ninja-samurai leader, Yukimaru Sanada, in Fena: Pirate Princess, which was a project he holds very 

dear along with his fellow castmates. Robb is happy to be able to be a successful Latino voice actor in such a competitive 

business and show that with discipline, determination, and talent, he can truly work on incredible projects and be part of 

the representation he wishes he could have seen more of growing up. 

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GUESTS! 

ELLE NEWLANDS 

Elle Newlands was born in Glasgow, Scotland and currently resides in Los Angeles. 

A singer and actress, Elle received classical and operatic voice training from a teacher who taught the classics at La 

Scala in Italy. Throughout her teens, Elle performed live on stage with various local bands and was featured on MTV. She 

headlined a European tour culminating in a performance on the main stage at the Ballerup Music Festival in Denmark. 

Elle moved to Los Angeles to further pursue music/acting and quickly realized her love of voiceover work. Her first job was 

voicing an Acorn for the project ‘Tiny Oaks’, where she sang on an accompanying album written and orchestrated by the 

legendary Disney composer Richard Sherman (It’s a Small World, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). 

Elle’s VIDEO GAME voice credits include Horizon in APEX LEGENDS, Ingrid the Shieldmaiden in ASGARDS WRATH, Moira 

Thaurissan/Tess Graymane/Valtois in WORLD OF WARCRAFT, Darth Savik in STAR WARS:THE OLD REPUBLIC, Broadcaster 

in DOOM:ETERNAL, Tedra Grant in HALO 3, Lt Wright in LEGO STAR WARS, Valeria Jenner in COUNTERSTRIKE, CALL 

OF DUTY, ASSASSINS CREED, DARKSIDERS, SKYLANDERS, BIO SHOCK, THE ELDER SCROLLS : SKYRIM. 

TV/ANIMATION CREDITS include LOONEY TUNES, ADVENTURE TIME, THE REGULAR SHOW, HOT STREETS, IT’S A 

SMALL WORLD ANIMATED SERIES and THE TONIGHT SHOW. 

In her spare time, Elle loves photography, hiking with her dog, riding her horse and making jewelry. 

She supports the non profit Topanga Womens Circle, who assist in placing displaced and homeless families into safe 

housing 

https://topangawomenscircle.org 

You can find her @ellenewlands on Twitter and @ellenewlandsgram on Instagram 

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GUESTS! 

KHARY PAYTON 

All hail the King! Khary Payton is the latest addition to AMC’s The Walking Dead, playing the coveted role of King Ezekiel, 

the benevolent, eccentric and theatrical leader of “The Kingdom”. Accompanied by his pet tiger Shiva, King Ezekiel has 

instantly become Khary’s most challenging and favorite role to date. 

Cyborg lives on! According to cartoon fans, Payton has become synonymous with one of DC’s hottest heroes Cyborg, having 

voiced the character for 15 years. 

Khary is thrilled to be reprising his role of Aqualad in the fan and critically acclaimed series Young Justice that recently 

announced its return with season 3. Also coming soon, Big Hero 6: The Series premieres this fall with Khary as the voice 

of laser Specialist Wasabi. 

Grimlock from Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Rafiki in Disney’s The Lion Guard, video games The Sims, Reigel in 

Starcraft, Drebin in Metal Gear Solid, Azrael & Killer Croc in the Batman: Arkham franchise & Knox from Call of Duty: 

Advanced Warfare, are just some of the many roles he’s known for. 

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GUESTS! 

TARA PLATT 

Tara Platt is an actor/writer/producer who creates excellence thru play! No matter what project or in what capacity, she 

always strive to honor two values: playfulness and excellence. 

Platt just celebrated the 15th anniversary of her production company, Monkey Kingdom Productions, where she’s produced 

and acted-in two features: award-winning psychological thriller Tumbling After and mockumentary Con Artists. She also 

created, starred in and produced several successful web-comedies, four seasons of Shelf Life, four seasons of travel docucomedy 

Up Up & Away, and one season of heartfelt comedy Whatta Lark. For TV & Film you may have caught her onscreen 

on Scandal, Hawaii Five-0, Castle, and even in the Halle Berry movie The Call. 

She has provided voices for dozens of English-language versions of anime films, television series and video games. Her 

notable roles in anime include Temari in Naruto and Reina in Rave Master. She also voices Kali Belladonna in RWBY, 

Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3, Edelgard von Hresvelg in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Miriel & Flavia in Fire Emblem: 

Awakening, Anna Williams from the Tekken series, as well as characters in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Ultimate 

Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Saints Row: The Third, Bayonetta 2, Soulcalibur IV and League of Legends. She recently starred as 

Yuri Watanabe in the video game Spider-Man. 

Together with her husband, Yuri, she wrote the best-selling award-winning book, Voice-Over Voice Actor and subsequent 

VOVA: The Extended Edition which we published through our publishing company, Bug Bot Press. Platt also wrote the 

children’s bedtime book Relax Your Toes and interactive journal of a traveling Romani girl Zartana. They have also given a 

TEDx Talk on Storytelling. 

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GUESTS! 

NICOLAS ROYE 

Born in New Jersey and raised in Louisiana, Nicolas Roye is an American actor known for voicing major roles in video 

games, animation, anime, and commercials. 

Nicolas’ voice can be heard in many popular video game titles, most recently as Echo-216 aka “The Pilot”, one of the 

lead characters in Halo Infinite. He is widely known for voicing the daredevil adrenaline-junkie Octavio ‘Octane’ Silva in 

Apex Legends with over 100 Million players. Also Cyberpunk 2077 as Cesar Ruiz & Hal Cantos, Marvels Avengers as 

Justin Hammer & Sydney Levine, Resident Evil: Resistance as Martin Sandwich, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Astral Chain, 

Code Vein, Horizon Zero Dawn, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution & 

Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, Fire Emblem Warriors & Fire Emblem Heroes, Nier: Automata, El Sword, Lightning Returns: Final 

Fantasy XIII, Hitman Absolution, Mafia II & III, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, and many more. 

Nicolas is recognized as the voice of many characters in anime and animated series & movies, such as WEB-STER in 

Disney Jr.’s #1 show Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Gino in DreamWorks Madagascar: A Little Wild, Matt in the most 

recent Digimon Adventure movie, Rafa in 2022’s Barbie: It Takes Two, Chuuya Nakahara in Bungou Stray Dogs, Shisui 

Uchiha in Naruto Shippuden, Tetta Kisaki in Tokyo Revengers, Guevaru in Baki Hanma, Junpei in Jujutsu Kaiser, Hatz in 

Tower of God, Mikey Kudo in Digimon Fusion, Arata Inanaki in Twin Star Exorcists, Masato Sanada in High School Prodigies 

Have It Easy Even In Another World, Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures and Star Wars Fun Facts, Legend of the Three 

Caballeros as Vomit, Subway Surfers as Jake, NFL Rushzone as Ricky, Mecard as Ryan, The Grossery Gang, and Disney Jr’s 

Guess How Much I Love You. 

He has also been the voice of numerous nationwide commercial campaigns, such as Taco Bell Breakfast, NASCAR, Pepsi, 

Hot Wheels, Mountain Dew, & White Castle. 

A graduate in theater from University of New Orleans, Louisiana, Nicolas has a multitude of stage credits including the 

leading roles of Pale in Burn This and Sebastian in Shakepeare’s Twelfth Night. 

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GUESTS! 

CHRISTOPHER SABAT 

Currently tallying well over 650 roles spanning video games, anime, television and film, Christopher R. Sabat (@ 

VoiceOfVegeta on Twitter) has been an active part of the entertainment industry since 1998. 

Starting his career as the Voice Director of the hit anime series Dragonball Z, he is best known as the show’s antihero 

Vegeta, and Piccolo the brooding green father figure. Christopher also voiced many other characters in DBZ including 

Yamcha, Mr. Popo, Kami, Korin, Burter, Shenron, Zarbon, Guru, and many more. His other popular voice roles include Zoro 

(One Piece), Alex Luis Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist), Elfman (Fairy Tail), Roronoa, Ayame Sohma (Fruits Basket), Saiga 

Tatsumi (Speed Grapher), Kurogane (Tsubasa Chronicles), Daisuke Jigen (Lupin III), Father Tres (Trinity Blood), Braun 

(Stiens Gate), Giroro (Sgt Frog), Rundas (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption), Garterbelt (Panty and Stocking), Sakaki (Kenichi), 

Masa (My Bride is a Mermaid), Saito (Darker Than Black), Woerman (Attack on Titan), and Alex D 

(Deus Ex: Invisible War). 

Most recently, he can be heard as All Might on My Hero Academia, Kyoma Mabuchi in Dimension W, Yano Sukehiro in 

Black Clover, Rath, Geoff and Attikus in Gearbox’s Battleborn, Batou in the Ghost In the Shell: Arise series, Goro Sasabe in 

Free! Eternal Summer, Sakuya Togane in the second season of Psycho-Pass, Christophe Giacometti in Yuri On Ice, Jason in 

Tokyo Ghoul, and Mondo in Dangan Ronpa. 

In 2004, hefounded Okratron 5000, a voiceover production studio based in Dallas, Texas which he continues to run to this 

day. When he’s not in the studio, he likes to play with his daughters, make electronic music, and buy vintage synthesizers 

and airline glassware on eBay. 

To see him in one of his rare film appearances, find him opposite of Michael Madsen in the ridiculous horror film 

Lumberjack Man. 

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GUESTS! 

TARA SANDS 

Tara Jayne Sands can be heard as over 50 characters in the original English Pokemon tv series including Bulbasaur, Richie, 

Jasmine, Oddish, and Tori. Some other roles include Biscuit in HunterXHunter, Mokuba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kari in Digimon 

Adventure Tri, Anna in Shaman King, Curious in My Hero Academia, Momo and Utahime in Jujutsu Kaisen, Kombu Infinity 

in One Punch Man, Circe in Generator Rex, Young Jin in Anohana, Kippie in Glitter Force, Filia in Slayers, Summer in Barbie: 

Life in The Dreamhouse, Death 13/Mannish Boy in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Namida in Boruto, Sonia in Fire Emblem and 

lots more. 

Tara has recorded over 250 audiobooks and for 2 years (over 100 episodes!) Tara was the on-camera host of Cartoon 

Network’s weekly Friday night lineup, appropriately titled “Fridays.” On “Fridays” Tara interviewed dozens of celebrities like 

Johnny Depp, George Lucas, Robin Williams, Charles Barkley and Daniel Radcliffe, and had more on-camera food fights 

than she cares to remember. 

www.tarasands.com 

Twitter & Instagram: TaraSandsLA Facebook: facebook.com/tarasandstarasands 

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419760/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 

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GUESTS! 

SEAN SCHEMMEL 

Sean Schemmel is a professional Voice Actor, ADR Director, Audio Engineer, and Musician. Since 1999 he has been the 

definitive English voice of Goku (as well as King Kai and Nail) from the internationally acclaimed anime Dragon Ball Z, 

as well as Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball video games for all English speaking 

countries. A veritable vocal chameleon, Sean has provided voices for hundreds of animated characters over the past 20 

years on many hit shows and video games spanning many different genres, including but not limited to; Pokemon, Sofia the 

First, Little Big Awesome, Super Smash Brothers, Tom and Jerry, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4Kids Productions), Fallout 

4, God of War, Batman, DC Super Hero Girls, Scooby Doo, Yu Gi Oh GX, DC Super Friends, and many many others. In his 

spare time he enjoys playing video games, canyon carving, and playing French Horn, Guitar, and Bass and reading. He lives 

in Los Angeles with his partner and their magical doggie. Who he swears is psychic. 

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GUESTS! 

ROGER CRAIG SMITH 

Voice actor and former stand-up comic Roger Craig Smith is a man, quite literally, of a thousand voices. In just one 

production alone, Roger voiced more than 170 characters for the Emmy award-winning Cartoon Network series Regular 

Show. He’s the titular character “Mouse”, as well as “Moose” for Amazon Prime’s Emmy-nominated children’s series If You 

Give a Mouse a Cookie. For Netflix, Roger voices “Pinkeye”, “Bobby”, and “Billy” in Dreamworks Animation’s Harvey Street 

Kids. On Cartoon Network, he voices “Sonic the Hedgehog” in Sonic Boom, “Hawkodile” and “Richard” for WB/LEGO’s 

Unikitty!, “Diamondhead”, “Forever Knight” and “Steam Smythe” on Ben-10, “Percy” and “Belson” in Clarence, “Bob” and 

“Schedulebot” in Powerpuff Girls. On Disney XD’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest, Roger has been voicing legendary 

superhero “Captain America” since 2012. He also voiced “Batman” in the CD/WB trilogy Batman Unlimited. His impact 

in the genre of anime includes voicing “Batman” in WB’s feature film Batman Ninja, the maniacal “Deidara” in Naruto 

and “Shinji Hirako” in Bleach. Roger voiced “Sonic the Hedgehog” in Disney’s blockbuster feature Wreck-It Ralph and in 

Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet and was called on by Disney in 2013 to voice lead villain “Ripslinger” in 

Disney’s hit feature Planes. 

Roger’s legacy in video games is extensive. Voice of gaming icon “Ezio Auditore da Firenze” from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed, 

which more than 28 million copies have been sold worldwide. WB chose Roger to voice the legendary “Batman” in WB’s 

Batman: Arkham Origins and Arkham Origins: Blackgate. Roger has been voicing “Sonic the Hedgehog” for SEGA since 

2010 and earned early gaming fandom when he voiced the hunky “Chris Redfield” in the Resident Evil series of games. 

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GUESTS! 

JASON SPISAK 

For more than 26 years Jason Spisak has brought characters to life in TV, film and video games. As Silco in the world wide 

hit Arcane, Jason brought to life one of animation’s most memorable villains. In addition to playing The Joker in the Batman 

Hush, Scorpion in Spiderman PS4 and the Spiderman animated series, and Loki in many titles, Jason has created the 

voices of Kid Flash on Young Justice, Lux on Star Wars:Clone Wars, Razer on Green Lantern the Animated Series, the Voice 

of the disembodied Silas for Vampire Diaries on CW, Oswald in Telltale batman and hundreds more. Jason has also brought 

to life many famous gaming characters, including Vulpes Inculta in Fallout: New Vegas, Chumbucket in MadMax, Dante 

in Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Jester in Socom Navy Seals, Bartz in Final Fantasy. Jason started his career in Anime, playing 

Kiyo in Zatch Bell, and Tai on Digimon revenge of Diaboromon, Kaito on Dinozaurs, and Koji on the dubbed Transformers 

RID. Always striving to create original characters motivates Jason to continue growing, learning and looking for the next 

adventure. 

See him on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter @jasonspisak 

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GUESTS! 

TARA STRONG 

Tara Strong began acting in Toronto at thirteen. Her first animated role was the voice of “HELLO KITTY.” Soon she had 

a lead in a sit-com, voiced over twenty animated series, and several theater, TV and film roles. Moving to LA in 1994, 

booking PARTY OF FIVE, NATIONAL LAMPOON’S SENIOR TRIP, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, and more. She has an 

iconic voice over career including: Bubbles in “THE POWER PUFF GIRLS,” Timmy in “THE FAIRLY ODD PARENTS,” Dil 

in “RUGRATS,” Raven in “TEEN TITANS,” “BATGIRL,” “FAMILY GUY,” “DRAWN TOGETHER,” “BEN 10,” Melody in “THE 

LITTLE MERMAID 2,” “SPIRITED AWAY,” etc. She is Miss Collins on NICKELODEON’S “BIG TIME RUSH” and the new 

voice of “HARLEY QUINN.” She is Emmy nominated, a SHORTY AWARD winner and of course Twilight Sparkle in “MY 

LITTLE PONY.” 

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GUESTS! 

ERIC STUART 

Brooklyn born and raised singer/songwriter Eric Stuart is a special blend of talent. He has successfully combined the world of music, 

voice acting and directing for many years. Besides starring in hit shows including Pokémon (Brock, James) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (Seto Kaiba), 

Eric has toured with such rock legends as Peter Frampton, Ringo Starr, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Hall & Oates, Dave Mason, 

Julian Cope, Dave Davies, John Entwistle, Steve Howe, The Alarm, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Jeffrey Gaines, and The 

English Beat. 

In June 2018 The Eric Stuart Band released their 8th album on Widow’s Peak Records, a 12 song album entitled, My Kind Of Danger. 

A bittersweet labor of love for the band. The project is a benefit album to help one of their own, lead guitarist Phil Nix, in his battle 

with prostate cancer and to help pay his medical expenses. The process was a great show of camaraderie and creativity. By using the 

power of music to heal, ESB has put together what they feel is their best music yet. 

In April 2015 The Eric Stuart Band released their 7th album on Widow’s Peak Records, an EP entitled, Character. This 5 song project 

includes the edgy rock/pop single One Last Dance and the stripped-down acoustic song Tattered And Torn which is to be used on the 

soundtrack to the upcoming independent film Torn. 

In June 2013 the Eric Stuart Band released their album, Lipstick and Barbed Wire. This was their sixth full-length release on the indie 

label Widow’s Peak Records and it features Grammy winning guitarist Peter Frampton. 

In the summer of 1997, Eric’s classic rock and roll style was noticed by Ringo Starr who invited him to open the Ringo Starr and His 

All-Starr Band tour, featuring Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce (Cream), Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) and Simon Kirke (Bad Company). 

That exposure served as a springboard for Eric to open for the Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Paul Rodgers tour that same 

summer. Since then, Eric Stuart has been touring on a regular basis including two U.S. tours with Peter Frampton. In 2000, Frampton 

produced Eric’s next album, Blue, Dressed In Black, along with John Regan and Harvey Jay Goldberg. 

Now living in Nashville, Eric’s songwriting talents have given him the opportunity to begin co-writing with some of Nashville’s finest 

songwriters. The band’s great live show of all original, guitar-driven rock/pop has made the Eric Stuart Band a must-see in the area. 

Other projects in Eric’s impressive career are Viva Piñata, Ultimate Muscle, Dinosaur King, Kirby, Slayers, Chaotic, Sonic X, TMNT, 

GoGoRiki, One Piece, F-Zero, Magical DoReMi, Fighting Foodons, Shaman King, Descendants Of Darkness, Labyrinth Of Flames, 

Valkyrie Profile, Tama And Friends, and voicing many national radio and TV commercials and audiobook narrations. Eric also stays 

busy attending anime conventions as a VIP guest. 

Eric Stuart stars as the voice of Seto Kaiba in the highly anticipated North American feature film release of Yu-Gi-Oh! THE DARK 

SIDE OF DIMENSIONS. In theaters NOW! 


GUESTS! 

VERONICA TAYLOR 

Veronica Taylor is a classically trained actor who found her way into voice acting while performing in the Batman Stunt 

Show at Six Flags Great Adventure. She became a mainstay of Saturday morning cartoons, best known for playing the 

original Ash and May on the first 8 seasons of “Pokémon”, April on “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (2003- 2007) and 

roles in “Yu-Gi-Oh!”, “Cubix”, “Dinosaur King”, “Winx Club”, “One Piece”, and more with 4Kids. Shows for PBS include 

“Word World” (Sheep), “Lunch Lab” (Mixiebot), and “Chuck Vanderchuck’s ‘something something’ Explosion!” (Ramona). 

Current projects include Nickelodeon’s Emmy nominated “Welcome to the Wayne” (Spy from 8-i), “Sailor Moon” (Sailor 

Pluto), Netflix’s “Shaman King” (Tamao)) and “Rilakkuma and Kaoru (Tokio), “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” (BerryBlue) 

“Dragon Ball Super” (Brianne/Ribrianne), Sprout’s “Ollie and Moon” (flight attendant/ensemble) and “Astroblast” (Sputnik), 

“Aria” (Akari), “Mofy” (Mofy, Mogu, Sora), “Fire Emblem: Three Houses/Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (Manuela), 

“Fire Emblem: Heroes” (Macaiah), and “Valkyria Chronicles 4” (Crymaria). Anime favorites include “Slayers” (Amelia), “His 

and Hers Circumstances” (Yukino), “Nana Seven of Seven” (all 7 Nanas), among others. She has done numerous voices 

for animation, video games, audiobooks, commercials, and documentaries. 

Follow her adventures on Twitter (@TheVeronicaT), Instagram (@theveronicat), Facebook (The Veronica Taylor) and www. 

veronictaylor.net. 

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GUESTS! 

THE FRECKLED ZELDA 

Known internationally for posting aesthetic videos of herself singing and playing the ocarina. Radiantly glowing with her 

elf-like ears and fairy core clothing, she is easily one of the most recognizable celebrities in POP CULTURE today! From 

her debut Headline residency in Dolly Pardon’s homeland of Pigeon Forge Tennessee, to the biggest and most prestigious 

stage in the world, America’s Got Talent, she has captivated the curiosity of people in all walks of life. Simon Cowell calls 

Freckled Zelda “interesting and shes got a really good voice” Heidi Klum says “I loved that you are unique and different 

and you have an amazing voice”! Sofia Vergara calls Freckled Zelda’s voice “beautiful” with over 7 million followers and 

178 million likes the world agrees! Who would have guessed a little girl from Northern California, that always dreamed of 

being a fairy, would grow up to become the most famous music fairy in the world. 

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GUESTS! 

BRUCE THOMAS 

Known mostly as The UPS Guy in the Legally Blonde I and 2, as well as the Farrelly Brothers comedy, Hall Pass, Bruce 

also starred in three seasons of ABC Family’s hit series Kyle XY. He has appeared in dozens of series and films and 

more recently, forged a path in the voiceover world, starring in animation and video game franchises like Halo, Call Of 

Duty, Gears Of War, Fallout, and legendary DC Comics superhero animated films like Batman Hush, Son of Batman, 

Green Lantern, and Gods and Monsters. He is one of a couple of actors in history who have played both Batman and 

Commissioner Gordon. 

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GUESTS! 

BRANDON WINCKLER 

Brandon Winckler is a Los Angeles-based Voice Actor for Cartoons, Video Games, and Anime and has been heard in tons 

of projects over the years. Having grown up in Chesapeake, Virginia Brandon never had plans to become an actor but 

fell in love with performing in College. Since they moved to Los Angeles, Brandon has voiced characters such as Eugeo 

in Sword Art Online: Alicization, Tomo and Takuya in Genshin Impact, Enju in Fena: Pirate Princess, Bede, Red, and Trace 

in the Pokemon series, Shax Lead in Welcome to Demon School Iruma!, Theo Cornaro in Record of Grancrest War, Kuro 

Sakuragawa in In/Spectre, Lui in the Beyblade Burst Series, Izuki in Kurokos Basketball, Master Utsushi in Monster Hunter 

Rise, and Kiyoshi in Demon Slayer. You can also hear Brandon at the Great Wolf Lodge as Wiley Wolf in ‘The Great Wolf 

Pack’, Lost Ark, The World Ends with You, If It’s For My Daughter I’d Even Defeat A Demon Lord, Cells at Work!, Kemono 

Jihen, The Seven Deadly Sins, One Piece, Black Clover, Fire Emblem Heroes, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Many More! 

You can follow Brandon on social media @bwincklerva on all platforms! 

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GUESTS! 

THOMAS WYNN 

From Easton,PA Thomas Wynn started his career as a sound assistant for live and recorded music which led to a career 

as an on set sound mixer for films, TV-shows and commercials. Now based in New York, he has produced and co-directed 

several award winning indie short films and music videos. He is best known for his voice as Makaba (Fena: Pirate Princess). 

He has voiced various characters in the video games (Lamplight City) and (Unforeseen Incidents). He is happy to continue 

to follow his dreams to use his voice as a power of love to fill others with joy. 

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GUESTS! 

MICHAEL YURCHAK 

Michael Yurchak is an award winning actor and voice talent. Perhaps best known for his role as the voices of Tobi and Obito 

in the hit anime series Naruto: Shippuden, Michael is a prolific voice and on-camera actor. Most recently, he appeared 

in and voiced roles in four feature films (Super Troopers 2, The Christmas Chronicles, Sam Sam: The Littlest Super Hero, 

and Tito and the Birds); seven television and animated shows (Tacoma FD, Naruto Shippuden, Sailor Moon, Bungo Stray 

Dogs, Twin Star Exorcists, Bakhi, History Sucked); an audiobook (D-Day: The Battle that Changed History); a video game 

(Ultimate Ninja Storm); and multiple commercials (IBM, Geico, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, DirecTV, AT&T, SEC TV). He also 

appeared on stage in productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, True West, Rabbit Hole, Cattle King 

for a Day, and at the Ice House Comedy Festival. 

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GUESTS! 

STUART ZAGNIT 

Stuart Zagnit has performed in all areas of entertainment, from Broadway and Off-Broadway to national tours, regional 

and summer stock, and to television, films, commercials, voice overs and anime. On Broadway, Stuart was in the original 

casts of NEWSIES, SEUSSICAL, THE WILD PARTY, and THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE. Off-Broadway shows include 

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, ALL IN THE TIMING, KUNI-LEML and THE GRAND TOUR. National tours and regional 

credits include The Wizard in WICKED, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, CRAZY FOR YOU, INTO THE WOODS, 

APPLAUSE, Tevye in FIDDLER and Max in THE PRODUCERS. On television, Stuart has been seen in five “Law & Orders, “ 

“The Blacklist,” “The Good Wife,” “Instinct,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods” and “30 Rock.” 

His voice work includes Slayers, Captain Tyler, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Winx Club and of course he is best known as 

the original voice of Pokémon’s Professor Oak! 

Stuart is scheduled to return to Broadway in the revival of the musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at legendary Studio 54, 

as soon as live performances resume. 

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AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS 

CHECK OUT OUR AUTOGRAPH ROOM 

IN HALL D OF THE CONVENTION CENTER! 

PREMIUM AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS: - Entrance Located in the Exhibitor Room 

All of our guests will be signing autographs in Hall D of the Sacramento (SAFE Credit Union) Convention Center. 

Guests will be charging for their autographs at their individual booths. Each individual guest, not SacAnime, determines 

their autograph prices. SacAnime does not receive any money from autograph sales. 

FREE AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS: 

Check this url for 

guest autograph 

pricing. 

Nicholas Corda, Brittany Cox, Darrel Delfin, Anjali Kunapaneni, Alan Lee, Robb Moreira, Brandon Winckler and Thomas Wynn will be participating 

in both Free and Premium Autograph Sessions. During Free Autograph Sessions, they will sign one personal item for free, except for Funko! Pops. 

VIP AUTOGRAPHS: 

Nicholas Corda, Brittany Cox, Darrel Delfin, Anjali Kunapaneni, Alan Lee, Robb Moreira, Brandon Winckler and Thomas Wynn are participating in 

Free VIP Autograph Sessions. All other guests will have VIP only autograph lines. 

PREMIUM AUTOGRAPH 

SCHEDULE 

JB BLANC 

SATURDAY 

10am, 12:45pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 1pm, 3:30pm 

GREG CIPES 

FRIDAY 

3pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

11am, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

11am, 1pm 

NICHOLAS CORDA 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm (Free), 4:30pm (Free) 

SATURDAY 

10:30am (Free), 1pm (Free), 3pm (Paid) 

SUNDAY 

11am (Free), 1pm (Free VIP), 4:30pm 

(Paid) 

BRITTANY COX 

FRIDAY 


SATURDAY 

10:30am (Free VIP), 1pm (Free), 3pm 

(Paid) 

SUNDAY 

11am (Free), 1pm (Free), 4:30pm (Paid) 

DARREL DELFIN 

FRIDAY 


SATURDAY 

10:30am (Free), 1pm (Free VIP), 3pm 

(Paid) 

SUNDAY 


BRIAN DONOVAN 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

STEVE DOWNES 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 


DOUGLAS ERHOLTZ 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

MAILE FLANAGAN 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm 

TOM GIBIS 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

MICHAEL HAIGNEY 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 12pm, 4pm 

KATE HIGGINS 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

MEGAN HOLLINGSHEAD 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

Saturday September 3, 2022 

10:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm 

Sunday September 4, 2022 

12:30pm, 4pm 

JUSTINE HUXLEY 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10am, 12:45pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 1pm, 3:30pm 

NADJI JETER 

FRIDAY 

2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

11am, 1:30pm, 4pm 

SUNDAY 

11am, 3pm


MARGARET KERRY 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

11am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm 

ANJALI KUNAPANENI 

FRIDAY 


SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

11am (Free VIP), 1pm (Free), 4:30pm 

(Paid) 

ALAN LEE 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm (Free), 4:30pm (Free VIP) 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 


RACHAEL LILLIS 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 12pm, 4pm 

YURI LOWENTHAL 

FRIDAY 

2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 2:30pm 

CHARLES MARTINET 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

10:30am, 12:30pm, 3pm 

ROBB MOREIRA 

FRIDAY 


SATURDAY 

10:30am (Free), 1pm (Free VIP), 3pm 

(Paid) 

SUNDAY 


ELLE NEWLANDS 

FRIDAY 

12Pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10am, 12:45pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 1pm, 3:30pm 

KHARY PAYTON 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

11am, 1pm 

TARA PLATT 

FRIDAY 

2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 2:30pm 

NICOLAS ROYE 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10am, 12:45pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

12pm, 3pm 

CHRIS SABAT 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

10:30am, 12:30pm, 3pm 

TARA SANDS 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 12pm 

SEAN SCHEMMEL 

FRIDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

10:30am, 12:30pm, 3pm 

ROGER CRAIG SMITH 

FRIDAY 

1pm, 4pm 

SATURDAY 

10am, 12:45pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 


TARA STRONG 

FRIDAY 

3pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

11am, 1pm 

ERIC STUART 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 12pm, 4pm 

JASON SPISAK 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 1pm, 3:30pm 

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VERONICA TAYLOR 

FRIDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm 

SATURDAY 

10:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 12pm, 4pm 

BRUCE THOMAS 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 

11am, 1pm 

BRANDON WINKLER 

FRIDAY 


SATURDAY 

10:30am (Free VIP), 1pm (Free), 3pm 

(Paid) 

SUNDAY 


THOMAS WYNN 

FRIDAY 


SATURDAY 


SUNDAY 


MICHAEL YURCHAK 

FRIDAY 

12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm 

SATURDAY 

1pm, 3pm, 5pm 

SUNDAY 

12:30pm, 2:30pm 

STUART ZAGNIT 

FRIDAY 

2:30pm, 5pm 

SATURDAY 

10:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm 

SUNDAY 

10am, 12pm, 4pm 

FREE AUTOGRAPH 

SCHEDULE 

FRIDAY 

12:30PM 

Nicholas Corda, Brittany Cox, Darrel Delfin, 

Anjali Kunapaneni, Alan Lee, Robb Moreira, 

Brandon Winckler. 

4:30PM: 


Anjali Kunapaneni, Robb Moreira, Brandon 

Winckler and Thomas Wynn 

SATURDAY 

10:30AM 

Nicholas Corda, Darrel Delfin, Anjali 

Kunapaneni, Alan Lee, Robb Moreira and 

Thomas Wynn 

1PM 

Nicholas Corda, Brittany Cox, Anjali 

Kunapaneni, Alan Lee, Brandon Winckler and 

Thomas Wynn 

SUNDAY 

11AM 


Alan Lee, Robb Moreira, Brandon Winckler 

and Thomas Wynn 

1PM 

Brittany Cox, Darrel Delfin, Anjali 

Kunapaneni, Alan Lee, Robb Moreira, 

Brandon Winckler and Thomas Wynn 

VIP AUTOGRAPH 

SESSIONS 

FRIDAY 

12:30PM 

Thomas Wynn 

4:30PM 

Alan Lee 

SATURDAY 

10:30AM 

Brandon Winckler, Brittany Cox 

1PM 

Darrel Delfin, Robb Moreira 

SUNDAY 

11AM 

Anjali Kunapaneni 

1PM 

Nicholas Corda 

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FRIDAY 

12:00PM – BALLROOM B 

ROGER CRAIG SMITH – GUEST PANEL 

Roger is a man, quite literally, of a thousand voices. In just one 

production alone, Roger voiced more than 170 characters for the 

Emmy award-winning Cartoon Network series Regular Show. He 

has voiced everything from Captain America to Chris Redfield 

to Sonic The Hedgehog. Come and hear tales from his illustrious 

career. 

12:30PM – BALLROOM A 

SPIDER-MAN– GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Yuri Lowenthal, Nadji Jeter & Tara 

Platt 

Come see the stars of the groundbreaking video game “Spider- 

Man” and it’s hit spinoff “Spider-Man: Miles Morales” as they 

talk about voicing their characters, and possibly ask about the 

sequel slated for 2023 


THE SHIP-IT SHOW – LIVE PODCAST 

Featuring Tara Strong and Greg Cipes. 

The Ship-it Show with Tara Strong & Greg Cipes is an animation 

love affair! Let’s talk toons, fandom, cosplay, pop-culture, and 

con-culture! 


JASON SPISAK – GUEST PANEL 

In his nearly 30 year career he has been in some of the biggest 

cartoons, anime & video games.. making a few stops on the 

live action scene as well. Not to mention he is a computer 

programmer who co-founded “Lycoris” and wrote “The Laws 

Of Interface Design.” Here’s your chance to ask your burning 

questions. 

2:00PM – PANEL ROOM 1 

BLUEY COSPLAYS 

Blueycapsules comes to SacAnime?? 

I want to do a panel for this amazing comic that’s worked on by 

people i know personally! The comic has become highly popular 

in the “Five Nights At Freddy’s” fandom and I think this would be 

fun for everyone involved! 


FENA: PIRATE PRINCESS – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Thomas Wynn, Alan Lee, Brandon 

Winckler, Brittany Cox, Darrel Delfin, Nicholas 

Corda, Anjali Kunapaneni & Robb Moreira 

Come hear stories of the 18th Century from the cast of this 

popular Toonami series. 


BRUCE THOMAS – GUEST PANEL 

Bruce Thomas has been the motion capture artist for Spartan 

John-117 since 2012 in the acclaimed Halo franchise. Movie fans 

may know him as the UPS Guy in the “Legally Blonde” series. He 

can also be heard as James Gordon in the Batman: Bad 

Blood & Hush animated movies. We’re thrilled he was able 

to jump in as a guest at the show. 

PANELS & EVENTS! 

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VERONICA TAYLOR – GUEST PANEL 

Veronica may be one of the best known voices of a generation, 

having voiced “Ash Ketchum” in the original 4Kids dub of 

Pokemon. That’s just the tip of the iceberg for this legendary 

voice actress. Here is your chance to ask her questions in her 

only solo panel of the weekend. 


KHARY PAYTON – GUEST PANEL 

Bow to the King… From “The Walking Dead” to “Teen Titans” to 

“The Legend Of Vox Machina” Khary has been everywhere. We 

are thrilled to welcome him back to SacAnime, and here is your 

chance to ask him your questions. 


LOVE LIVE RANDOM DANCE: PRESENTED BY 

PROJECT IDOLIZED 

Grab your penlights and put on your dancing shoes, and join 

us for SacAnime’s very first love live random dance play! From 

across the whole Love Live series, jump on the dance floor on the 

songs you know or just wing it and have fun! 


GEEK FASHION SHOW 

Dougary Grant brings his acclaimed Geek Fashion Show back 

to SacAnime. Come see some of the greatest designers on the 

West Coast have their clothes modeled by some of Nor Cal’s 

best models. 


Q&A WITH SUPERNATURAL OF YOKOHAMA 

(18+) 

Come and ask questions to the Supernaturals of Yokohama. 

For the first time members of the Armed Detective Agency and 

the Port Mafia are joining forces to tackle your most pressing 

questions. 

8:00PM – FOAM FIGHTING ROOM 

SWAP MEET 

Come shopping for deals at this fan driven swap meet. You never 

know what treasures you may find 


GENSHIN FESTIVAL! 

Come join our Genshin Impact panel, with chances to win prizes, 

rewards and more. We have a whole hour of fun planned and 

some great cosplayers joining us to make this the best panel it 

can be! Hope to see you there! 


AMV 

SacAnime is proud to hold it’s own AMV Contest! Come watch 

and vote! Winners will be announced during Closing Ceremonies 

SATURDAY 



10:00AM – PANEL ROOM 1 

TOKYO REVENGERS FAN PANEL 

A fan panel for anime/manga Tokyo Revengers that will include 

Q&A, trivia games (with prizes), and more. A anime-only fan 

panel so if you have yet to read the manga don’t worry, you 

won’t be spoiled about anything. 


DANGANRONPA GOODBYE DESPAIR 

Welcome to Hope’s Peak Academy, here you will be asking 

students of Hope’s Peak Academy and they will answer your 

questions ,we will be doing some skits as well ,we will be doing 

a game of truth or dare and other games and win some prizes 


GENSHIN’S BEACH EPISODE 

Ever want to go to a beach and visit all your favorite characters 

from Genshin Impact? Watch the Archons interact as their vision 

holders have fun in the sand? Well, now you can! Come visit and 

ask your Genshin faves whatever you’d like! 

11:00AM – BALLROOM A 

NARUTO – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Maile Flanagan, Brian Donovan, 

Douglas Erholtz, Kate Higgins, Michael Yurchak, 

Tom Gibis, Yuri Lowenthal & Tara Platt 

Journey to Konoha with the cast members of this fan favorite 

anime. SacAnime is delighted to have this huge reunion of the 

cast. 


ABRIDGED PARODIES 101 

Abridged series, parodies, spoofs, SP00Ds (spoofs with zeros and 

a D), you name it. It’s all a process! Not an easy one either! Where 

do we start? What do we need? Programs? Voice actors? How 

do we go about it? Well leave it to your friendly neighborhood 

Dante- The DarkAbridgerEX who has written, directed, voiced, 

edited, and even captured footage for parodies on stuff like Love 

Live!, School Days, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Devil May Cry, and 

more all on his own! He’ll give you one type of rundown of the 

101 process that might help you get the kickstart or confidence 

to start! [Rated PG-13: Strong language will be bleeped.] 


CHILLIN WITH THE VILLAINS! 

The villains are taking the day off just for you! Perhaps you may 

even get the inside scoop on their latest plans! Plotting against 

the Heros and those at UA is a mission that never rest. Now is 

the perfect time to ask your questions and watch the villains 

compete in some fun games! 


SOCIAL MEDIA ON ANIME 

It’s an anime panel with social media influencers talking about 

anime with fans and playing games. 


CHRISTOPHER SABAT, CHARLES MARTINET 

AND SEAN SCHEMMEL – GUEST PANEL 

Three legendary voices, one amazing panel. From their illustrious 

careers to one of the biggest anime releases of 2022, “Dragon 

Ball Super: Super Hero” come hear tales from their careers. 


POKEMON – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Tara Sands, Michael Haigney, Veronica 

Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Megan Hollingshead, Eric 

Stuart & Stuart Zagnit 

As we approach the 25th Anniversary of the 4Kids “Pokemon” 

series next year, come to this reunion of the cast and hear stories 

from this legendary franchise 


HIDING FROM THE SHOGUN 

Come and hang out with the fugitives of the land of Inazuma. 

We’ll be doing Q&As, games with prizes, and just chatting so 

come along. 


THE WAY OF CLAN SAKAI 

Learn the secrets of Clan Sakai and Clan Shimura. Jin will speak 

on his journey as the ghost across Tsushima. 


FIGHTING THE FATUI – PROTECTING 

TEVYAT! 

Genshin Impact Fan Panel~ 

The protectors of Teyvat need your help fighting off the Fatui! A 

certain Harbinger has become an intense threat that must be 

taken care of, we must fight for the archons and the world of 

Teyvat. 

Some of your favorite Genshin Impact characters are coming to 

take part in the activities at SacAnime Summer! 

At our panel, we will be cosplaying certain characters from 

Genshin, acting as them, doing skits, a character QnA, playing 

some games, and more! 

We hope you will come to join us!! Ad Astra Abyssosque! 


TEEN TITANS – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Tara Strong, Khary Payton & Greg Cipes 

Come spend an hour at Titans Tower and hear stories from 

Raven, Beast Boy & Cyborg. If you’re lucky their alter egos will tell 

stories about their other vocal exploits in other franchises. 


APEX LEGENDS – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Elle Newlands, JB Blanc, Justine Huxley, 

Nicolas Roye & Roger Craig Smith 

Drop into the Apex Games alongside some of the fan favorite 

Legends. Listen to their stories as they recount how they found 

their way into the games and beyond that. 

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THE L’MANBURG ELECTION (A DSMP PANEL) 

Welcome to the first ever election of L’manburg, where your vote 

matters! Come to ask all of the candidates in Swag 2020, Pog 

2020, Schlatt 2020, and Coconut 2020 your pressing questions, 

before you cast your vote and find out the results in real time! 

(This panel contains acted bits and reward prizes for audience 

members!) 


DEMONSLAYER FANS 

Calling all Demonslayer fans! Interested in joining the 

Demonslayer corps? We are a group of students and actors who 

love anime! Come hang out with us, ask questions and play 

games! We will be focused on the anime, no manga spoilers. 


KPOP/JPOP BATTLES 

The ‘JPOP Battles’ is a dance-cover event where participants show 

off their love for dance & JPOP by proving they’re the biggest fan. 

Come watch to see as SacAnime’s JPOP Battle fans compete for 

the top dance-cover entry. 

The ‘Kpop Battles’ is a dance-cover event where participants 

show off their love for dance & Kpop by proving they’re the 

biggest fan. 

Come watch to see as SacAnime’s KPop Battle fans compete for 

the top dance-cover entry. 


HALO – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Steve Downes , Jen Taylor and Nicolas 

Roye 

Come join Master Chief, Cortana and Fernando Esparza as they 

regale you with tales of their work on the flagship Xbox property 

of Halo. 


A PERFECT TEATIME 

Learn how to host and hold a *Perfect Teatime* from a panel 

of Garreg Mach students! Whether you’re serving tea for your 

favorite Fire Emblem character or for friends and family, this is 

your opportunity to learn how to brew the tea, set the table, and 

what to serve so your teatime companions can have the best 

experience possible! 


BACKSTREETS OF INAZUMA: A GENSHIN 

IMPACT PANEL 

Everybody everywhere! Don’t be afraid, have no fear, your 

favorite Genshin heroes are here!… in the backstreets of 

Inazuma. In an unexpected meeting of your characters from 

all over Teyvat in such an odd place, shenanigans of either good 

or bad are bound to happen. Join us as we come together for 

QnA and games of all varieties where prizes can be won! P.S, a 

certain electro user who dared to brave the lightning’s glow will 

make his grand return 


Weebs are Growing Up – Stand Up Comedy Special (18+) 

The Reigning Anime Expo Late Comedy Showdown Champion 

Rey @remcreate Cabato will deliver his observations and takes 

as a cosplay photographer witnessing his peers growing up. 

Tackling the joys and the cringe in a no-holds bar stand up 

comedy special for convention attendee enjoyment. 



Featuring: Thomas Wyn, Alan Lee, Brandon 






Genshin Impact – Jackbox Shenanigans 

A 16+ in character panel of your favorite Genshin impact 

characters playing Jackbox. 


THE CAT GIRLS OF LA SOLIEL! 

A mature panel (viewer discretion is advised) to ask and dare 

your favorite cat girls anything and everything! Join nekos such 

as Chocola, Vanilla, and more in this exciting look into the lives of 

the cat girls of La Soliel! 


MASQUERADE 

The SacAnime Cosplay Masquerade is one of the most popular 

events of the weekend! Come watch and laugh as our talented 

competitors perform skits, dances and comedy routines on our 

grand stage 


JPOP/KPOP EDM AFTER PARTY DANCE 

An adventure into the sights and sounds of music! Join DJ Jinrei 

as he takes you on a journey through the exciting world of dance 

music! This is a con After Party that will keep you on your feet 

dancing the night away. 


K-POP JEOPARDY 

Do you live, breathe, and dance to K-pop all day? Then grab 

your 3-4 of your friends to form a team and play some K-pop 

Jeopardy. The categories could include K-pop, K-indie, K-hip-hop, 

K-dramas, and more. The quiz show will be fierce, but perhaps 

your team may slay the K-pop competition and reign as K-pop 

Jeopardy champions. 


FURS OF SACANIME 

Are you a furry, know someone who is, or are just genuinely 

curious about furries? Come join us as and learn the ins and 

outs of furries, fursuits, and the furry fandom! 




UA HIGH GOES DARK 

In this MHA Villain panel we will be doing multiple things! This 

includes crowd-involved activities! What will we be doing in the 

panel? We’ll be doing a q&a, Truth or Dare, And possibly more 

games! Including a raffle at the end of this panel! 


AMV 

SacAnime is proud to hold it’s own AMV Contest! Come watch 

and vote! Winners will be announced during Closing Ceremonies 


DEMON SLAYER PANEL 

Come join our demon slayer panel, there will be demons and 

demons slayers interacting together. We will also be hosting a 

Kahoot 


HOMESTUCK IN 2022? YOU BET IT IS. 

This is a Homestuck panel that will consist of cosplayers 

interacting with audience members in character answering 

questions or doing dares and hosting a few games in between. 

SUNDAY 

11:00AM – BALLROOM B 

NARUTO – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Maile Flanagan, Brian Donovan, 

Douglas Erholtz, Kate Higgins, Michael Yurchak, 

Tom Gibis, Nicolas Roye and Megan Hollingshead. 

Journey to Konoha with the cast members of this fan favorite 

anime. SacAnime is delighted to have this huge reunion of the 

cast. 


HOW K-POP EXPLODED IN THE US 

When BTS exploded in the US in 2017, this was the final 

tipping point for the K-pop explosion in the West. A slew of other 

K-pop artists soon followed, doing their own US tours, going to 

Coachella, and featuring on popular TV shows. Today, Korean pop 

culture at an all-time high, as it’s beginning to become more 

mainstream. Let’s break down how and when the US K-pop 

explosion happened. 


SOCIAL MEDIA ON ANIME 

Anime panel with Celebrities and Content Creators 


ARCANE – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Roger Craig Smith, JB Blanc, Jason 

Spisak & Yuri Lowenthal 

Swing through Piltover and Zaun to speak with those pivotal to 

the clash of technologies. Find out some of the hidden knowledge 

about the process of taking a popular game to the big screen. 


THE HISTORY OF LOLITA FASHION & YOU! 

Have you ever been interested in lolita fashion? Are you a long 

time member of the Sacramento community? This panel is for 

both new and veteran lolitas looking for some fun info about 

how our beloved fashion came to be! Please join us and learn 

more about lolita and also participate in the Q&A! 


FIVE NIGHTS AT SACANIME 

Join the animatronics (and Gregory!) of FNaF: Security Breach 

as they lead the audience through interactive games and take 

questions from the crowd in this fun-filled cosplay panel! All fans 

of Five Nights at Freddy’s are welcome. 


POKEMON – GUEST PANEL 

Featuring: Tara Sands, Michael Haigney, Veronica 

Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Megan Hollingshead, Eric 

Stuart & Stuart Zagnit 

As we approach the 25th Anniversary of the 4Kids “Pokemon” 

series next year, come to this reunion of the cast and hear stories 

from this legendary franchise 



Featuring: Thomas Wyn, Alan Lee, Brandon 






LOVE LIVE RANDOM DANCE PLAY 

love Love Live? Love to dance? Well come on down and try out 

Sac Anime’s first ever Love Live theme random dance play. Make 

sure to grab those penlights and get ready to bust a move and 

show off those idol moves or support your fellow idol lovers as 

they dance. Taking songs from across the whole series, to Muse 

to Liella, there is sure to be a song you know! 


STEVE DOWNES – GUEST PANEL 

For over 20 years and 8 video games, Steve Downes has 

portrayed Master Chief in the Halo Franchise. Join us for a Q&A 

session and ask him about his work in this legendary franchise 


CLOSING CEREMONIES 

Come find out information about our next show, and see the 

winners of our AMV contest. This is your chance to give feedback 

to help shape the next show. 


NADJI JETER – GUEST PANEL 

From starring in two of the biggest video games ever (“The Last 

Of Us” & “Spider-Man”) to being the face of the Coca-Cola 

brand, Nadji is loved across video game & screen. Here is his solo 

panel to discuss his career.

Convention Center First Floor 

Maker’s Row 

EXHIBITOR ROOM 

Vendors 

We’ve filled a room with all of your favorite Anime, Manga, 

video game and Asian Pop Culture merchandise. Now 

it’s up to you to decide how much of it you can carry. 

Artist Alley 

A great place to find one-of-a-kind handmade items, original artwork, or fanart of your 

favorite characters. 

Maker’s Row 

A special area created specifically for professional creators/artists. 

Exhibitors Hall Hours: 

Friday 12pm-7pm 

Saturday 10am-7pm 

Sunday 10am-6pm 

VIP Entry 30mins prior 

AUTOGRAPH ROOM (Entrance in the Exhibitor Room) 

At SacAnime, we pride ourselves on giving our attendees the chance to get 

up close with the best talent in the industry. 

Premium Autographs 

Most of our guests will be selling their autographs at their own 

individual booths, cash and card accepted. Autographs usually come 

with a photo/picture of the guest or character the guest protrays. You may 

bring your own item if you wish, but it is up to each individual guest on 

whether or not they will sign it, depending on the content. All of 

the money collected goes directly to the guests. SacAnime does not 

set autograph pricing or receive money from autograph sales. 

VIP Premium Autograph Lines 

SacAnime VIPs will have their own autograph lines for guests selling their 

autographs. 

Free Autographs 

Some of our guests may be participating in Free Autograph Sessions. 

During these sessions, the guest will sign one autograph on a fan provided 

item without charge - except for Funko Pops. Additonal autographs may be 

purchased. 

Free VIP Autographs 

Free Autograph Sessons for SacAnime VIPs only. 

Guest of Honor and Cosplayer Photo Ops 

Have your photo taken with our Guests of Honor and printed while you wait! 

Pricing and schedule available on site - in addition, the Photo Ops area will 

offer Cosplayers the free free digital photos or 8x10’s for $10.

Convention Center Second Floor 

Panel 

Room 1 

Ballroom 

A 

Table 

Top 

Gaming 

Sponsored by 

A & B 

Comics 

(B9, B11 in 

Exhibitor 

Room) 

CAFE 

HOSHI 

Ballroom 

B 

Cosplay Gatherings 

Foam Fighting 

Demonstrations 

Friday Night 

Swap Meet 

Panel Panel 

Room 2 Room 

3 

Security 

Lost & 

Found 

Saturday 

Super Smash 

Bros. Melee 

Tournament 

Lost & Found 

Help your karma by bringing any lost items or people to the Con Info room. The 

Sheraton Hotel, Sacramento Convention Center and SacAnime are not responsible 

for lost or stolen items, and the lost and found should not be used as a “holding area” 

for your possessions or loved ones. 

Ballrooms A & B/Panel Rooms 

Guest of Honor panels, demonstrations and special events from experts and 

industry professionals. Check schedule for full event descriptions and times. 

Cosplay Gathering Area 

All registered cosplay gatherings will take place outside on the East Lobby 

Terrace. (2nd Floor, Convention Center). Check the program schedule and 

signs in the gathering area to see when and where each series will be meeting. 

Table Top/CCG (Collectible Card Game Room) 

Daily Yugioh! and Magic Tournaments hosted by A&B Comics. 

Magic: The Gathering Tournaments: 

Friday: 2pm | Saturday: 1pm | Sunday: 1pm 

Yuigioh Tournaments: 

Friday: 2:30pm | Saturday: 12pm | Sunday: 12pm 

Cafe Hoshi 

Cafe Hoshi is back. Pricing and Schedule available on site. 

Foam Fighting Demonstrations 

Foam fighting demonstrations will be going on throughout all three days 

of the convention. 

Friday Night Swap Meet 

SacAnime’s Friday Night Swap Meet is back. Buy gently used items from 

regular attendees. Friday night 8pm - 11pm.

SacAnime 

On Site Registration 

(Magnolia, Camelia, Gardenia) 

Sheraton Grand, Lower Level 

Sheraton Grand 

J Street 

REGISTRATION/PRE-REGISTRATION HOURS: 

THURSDAY (4PM - 10PM) 

FRIDAY (9AM-10PM) 

SATURDAY (8AM-10PM) 

SUNDAY (9AM - 6PM) 

AT-THE-DOOR REGISTRATION PRICES 

FRIDAY OR SUNDAY ONLY: $25 

SATURDAY ONLY: $35 

FULL WEEKEND: $45 

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DIGITAL ART CONTEST WINNERS 

Digital Program Cover 

by Kazari 

Badge Art by 

Liz Marie 

Badge Art by 

Laela’s Garden 

Badge Art by 

Ivory Ice 

Badge Art by 

Purple Phantasm 

Badge Art by 

Sketchy Peppers 

Badge Art by 

Liz Marie 

T-Shirt/Collector’s Card/ 

Coin Art by 

XC 

T-Shirt Art by 

Kitsu Guardian

WINTER 2023 

SACANIME 

January 6th - 8th, 2023 

Sacramento’s SAFE Credit Union 

Convention Center 

TROY BAKER 

JUSTIN BRINER 

ZACH AGUILAR 

ABBY TROTT 

STEVE BURTON 

GEORGE NEWBERN 

BRAD 

SWAILE 

BRIAN 

DRUMMOND 

SHANNON 

CHAN-KENT 

ALESSANDRO 

JULIANI 

Huge Exhibitor Room/Artists Alley | Guest Panels | AMV Contest 

Friday Night Swap Meet | Cosplay Masquerade | CCG Tournaments 

Video Gaming | Family Friendly | Thousands of Costumed Fans

SacAnime Summer 2022 Program Book

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