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Carrie Savage
Carrie Savage is happy to be returning to Ikki-con once again! Carrie has voiced such characters as "Fuko" in I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs, "Rakka" in Haibane Renmei, ?Hakufu? in Ikki Tousen, ?Nancy Makuhari? in R.O.D. the TV, ?Maromi? in Paranoia Agent, ?Mokona? in Tsubasa Chronicles, and XXX Holic, ?Rihoko? in Witchblade, ?Asta? in Trinity Blood, ?Penny? in Shin Chan , ?Shima? in Stellvia, "Nina" in Ultra Maniac. She can also be heard as ?Solty? in Solty Rei, ?Haruka? in Rumbling Hearts, ?Arte? in Moon Phase, ?Kaede? in Shuffle, ?Yuffa? in Ragnarok, and more ?secret? shows. She has also had a fun time voicing characters in video games and more anime shows such as Final Fantasy, Suikoden 5, Tales of Legendia, Romancing Saga, Dynasty Warriors, Gankutsuo, Dear.S, GunXSword, Marmalade Boy, Ergo Proxy, Texhnolyze, Lunar Legend Tsukihime, Sakura Wars the Movie, Dangaizer 3, Aguarian Age the Movie, Ghost Talker's Day Dream, Origin ?Spirits of the Past? , Mushishi, Melody of Oblivion, Suzuka, Ergo Proxy, Girl?s Bravo, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, School Rumble, Xeno Saga, Hell Girl, and more. She even got to be the voice of 2 ?My Little Pony? toys; Baby ?Skywishes? and a singing T-pot! Carrie has script adapted for such shows as School Rumble, and Shuffle, and was also lucky enough to get to directed episodes 1-4 of Shuffle, as well as a little directing on various other shows.Clarine Harp
Clarine Harp was first cast by FUNimation Entertainment in 2003 to give life to the character of Tweedledee in Kiddy Grade. Since then, Clarine’s talents have been featured in a broad range of roles: Burst Angel (Sei), Akira Kurosawa's Samurai 7 (Sanae), Speed Grapher (Ginza), Negima (Kaede), Trinity Blood (Mary Spencer), Beck (Kayo), Shin chan (Miss Katz) and Witchblade (Asagi). Clarine can also be heard in Yu Yu Hakusho, Spiral, Fullmetal Alchemist, Case Closed, Hell Girl, Aquarion, Ghost Hunt, One Piece, Ouran High School Host Club, Desert Punk, Origin ~ Spirits of the Past, Mushi-Shi, Suzuka, Peach Girl, Baki the Grappler and The Galaxy Railways. Recently, she has appeared as Chen in Jyu-Oh-Sei.Brett Weaver
Brett Weaver is an American voice actor working with ADV Films, known for his roles in the English-language dubs of anime series.Wendy Powell
Wendy is so excited to be here with all of you…so let’s start this CON out with a bang! Wendy has been a professional voice actress for Funimation Entertainment and Okratron 5000 for 5 years and has recently signed a contract with a new company called Illumitoons Productions, in which is playing the character of the Appraiser in Beet the Vandle. She is probably most well known for a little villain named “Envy” on Fullmetal Alchemist. Wendy is also known for smaller parts…in which she usually dies a most painful death. Some of her credits include: Emi, In Baki the Grappler. Amick, In Blue Gender, The Fever Demon in Shin Chan, Kyo’s Mother in Fruits Basket, and Kasuga in Negima, Paul” Lady Death” In Trintiy Blood. She has also voiced characters in: Kitty Grade,Case Closed, Yu Yu Hakusho ,Peach Girl, Galaxy Railways, Tsubasa, Gunslinger Girl, Moon Phase, Glass Fleet and many others. Video Game credits include: Spikeout, Fullmetal Alchemist, Curse of the Crimson and Broken Angel. Wendy’s first love is the Theatre(although Anime is quickly catching up!!!), she works in local theatre in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. You can visit Wendy at her myspace account at envywendy@myspace.comJamie Marchi
Jamie Marchi is a theatre major who has been acting professionally since 2000. Her most well known voice role is that of the sexy thief-for-hire Rinslet Walker, on Black Cat, and more recently she is known for Masane Amaha in the anime adaptation of Witchblade in addition to those characters she has had roles on Fullmetal Alchemist, Negima!, Trinity Blood and Yu Yu Hakusho.J. Shanon Weaver
J. Shanon Weaver is a voice actor and Co-Founder of "A Chick and A Dude" Productions, which got three awards from the Austin Circle of Theaters for its homegrown drama "HIT.", which was honored for Shanon Weaver's script, Melissa Livingston's direction, and the full cast performance. Voice credits include Ginji in Getbackers, Kenshin Himura in the Samurai X Movies, and Taikoubou Doushi in Soul Hunter.Tony Salvaggio
Tony Salvaggio has been an almost life-long fan of anime and manga.He has worked as an artist, animator, and designer in the video games industry. He is currently co-writing "Psy-Comm" (an original graphic novel series for Tokyopop) as well as the anime/manga influenced story "Clockwerx" (for Humanoids Publishing). As a freelance journalist, Tony has penned the column "Calling Manga Island" for www.comicbookresources.com, and worked on various video game and manga related writing projects.Chris Patton
Chris Patton has been a voice actor for the past ten years, for ADV Films, Funimation Entertainment, and others. Some of his credits include Yuuichi in Kanon, Sato in Welcome to the NHK, Sousuke Sagara in Full Metal Panic ( including Fumoffu and the Second Raid ), Turles in Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and 3, Ichiro in Nerima Daikon Brothers, Sasame in Pretear, Manabu in Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Fakir in Princess Tutu, Ranmaru in The Wallflower, Hajime in Ghost Stories, Haruka in Tactics, Hiroki in The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Ayato in RahXephon, Nishi in Gantz, and many more. Chris is also very active in the Houston Theatre scene, having been seen in over 50 productions, most recently as Saucy Jack De'ath in the electronic camp musical Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens.This is his third appearance at Ikkicon!Chris Ayres
Christopher Ayres has been working professionally in theatre, television and film since the age of 6. His work has been seen Regionally, Nationally and on Broadway. He currently works as a voice actor for ADV FILMS and FUNimation ENTERTAINMENT, and has recently started working as an A.D. R. Director for ADV FILMS. His first project for the studio is the hit anime musical comedy THE NERIMA DAIKON BROTHERS. In addition to that he is also the director for XENOSAGA: The Animation, and MAGIKANO. Some of the roles as a voice actor Chris is best known for are Kei Kourono in Gantz, Suitengu in Speed Grapher, Von Kampher in Trinity Blood, Hayashimizu in Full Metal Panic? Fummofu, Nakamaru in Maburaho, Yaminami in Peacemaker, DJ Plugman in Air Gear Yusuf Ali Mesa in Yugo the Negotiator, Koji in Godanner, Murato in Hakugei - Legend of the Moby Dick, Sawadust in A Tree of Palme, Dr. Pluto in BASToF Syndrome, Akimoto in Sakura Diaries, Multiple Villains in Gatchaman, Kenji Kurata in Diamond Daydreams, Oshodani in Pappuwa, Jimpachi Arishiama in Nanka 6/17, and Woogy in Michel. His voice can also be heard in Elfin Lied, Gravion Zwie, Utwararerumono, Coyote Ragtime Show and Desert Punk to name a few. Chris is also one of the Anime industry voice actors who sings on Voices for Peace. He is very proud to be a part of the "Voices For..." oganization. Chris also works as a professional fight director and has enjoyed bringing his workshop “Mock Combat for Cosplay” to many conventions. You can learn more about Chris by visiting his website www.christopherayres-va.com.Kyle Hebert
Kyle Hebert is an LA-based voice actor currently heard on Cartoon Network as Sosuke Aizen and Ganju Shiba on "Bleach", as well as Kiba on "Naruto". He is best known as the Narrator and teen Gohan ..onball Z". Other credits include Megaman Star Force (Omega-Xis), "Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society (Munei), "When They Cry" (Tomitake), "Fullmetal Alchemist" (Falman), "Fruits Basket" (Takei), "Eureka 7" (KenGoh), "Yu Yu Hakusho" (Karasu), "Ergo Proxy" (MCQ), and many more. Video game voiceover credits include "Devil May Cry 4", ".hack GU Part 2-3", "Digimon Data Squad", "Desperate Housewives", "Baten Kaitos: Origins", "Dragonball Z", and "Naruto".Hannah Alcorn
Hannah Alcorn is an actress from Houston, Texas and began acting on
stage at the age of 11 and has been working professionally since the
age of 18. She is currently a senior at the University of Houston
working towards her BA in Theatre with a concentration on acting and
directing. Her recent stage work includes Lysistrata, Picasso at the
Lapin Agile, Side Show, and she has appeared in several productions
around town with the Houston Children's Theatre Festival and Houston
Grand Opera.Carli Mosier
Carli has been involved in theater since the age of 6 at HITS theater and the Houston Grand Opera. She graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and then took classes under the great Stuart Ostrow.Jessica Boone
Jessica is a very talented voice actress and has appeared in numerous anime features. Some of her most well known animes and characters are: Nayuki Minase in Kanon and (Girl A) in Air, Akao Hiiragi from Jinki:Extend, Atsuko Akanegi from Diamond Daydreams (or Diamond Dust Drops), Azmaria Hendric from Chrono Crusade, Yuna from Maburaho, Arumi from Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Ena from Gravion and Gravion Zwei, Mio Hio from DN Angel, Mizuki from Full Metal Panic:Fumoffu, Mitsuki from Puni Puni Poemi, Yoshimi from Nuku Nuku, Kiri from Divergence Eve, Misaki in Angelic Layer, Rue/Krahe from Princess Tutu and of course one of my favortite roles - Chiyo Mihama (Chiyo-chan) from Azumanga Daioh! Please make our lovely and adorable chiyo feel at home here, won't you! Ganbatte (Do your best)!Jan Scott Frazier
Jan worked in the animation (anime) industry in Japan for almost 14 years. She attended animation school and later went on to work at a number of studios in including Artland, Production IG and Atelier BWCA on shows including RikiOh 2, Locke the Superman (OVA), Shurato (OVA), Bubblegum Crash (OVA) and Tottoi (feature). She become an expert in many different aspects of animation production, such as cel painting, animating, backgrounds, camera and directing. In 1991 she founded an animation studio - TAO Corp. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. TAO did work on Moldiver, Diary of Mikan, Genocyber and SWAT Kats amongst others. In 1994, Jan moved into consulting work, freelancing for Cambridge Animation Systems, the developers of Animo (a computer assisted (2D) animation production system). Also in 1994, Jan co-founded GENESIS Digital Publishing Company with Izumi Matsumoto (Kimagure Orange Road) where they created the best-selling Comic ON, a CD-ROM manga compendium in which Jan debuted as a manga artist. In 1999 Jan directed episodes of Susie-chan & Marvy (TV) and spent most of the year working on the development of original TV series projects. In 2000, she moved back to the USA to work at Celsys USA on the development of the next generation of the RETAS digital production system.
Jan has traveled extensively throughout Asia and the US teaching animation techniques and speaking at tradeshows and conventions. She has also translated videos and manga, written and co-written magazine articles and created extensive training materials for cel painting, animation and computer animation.
In 2006 she produced the album Voices for Peace as a charity benefit. She currently produces albums for Voices For, a non-profit corporation and is writing her memoirs.Samantha Inoue Harte
Samantha Inoue Harte is the quintessential Renaissance woman in the Anime Industry: she is an Anime voice actress, an Animation Instructor, and currently President of her own Animation Studio.Josh Grelle
A native Texan, Josh was raised on stage and in the art studios of Central Texas. He performed on stage for over 15 years prior to starting work for A.D.V. Films at the start of 2004. Josh is known for playing the outrageous Taishi in Comic Party: Revolution and has recently been cast as Kyohei in the new Shinichi Watanabe (AKA Nabeshin) comedy, The Wallflower as well as Simon in Gainax's Gurren Lagann. He can also be seen as Admiral Voda in Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid, Yukinojo in Moeyo Ken T.V., G-6 and various Villians in Gatchaman, Elegen/Gaster/Derzerb/Enzi in Guyver: The Bio Boosted Armor, Suonkasu in Utawareumono, Kyoushiro in Innocent Venus, Guy in Venus Vs Virus, Viscount Wolkins in Pumpkin Scissors, and Hammer in Xenosaga-The Animation. Josh has also lent his vocal talents to such shows as Wedding Peach, Steam Detectives, Coyote Ragtime Show, Nerima Daikon Brothers, 009-1, Kurau - Phantom Memory, Jail Breakers, Air Gear, Air TV and many more.