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Mega64
In the not too distant future, scientist Dr. Poque creates a gaming console with the ability to tap into the human mind, making games appear real to its users. He "recruits" two specimens named Rocko and Derek to be enslaved in a hidden beta-testing camp for his device.
While Rocko and Derek are hooked to the device (called the Mega64), the viewer sees them acting as characters in the corresponding game, interacting with normal people in San Diego who are often unaware that they are on hidden camera, but are notified after the filming is completed. Occasionally, however, the cameraman will be out in the open, in situations where covert filming is unnecessary or impossible.
Another character, named Shawn, is initially hired by Dr. Poque as Rocko and Derek's "E-mail delivery man" but also starts taking part in the Mega64 experiments. Shortly thereafter, two additional characters are introduced: a puppet named Marcus, who is presumably working for Poque; and Horatio, Poque's eccentric Mexican roommate. Check out the official Mega64 site here.
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Charles Martinet
Martinet's video game voice over debut was as Mario in the 1995 Windows release of Interplay's game Mario's FUNdamentals. However, most were first exposed to Mario's voice in the landmark 1996 game Super Mario 64. He has voiced Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi in most games where in these characters speak. His voice work appears in the English and Japanese-language versions of the games, albeit his work is always in English (regardless of the Italian references whenever he voices Mario and related characters).
Martinet also provided voiceover acting for the boxers and the announcer in the Super NES title Super Punch-Out!!. He also voiced the character Vigoro in Sega's Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube RPG, Skies of Arcadia.
EXP Con is excited to have Charles Martinet for his first weekend-long convention appearance ever!
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Steve Downes
Steve Downe's has been in commercial voice ever since 1990. His first experience in voice acting for video games came in 1999 when he played the role of Gunnar in the video game Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator by Valkyrie Studios. Although a relatively minor role, his performance caught the attention of the voice acting director and composer of the game, Martin "Marty" O'Donnell. When Marty began working on the video game Halo: Combat Evolved at Bungie Studios, he invited Steve to voice the game's main character, the Master Chief. He would go on to become the man who would voice one of the most iconic video game figures in history, Master Chief, for the duration of the Halo series.
EXP Con is happy to welcome Steve Downes back a second time for one of his rare weekend-long convention appearances!
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Vic Mignogna
Vic has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old. But he started his career in anime about ten years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II. Since then Vic has been in more than a hundred and fifty shows and video games, known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai in Tsubasa Chronicle, Dark in DN Angel, Kurz in Full Metal Panic, Broly in Dragonball Z, Kougaijji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku in Bleach, Yukito in Air, Takanaga in Wallflower, Tatsu in Peacemaker, Luciano in Code Geass, Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood, Hikaru in Macross and many more. He is currently back in the role of Edward in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, playing Death Scythe in Soul Eater, as well as characters in Naruto and several others.
Vic has also voiced roles in a large number of video games including Soul Calibur, Disgaea, Persona III, Project Sylpheed, DBZ, Bleach, FMA and more. But even longer than his voice acting, Vic has been a professional music composer / singer / producer who has written and produced hundreds of songs for TV, radio and CD. He sings the themes for shows like One Piece & DBGT, and has produced several CDs of his own original music. And finally, in addition to anime and music, Vic has a degree in film and works regularly writing, producing and directing video and film productions. Vic has voiced characters in more than 100 anime series and video games. Vic is also now realizing a childhood dream, acting and directing in an amazing web series called Star Trek Phase II. TOS forever!
EXP Con is happy to welcome Vic Mignogna back a second time for his only weekend-long convention appearance in Florida this year.
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Eileen Stevens
Eileen Stevens is a VO actress living and working in NYC. In addition to playing Belledandy on the Japanese anime "Ah! My Goddess", she's also voiced characters for "Pokemon", "Yugioh 5D", and played Kitty Pryde in Marvel Comics "Astonishing X Men" motion comic, among others. She's voiced many audiobooks for audible.com. She's an audiobook director for Random House and was producer/director at Full House Productions, a recording studio in NYC, for over 6 years. She's also fan of Hayao Miyazaki.
Eileen will be attending EXP Con 2010 for her first ever convention appearance.
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Christopher Sabat
Christopher Sabat is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and Line Producer. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, as well as video games. Sabat is also the founder and director at the OkraTron 5000 audio production facility in Dallas, Texas.
Sabat is best known for his voice work in Dragon Ball as several main characters, most notably Vegeta and Piccolo. In addition to this he has also voiced such characters as Ayame Sohma in Fruits Basket, Alex Louis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist, Kikuchiyo Samurai 7, Kazuma Kuwabara in Yu Yu Hakusho, Cross Marian in D.Gray-man, and Roronoa Zoro in One Piece.
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Troy Baker
A native of Dallas, Texas, Troy first began working as an actor in TV and Radio commercials. He quickly became a mainstay voice actor of the anime community with such roles as 'Frank Archer' in Full Metal Alchemist, 'Abel Nightroad' in Trinity Blood, 'Gennosuke' in Basilisk and 'Action Bastard' in Shin Chan. Troy can also be heard in lead roles for blockbuster video game titles like Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4, Yuri Lowell in Tales of Vesperia Ghaleon in Lunar: Harmony of the Silver Star, Snow Villiers in Final Fantasy XIII, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Red Faction: Guerrilla , the Brothers In Arms Franchise, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Bloodrayne 2, Aeon Flux, Resistance 2, Trauma Center: New Blood, and Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.
Not only has Troy hosted panels and hung with fans at conventions across the country, He was the host and co-producer for the hit TV reality show Anime Road Rage, which spotlighted the largest pop culture conventions.
EXP Con is happy to welcome Troy Baker back a second time for another weekend-long convention appearance.
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Ali Hillis
Ali Hillis is an American film, television and voice actress who got her first acting gig doing two episodes of televisions show "Felicity" in 1999. Gamers will recognize her voice as Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII, Mary and Shelley Godwin in the Xenosaga trilogy, and Dr. Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy. Anime fans will recognize her voice as Karin from Naruto Shippuden.
As far as film goes she has appeared in the films All The Wrong Places, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Must Love Dogs, The Ultimate Gift, and The Heartbreak Kid, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
EXP Con is excited to Ali Hillis for her first weekend-long fan convention appearance ever!
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AniRAGE!
Enjoy those movies where the boy meets the girl, they fall in love, and then either something terrible happens or they end up living happily ever after? aniRAGE doesn't either! Come join Northwest Florida's Greatest Improv group as they delight and excite with games, skits, and all around awesomeness. Destined for greatness by the gods of improv, aniRAGE with delight and excite with their special blend of humor and nonsense. From their smash hit "Whose Line Is It aniRAGE?" performance to their unruly and erratic "Anime XD", to whatever else they come up with off the tops of their wacky heads, you can bet that you'll be jumping out of your seat in stitches, and begging for even more. They may even let you in on the fun... Check out the official AniRAGE site here.
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Ashley Animebelle Clark
Ashley Clark is a multi-media artist and writer, and has been working in the anime style for nearly a decade. Her first webcomic, 'Shades of Red', debuted in 2003. She has since turned her attention to her newest literary project, 'Tales of Asajima'. You can enter the world of Asajima through the webnovel 'Nowaki', and continue your journey with the first of her print novels, 'The Yukari'.
Ashley has won numerous awards as not only an artist, but also as an AMV creator, cosplayer, and film editor. Within the anime community, Ashley is widely known as Anna May Belle, webmistress of AnimeBelle.com, one of the most highly regarded and popular anime websites in the south. AnimeBelle hosts a gallery containing over 32,000 photos with hundreds more added after every convention she attends. The website also hosts forums, guest interviews, event reporting, and a convention schedule of southern anime conventions. If it's of interest to southern anime fans, it interests AnimeBelle, y'all! Check out the official Animebelle website here.
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Mary Cagle
Mary Cagle is an anime-inspired artist and comic author. Her chief work is Kiwi Blitz, a biweekly action comedy webcomic about fighting crime in an alternate future. Her style is influenced by works such as TWEWY, Gurren Lagann, and Soul Eater. She is currently attending the Savannah College of Art and Design, majoring in comics. In late 2009, her work led popular webcartoonist Scott Kurtz (PVP Online) to invite her for an internship, Where Mary did a variety of color and design work. She also contributes articles about coloring to Webcomics.com, and is often found lurking around places like deviantArt and Pixiv, where she goes by the nickname Cube Watermelon. You can check out Mary's work here.
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Console Alliance
Console Alliance was started by gamers for gamers out of love for video games. Console Alliance is known for making video game parodies, independent movies, documentaries, shorts and more. Despite the film's, Console Alliance's main goal is to correct today's wrongful accusation of what a "Gamer" is and to correct the majorities conclusion that video games "Cause Violence" and "Desensitize" children and younger players minds." CLICK HERE to visit Console Alliance on the web.
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Nintendo Fan Girl
NintendoFanGirl is a rising YouTube sensation who enjoys not only Nintendo, but gaming in general. She vlogs about the gaming industry and culture, endlessly talking about the newest releases, her latest adventures, and everything else imaginable. When NFG isn't replaying Pokemon Snap or banishing evil from Hyrule, she's usually in front of the camera embarrassing herself and then posting it on the internet for thousands of people to see. That's really all she does. It's kinda pathetic actually.
Check out NintendoFanGirl's sweet vidz here.
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PikaBelleChu
PikaBelleChu is most well known in the anime world for her continuing passion for Pokemon. She has appeared in many magazines and newspapers such as Nintendo Power, Animerica, Anime Insider, Pokemon Fan, Beckett Pokemon Collector, VW Trends, EGM, Star Banner, Riverland News, St. Augustine Record. Her highest achievement is having being featured in the Gamers Edition of Guinness Book of World Records for having the Worlds Largest Pokemon Collection in the World, with over 8,000 items from American to Japanese collectables and including the official Pikachu Volkswagen you can see displayed at many conventions she attends.
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AWO Podcast
The Anime World Order podcast began in 2005 and is run by three holier-than-thou know-it-alls that are... anything but. All of them live in Florida and have been involved in anime fandom since the 1990s. They frequent anime conventions, generally on the East Coast of the United States, and put on a variety of entertaining and informative panels while doing so. Each week... er... month... ish, they review Japanese cartoons and/or comics.
In addition to podcasting, they contribute articles to both the print and web edition of Otaku USA Magazine. In 2009, they were the winner of the Parsec Award for Best Anime Podcast. Check out their site here.
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The Man Power
Formed in 2006 as a rock n roll power house, The Man Power has always been known for its over the top, unpredictable live shows, catchy songs, memorable hooks, and dedication to its fans. In 2008, The Man Power self-released its first self titled EP and played several shows to support the effort including a CD release show with Japanese punk rock kings Peelander-Z. The band played everywhere from rock clubs to anime conventions to basements in order to spread the word of the new record. The Man Power currently consists of Chris on vocals and lead guitar, David on guitar and swagger, and Cody on drums. Check out the official Man Power Myspace here.
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