Guests for Tokyo in Tulsa 2010
Scott McNeil
Scott is an Australian-born voice actor now living in Canada. He has been in the industry for a long time, and has done a LOT of voice work, including: Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z, Hoenheim Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Captain Harlock in Galaxy Express 999, Koga in InuYasha, Wolverine in X-Men: Evolution, Principal Kuno in Ranma 1/2, Duo Maxwell in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Dinobot in Beast Wars, Stork in Storm Hawks, and Hack and Specky in ReBoot. Scott has also done a lot of on-camera work, on shows like Highlander and The Outer Limits, and Supernatral; and video game voices like Warhammer 40,000 games Dawn of War, Dawn of War – Winter Assault, Dawn of War – Dark Crusade, and Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising.
Peter Pixie – Master of Ceremonies
Originally, Peter Pixie was born in Germany to American parents. He studied music while growing up in Munich at the Famed Frankfurter University of Music. He used his classical training in writing music for his now famous band Pixie Poison. After their world tour in 2001, Pixie Poison disbanded to follow solo pursuits. His interest in Anime came when no one in the largest City in Kansas (Wichita) had ever put on a Festival and/or Convention. So, using his star power and his own company, Organized and produced the First Anime Festival in Wichita. Since then he has left his company but is still requested to host events – including Anime Festival Wichita, the one he started.
RK Milholland
(SomethingPositive.net)
About Something*Positive:
Something*Positive is the story of a few friends – namely Davan, Aubrey, PeeJee, and Jason – and their daily lifes, struggles, and the occasional mass catgirl cataclysm. The story began in Boston in 2001. Since then, it’s expanded to Texas, California, and a few other nightmares along the way.
These are people you know, although you may not admit it. It’s just a comic about trying to live you life and bringing a few friends with you so you don’t kill anyone. At least, not anyone you might get in trouble for.
About the guy who drew it:
rkmilholland is probably napping right now. Sometimes, at night, he dons little shoes with curled toes and a little hat and secretly aids overworked cobblers. Then he uses their stores to launder money. He also grew up in a little patch of suburban sprawl between Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas. Under a full moon he sometimes transforms into a meerkat.
Kent Williams
Kent is a veteran voice and screen actor. Seriously, this guy was in Wargames and Time After Time! He was on Mike Hammer! MacGyver! Quantum Leap!
Oh, you want the anime list? Well, it starts with some Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z work, Lupin III, Case Closed, Fruits Basket, Kiddy Grade, Fullmetal Alchemist … the list goes on!
He’s probably most recognizable as Supreme Kai from Dragon Ball Z, the Narrator of Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files, Dr. Ryogoku from Speed Grapher or Sid Barrett from Soul Eater. He’s also busy working on a lot of new projects that we’ll hear more about at the convention!
Jeremy Inman
Jeremy has done voices for a lot of your favorite anime, like Fullmetal Alchemist, Case Closed, Dragon Ball Z, and Shonen Jump One Piece – and he’s also a director for FUNimation! His directorial credits include B’tX, Black Cat, Desert Punk, and Murder Princess.
Cassandra Hodges
Cassandra is one of our favorite recurring guests at TnT! She’s done voices for Glass Fleet, Hell Girl, Mushi-Shi, School Rumble, Solty Rei, and XXXHOLiC. She’s also a gamer girl, and just all-around awesome!
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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), Shin chan (Miss Katz), Witchblade (Asagi) and RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ (Laura). Clarine can also be heard in El Cazador de la Bruja, Claymore, Jyu-Oh-Sei, Trinity Blood, Beck, Romeo x Juliet, Kaze no Stigma, Yu Yu Hakusho, Spiral, Fullmetal Alchemist, Case Closed, Evangelion 1.0, Hell Girl, Bamboo Blade, Aquarion, Desert Punk, Origin – Spirits of the Past, Mushi-Shi, Suzuka, Ouran High School Host Club, Ghost Hunt, Peach Girl, Sgt. Frog, One Piece, Save Me! Lollipop, Baki the Grappler and The Galaxy Railways.
Out of the booth, Clarine spends her time producing DVDs for FUNimation, tending to her horde of rabbits and proudly spreading the gospel of sock knitting. She is also the inspiration behind the character Aubrey, a regular cast member on the popular web comic, Something Positive.
Eric Vale
Eric is a veteran voice actor, director, script and head writer for FUNimation. In voice work, he is probably best known as Trunks from the many different Dragon Ball series, Arystar Krory the Third in D.Gray-man, Minami Ryuusuke in Beck, or Yuki Sohma in Fruits Basket. He also voiced Oji Karasuma in School Rumble, Tobari Durandal Kumohira in Nabari no Ou, Sanji in One Piece, Donald Hibler in Case Closed, Inspector Santos in the Detective Conan series, and Zolf Kimblee in the Fullmetal Alchemist series. He’s done numerous other voices, as well as directing Case Closed, The Galaxy Railways and Gunslinger Girl; and has written for many anime series.
Chris Cason
Chris Cason is an ADR director, voice actor, and writer for FUNimation Entertainment. Beginning in 1999 (as the original Tien Shinhan and Mr. Popo in Dragonball Z), Cason has had the opportunity to be associated with many exciting properties. He has voiced such characters as Gluttony in Fullmetal Alchemist, Boo and Whitey in Shin-Chan, Chamo in Negima, Haruki Hanai in School Rumble, Shu in Dragonball, and Kazamachi in Basilisk.
Wendy Powell
Wendy has been a professional voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment and Okratron 5000 for over seven years. She is probably most well known for a little villain named Envy on Fullmetal Alchemist. She was most recently in Claymore where she played Ilena. And her most challenging role this year was her role of Iku in Shigurui… but you need to watch it to know why!
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, Kasuga in Negima, and Sister Paula in Trinity Blood. She has also voiced characters in Kitty Grade, Case Closed, Yu Yu Hakusho, Peach Girl, xxxHolic, One Piece, Galaxy Railways, Tsubasa, Gunslinger Girl, Moon Phase, Glass Fleet, and many others. Her video game credits include: Spikeout, Fullmetal Alchemist, Curse of the Crimson, and Broken Angel.
Jill Tracy
Jill Tracy is both villainess and heroine of her own musical netherworld. The San Francisco-based artist has garnered multiple awards and a devoted following for her evocative cinematic music, sophisticated lyrics, old-world glamour, and curious passion for strange tales.
Hailed by countless critics as a “femme fatale for the thinking man,” Jill Tracy was described by NPR’s All Things Considered as “utterly intriguing… luring you into a magical kingdom solely of her creation.” LA Weekly calls her “very distinctive and exciting.”
The Ghosts Project
Based around sizzling gypsy violin and pounding drums, The Ghosts Project is Paul Mercer / Violin & Davis Petterson / percussion. An improvised music ensemble featuring a revolving lineup of special and unique musical guests, and is a favorite of dance troupes everywhere.
Amelie Belcher
Amelie Belcher
Amelie “Ami-Chan” Belcher was born in Baton-Bloody-Boring-Rouge Louisiana where the combination of chemical plant fumes and river water did major damage to her fragile little mind at an early age. By all accounts, she started
drawing at the age of five (when she figured out that the pencil goes on the paper and not up your nose) and didn’t stop drawing until she ran out of paper…twenty years later. Amelie taught high school art for four years, but lost interest in teaching when it started cutting into her drinking time. She now travels the country selling her award winning art, doing one of a kind commissions for con goers, giving the best damn panels on earth, and being paid tribute to by her army of fans known as the “Ami Army” in the form of Pocky and manga. Known as “the angriest chick on the net”, she is the creator of the popular web comic “The Real Life Adventures of Amelie” at Cordeval.com which is read by desperately bored people all around the world.
Kojokan Shinbutai
Daniel Coglan is a full time Samurai Martial Arts Instructor who has been performing and teaching The Way of the Samurai for twelve years. In addition to running a full-time dojo, Daniels spends 80 days or better each year teaching in public and private schools, as well as performing in over a hundred shows with his demo team around the Midwest.
For Tokyo in Tulsa this year, Sensei Coglan and his demo team will be performing a stage show featuring Kenjutsu, Aikibujutsu and Aikido. Several panels will also be offered.
THE OKLAHOMIES
The Oklahomies are made up of 4 of Oklahoma’s most dominating Halo 3 Players:
DrViper – Jon Bearrow
G Wade – Grant Wade
DrWalter – Kale Littlefield
Hummp – Drew Grimes
Since Halo 3 came out, the Oklahomies have a near spotless record in Oklahoma – winning almost every 4v4 tournament they’ve attended in Oklahoma. At a recent MLG event they attended they reached 7th Round losers. Dr Viper was also Oklahoma’s representative for the Gamestop 1v1 Halo ODST Tournament in NYC, where he made top 16.
In the case they would need alternates at this event, Twitch & BigRed would be who takes up the slack. Team pictured with coach “Th3 R3ligion”, Matt Kendall on left.
Jenny Pennington & Beauty Thibodeau
Jenny has been cosplaying since A-kon 13 (2002) when she wore the Rabi~en~Rose costume her college room mate helped her sew. In school, she helped out at the school costume shop but never really got any formal training. Instead she picked up skills here and there and became fairly proficient in the art of “winging it” for the sake of cosplay.This has led to all sorts of adventures, from many pairs of massive wings all the way down to dressing up like a giant banana. Generally props and jewelry are her favorite things to make and she loves a good challenge. In the real world she works in a cube loading hotel information onto the internet, but secretly dreams of running away to follow Muse on tour. No seriously, have you SEEN them in concert?!?! She loves food more than anything, even Muse, and would be perfectly content to travel the world trying delicious things.
First and for most, Beauty is a girl, and yes, that is her real name. Beauty Thibodeau’s first foray into cosplay went a little something like this: Friend: “Hey Beauty, there’s this thing up in Dallas called A-kon where you can dress up as your favorite anime characters, and I’m going this year would you like to-” Beauty: “OMFGSTFBBQPONY YES!” And so A-kon 16, Beauty’r all knowing and gracious mother makes her a Tsunade costume. And all was right with the world. Spring 2006 Beauty made her first costume all by her lonesome, Hinako 
Shijou from KOF, and thus began her torrid love affair with stupidly unrealistic wigs. (Speaking of head accoutrement, Beauty also likes silly hats and making things that should not be hats into hats.) Beauty’s other areas of interest are makeup, fabric painting and dyeing, resin casting and distressing. No one makes something hideously dirty like Beauty. This spring Beauty will be graduating from the University of Texas, Austin with a degree in Theater and Dance and a focus on wigs, hair and makeup. Outside of cosplay Beauty enjoys waggling her eyebrows at strangers, talking about MUSE and rambling. Used in a sentence these three faux hobbies would look like: All last week Beauty rambled endlessly to strangers about how awesome MUSE is while emphatically waggling her eyebrows. Btw, if you hadn’t noticed, Beauty also enjoys being absolutely redonculous.
AshuraCastle
AshuraCastle was sucked into the cosplay universe in 2002. She challenges herself to make each new costume more beautiful, more outlandish and MORE SPARKLY! In addition to having made around 30 costumes, she has also made props such as weapons, giant wooden shoes, wings, crowns, hats and wigs of insanity. AshuraCastle spent a year living and working in Tokyo, Japan, and when not running around Harajuku like a fashion maniac, she spent her free days traveling to Korea, China and all over Japan!She can’t wait to share her cosplay and travel experiences at Tokyo in Tulsa! Learn more here.
