Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Lauren Landa as a 2018 Guest of Honor! Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Lauren first began acting at the age of 11 in the stage production of Annie, and continued with shows including Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Bye Bye Birdie, and Comic Potential. She was Assistant Director for stage productions such as Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, Batboy the Musical, as well as the Greek comedy, Lysistrata.…

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Kyle Hebert as a 2018 Guest of Honor! Kyle Hebert is a Los Angeles-based anime and video game voice actor whose credits include Wreck-It Ralph/Marvel Vs Capcom/Street Fighter (Ryu), Naruto (Kiba), Bleach (Aizen, Ganju), League of Legends (Ezreal, Jarvan, and Graves), Kakyoin (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure:  Stardust Crusaders) and Gurren Lagann (Kamina). He is best known as the Narrator and Teen Gohan from the Funimation dub of Dragonball Z and currently…

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to fhána as 2018 Guests of Honor! fhána is a four-person unit consisting of three male sound producers, Junichi Sato, yuxuki waga, kevin mitsunaga and the female vocalist, towana. They made their major debut by releasing “Que Sera, Sera” (Ending Theme of TV anime “Uchouten Kazoku”) in August 2013. They were elected for “iTunes NEW ARTISTS 2014″ in the brightest newcomer category. fhána released their 13th Single “My Uncompleted Story” in…

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Takeshi Nogami as a 2018 Guest of Honor! Manga author and artist. Born 1973 and lives in Tokyo. His current projects include: Girls und Panzer – The Samurai Warrior with the Red Ribbon as well as Maki the Shidenkai Pilot (five volumes published from Akita Shoten’s Champion Red Comics series), Marine Corps Yumi (four volumes published from Seikai-sha’s Saizensen 4 pages series), and Moe Style Tank School (published by Ikaros…