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. […]

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:  […]

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”) […]

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 […]

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Erica Mendez as a 2018 Guest of Honor! Chicago native Erica Mendez is longtime anime and video game fan turned voice actress. She has been fortunate to play some fan-favorite characters, including: Ryuko in KILL la KILL, Gon in Hunter x Hunter, Aladdin in Magi: […]

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Tony Oliver as a 2018 Guest of Honor! TONY OLIVER, who was named to IMDB’s top 20 all time Anime Voice Actors list, began his career as an actor on stage and camera performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as […]

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Mitsuo Iso as a 2018 Guest of Honor! Mitsuo Iso is a Japanese a freelance animator, director, and screenwriter.  He was enrolled at Studio Ghibli from 1990 to 1992, where he worked on key animation for films including Ocean Waves (Umi ga Kikoeru), Only Yesterday, […]

We are happy to unveil concept art for Kenichi Sonoda’s upcoming Project B.B trailer short, which will be premiering at Anime Central this year. Project B.B aims to be a crossover/unification between Kenichi Sonoda’s action works such as Gunsmith Cats and Riding Bean. Check out the pictures for a glimpse of what’s to come!        […]

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Takahiro Yoshimatsu as a 2018 Guest of Honor! Takahiro Yoshimatsu is a seasoned animator with numerous character design and animation credits to his name. He has worked on many fan favorite titles such as Hunter x Hunter, Slayers the Movie, TRIGUN, Jubei-chan, Muryou Gakuen Senki, […]

Please join us in giving a warm Anime Central welcome to Rosuuri as a 2018 Guest of Honor! Rosuuri is an artist hailing from the Philippines and popular in both Asia and the West. She’s known for her vibrant art style and meticulously detailed illustrations. As a character designer and illustrator, Rosuuri has worked on visual novels, […]