Greg Ayres can usually be found rockin’ out somewhere, whether animated or not. From the loud-mouthed Hideki in Nerima Daikon Brothers, to Koyuki, singing with the the band in Beck:Mongolian Chop Squad, he’s always glad to shake things up a bit. He is thrilled to be able to add the roles of Uesugi Kenshin in Sengoku Basara, Seikechi Tayama in Oh Edo Rocket, and Abe in Big Windup to his list of new roles. He can also be head as Son Goku in Saiyuki, Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories , Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Negi Springfield in Negima, Heihachi in Samurai 7, Jr. in Xenosaga:The Animation, Tsujido in Speed Grapher, Roan in Ragnorok The Animation, Yamazaki in Welcome to the NHK, Nowy in Glass Fleet, Gau Ban in Shadow Skill, Pope Alessandro XVIII in Trinity Blood, and a bunch of other titles he’ll probably forget to mention. Funimation has recently announced that Greg will voice the role of Kouta Tsuchiya in it's upcoming release of Baka and Test.
When he’s not in a booth with headphones on, you can usually find him sporting headphones of another variety behind “the decks”. A veteran nightclub DJ of many years, Greg has really enjoyed the oppor- tunity of doing something else that he truly loves at conventions. From packed rooms at anime conventions, to the legendary stage of The Knitting Factory (NYC), Greg never misses an opportunity to share his love of music with anyone who will listen.
Chuck Huber started acting in Anime in the roles of Garlic Jr. and Android 17 in DBZ. Since then he has voiced hundreds of characters including Hiei in YuYu Hakusho, Stein in Soul Eater, Kululu in Sgt. Frog, Mohji in One Piece, Shou Tucker in Full Metal Alchemist, Han in Blue Gender, Hiro in Shin Chan, Ashe in Black Butler, Reever in D. Gray Man, Hector in Glass Fleet, Yuichi in Initial D., Akai in Oh Edo Rocket, Melt in The Tower of Druaga, Adashino in Mushishi, Eric Nishijima in Darker Than Black, Havel in Trinity Blood, Austria in Hetalia and many more. He has been a writer on Hetalia, Sgt. Frog, Baccano, Spice and Wolf and others. As a filmmaker Chuck has acted, produced, written or directed for Arbor Day - The Musical, The Troubadoors, The Fragility of Seconds, The Mechanical Grave, Odd Man Out among others. He began acting in Chicago at the Goodman Theater, Court Theater, Steppenwolf Theater after graduating from DePaul University and continues to work on stages in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Most recently he played Hugh Jameison in the movie Parkland, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Billy Bob Thornton and Paul Giamatti.
John Swasey has a location shoot the weekend of Anime-ZAP! and can not make it. Sorry!
Samurai Dan and his wife, the beautiful Lady Jillian (also attending), are full-time martial arts instructors, specializing in 16th century Samurai arts. When not teaching at their dojo, the Kojokan, they travel across the country performing and teaching the ancient ways of the most famous warriors in history. Their shows and demonstrations uniquely blend history, combative skill, and humor, in a way that will both educate and entertain audiences both large and small. The dynamic duo also collaborated to write, direct, host, and star in a 12 episode TV series entitled "The Way of the Samurai," and Daniel is also an author with several martial arts articles published, and he is currently working on his second full-length novel.
V is for Villains is a new breed of entertainment. Mixing the visual styles of Steampunk, Carnival and Noir, with the musical taste of Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy, and your favorite film score; V is for Villains will take you on a journey through the imagination that your mother couldn't prepare you for. Most groups often say that they intend for "world domination"... V is for Villains might actually mean it....
"The Black Roses are a 4 piece band from Central Illinois. Crunchy guitars, forceful drumbeats, driving bass lines backing powerful melodies, The Black Roses take notes from 70s pop punk bands with a 90s female alt rocker feel. They bring the power back in Power Pop to the midwest. They've been described as "a combination of catchy, memorable lyrics" with "a tight sound and some powerful melodies."
Long ago a young, or perhaps freshly painted, airship christened the Brazen Beauty set off her first journey from the far-away city of Tennesbury. After years of adventures too far-fetched to repeat, she found herself and her crew lost in a much stranger land... this one. Now renamed Airship O'Reilly, she and her crew come to the con to... well... probably steal something.
Started back in 2007 as the Brazen Beauty, the Champaign, IL based Airship O'Reilly has since evolved beyond just a group of kids who wanted to make movies and have fun. Bringing together several slightly insane individuals, O'Reilly has become a force of entertainment, hosting events in their hometown, making costumes and accessories, and bringing the madness and chaos with them wherever they go.
The Asterplace is a NYC based Tokyo melodic-core and Japanese anime rock band from Tokyo, Japan. "The Asterplace" can be defined as creating beautiful music, much like the beauty of a flower blossoming each year, representing the beautiful melody the band’s music creates. As the sun shines upon the world, as the moonlight upon the atmosphere, TheAsterplace projects their music to the world.
They have performed at more than 30 conventions as musical guests so far. Their performances at Anime NEXT(NJ), Zenkaikon(PA), Tribeca film festival(NY), Armageddicon Revolution (OH), Sakura Matsuri at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden(NYC), Sakura Matsuri in D.C. are only a few of their musical endeavors thus far. Furthermore, they had a tour in Germany this summer to perform at one of their biggest conventions, COSDAY2 (Frankfurt).
In order to create their compositions with a whole new energy, they use diversity to produce each tune. This group’s tremendous dedication to their work is evident, as they are constantly working, practicing, and thinking about new pieces. They are never satisfied until perfection is reached. The mixed cultural and newfound movement of their music constantly surprises their audience. Their sound deletes the barrier between ethnicities and other common boundaries, leaving an everlasting impression. With a variety of style, they rock each show away, each time becoming more unique. Believing in "live" performances, The Asterplace includes everyone in a way that will get you involved in their phenomenal show throughout the entire day!
the audio pool are modern five peace japanese emotional rock band in Tokyo Japan. They were established in 2009, in Chiba, Japan. Chiba is one of small suburb town around metropolitan Tokyo. but the small town is actually most famous town as " Rock Band Town". It is like the relationship New York City and Brooklyn.
BUMP OF CHICKEN, KISHIDAN and Ellegarden , many of famous japanese rock band are flied high from Chiba city. And now a days, they became most sensational rock band in the world. the audio pool is surely the band who's standing on the runway to fly high for next generation. Their first debut album " Into the pool" was released by binyl records/Poptop in 2012. Their perfect song writhing which is washed and mixed thier own personality and musical DNA created one but diamond killer tune" Watershed"( T-1) . the song with heavy guitar riff and beautiful classic piano melody is needless to say became thier symbol song. In an i stant, " Watershed" was selected for ending theme song of drama in TV Tokyo.
Also Now it is playing on air "bayFM" radio station in Japan as one of regular tunes. The five modern stylish Japanese musicians are creating their own universe toward the world.who said there's no people grow up with music in Japan ? They are the new kids with Japanese music.
