VOICE ACTOR
We want to welcome Matthew David Rudd to our convention this year.
Matthew is a film, television, and voice actor, working in the industry for over 10 years. He is the voice of Rak Wraithraiser in Tower Of God, Belial in GranblueFantasy, Panda in Jujutsu Kaisen, Baal in Welcome To Demon School, IrumaKun!, Laos Kanon Jilfor in The Misfit Of The Demon King Academy, Leaky Eye Luca in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Lark in Lupin The Third: Fujiko Mine’s Lie, Mirren in LYN: The Lightbringer and he voices many more characters in shows like Hero Mask, Detective Conan: Fist Of The Blue Saphire, Lord El-Melloi II Case Files, Ni No Kuni, Sword Art Online: Alicization, and Rising Of The Shield Hero.
VOICE ACTRESS
We want to welcome Anne Yatco to our convention this year.
Anne Yatco is a Filipino American actress and former Midwesterner. She transitioned a childhood dream of being the voice of a Disney princess into reality as a working voice actor. Along the way, she got a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, an MFA in acting, and had a career as a forensic scientist. In anime, Anne is the English voice of Nobara Kugisaki in Jujutsu Kaisen, Lola in The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, and Hamamotoin Penguin Highway. She also voiced various characters in High-Rise Invasion, BNA: Brand New Animal, Devilman Crybaby, Violet Evergarden, Forest of Piano, Lost Song, Ultramarine Magmell, Kuromukuro, ID-0, Knights of Sidonia, and Blame! In video games, Anne is the voice of Kurumi in the upcoming Naraka Bladepoint, Eda and Solitaria in Epic Seven, Kainin in Onmyoji Arena, Marianne and Favi in Guardian Tales, and Rosie Wong in Wasteland 3. Additionally, Anne is in the upcoming scripted sci-fi podcast Solar (starring Alan Cumming and Stephanie Beatriz).
VOICE ACTOR
We want to welcome Adam McArthur to our convention this year.
Adam McArthur is best known as the voice of Marco Diaz on the hit Disney show, “Star vs. The Forces of Evil,” and is currently voicing the main protagonist, Yuji Itadori, in the 2020 Crunchyroll Awards Anime of the Year, “Jujutsu Kaisen”. His voice can be heard in numerous other tv shows and video games, including Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Far Cry 5, and Final Fantasy XV: Comrades.
VOICE ACTOR
We want to welcome Kaiji Tang to our convention this year.
An avid lover of gaming and all things food-related, Kaiji Tang has been working as a voice actor in Los Angeles CA since 2007. In the world of video games, he has done such roles as Ichiban Kasug a(Yakuza: Like a Dragon),Eustace (Granblue Fantasy: Versus),Faust (Guilty Gear), MunehisaIwai (Persona 5), Takatoshi Hijiyama (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim), Akatsuki (Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle), Owain (Fire Emblem: Awakening), Detective Pikachu (Detective Pikachu 3DS), Jann Lee (Dead or Alive 5), Gaius Worzel (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel), Gonta Gokuhara (DanganronpaV3: Killing Harmony), Fang (Fairy Fencer F), Moma Kumakura (AI: The Somnium Files), and Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage). When it comes to Anime, you can hear him in such roles as Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen), Osamu Dazai (Bungo Stray Dogs), Joe (Megalobox), Sanemi Shinazugawa (Demon Slayer), Guts (Berserk 2016), Ohma Tokita (Kengan Ashura), Archer (Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works), Tsumugu Kinagase (Kill La Kill), Retsu (Baki), Poppo (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day), Bill (Beastars), and Hendricksen (The Seven Deadly Sins).
VOICE ACTOR
We want to welcome Landon McDonald to our convention this year.
Landon McDonald is a professional voice actor based in Los Angeles. He’s best known for playing the villainous dream demon Enmuin the record-breaking blockbuster DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA: MUGEN TRAIN, the maniacal mangaka Rohan Kishibein the acclaimed JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE spin-off series THUS SPOKE KISHIBE ROHAN, the snack-happy super sleuth Rampo Edogawa in BUNGO STRAY DOGS and the brooding, blood-bending sorcerer Noritoshi Kamoin JUJUTSU KAISEN.
VOICE ACTOR
We want to welcome Steve Warky Nunez. He is an award-winning Jack-of-all-trades in the entertainment industry.
Hailing from New York, he started out narrating audiobooks for the blind and from there he branched out into all facets of media. He is widely known for his work on, “The Yaoi Xmas Carols”, “Sonic The Hedgehog”, “Ishida and Asakura”, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”, “The Titan’s Bride”, “Ant-Man”, “Yandere Simulator”, “Aphmau”, “Henkei Shoujo”, “Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger Ix-2”, “Camp Buddy”, “Fire in His Fingertips”, “Everything for Demon King Evelogia”, and “Anima: Gates of Memories”.
Warky looks forward to what the future has in store for him and hopes there will be singing and dancing along the way!
Midnight Pursona
Midnight Pursona is an award-winning competitive cosplayer out of Las Vegas, NV. For 12+ years, Midnight has been bringing entertainment and joy through her masquerade skits and TikTok videos.
She enjoys creating unique make-up looks and creating designs and costumes wherever she goes. As a POC, Plus-Size, Queer cosplayer, Midnight advocates strongly for equality and diversity in the community and is open and happy to sit down and have a discussion on how to improve the community to make it more inclusive and welcoming for everyone.
A few fun facts about Midnight: She has a giant love of cows and plushies, she entertains friends weekly on her twitch channel, she’s also an artist, and she’s always ready to be a cosplay mom if you need one.
JS Cosplay
JS Cosplay is a professional cosplayer and model from Orange, California, and has been a professional cosplayer since 2015 providing television, Youtube, and live appearances for clients such as Riot Games, Tencent, and Crunchyroll.
As a cosplayer, Jane has completed over 50 costumes with impeccable craftsmanship and attention to detail and hopes to share her love of the craft with others.
Crystal Fae
Crystal is an anime, comics, and gaming fan and has been cosplaying since 2004.
She has worked as a cosplayer in a professional capacity in the past, but she now works as a freelance artist in games and comics while retaining cosplay as a hobby. Her cosplay skillset includes sewing, leatherwork, sculpting, molding, casting, and foam building.
She lives in SoCal with her little Shiba Inu, Ginger.
Mikarin
Hi! My name is Mikarin. A long time ago, I came to California from Japan to study music. Then, I started to watch anime, started cosplaying, and found this special kind of event called an anime convention!
At my first anime con, surprisingly, I saw the anime fans there treasured Japanese anime and J-culture more than we Japanese people did! I felt so much love and I realized there had to be something special in my culture which I had previously taken for granted. That was when I stared to love my own Japanese roots.
Then, I started to make costumes. I began to participate in Masquerades and to perform music in costume at cons. There I met some wonderful people who have given me special moments. Thank you so much to my wonderful cosplaying friends and to amazing people who host conventions and anime events.
And now I am sending many, many thanks to Anime Banzai for this amazing opportunity to be a part of the convention this year. I can’t wait! Mou mate masen!
Here are some of things I got to do as a cosplay & con lover: Received many awards in masquerade; such as best in show from Anime Expo 2012 & Famine 2016. Performed masquerade half times, judging & staffing for masquerades at Pacific Media Expo, Anime LA, Anime Fannatiku Fest, and more. Then, as an ACP cosplayer, I represented the game series at Anime Expo and other conventions. I have been a Guest of Honor at Anime Fannatiku Fest, Autumn Dream, Anime Los Angeles, etc. And I have hosted panels regarding Kimono cosplay, Anime Song Singing, Cosplay comfortability, Buying Otaku items from Japan, etc.
BTW, my recent cosplay series from: Fate Grand Order, Twisted Wonderland, Hakuouki, and Tokyo Ghoul : re
Johnny Junkers
JohnnyJunkers is a professional cosplayer from Orange, California and he has been a professional cosplayer since 2012 providing costumes and modelling for clients such as Riot Games, Marvel Entertainment and Crunchyroll.
As a cosplay competitor he was the winner for season 1 of Myx TV’s “Call To Cosplay” and subsequently a judge for 2 seasons as well as the winner for the 2020 League of Legends North American Cosplay Contest.
Even as a professional cosplayer he believes that the passion and fan aspect of cosplay is the most important part of the art.