Guests of Honor
Masaya Matsukaze Masaya Matsukaze is an actor and voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. His acting career began in 1997 when he portrayed Mega Blue in the Super Sentai series Denji Sentai Megaranger. His voice acting credits include Kyoya Ootori (Ouran High School Host Club), Zoisite (Sailor Moon Crystal), Gaelio Bauduin (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans), Shin Hyuuga Shaingu (Code Geass: Akito the Exiled), Teru Mikami (DEATH NOTE), and Illumi Zoldyck (HUNTER x HUNTER). Game enthusiasts will recognize him as Ryo Hazuki in the Shenmue series, a role he will be reprising thanks to the success of the recent Kickstarter campaign. Mr. Matsukaze will also be starring as Yasuhiro Hagakure in the Danganronpa stage play later this year.
Cristina Vee Cristina Vee is a voice actress from Los Angeles, CA. Since getting her first large anime roles in 2007, Cristina has voiced over 100 characters in both animation and video games. Anime fans know her as Mio Akiyama in K-ON!, Alisa Bosconovitch in Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Morgiana in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, the eleven Honoka sisters in Netflix’s Knights of Sidonia, Killua Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter, Fujiko Mine in Lupin III: Jigen’s Gravestone, Hawk in The Seven Deadly Sins, Kotori Minami in Love Live!, Izumi Shimomura in AJIN, and Riruka Dokugamine in Bleach. She is the new voice of Sailor Mars in her favorite show, Sailor Moon Crystal! She voices Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug in Nickelodeon’s Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. She also makes appearances in Sword Art Online, Naruto, Kill la Kill, Fate/Zero, Doraemon, Accel World, and Squid Girl. On the video game scene she is popular for her voice work as Noel Vermillion and the Murakumo Units in the Blazblue series; Compa in the Neptunia series; Lian Shi in Dynasty Warriors; Cerebella in Skullgirls; Riven the Exile in League of Legends; Nova in Tales of Xillia 2 (“Pay your debt!”); Shantae in Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse and Half-Genie Hero; Four in Drakengard 3; Karna and Bani in Ys: Memories of Celceta; Serina in Conception II; and Cinque in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. Beyond voice acting she has a large YouTube following for her singing. She provides vocals to songs in Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage!? and Shantae: Half Genie Hero. She currently casts and directs Skullgirls and is recognizable to eSports fans for hosting IGN’s IPL 4 and 5.
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