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Chris’s best known voice credits include: "Tien Shinhan" and "Mr. Popo" in Dragonball Z (and as "Mr. Popo" in Dragonball Z Kai), "Holy Roman Empire" in Hetalia: Axis Powers, "Gluttony" in Fullmetal Alchemist, "Jack the Ripper" in Soul Eater, "Boo" and "Whitey" in Shin-Chan, "Miyamoto" and "M1" in Yu Yu Hakusho, "Fumihiro" in Initial D, "Chamo" in Negima, "Hanai" in School Rumble, "Babbit" in Kodocha, "Taruru" in Sgt. Frog, "Seigfried" in Kenichi, and "Hanbei" in Sengoku Basara.

He can also be heard in: Case Closed, Gunslinger Girl, Basilisk, Ouran High School Host Club, Suzuka, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, Black Cat, Darker Than Black, Bamboo Blade, Kaze no Stigma, Aquarion, One Piece, Big Windup!, D. Gray-Man, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, RIN, Speed Grapher, Oh! Edo Rocket, and Summer Wars.

Some of his ADR directing and assistant ADR directing credits include: DBZ Uncut, Dragonball, Dragonball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho, Negima, Kodocha, Galaxy Railways, Baki the Grappler, School Rumble, Hell Girl, Kaze no Stigma, Bamboo Blade, Birdy the Mighty: Decode, Initial D, and Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations.

He has also had the opportunity to be a part of many popular video games. His two favorites were: voicing random ghouls and specters for Ghostbusters: The Video Game, and as one of the contributing guitarists in Guitar Hero 3.

The trendsetting songbird from Unicorn Table strikes out on her own with her anticipated dynamic pop solo project.

Salia is no stranger to creating great music. She is in high demand as a singer songwriter featured on numerous anime and live-action sound tracks and has two hit albums as one half of the pop-rock duo, Unicorn Table. Salia started her career as a solo artist with such classics as the theme anthem Cutie Honey Flash and "Trust" from the animated series Vandread. Salia soon teamed with guitar strapped producer, shin-go to form the popular pop rock duo, Unicorn Table. As vocalist and songwriter for Unicorn Table, Salia penned some of the duo's biggest hits like "Fly Away," From the animated show Jinki;Extend, "Amei Yume" from School Rumble and "Heaven's Door" from Unicorn Table's second album "INTO THE FUTURE." All of which has gained her worldwide fame which led to her first U.S. appearance in 2006 and has since sparked numerous international appearances in countries such as Brazil, England, and Spain. Along with gaining the rep as a great song writer and awe inspiring performer, Salia has also gained fame for her stylish unique fashion sense that combines her own twist of feminine street wear and inspired accessories blended with an edgy hint of traditional Japanese beauty and flair.

Salia will beak onto the World stage come Summer 2012 with her debut solo album. With a wide range of musical influences and unmatched vocal prowess, Salia's 2012 solo album will feature a creative heavy blend of East and Western influenced pop, dance, rock and electronica grooves supported by bold production and clever bi-lingual lyrics to energize current and brand new fans around the World.

DJ Asu Rock has been spinning the many sounds of Western Pop and Urban music for a grand portion of his life. In recent years he has been incorporating his love for Asian Pop Culture into his passion for DJing by spinning the sounds of Asian Pop Music - a brand of pop music from Japan, Korea, and China that is pushing its way to mainstream audiences all over the world.

Through his Asian entertainment promotion house, Toramaru Entertainment, and event showcase, Pop Show Japan, DJ Asu Rock has been very influential within the Asian pop entertainment scene as a DJ, Illustrator, Promoter, and Manager of Japanese Idol/ columnist, Yunmao Ayakawa and pop rock group UNICORN TABLE whose latest Album, INTO THE FUTURE he Executive produced and designed the cover art for. Asu has DJ'd many Asian pop music events and performed on stage with some popular Japanese Acts, and brought many Japanese entertainers to Anime conventions, fashion shows, concerts, and other events around the nation. In 2006 Asu created a popular Asian Pop Music concert event called "Akiba Fest" to introduce U.S. audiences to pop singers from Japan via live performances. In 2007 he created one of the first Asian Pop Music radio mix shows and in 2009 took Asian Pop Music to the U.S. night life scene by creating POP SHOW JAPAN, an event platform that promotes monthly Asian Pop Music East-meets-West night club parties and other special events. In February 2011 Asu along with Jazz-Hop Lyricist, Substantial, had the privilege to have Pop Show Japan host PEACELAND: A World Without Words - the Official U.S. tribute event created to honor the late Samurai Champloo soundtrack producer, Nujabes.

DJ Asu Rock prides himself on keeping the dance floor jumping by utilizing the traditional tools of vinyl records and two turntables as he mixes and cuts music live while creating hot blends and remixes before the audiences' eyes. DJ Asu Rock will be "Impacting your Eastern eardrum" with the hottest Asian Pop Music as he DJ's special events and Parties thorugh the weekend and hosts some informative panels on Asian Pop Music and DJing.

Tommy Yune has worked for over a decade in the comic book and video game industries. His early game development experience includes character design of the pioneering 3D fighting game FX Fighter for the Nintendo SuperFX chip and conceptual design of the award-winning Journeyman Project series. He also wrote and illustrated hit comic book titles such as Speed Racer, Racer X, Robotech, and Danger Girl: Kamikaze which were published by DC Comics' Wildstorm and Cliffhanger labels. His first work in feature animation was creating the computer-generated opening sequence of Kevin Altieri's Gen13.

Tommy grew up on a steady diet of anime, watching as much Prince Planet, Gatchaman and Casshan as he could in Asia and the United States. Then he shunned television and went back to being a responsible student to the delight of his parents. However, right before entering the UCLA School of Engineering, Robotech brought anime back into his life and he eventually found himself at the ArtCenter College of Design instead. His parents wept.

Tommy first worked in an official capacity for the Robotech universe by helping design Robotech.com for its launch in 2001. He has since come aboard as Harmony Gold's creative director and oversees new development, including Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles which completed production in 2006.

Charles Dunbar (also known by his internet handle "Anime Anthropologist") is a graduate of Hunter College of the City University of New York, where he received his BA in Anthropology and Religion in 2004, and an MA in Sociocultural Anthropology in 2010. His fieldwork of the past 2 years has revolved around anime convention participation, including perceptions, misconceptions, stereotyping, spending habits and convention culture. He's also addicted to the works of Hayao Miyazaki and has an obsession with mythology and folklore, especially where gods, ghost stories and shinigami are concerned. He currently rambles about these things on his website, Study of Anime.

Miguel & Alison kick reason to the curb and push forward everyday to grab a bigger piece of the mysterious future that game development offers. Their first Nintendo DS game was published last year and has been translated into 4 other languages for release in Europe. Now they are finishing up a brand new, revolutionary DS title! Dragons Den specializes in high quality rapid development, and character design. Alisons designs have been featured at various anime conventions (AMA, Otakon, Katsucon), shes put out two comics, and has been drawing commissions for over 7 years. Bubbling over with positive energy, Miguel demos the demos, programs the programs, even does some coloring, but is most useful in fetching the coffee. Together they are an unstoppable killing machine, especially if you happen to be blank and rectangular. Check em out in the Artists Alley where theyd love to talk games or draw anything youd like!

A graphic artist working in comics and video games. He has published two comics and has worked in anthology books. He has several flash games at haze-studios.com and has worked on XNA and Nintendo DS titles. He will be hosting a series of workshops at AMA 11 covering video game design and how to draw manga.

Robert V Aldrich was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1980. Growing up around the entire Southeast, with a short stint in Salt Lake City, Utah, he now calls Raleigh, North Carolina home. He was briefly educated at North Carolina State University before pursuing other educational avenues in Louisville, Kentucky and currently Johnson City, Tennessee. A passionate martial artist and toy collector, Aldrich spends most of his days torn between writing, training, and playing too many video games.

Growing up on shows such as Transformers, Robotech, Voltron, and even the short-lived Dragon Warrior cartoon, Aldrich became a huge anime fan very early on. But while the remarkable story-telling and worlds of anime existed and endured through innumerable art forms, there was never any 'real' attempt at an original anime story within the literature world. Starting as a simple story to keep in touch with friends, Crossworld soon became the first anime-style novel published in the United States.

Taking inspiration from anime greats such as Yukito Kashiro and Masamune Shirow, as well as more traditional western writers like Robert Heinlein and Colleen Doran, Aldrich has fused the anime story-tellingstyle into western-style writing. With the re-release of Crossworld, as well as the launch of the weekly serial Teach the Sky, Robert V Aldrich hopes to contribute to the anime world by leading the way for an anime genre of literature.