ANNOUNCING OUR CONCERT LINEUP (oooh..really early this year! Yay!)

We are pleased and honored to welcome SEIKMIMA II to our 21st convention as our headlining group!

We are also proud to announce at this time our opening group ‘Inugami Circus Dan’!

We and the A-Kon attendees are VERY fortunate for this year BOTH groups are U.S. PREMIER shows, they’ve never played in America before! Let’s give them a hearty warm Texas hello! (Thanks to our friends at CURE MEDIA USA (formerly JSHOXX) for assistance with these groups) Bios for both groups will follow shortly, but we wanted to get this exciting information out ASAP so you guys can spread the word! Forward to anybody you think would be interested in these great groups!

CURRENT GUESTS FOR A-KON® 21: (there will be a lot more before we’re through):

This year we’re mixing things up a little and adding quite a few new guests that have not been with us before. Please help us welcome:

Voice Actors:

- MARY ELIZABETH LeGLYNN – Julia in ‘Cowboy Bepop’, Jagura in ‘Wolf's Rain’, Rosso the Crimson in ‘Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII’-, Motoko Kusanagi in the ‘Ghost in the Shell’ series & ‘Stand Along Complex’, Hild in “Ah My Goddess”, as well as voices in series such as .hack/Liminality, .hack/SIGN, Fushigi Yugi and more.

- ROBERT AXELROD – Voice of Lord Zedd from ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’, Colonel Gaust from ‘The Big O’, as well as voices from ‘Cowboy Bepop’, ‘Lensman’, ‘Rurouni Kenshin’, ‘Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo’, ‘Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis’, ‘Robotech’, ‘Akira; The Special Edition’, and more.

- KYLE HEBERT – voice actor for ‘Bleach’, ‘Naruto’, ‘DBZ’, and a ton of others!

Webcomics:

- MICHAEL ‘MOOKIE’ TERRACCIANO – “Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire”

- CHRIS HAZLETON – “Misfile”

Artists:

- JAN SCOTT-FRAZIER

- VICTOR HAO – artist of the upcoming ‘King of RPG’s’, a graphic novel series to published by Del Rey and written by Jason Thompson

- JOHN BURAN – Bio/info to follow (sorry)

Manga Writer:

- JASON THOMPSON – author of the forthcoming ‘King of RPG’s’, a graphic novel series to be published by Del Rey and illustrated by Victor Hao. Also wrote ‘Manga - The Complete Guide’

CosPlay:

- YAYA HAN – A HUGE name in the cosplay community, Yaya has an amazing range of costumes & characters

Writer:

-PETER BEAGLE – writer of ‘The Last Unicorn’, the first Japanese-U.S. collaborative theatrical film.

-STEVE HORTON – author of the manga styled ‘Grounded Angel’, and Image Comics’ ‘Strongarm’

Industry:

- JONATHAN TARBOX - manga editor, head of Arashi Productions

- RADIO COMIX – Elin Winkler-Suarez and her wacky crew will be on hand for Kon hijinkx, fun panels, and the pleasure of her bubbly self. She’s a good friend to the Kon and is always a great guest for the fans.

Other Media:

- ANTHONY BROWNRIGG (independent film director/producer/actor & occasional voice) [link] and [link]

- DFW CHANPURU DANCERS – Japanese cultural group, the dancers use drums and dance to ancient traditional music. We welcome them back to perform at our Cosplay halftime on Saturday night.