Yoshinori Kanemori (Madhouse Character Designer/Animation
Director)
Masao Maruyama (President of Madhouse/Producer)
Sen'no Knife
Nekoi Rutoto
Steve Bennett After attending college for a while, and working as a Jack-of-All-Trades (ie. sushi, construction, Paramount’s King’s Dominion...), Steve was invited as a guest to his first anime convention where he taught the art of cel painting. In 1997, Steve co-founded Studio Ironcat L.L.C., with the help of Masaomi Kanzaki, the creator of Xenon, Gun Crisis, Dragon Quest and Shogun Cop. During the summer of 1999, Kuni Kimura (Ironcat’s other co-founder) departed the company and Steve, his brother Kevin, and his father Steven Bennett III, took the head place as forerunners for the company. Since then Steve has begun focusing on coventions and working hard to strenghthen Studio Ironcat’s relations with Japanese companies and doing a lot of special art work for companies, conventions and fans.
Doug worked for A.D.Vision as one of their top graphic artists. He is best known for his lead character role of Kintaro Oe in Tatsuya Egawa's Goldenboy series. In addition to Goldenboy, he has also voiced well over 20 different suporting characters in various other A.D.Vision titles, such as Dragon Knight, Sorcerer Hunters, Sukeban Dekka, Gunsmith Cats, BurnUp W!, Super Atragon, Suikoden, Plastic Little, Gamera, Devil Hunter Yokho, Slayers: The Motion Picture, Dirty Pair Flash, Original Dirty Pair, the new Cutey Honey, Compiler, several Blue Seed and Evangelion episodes, and even the new Bubblegum Crisis 2040. Since leaving A.D.Vision in 1999, Doug has now joined forces with Steve Bennett at Studio Ironcat. He will be designing covers for various Ironcat titles, but still looks forward to furthering his voice-acting career in the near future.
Robert is an Indiana born, self-taught artist. February, year 1990, he got his first art career break when he sent an eight page short story to Antarctic Press' anthology, Mangazine. From that he was asked to work on other assorted AP comics, such as Ninja High School, Mangazine, Not Ninja High School, Again and SB Ninja High School. After working for Antarctic Press for about four years, Robert went on to do freelance work. He teamed with other artists such as Adam Warren on Bubblegum Crisis and Dirty Pair, Phil Foglio's Xxxenophile card game and co- produced a portfolio 'zine with Steve Bennett. His art has also attracted invitation from overseas by a couple of grand Japanese artists, Kenichi Sonoda (Gunsmith Cats, Riding Bean) and KoKoMai (character designer for Japan's Playstation, Crime Crackers) to do work for their own personal dojinishi circles. But it doesn't end there, Rob has done much work for many comic companies, major magazines, an animated TV show, a major toy manufacturer and a very well known video game developer. Robert's biggest claim to fame has to be designing a certain teenage, spiky red hair, high school uniform wearing, video game otaku named Banzai Chibi Chan. For two years Robert designed and drew the magazines' easily excitable, video game addicted mascot for Playstation Magazine, 100% Independent. His most recent work was a collaboration with Studio Udon and Marvel comics Released on the weekend of it's opening movie debut, he worked on two childrens books based on Spiderman. Now, with the help of his wife/partner in crime, Emily, have started their own company, Studio Capsule. Capsule will be involve in creating a line of underground doujinshis, animations, portfolios and other sorts of Studio Capsule memorabilia. Find out everything that's new with either Studio Capsule or Robert DeJesus at www.robertdejesus.com. Robert DeJesus Official Website: www.robertdejesus.com .
In 1987, Scotts obsession with anime overpowered his common sense (and ardent desire to remain stuck forever as a Radio Shack salesman) and he moved to Japan to pursue a career in the anime industry. He attended the International Animation Institute where he was made a teacher almost a year before graduation. He went on to work at various small production companies learning about the various stages of the animation production process. Despite the best efforts of the Japanese Immigration Bureau (bad attitude) and the Chinese Army (bad marksmanship) to keep him from his goal, Scott went to work for Artland in 1989 in the production department, a first for a foreigner. He worked on RikiOh 2, Locke the Superman (OVA), Shurato (OVA), Bubblegum Crash (OVA) and Tottoi (feature). With the experience of teaching animation production techniques all around Asia, Scott founded his own full production company, TAO Corporation Ltd., in Bangkok, Thailand in 1991. TAO did work on Moldiver, Diary of Mikan, Genocyber and SWAT Kats amongst others. In 1994, Scott moved into consulting work, freelancing for Cambridge Animation Systems the developers of Animo (a computer assisted (2D) animation production system). In 1995 he went to work for Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Blood, Jinroh) as the president of Production I.G. USA and a producer and technical director on the Japanese side. He left Production IG in early 1998 to pursue a career as a freelance director. In 2000, Scott moved back to the USA and worked in Los Angeles at Trimedia (www.retas.com) on the development of the next generation of digital production systems. In early 2001 he moved out east and currently works at the Pasadena, MD branch of Trimedia. He continues to develop original projects for television, OVA and feature film release. Scott has traveled extensively throughout Asia and the US teaching animation techniques, speaking at conventions, evangelizing, griping, abusing substances (caffeine and chocolate) and eating far too much. He has also written and co-written magazine articles and textbooks about anime and computer animation. His newest form of expression is the spoken word performances he delivers at cons, which show the raw emotional side of what it is to work in the anime industry.
Neil Nadelman got his start translating by working on Central Park Media’s Project A-ko and has never slowed down. He has gone on to translate titles such as Gall Force, Grave of the Fireflies, Detonator Orgun, Armored Trooper Votoms, Mobile Suit Gundam, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, and he got the chance to translate his favorite anime of all time, Wings Of Honneamise. Neil has done translating work for companies such as Anime Village, Pioneer, CPM, Manga Entertainment, Software Sculptors and Right Stuf International.
Rebecca Forstadt (aka Reba West) Other projects that she has had leading roles in, in the past, have included 3 by 3 EYES as Pai, TWILIGHT OF THE COCKROACHES as Naomi, CAPTAIN HARLOCK as Maya. She has done voiceovers in numerous radio and TV commercials, original animation such as HEY ARNOLD and has done background voices and voice replacement work in such films as ANTZ (as a baby ant larvae), DOCTOR DOOLITTLE, THE BRADY BUNCH SEQUEL, BEVERLY HILLS COP, INNERSPACE, THE SANTA CLAUSE as well as many more. While not doing voiceovers she often works as an anime adaptation writer. She was a staff writer for DIGIMON:DIGITAL MONSTERS for 3 seasons, FLINT THE TIME DETECTIVE, RURONI KENSHIN, WILD ARMS, REAL BOUT HIGH SCHOOL, ARGENT SOMA, and several others that will remain in infamy.
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