Christopher Ayres

Christopher Ayres has been working professionally in theatre, television and film since the age of 6. His work has been seen Regionally, Nationally and on Broadway.

He currently works as a voice actor for ADV FILMS and FUNimation ENTERTAINMENT. Chris is also an  A.D. R. Director for ADV FILMS and AMUSEMENT PARK MEDIA . His first project at studio was the hit anime musical comedy THE NERIMA DAIKON BROTHERS. In addition to that he is also the director for XENOSAGA: The Animation, and MAGIKANO. Most recently he served as director at Amusement Park Media for MERMAID MELODY PITCHI PITCHI PITCH, and as co-director with Matt Greefield on THE WALLFLOWER.

Some of the roles as a voice actor Chris is best known for are Kei Kourono in Gantz, Suitengu in Speed Grapher, Von Kampher in Trinity Blood, Hayashimizu in Full Metal Panic? Fummofu, Nakamaru in Maburaho, Yaminami in Peacemaker,  DJ Plugman in Air Gear, Johnny in One Piece, Sid in Devil May Cry, Yusuf Ali Mesa in Yugo the Negotiator, Koji in Godanner, Murato in Hakugei - Legend of the Moby Dick, Sawadust in A Tree of Palme, Kenji Kurata in Diamond Daydreams, Oshodani in Pappuwa, Jimpachi Arishiama in Nanka 6/17, and Woogy in Michel.  His voice can also be heard in Elfin Lied, Claymore, Tokyo Majin, Oran High School Host Club, Cannon, Gravion Zwie, Utwararerumono,   Coyote Ragtime Show and Desert Punk to name a few.

Chris can also be heard a Wagram in the new Square Enix Game THE LAST REMNANT. Most recently Chris has been heard as the Covenant Commander and various other roles in HALO: LEGENDS.

Chris is also one of the Anime industry voice actors who sings on Voices for Peace. He is very proud to be a part of the "Voices For..." organization. Chris also works as a professional fight director and has enjoyed bringing his workshop “Mock Combat for Cosplay” to many conventions. You can learn more about Chris by visiting his website.

Carli Mosier

Carli Mosier began developing her love for acting at the age of 6 and went on to graduate from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas, one of the first public schools of its kind in the nation. In 2004 she began working at ADV and has appeared in such shows as Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, as Tsubasa Maijima, and Godannar, as Kei. More recently, Carli has been cast in such ADV titles as UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie, where she played Princess Pharm, Moeyo Ken TV, as Sayoko Yamazaki, and as Febronia and various voices in Xenosaga: The Animation. Carli is probably best known for her performance as the sexy Detective Yukika in Nerima Daikon Brothers. You can also see her as the proper-and quite often chaotic-Student Council President Yuri Kurosu in Magikano. Soon, you'll be able to see Carli as Rina, the Green Pearl Princess, in Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch, recorded at Amusement Park Media. Carli has also lent her vocal talents as a singer to the upcoming Voices for Tolerance album. She's also happy to announce she's recently done some work for Funimation in Evangelion and One Piece!

Josh Grelle

A native Texan, Josh Grelle was raised on stage and in the art studios of Central Texas. He performed on stage at the Tin Building Theatre for over 15 years prior to starting work for ADV Films at the start of 2004. Since then he has worked for ADV Films (Seraphim) and FUNimation Entertainment on numerous projects.

Josh is known for playing the outrageous Taishi in COMIC PARTY: REVOLUTION; Kyohei Takano in Shinichi Watanabe’s (AKA Nabeshin) THE WALLFLOWER; Kenichi Shirahama in KENICHI: THE MIGHTIEST DESCIPLE; Ren Kannagi in KAZE NO STIGMA; Kouchi Hayase in LINEBARRELS OF IRON; Itsuki Takeuchi in INITIAL D; and Akasha in SHIKABANE HIME (AKA Corpse Princess). He can also be seen as Chaos in TSUBASA CHRONICLES; Ox Ford in SOUL EATER; G-6 and various villains in GATCHAMAN; Alan Cloud in TOKYO MAJIN; Viscount Wolkins in PUMPKIN SCISSORS; and Hammer in XENOSAGA: THE ANIMATION. Josh was also recently involved in the much anticipated HALO: LEGENDS project, playing the role of “Haka” in Production I.G.’s “THE DUEL”

Josh has also lent his vocal talents to such shows as: ROMEOxJULIET; NERIMA DAIKON BROS; D.GRAY-MAN; ONE PIECE;KIBA;AIR GEAR; MERMAID MELODY PICHI PICHI PICH; and many more. Josh was also ADR Script Writer for the magical harem comedy MAGIKANO–which he also provided voices for–and Assistant Writer for MOONLIGHT MILE.

Aside from theatre and the Anime Industry, Josh has also worked in the Comic Book industry as a freelance colorist doing “the grunt work” for Marvel Comics and a few other studios around the world.

James Hatton

James Hatton is the creator of the popular minimalist webcomic "In His Likeness" and recently just started a new comic called 'This Day In Alt-History." He has come a long way, and with 'Likeness' on the cusp of hitting strip 1000, he has a lot more planned for the world of the dots. James and his wife Madison have also recently become founding members of a group of nefarious supervillains named 'The B.O.A.R.D.' - don't hesitate to inquire how you might join this league of supervillainry.

Ian Sinclair

A lifelong comic book, anime, cartoon and videogame fan, Ian got his start doing dub work when he visited FUNimation Studios as a college student in 2004 in order to sit in on a friend’s session. The director asked him if he’d like to jump in the booth for a one-liner, which ended up being a small recurring role, and from that moment on, he was hooked.

A Dallas native, Ian graduated from TCU with a degree in Theatre and immediately began his career as a stage actor, earning Dallas’ award for Best Local Actor in 2009. He continued at FUNimation, gradually working his way up from regular bit-character boy until his big break as Dallas Genoard in Baccano!, a show which he assistant directed. Since then he has performed in roles such as Toraji Ishida in Bamboo Blade, Douglas Rosenberg in El Cazador de la Bruja, Sobi Nakajima in Linebarrels of Iron, Haruki in Master of Martial Arts, Kaoru Seo in Sekirei, Shinze Kamiu in Shikabane Hime: Kuro, Romano in Hetalia – Axis Powers, and most recently as Bardroy in Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), on which he also served as director. Additionally, Ian can be heard in numerous radio/TV spots, and as the voice of Baron Flint in the video game, Borderlands.

Doug Smith

Douglas Smith is a Voice Actor/Artist personality in the Anime industry. He's voiced in several of ADV's shows like, BubbleGum 2040, Those Who Hunt Elves, Sorcerer Hunters, Dragon Knight, and Steam Detectives to name a few. Doug is most recognized for his role as Kintaro Oe in GoldenBoy. Be sure to swing by his table and check out his art.

Dan Hess

Dan Hess is the creator of the popular and long-running magical-girl comic, "Angel Moxie;" the fantasy/comedy webcomic "Realms of Ishikaze", and his newest webcomic endeavor, "Weesh," the hilarious adventures of a green rodent/thing that grants wishes to a trio of kids. He's also a freelance illustration and design guru specializing in web development, and part-owner, designer and programmer for the Disney fan site, mouseguest.com . Those few hours a week he's out of the office he spends sleeping or watching episodes of Mythbusters.

Shannon Townsend - Studio ONY

Shannon Townsend has been drawing almost her entire life, but a chance channel-surfing incident when she was 16 turned her on to Anime, and she's never been the same since. Aside from numerous freelance projects, Shannon is the artist and colorist for the web comic "Otaku –no- Yen." Self taught in the art style of Anime and Manga, Shannon has worked on numerous projects, including the Manga "Otaku Antics" due out in 2008, "Fire and Snow" from Stone Arch Press, and of course "Otaku –no- Yen Book 1: As Seen On The Intarwebs." Shannon is also a professional speaker and lectures at numerous libraries, colleges, and conventions each year, educating teens on the art style she has grown to love so much.

Richard Townsend - Studio ONY

After a stint writing for the RPG TFOS: The Landing, Richard decided to try his hand at working alongside his wife Shannon. Richard's main focus is now the web comic "Otaku -no- Yen" (aka. Geeks Without Money). He also occasionally speaks at libraries and conventions to help educate parents and kids alike in Anime and Manga and runs numerous panels at conventions each year. Richard is also an avid gamer, and plays a mean round of Rock Band.

Jan Scott Frazier

In 1987, Jan’s obsession with anime overpowered her common sense (and ardent desire to remain stuck forever as a Radio Shack salesperson) and she moved to Japan to pursue a career in the anime industry. She attended the International Animation Institute where she was made a teacher almost a year before graduation. She went on to work at a number of 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 her from her goal, Jan went to work for Artland in 1989 in the production department, a first for a foreigner. She 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, Jan founded her 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, Jan moved into consulting work, freelancing for Cambridge Animation Systems the developers of Animo (a computer assisted (2D) animation production system).

Also in 1994, Jan co-founded GENESIS Digital Publishing Company with Izumi Matsumoto (Kimagure Orange Road) where they created Comic ON, a CD-ROM manga compendium in which Jan made her manga debut with her original digital graphic novel Transcendence. The first volume of Comic ON was released in 1996 and it went on to be the one of the top selling non-game CD-ROM titles in Japan of that year.

In 1995 she went to work for Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Blood) as the president of Production I.G. USA and a producer and technical director on the Japanese side. She was technical director of the animation for the Grandstream Saga, Madou Monogatari, and Kyoushin Senki games as well as working on the Panzer Dragoon OVA. She left Production IG in early 1998 to pursue a career as a freelance director.

In 1999 Jan directed episodes of Susie-chan & Marvy (TV) and spent most of the year working on the development of original TV series projects.

In 2000, Jan moved back to the USA to work at Celsys USA on the development of the next generation of the RETAS digital production system. She continues to develop original projects for television, OVA, music video and feature film release, music videos and commercials. She has worked as a manga translator (Scryed, Psychic Academy, Here is Greenwood, Pink Sniper) and has done anime translation as well (Dead Leaves, etc.)

Jan has traveled extensively throughout Asia and the US teaching animation techniques and speaking at conventions. She has also written and co-written magazine articles and textbooks about cel production, animation, and computer animation.

Jan also does body art (both henna art and tattoo design), plans and throws amazing parties, translates Japanese manga and anime shows into English and is working hard to learn to teach yoga.

Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres is not your average voice actor. The once "Fanboy" turned VA started working for ADV Films just a few years ago, and in that short time managed to snag two of his favorite roles in anime. He was thrilled to voice the role of his favorite character Son Goku in Saiyuki, then just one year later Kaworu Nagisa in the Director's Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Other roles include Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Negi Springfield in Negima, Heihachi in Samurai 7, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Pope Alessandro XVIII in Trinity Blood, Tsuyoshi in Kodocha, Leo in Ghost Stories, Tsujido in Speed Grapher, and Gau Ban in Shadow Skill. He can also be heard in other anime titles such as Super Gals, Spiral, Macross, Mythical Detective Loki, Burst Angel, Gravion, Godanner, Pretear, Full Metal Panic, E's Otherwise and a whole lot more.

When he's not in a booth with headphones on, you can usually find him sporting headphones of another variety behind "the decks". A veteran nightclub DJ of many years, Greg has really enjoyed the opportunity of doing something else that he truly loves. From packed rooms at anime conventions, to the legendary stage of The Knitting Factory (NYC), Greg never misses an opportunity to share his love of music with anyone who will listen.