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The Guest Breakfast is sold out! Please direct any questions regarding the Guest Breakfast to guestrelations@ushicon.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ikuko Itoh 
Ikuko Itoh wields the pen that has given life to a great many characters that have
become favorites to anime fans everywhere. The artistic Itoh-san is the character
designer and animation director for most seasons of the Sailor Moon series as well
as doing character designs and Animation direction for Magic Users Club. But more
recently, she may be best known as the masterful talent behind Ahiru and her ballet
exploits, as the creator of Shoujo PJ Party favorite "Princess Tutu". Itoh-san
hopes you continue to enjoy her work and looks forward to meeting more anime fans.
Keitarou Arima 
Keitarou Arima is a talented artist with a skill for drawing cute girls. After spending
time developing his talent working on doujinshi, Arima-san went on to contribute to
Evangelion Anthologies. He has since really hit his stride as the creator of the
kawaii manga "Tsukuyomi - Moon Phase", which just last year was adapted into a hit animation.
Both the manga and anime have been licensed domestically and should be available soon at a
store near you. Arima-san continues to work on both professional and doujinshi projects, to find out more
about him or look at his art (or his cat), check his webpage at:
http://www.waruwaru.com/.
Yuri Lowenthal 
Yuri is a fairly recent addition to the West Coast anime Mafia, although he's been
a fan for quite some time. His first role was that of the diminutive but ornery
Bakunetsumaru in SD Gundam Force. On this show he met a bunch of talented VAs who
thankfully went on to recommend him on other shows, leading to such roles as Haru
Glory on RaveMaster, Sasuke on Naruto, Leo Skorpus on Scrapped Princess, Mark on Cybuster, and a host
more, including Ginta Suou on Marmalade Boy, Tsujiai on UltraManiac, Taro Hanaukyou
on Hanaukyou Maid Team: LA VERITE, and most recently
Yuri Shibuya on Kyo Kara Maoh, and Renton on Eureka 7.
He is also known for his extensive work in the video game world, most notably as
the Prince in Prince of Persia:Sands of Time and the soon-to-be-released Prince of Persia:Kindred Blades.
Last year Yuri also started his own production company, Monkey Kingdom Productions, which just
produced its first feature film. TUMBLING AFTER is a psychological thriller, which Yuri also wrote.
Carrie Savage 
Carrie Savage is very excited to be able to attend Ushicon 2006! "Hi" to all you awesome Texas folk!
Carrie has had the awesome privilege of playing characters such as Fuko in I, My, Me! Strawberry
Eggs, Rakka in Haibane Renmei, Hakufu in Ikki Tousen, Nancy Makuhari in R.O.D. the TV,
Maromi in Paranoia Agent, Shima in Stellvia, Sayoko in Melody of Oblivion, Koyomi
in Girl's Bravo, Maia in Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Arimi in Marmalade Boy, Nina in Ultra
Maniac, Ran in Texhnolyze. She has also had a fun time voicing a few characters in recent video
games and more anime shows as Dear.S, Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, Lunar Legend Tsukihime, Sakura Wars the Movie, Dangaizer 3, Aguarian Age the Movie, Ghost Talker's Day Dream, and more.
She absolutely loves voice acting for Anime and is looking forward to recording more shows in the future.
Laura Bailey 
Laura Bailey got her start playing Kid Trunks on Dragonball Z and has since gone on to play the lead in several Funimation properties. Her most popular roles include Tohru in Fruits Basket, Marlene in Blue Gender, Alv in Kiddy Grade, and Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist. Laura has been working in the anime industry for almost six years and has recently begun directing as well. So far she has directed the yet to be released Gunslinger Girls and Kodocha (in which she also plays the lead characters) as well as several episodes of Case Closed. For those gamers out there, you can hear Laura’s voice as the title character in the video games BloodRayne 1 and 2 and as Alex D in Deus Ex: the Invisible War.
Greg Ayres 
Greg Ayres is not your average voice actor. The once “Fanboy” turned VA started
working for ADV Films two years ago, and in that 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 Toga in Gravion, Bomb in BASTOF Syndrome,
Yuya Asou in SuperGals, Mannen in Pretear, and Shinji Kazama in Full Metal Panic.
He can also be heard in other anime titles such as The Legend of the Mystical Ninja,
Steel Angel Kurumi, Those Who Hunt Elves II, Panyo Panyo DiGi Charat, Dragon Knight
Wheels of Time, Oh Super Milk Chan, and Aura Battler Dunbine. To find out even more
information visit Greg’s web site at www.gregayres.com.
Douglas 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 to name a few. Doug is most recognized for his role as Kintaro Oe in GoldenBoy. You can see his latest voice over roles in Steam Detectives, Moyo Ken and Funimation's: Case Closed, Baki The Grappler as well as Dragonball Z. Be sure to swing by his table and check out his art or jump online at: www.dougsmithart.com.
Steve Bennett 
When Steve was in his teens, he was lucky enough to land a job with Studio Aoehyma, and work under the great Japanese animator, Noboru Furusei (New Dominion Tank Police, Lupin III, etc.). During his time at Studio Aoehyma, Steve worked on such titles as Cat's Eye, the Urusei Yatsura TV Series and Only You, as well as many others for television and movies. In 1997, he started up Studio Ironcat, a Japanese manga publisher, which published such titles as Vampire Princess Miyu, Cutey Honey ’90, Crusher Joe, and Hyperdolls. With the close of Ironcat in 2004, Steve was finally free to create his own comics, and get back into the artistic side of the industry. Steve now has two new webcomics on-line at http://www.stevebennettart.com/ ("Shakespeare Rodeo" and "Life with Steve") and is finally letting his creative juices flow!
Rivkah 
Currently residing in Austin, Rivkah is the artist, writer, and creator of "Steady Beat." She has been a professional
in the print industry for over seven years including commercial photography, design,
marketing, and print production--in spite of never having completed college--and has
promoted writers and artists across the U.S. However, "Steady Beat" is Rivkah's first
personal creation. An artist new to the field of graphic novels, she has been pursuing
comics since August 2003, dropping past ambitions in pursuit of her own dreams.
A self-proclaimed workaholic, she has this to say of herself, "I need art like I need
my coffee. First thing in the morning and several cups to last me through the day."
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