Johnny Yong Bosch

No matter what type of anime you watch, you have probably liked one of the characters voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch.  Whether its the irritable Ichigo saving us from hollows in Bleach, Lelouche defending Japan in Code Geass, or the antics of the Human Typhoon, Vash the Stampede in Trigun, Johnny's voice is familiar to all anime fans. Even with his success voicing over 50 anime series, and even more video games, Johnny is best known for his role  in the hit show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.  He got his start fighting giant bugs as Adam Park, the Black Ranger. When cast a Power Ranger he could do his own stunts.  Johnny clearly cannot sit still because he will will also be performing with the band EyeShine at KotoriCon. He sings, he acts and he does martial arts; everything we expect from an anime star!

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Michele Knotz

You may have heard of Michele Knotz from Pokémon. Now in their 14th season, Michele returned as the voice of Team Rocket’s Jessie and several new Pokémon. She has voiced May, Nurse Joy, and lots of Pokémon including Piplup and Squirtle.  She was even Misty for the Pokémon 10th Anniversary Special.  She has voiced other anime and video game roles as well, including the Pokémon Trainer, Squirtle and various other Pokémon for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.   Michele doesn’t just work on anime and video games' she’s also a script adaptor for various dubbing projects and lends her voice to many other types of work.

 
   
Stuart Zagnit You will remember the comfort of Ash getting advice from him as the voice of Professor Oak where Stuart Zagnit is credited as Stan Hart in the original Pokémon series. He recently worked with Underbelly to produce a public service announcement to avoid the long grass.  He also voiced roles in  Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Slayers,  Twin Angels, Shaman King, and Baki the Grappler. Stuart Zagnit  has worked in all areas of acting including Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional, National Tours,television, films, commercials and voice-overs.
 
   
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Jamie McGonnigal is well known for his voice-acting roles on Viva Pinata!, WB’s Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh! and 4Kids/The Cartoon Network’s One Piece, F-Zero and Kirby. Other voice over roles include anime titles and video games including the lead roleof Johnny Garland in The New World for PS2.

Jamie is also a founding producer of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. His work as a producer and director includes his World AIDS Day concert productions of Pippin, Children of Eden and The Secret Garden. As an actor, he has appeared on stages regionally and in NYC in a number of roles.

Jamie’s drive to the make the world a better place can be found in his blog on http://talkaboutequality.wordpress.com/writers/.

   
   
Bill Rogers

Bill Rogers is an NY based voice actor best known for his work in Gravitation (Touma Seguchi), Boogiepop Phantom (Yamamoto), Genshiken (Tanaka Souichiro), Shingu (Kanata Mouken) and more recently in The Third (Kevin). He can also be heard on Saturday morningsas the voice of Brock in Pokemon.
Since his debut in Assemble Insert back in 2001, Bill has been providing voices to some of your favorite characters in shows such as KO Beast, His and Her Circumstances, Joe vs. Joe, Madara, Gokudo, Comic Party and To Heart.
Outside of the anime field, Bill has worked on the children's show Tarchin and Friends, and the series of Universal Safety Squad educational films. In the world of video games, Bill has lent his voice to the X-Box game Bullet Witch, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the m&m's series of games on the Wii console.

He can also be seen on camera in many productions by Outworld Entertainment, and on many theater stages around his home state of New Jersey.