Sat & Sun; August 29 - 30, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel off of Highway 160 in Sacramento
Liam O’Brien is an actor, writer, and director involved in numerous facets of the world of animation and video games.
As an actor, he has worked in well over a hundred anime, video game, and original animation projects. Some of the more well known animated series he has lent his voice to include, WOLVERINE AND THE XMEN, NARUTO, AFRO SAMURAI, GHOST IN THE SHELL, PARANOIA AGENT, ERGO PROXY, FINAL FANTASY: ADVENT CHILDREN, CODE GEASS, and BLEACH. On the video game end, popular titles include WORLD OF WARCRAFT, .HACK, CASTLEVANIA, ACE COMBAT, RESIDENT EVIL, AND DEVIL MAY CRY 4 (which he also traveled to Tokyo for, to act the role first, as part of the motion capture team).
On the directing side, Liam has overseen the English voice ensemble for multiple anime and games. Anime: NARUTO, GUNSWORD, KOI KAZE, DEARS, THE THIRD, BOYS BE, and THE RUMIKO TAKAHASHI ANTHOLOGY. Games: RESIDENT EVIL 5, NARUTO: RISE OF A NINJA, DISASTER: DAY OF CRISIS, and ACE COMBAT 6, ARMORED CORE 4, and TENCHU.
And as a writer, he has adapted over a hundred episodes of anime for English, on shows like NARUTO, CODE GEASS, BLEACH, GUNSWORD, as well as the first two NARUTO animated feature films, and a handful of NARUTO games.
And when he can find time in his frenetic schedule, Liam returns to the theatre. He has preformed on stages around the country, as well as Off Broadway in his hometown of New York City. Most recently, though, were the world premiere of SEX PARASITE, produced by the Mark Taper Forum, and a critically acclaimed production of ALL MY SONS, at the Geffen Playhouse, both in Los Angeles.
Among Alyson Court's animated series voice acting roles are Malani the Ewok in the animated television program Star Wars: Ewoks, Lydia Deetz (originally played by Winona Ryder) in the animated adaptation of the 1988 film Beetlejuice, and Little Miss Magic on The Mr. Men Show. She also voiced Terri Cloth on The Garbage Pail Kids animated series of 1987-1988. In 1992, she voiced Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series and Nora Mouse in the animated series Timothy Goes To School and will be voiced by Sharon in Alison & Allie in the new Animated Teen Fiction Television series. Recently she was the voice of Dahlia in the animated series Skyland.
She also voices Coco in the animated show Urban Vermin. She also was the voice of Pixx in the animated show "Ultraforce". In video games, she provides the voice of Claire Redfield in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica. and also played the role of Yoko Suzuki in Resident Evil: Outbreak. She reprised her role as Claire Redfield in Resident Evil: Degeneration.
Paul Mercier is a screenwriter, director, actor and voice actor. He is best known for his work as Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 4.
Roger Craig Smith supplied the voice of Temujin in "Naruto: The Legend of the Stone of Gelel." Roger's Naruto series characters include the creepy Raiga Kurosuke, smooth-talker Idate Morino, Dan, and many others. In the video game "Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2," Roger voiced both Bando and Towa. In the anime series "Code Geass," he voices the uptight Gilbert G.P. Guilford. Roger played the role of Prince Phillip, in the Disney DVD "Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams."
In the video game world, Roger is the voice of Chris Redfield, in "Resident Evil 5." He also played Curtis Miller in the movie "Resident Evil: Degeneration." Other gaming credits include Apsel in "Too Human," Runt in "Chicken Little: Ace in Action," and Harrison Pike in "Medal of Honor: Vanguard." He has also voiced characters in "Mad World," "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots," "CSI:NY The Game," "Afro Samurai: The Game," "Fracture," "Turning Point: Fall of Liberty," and Digimon World Data Squad."
He currently narrates Say Yes to the Dress" on TLC and "Yard Crashers" on the DIY Network.
This will be Roger's first visit to SacAnime and he's extremely excited for the opportunity to be a part of the convention!
http://www.mckinneyart.com
Brandon McKinney has been working in the animation industry as a Storyboard Artist for 10 years. He's worked on "Batman Beyond", "Static Shock", "Justice League Unlimited", "Ben 10" and "The Batman". Most recently he has done work on a Scooby Doo movie, the Cartoon Network's "Secret Saturdays" as well as "GI JOE: Resolute". He is currently doing storyboards for "Batman: Brave & the Bold" and an upcoming animated series "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes". He teaches at the Art Institute of Tampa and lives in St. Petersburg Florida.
http://www.katiebair.com
Biography:
Grizzled con veterans and creative team behind manga titles Oasis Destiny,
Ninja High School: Hawaii and the webmanga 'Aesir Corp' and soon to be released
book 'Katie Bair's: World of Wigcraft.'
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