Anime Supercon The South Florida Anime, Animation, Comic Book & Manga Convention November 30 - December 2, 2007
Anime Supercon is a convention for anime, animation, comic book and manga fans taking place November 30 - December 2, 2007 at The Marriott North (Cypress Creek & I-95) in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The show will include celebrity guests, artists, vendors, Q&A's, parties, costume contests, anime programming, manga, cosplay, workshops, panels, comic books, cosplay photoshoots and more! Over a dozen guests have already been announced for the show including:
* April Stewart: Star of South Park, Grim & Evil, El Tigre, Danny Phantom and more! April is the voice of most of the female characters on South Park, such as: Wendy Testaberger, Liane Cartman, Sharon Marsh, The Mayor, Shelly Marsh and Mrs. Crabtree.
* Tiffany Grant: Star of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Case Closed, Chrono Crusade, Full Metal Alchemist, Excel Saga, Cutey Honey and Suspiria.
* Chris Ayres: Star of Gantz, Papuwa, Trinity Blood, Peacemaker, Full Metal Panic!? and Papuwa.
* Dana Snyder: Star of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Venture Brothers, Saul of the Mole Men, Squidbillies, Robot Chicken and Minoriteam. The voice of Master Shake!
* Jay Wade Edwards: Producer/Editor & Director of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Jay is one of the guiding forces behind Aqua Teen Hunger Force, acting in the role of Producer, Editor and Director for the show. For the feature film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres he was the supervising Editor and a producer.
* Gene Ha: Superstar Comic Book Artist. Credits include: X-Men, Top 10, Justice League of America, The Authority, Fables, Young Avengers, The 49ers, Superman, Teen Titans and Batman.
* Don Kramer: Superstar Comic Book Artist. Don is the current artist on Detective Comics and his past credits include Batman, JSA, The Thing, Aquaman and Dr. Fate.
* Al Baruch: Legendary Disney animator. Al was the concept artist on classics such as Peter Pan (where he developed Captain Hook and the Crocodile) and Lady and the Tramp (where he developed Jock the Scottish Terrier and Trusty the English Bloodhound). In addition to his work at Disney, Al worked with CBS/Terrytoons on Mighty Mouse and Casper The Friendly Ghost.
* Select Start: The Classical Music "Video Game" Band. Select Start is the fusion of six musicians based in Gainesville, Florida, who combine their mutual love for video games, music, and their instruments (two violins, a cello, guitar, piano and flute) to create a musical experience and sound unique to the video game music world.
* J*SCAPE: The South Florida JROCK cover band
* Chickenbox!: The punk rock live action animation band.
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* George Lowe: The voice of Space Ghost!
Anime Supercon is proud to announce the addition of Carey Means and Brittney Karbowski to its growing line up.
* Carey Means: Voice Actor. Star of Aqua Teen Hunger Force as "FRYLOCK" and The Brak Show as "THUNDERCLEESE". In addition to his television, Carey is an accomplished theatrical actor, with over a dozen stage credits, including: South Pacific, Talk Radio and Waiting For Godot. He is a graduate from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. with a degree in Fine Arts/Vocal Music. Carey has trained in a number of dialects, but asserts that Frylock is him talking normally.
* Brittney Karbowski: Anime Voice Actress. Brittney is a 20 year old theater major at the University of Houston and is one of the newest voice actors to grace ADV Films. To date Brittney's work includes Gilgamesh (Fuko), Yumeria (Mone), Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (Reiya), Jinki: Extend (Aoba), Pani Poni Dash (Himeko Katagiri), Coyote Ragtime Show (Franca) and Xenosaga (Momo).
The convention hours of operation are:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30: 5:00PM - 2:00AM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1: 11:00AM - 2:00AM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2: 11:00AM - 6:00PM
LOCATION: THE MARRIOTT NORTH
6650 N. Andrews Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309. Phone (954) 771-0440. http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/fllcc
For a schedule of events and appearances: visit www.animesupercon.com
Anime Supercon Tickets are currently available online at $20 for a weekend pass. Tickets at the door will be $25 for a weekend pass and $20 for a one day pass.
ANIME SUPERCON is sponsored by Students of the Unusual (www.studentsoftheunusual.com) and Tate's Comics (www.tatescomics.com)
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