Guests - San Japan

Letters from the Chairs
Dave “Proz” Henkin
Convention Chairman
Unbelievable. Finally, we made it to San Japan’s sixth year. The region and city of San Antonio has
made San Japan a prime summer event. For one weekend a year we transform the River Walk from a
tourist spot to a showcase of the anime fandom.
Over the years, we’ve grown along with you. Last year, we moved to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as our permanent home. This year, as we keep growing, we’ve added more space in the
convention center. We also worked with the Grand Hyatt to take over the entire hotel this year. We
hope the additional space will be enough to accommodate all of the San Japan attendees.
Our staff is dedicated too. Most of the San Japan staff has been with us since the beginning. They all
cherish what they do and love seeing San Japan thrive. The San Japan staff all work passionately with
one goal in mind: to create an acceptable outlet where you don’t have to be normal, where you can
dress as anyone, and just go all out and have fun (legally, please).
Anime and Japanese culture will always be our main focus for programming. We changed our mission
statement to say we are “Anime-Focused”. With this revised statement, we hope to become the outlet
in San Antonio where all fandoms accepting of anime culture can come together, year after year, and
enjoy our grand event.
Jason “Jay” Perez
Events Chairman
On behalf of the San Japan Events Team, our panelists, and guests, I would like to welcome all of you
to this year’s San Japan. It has been a long road leading up to this year’s San Japan and an even longer
road for my own experience as con staff. I remember all those years ago volunteering Registration at
Zero Day Anime. While making this year’s schedule, I looked back at year 2.X of San Japan when I
first took over events. Oh, how we have grown leaps and bounds since then! I could never imagine
back then how far we would come from barely being able to fill up four panel rooms to now having
nine, plus many other event rooms with a Maid Café, crafts room, and so much more!
Although this has become a nearly full time job for me (because I need ANOTHER one of those!), I
love staffing Events and will forever pass along the praise and thanks we receive to my wonderful staff
and guests. It has been a real honor to see my staff like Joey, Sethos, and Jay Justice grow and improve
every year. As well, I love seeing how much our repeat panelists like Lanie, ninjaHELL,and Die grow
as public speakers and gradually gain followings.
This year I urge all of you attendees to branch out from your usual con routine and check out some of
the different panels and off-the-wall stuff we offer in Events, whether it is about about BJD dolls, a
new anime, Star Wars, or laser chess.
Cheers and best wishes!
Lauren “SheWolf” Heacker
Logistics Chairperson
Welcome, returning and new attendees, to San Japan Sinister 6! We keep running San Japan for you all
in hopes that you’d keep coming back for more. Not only do you keep coming back, but you all come
with increasing numbers! I’m pleased to contribute to this now large-scale anime convention year after
year.
Watching San Japan grow and seeing everyone happy are what makes all the work worthwhile. So
please, enjoy yourself and make sure to tell all of your friends. We promise to bring San Japan back as
long as you want to party with us. After all, there’s more reasons to party than not!!
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Table of Contents Staying Informed
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Letters from the Chairs
Guidebook & Staying Informed
Directory & Merchandise
Convention Maps
Convention Policies
Convention Info & Maid Cafe
Guests
Meet the DJs
Cosplay
Panels & Programming
Dealer Room & Artist Alley
Gaming
Places to Eat
San Japan Staff
Special Thanks
Photography Locations
www.san-japan.org
facebook.com/sanjapan
twitter.com/sanjapan
youtube.com/sanjapan
sanjapan.tumblr.com
Convention
Center
Hotel
Directory
Directory
Henry B. Gonzalez
Grand Hyatt
Room Name
Location
Room Name
Location
Arcade Gaming
Gallery
2nd Floor
Artist Alley
Exhibit Hall A
Info Desk
2nd Floor
Art Show
Room 102B
Late Night
Lone Star
Autographs
Exhibit Hall A
Gaming
Ballroom
Ballroom B
Ballroom B
Maid Cafe
Bowie
Chill Area
Exhibit Hall A
Programming
Lone Star
Concessions
Exhibit Hall A
Console Gaming
Gallery
Cosplay
Ballroom A
Photoshoot
Entrance
3rd Floor
Crunchyroll
Room 003
Chill Room
Bonham B
Dealers Room
Ballroom A
Classic J-Pop
3rd Floor
Info Desk +
West
Cosplay Signup
Bonham E
Lost & Found
Registration
Karaoke
Bonham C
Manga Library
Room 002
Meetup Room
Room 101
Merchandise
West
Ballroom
Video Rooms
Mission A&B
Registration
4th Floor
Panel 001
Room 001
Main Events
Texas Ballroom
Panel 103
Room 103
Panel Crockett A
Crockett A&B
Registration
West
Panel Crockett D
Crockett C&D
Registration
Panel Republic
Republic A-C
Sleeping Samurai
Exhibit Hall A
Panel Seguin
Seguin A&B
Tabletop Gaming
Exhibit Hall A
Merchandise
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Convention Maps
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Convention Maps
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Convention Policies
San Japan General Rules &
Behavior Guidelines
1. A valid badge must be purchased
and worn openly at all times. Persons
who do not have a badge displayed on
the con floor will be asked to leave.
Any person without a valid badge will
not be permitted entry into events or
vendor spaces.
7. Follow all convention staff, convention volunteer, hotel staff and
convention center staff instructions.
Treat staff and volunteers with respect
and courtesy. If a problem arises with a
convention volunteer, seek out Safety
and report the issue immediately.
2. Only ADA working animals with
proper verification are allowed in the
Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center.
The Grand Hyatt is a pet-friendly hotel. Cats and dogs under 50lbs will be
permitted in the hotel with permission
from hotel staff.
8. Do not move or tamper with hotel
property or equipment including lobby
chairs, couches, curtains, doors, windows, etc. Do not move or tamper with
convention property including tables,
microphones, video equipment, etc. If
you require assistance with convention
or hotel property, ask a member of
convention staff.
3. No alcohol or drugs are permitted in
convention spaces at any time. Guests
under the influence of alcohol or drugs
will be asked to return to their rooms.
Refusal to return to your room may
result in action by the San Antonio
Police Department.
4. Shoes must be worn at all times
in convention spaces. “Barefoot”
cosplays must wear shoes or non opentoe lyricals, however they may be
removed for photographs.
5. No sleeping is permitted in any
convention spaces including lobbies,
hallways, vendor spaces, and gaming.
6. While waiting for an event, form
a single-file orderly line under the
direction of convention volunteers and/
or staff. Cosplayers taking pictures are
encouraged to move to the side of the
hallway or find an open space where
they will not impede the flow of traffic.
Sitting against hallway walls is not
permitted at any time.
9. Do not affix signs, posters, banners or anything else to walls, doors,
windows or floors in the convention or
hotel space.
10. Mistreatment of other guests is
prohibited. Complaints of harassment,
stalking, bullying, glomping and
mobbing will be investigated and may
result in expulsion from the convention. San Japan has a zero tolerance
policy for sexual harassment and
discrimination.
Props & Weapons
Events & Lines
1. No live weaponry such as edged
steel, non-replica firearms, or functional projectile weaponry is permitted in
convention spaces at any time.
1. Keep lines single-file, and stay close
to walls/barricades.
2. Do not block doorways with the line.
1. No alcohol or drugs are permitted in
the dance at any time.
2. All props must be examined and
approved by the safety desk immediately upon entering any convention
or hotel spaces. Unchecked weaponry
will be directed to the safety desk.
Repeated failures to have weaponry
approved will result in expulsion from
the convention.
3. No cutting under any circumstances.
Friends may not save your spot in line
for you.
2. Handbags are subject to search, and
bags larger than a handbag are not
permitted inside dance spaces.
4. Occasionally, convention staff and
volunteers need to speak loudly enough
that the entire line hears the instructions. Convention staff and volunteers
are not yelling at you.
3. Staff will not watch over bags,
jackets, or other loose items you do not
wish to bring to the dance floor. San
Japan assumes no responsibility for lost
or stolen property.
5. For events with seats, completely fill
in all seats and do not leave any empty
seats. You may not be able to sit next to
all members of your party.
4. Staff may initiate a voluntary search
for alcohol or drugs at any time.
3. All projectile weaponry including
but not limited to Airsoft, Nerf and
paintball weaponry must be unloaded,
trigger-locked, and must have the barrel plugged. Bright orange barrel plugs
are required.
4. All weapons purchased in vendor
spaces must immediately be transported in the box or packaging to
the attendee’s hotel room or vehicle
and left there for the duration of the
convention.
5. No swinging, play fighting, firing
projectiles, or throwing of any kind
will be permitted at any time. Violation of this rule will result in possible
expulsion from the convention.
11. Locals, tourists, and others not involved in the convention will naturally
be curious about the convention and its
attendees. Treat these individuals with
courtesy and respect. Our convention
has an excellent reputation in the city
of San Antonio because of our excellent attendees.
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2. Convention spaces have a “no shirt,
no shoes, no service” policy. Because
of this, shirts and shoes must be worn
at all times and may only be removed
for photographs.
6. Event specific rules will be announced at the start of the event. Please
listen carefully to all event rules.
7. Convention staff reserves the right
to ask any attendee to leave if they are
being disruptive or not following the
rules. Attendees that do not listen to
staff instructions may be expelled from
the convention.
In an effort to predict wait times for
autograph lines and to allow our attendees and guests to have as much fun
as possible at San Japan, the following
guidelines should be observed.
3. No profanity or graphic sexual
imagery may be displayed on costumes
or clothing.
Dance / Electronic
Music Rules
5. Stringing is allowed only in designated areas. Do not string close to other
stringers. Unsafe situations may result
in loss of the stringing area and stringing privileges.
6. No bulky cosplay or large props are
allowed in the dance space.
7. Shoes must be worn at all times in
the dance space.
Rivercenter Mall
San Japan is close to the Rivercenter
Mall, which has a great food court on
the bottom floor and plenty of shops
that you can partake in. However, after
discussions with the mall, we have
been asked to post the following rules
ahead of time so San Japan attendees
can be prepared when they decide to
walk into the mall:
1. Cosplay props are not allowed.
2. Masks are not allowed.
3. Face paint is not allowed.
It is your responsibility to not break
these simple rules or you will be kicked
out of the mall!
San Japan will not hold onto or store
any cosplay items either. Find a friend
to hold your item or store it in your
hotel room before entering the mall.
The Rivercenter Mall also has some
other general rules that apply to all
patrons and these rules can be found on
their website (http://www.shoprivercenter.com/about/security) and are subject
to change without notice.
Autographs Policy
As of this year, Gold Pass holders
will NO LONGER have front of the
line access for autographs. A special
VIP autograph session will be held on
Sunday of the convention.
San Japan Dress Code
1. San Japan is a family-friendly
convention. Excessively revealing
clothing or costumes are not permitted.
Private areas must be covered with
opaque cloth at all times. Attendees
in excessively revealing attire will be
asked to change.
Convention Policies
1. The first one hundred (100) attendees in line for a given autograph
session will receive tickets just prior to
start of the session.
2. Anyone past the one hundred (100)
mark will not receive a ticket. Whether
or not they receive an autograph depends on how quickly the line moves
during the allotted time. Individuals
without tickets may not attend scheduled overflow sessions.
5. To keep the line moving, we request
that attendees bring absolutely no more
than two items to be signed. Items
should also be prepared for signing.
For example, DVD inserts should be
removed from the case and posters
should be unrolled.
3. San Japan reserves the right to end
the line to keep events (and guests) on
schedule.
6. Attendees are welcome to take
photographs of the guests, but we ask
that they please refrain from asking the
guests to come around the table for a
posed shot.
4. Attendees are not allowed to line
up for an autograph session more than
30 minutes before the scheduled start
time. Attendees gathering in the vicinity of the autograph room before that
time will be asked to disperse.
7. Attendees participating in disruptive
or rude behavior may be asked to leave
the autograph area.
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Convention Information
Registration
Art Show
Manga Library
Location: West Registration
Convention Center
Location: Room 102A
Convention Center
Location: Room 002
Convention Center
Hours:
Thursday
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday
9:00am - 9:30pm
Saturday
9:00am - 9:00pm
Sunday
10:00am - 3:00pm
Hours:
Friday
10:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday
10:00am - 6:00pm
Artist Pickup:
Sunday
11:00am - 3:00pm
Hours:
Friday
10:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday
10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday
11:00am - 3:00pm
Sponsored by
San Antonio Public Library
Art Auction
Safety HQ
Lost & Found
Location: Room 101
Convention Center
Location: San Jacinto Room
Grand Hyatt, F2
Location: Info Desk
Convention Center
Near West Registration
Time:
Saturday
9:00pm - 11:00pm
Maid Cafe
What is a Maid Cafe? Here is the Wikipedia definition:
Maid cafés are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés, waitresses dressed in maid
costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters (and
mistresses) in a private home, rather than as café patrons.
Throughout this hour-long experience, our maids will be serving
an assortment of cookies to snack on and hot teas as refreshments while engaging honored guests in lively conversation and
games. Additionally, the maids of San Japan’s Maid Cafe will be
putting on a number of performances to ensure that at no time
during your visit with us will you be bored.
San Japan Maid Cafe is here to offer the experience of popular
maid cafes in Japan. We strive to provide a calm and entertaining environment away from the hustle and bustle of the main
convention floor.
Entry fee is only $5 (the most affordable maid cafe offered by a
Texas convention). So buy your tickets in advanced at the ticket
table at the Maid Cafe because they are expected to sell out
quick!
Friday
12:00pm - 1:00pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
6:00 - 7:00pm
Saturday
10:00am - 11:00am
1:00pm - 2:00pm
4:00pm - 5:00pm
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
10:00am - 11:00am
1:00pm - 2:00pm
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Join us for a movie party on Saturday at 9:00pm!
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Guests
Scott McNeil
Guests
Voice Actor
Easily one of the busiest voice actors in the world, millions of fans know him as the voice of Duo Maxwell from Gundam Wing and Gundam: Battle Assault 2 as well as Koga from the hit series Inuyasha.
Older fans may be familiar with his work as Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z and/or his work as Deadeye
Duck in Bucky O’Hare and The Toad Wars.
Fans of Transformers know Scott well, as his voice talents have brought countless memorable characters to life, including Dinobot, Waspinator, Rattrap, Silverbolt and Dinobot II in Beast Wars/Beast
Machines; Jetfire in Armada; and Jetfire and Strongarm in Energon. He can also currently be heard as
Snarl and Backstop in Transformers: Cybertron.
Scott’s voice work has earned him the adoration of fans worldwide. Fans find Scott’s work everywhere,
both in anime and domestic animation, including lending his vocal talents to Hohenheim in Full Metal
Alchemist; Wolverine/Logan in X-Men: Evolution; Ace – The Bathound and Ignatius in Krypto: The
Superdog; Destro and Gung Ho in G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom / Spy Trooops; Beast Man, Clawful, MerMan, Ram Man, Stratos, and Kobra Khan in He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe; Senor Hasbeena, Francisco of the Forest, Mino-Toro, El Perrito, and Heavy Traffic in ¡Mucha Lucha!; Vulture,
Electro and Lester in Spider-Man Unlimited.
Other notable voice work in anime includes King Aston and Jajuka in The Vision Of Escaflowne;
Jajuka in Escaflowne: The Movie; Zoids Battle Announcer, Deed #1, Rastani Sr., and Serge in Zoids
Fuzors; and Harlock in Galaxy Express 999/Adieu, Galaxy Express 999. His work can also be heard
in series and movies such as Johnny Test, Bionicle, Scary Godmother, Barbie: Fairytopia, Barbie Of
Swan Lake, Candyland: Great Lollipop Adventure, Dragon Booster, Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, Under The Skin, Master Keaton, Ben Hur, Yakkity Yak, The Christmas Orange, Frogger Beyond,
Reboot, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer & The Island Of Misfit Toys, Nascar Racers, Casper’s
Haunted Christmas, Weird-Ohs, Shadowraiders/War Planets, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Warriors Of
Virtue, The Wacky World Of Tex Avery, Ranma ½, Hamtaro, and many more too numerous to list!
Aside from his voice work, Scott is also an accomplished live-action actor, whose credits include The
Green Chain, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Stargate Sg-1, Strange Frequency, The Outer Limits, Ladies And The Champ, Viper, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, Extreme Dinosaurs, Highlander,
Hawkeye, Final Fight, Someone Else’s Child, Seasons Of The Heart, Crackerjack, and Sleeping With
Strangers.
More recently Scott has been lending his vocal talents to characters like Stork, the lovably neurotic
Merb in Stormhawks, Grumpy Bear in the newest Care Bears and Wasabi (yes, a burbling ball of wasabi!) in Sushi Pack. In the past two years Scott has also contributed his voice to characters in Eon Kid,
Ricky Sprocket, and the Warhammer 40,000 videogames
Scott is currently exercising his evil genius in Gundam 00 as the dark and enigmatic Ali AlSaachez,
and Voltar, the truly maniacal evil genius, in League of Super Evil. Some of his other present projects
include Powerpuff Girls Z, Maryoku Yummy, Rollbots, and Twisted Whiskers. … and when his busy
schedule permits he can be found playing his level 70 Blood Elf Priest on World of Warcraft …
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Scott Freeman
Voice Actor
Scott has been working at Funimation roughly five years as a voice actor on over 50 shows. While
mostly in the background, you may recognize him in many roles such as “Soldier J”, “Man B”, or
“Thug A”. He then began portraying more descriptive roles including “Yellow Merchant”, or “Green
Shirt Brown Hat Man”. This soon led to playing characters with actual names. Only in the last year
or so he has begun playing larger parts, and his success in voice acting has grown. A few of the titles
he can be heard in are Hetalia (as Britain), Baka and Test (as Yuuji Sakamoto), One Piece (as Yasopp
and Kamakiri), Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood; the movie Conqueror of Shamballa, Big Windup,
Desert Punk, Initial D, KenIchi, Linebarrels, Romeo X Juliet, Soul Eater, and The Tower of Druaga.
Scott was always an artist first, a nerd second, and a musician third. He saw his first anime early in
High School on a VHS tape recorded from the home of a Japanese classmate and was an instant fan.
Although there were no subtitles, it was still amazing. Needless to say, having the opportunity to work
with Funimation today is a dream come true. Scott is always excited to work on new shows with such
amazing actors, and appreciates fans like himself who have helped to raise awareness of this culture
and allow it to be taken so far along.
Christopher Ayres
Voice Actor
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 Sentai Film Works and FUNimation Entertainment. Chris has also worked as an A.D.R. Director
for ADV FILMS, and Amusement Park Media, and is currently directing for Sentai Film Works. As
an A.D.R. Director his credits include: EF~A TALE OF MEMORIES, EF~ A TALE OF MELODIES, NIGHT RAID 1931, THE NERIMA DAIKON BROTHERS, XENOSAGA: The Animation,
MAGIKANO, MERMAID MELODY PITCHI PITCHI PITCH and he served as co-director with Matt
Greenfield on THE WALL FLOWER. He has also sereved as ADR writer on many of those shows as
well as the soon to be released DREAM EATER MERRY.
Some of the roles as a voice actor Chris is best known for are Kei Kourono in Gants, Frieza in Dragon
Ball Z Kai, Arthur in Tears to Tiara, Suitengu in Speed Grapher, The Covenant Commander in Halo:
Legends, Von Kampfer in Trinity Blood, Hayashimizu in Full Metal Panic? Fummofu, Prince Soma
in Black Butler, Yaminami in Peacmaker, Takada Shingin in Sengoku Basara, DJ Plugman in Air Gear
and Sid in Devil May Cry. His voice can also be heard in Elfin Lied, Golgo 13, Claymore, Godanner,
Full Metal Alchemist Brotehrhood, Diamond Daydreams and Fairy Tale to name a few. He can also be
heard as the villian Wagram in the the Square Enix video game The Last Remnant.
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 www.
christopherayres-va.com.
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Guests
Carli Mosier
Guests
Voice Actress
At age 6 she began to develop her love for acting doing musical theatre with the Houston Independent
Theatre School and opera with the Houston Grand Opera and hasn’t stopped, graduating from the High
School for the Performing and Visual Arts, attending the musical theater program at the University of
Houston and continuing on in film and stage productions throughout the Houston area. In 2004, after
years in the theatre she began working at ADV Films, appearing in such shows as Mythical Detective
Loki Ragnarok as Tsubasa Maijima and Godannar as Kei. Carli has also been cast in the ADV titles:
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie as 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. Carli is proud to have played Rina,
the Green Pearl Princess, in Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch, recorded at Amusement Park media
but is saddened that it hasn’t been released.
She was also incredibly honored to voice Daisy in the Homecoming Episode of Halo: Legends. Carli
has also lent her vocal talents as a singer to the album Voices for Tolerance alongside a multitude of
talented voice actors. More recently, she’s started working for Funimation, starting out there singing
the closing credit song Before Dawn in One Piece and voicing smaller characters in Evangelion, Full
Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Sgt. Frog. She’s also voiced Aunt Bitzi in Shin Chan, Akira Yoshii
in Baka and Test and Astraea in Heaven’s Lost Property. Most recently, she was cast as the Narrator
and Prophetess in Night Raid: 1931, Alme in Book of Bantorra and is in Gintama, all recorded at
Seraphim. When she’s not recording or traveling to fabulous conventions Carli spends her time as the
lead singer for the band Taylor Made, working on musical projects with her husband Dustin, writing
and working on fight choreography for stage and screen, filming movies, reading about zombies and
working in politics to promote women’s economic and social well-being.
Karen Strassman
Carrie Savage
Voice Actress
Carrie has voiced many characters in anime, both from California and Texas: from California she
has voiced such characters 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, “Nina” in Ultra Maniac and others such as Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Marmalade Boy,
Vampire Knight, Gankutsuo, Dear.S, GunXSword, Ergo Proxy, Girl’s Bravo, Texhnolyze, Melody of
Oblivion, Tsukihime, Sakura Wars the Movie, Dangaizer 3, Aguarian Age the Movie, Monsters, Ghost
Talker’s Day Dream, and Vampire Knight. Her Texas characters include “Mokona” in Tsubasa Chronicles, and XXX Holic, “Miu” in Kenichi, “Rihoko” in Witchblade, “Asta” in Trinity Blood, “Penny”
in Shin Chan , “Solty” in Solty Rei, “Angol Mois” in Sargent Frog, as well as roles in other shows
such as Bamboo Blade, Romeo and Juliette, School Rumble, Kaze no Stigma, Sasami, Moon Phase,
Rumbling Hearts, Shuffle, Ragnarok, Mushishi, Samarai 7, Full Metal Alchemist, Suzuka, Hell Girl,
Origin “Spirits of the Past”, One Piece, Ouran Host Club, Black Blood Brothers, Negima, Darker than
Black, Tower of Druaga, Aquarion, Shikebane Hime, Baccano, Strain, Dragonaut, Xeno Saga … and
the list goes on. She has also had a fun time voicing characters in video games such as Final Fantasy
Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Althea), Final Fantasy 7 “Crisis Core”, Suikoden 5, Tales of
Legendia, Romancing Saga, The Dynasty Warriors Series’, Culdcept, Rumble Roses II, and Star Ocean
4 “The Last Hope”, and more that, well.. she either can’t talk about or can’t remember the name of,
sorry! Stay tuned for more projects in the future! She even got to be the voice of 2 “My Little Pony”
toys; Baby “Skywishes” and a singing T-pot! Carrie has script adapted for such shows as School Rumble, and Shuffle, and was also lucky enough to get to directed episodes 1-4 of Shuffle, as well as just a
little occasional directing on various other shows.
Carrie has a heavy background in Theater and is a very small time film actress. She also loves traveling
around the world helping struggling children and adults in developing countries such as Mexico, the
Philippines, Africa and often, some parts of the US. Her latest trip was to Uganda, where she stayed in
a tribal village way out in “The African Bush”!
Voice Actress
Karen Strassman has been privileged to have an extraordinarily rich career as an actress and voice-over
artist. In voice-over, she has worked in nearly every aspect of the industry: radio and TV commercials,
animation, narration, documentaries, promos, audio books, celebrity voice-matching and voice replacement, internet media, games, talking toys, CD-ROMs, dubbing, looping, and ADR.
Major clients have included: Disney, HBO, Sony, Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon,
Nicktoons, Cartoon Network, Sci-Fi, Showtime, The CW, CBS, Klasky-Csupo, Viacom, Bandai, Pioneer, Vivendi, Disneyland, Lancôme, L’Oréal, Clarins, Vidal Sassoon, Acura, Kia, VU Games, Square
Enix Co, Ltd, Ubisoft Entertainment, Technicolor, Hallmark, and Mattel.
Karen has been one of the leading VO talents in Paris for many years and could be heard as the voice
for Air France, Euro-star, Disneyland Paris and audio tours of the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay.
Some of Karen’s favorite projects include: Monsuno, Winx Club, Bleach, Monster, Huntik, Code Geass, IGPX, Rozen Maidens, Lucky Star, Everquest, StarCraft 2, World of WarCraft, Red Faction Armageddon, Persona, Ace Combat, Bioshock 2, Castlevania, Dead or Alive, Resident Evil, Rumble Roses,
Final Fantasy, League of Legends, Mortal Kombat, Saboteur, Silent Hill, Star Wars: the Old Republic,
Tony Hawk, Valkyria, Van Helsing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Street Fighter X Tekken TGS.
Jerry Jewell
Voice Actor
Jerry Jewell is attending San Japan for the first time ever. Jerry can be heard as; Kyo Sohma (Fruits
Basket), Jimmy Kudo (Case Closed), Taira (Beck:Mongolian Chop Squad), Barry the Chopper (Full
Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Achemist: Brotherhood), Happiness Bunny (Shin-Chan), Russia (Hetalia),
Rin Tsuchimi (Shuffle), Lau (Black Butler), Zellman Clock (Black Blood Brothers), Dio (Casshern
Sins), Tony Frost (Blue Gender), Suzaku (Yu Yu Hakusho), Jin (Yu Yu Hakusho), and Akito Hayama
(Kodocha).
His voice can also be heard in Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Black Cat, Ouran High School Host Club,
One Piece, Tsubasa, Trinity Blood, Soul Eater and a lot of other things that he may or may not remember or admit.
Jerry is very honored to have had the opportunity to work with a very talented and dedicated group of
people at FUNimation, that take the quality of what they do very seriously. Well…seriously enough.
On camera, Karen has had the opportunity and delight to work in many locations throughout Europe,
from artsy little indie projects to big productions with icons like Gerard Depardieu, Polanski, Merchant
and Ivory… And some of her most recent credits in America include Criminal Minds, Private Practice,
Desperate Housewives, House, Big Time Rush, The Young and the Restless, Big Love, Monk, Touch,
and she is presently recurring on Weeds as the quirky Jolene Waite.
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Website: http://karenstrassmanvoices.com/
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Guests
Johnny Yong Bosh
Guests
Voice Actor
Johnny got his start as Adam Park, the Black Ranger in the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers–a
role that he played for three-and-a-half seasons on TV, two motion pictures and two special guest
appearances in subsequent seasons.
Johnny is also well-known for voice acting work in numerous anime titles, including Vash the Stampede in Trigun, Kaneda in Akira, Renton in Eureka Seven, Claus in Last Exile, Sakaki in Witch Hunter
Robin, Kiba in Wolf’s Rain, Itsuki in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach,
Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Izaya in Durarara, and Yukio in Blue Exorcist.
Johnny’s voice can also be heard in numerous video games, including Nero in Devil May Cry 4 and
voiceover work in titles like .hack//G.U., Persona 4, Disgaea 3, Tales of Symphonia, Eternal Sonata,
Transformers: War for Cybertron, and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Richie Branson
Music
Sometimes the best way to get the job done is to do it yourself. Those words inspired music producer
Richie Branson (born Marcus Brown) to come into his own as one of the hottest up and coming artists
out of the Lone Star State.
Richie is an extremely versatile artist/producer who has already made some noise in the music industry.
In 2009 he formed a music production company with his cousin, music producer Jeremy “J.Forbes”
Brown. Within months, Red Prodigy’s signature sound was already being co-signed by top executives in the music industry. Def Jam’s President, L.A. Reid, personally offered a record deal to one of
Red Prodigy’s artists, Demarcus “Bone” Hamilton, after hearing two of Bone’s songs, both of which
were produced by Richie and J. Forbes. Red Prodigy produced Bone’s smash debut single “Homegurl” which stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 Hip-Hop/R&B charts for 19 weeks and reached a radio
audience of over 9 million people. Eventually, Red Prodigy would go on to do production work with
industry artists from around the nation including Chalie Boy, Slim Thug, The Dream, Bun B, and Rick
Ross.
In Richie’s hometown, he would become well known as one of the best producers in town. The San
Antonio Express-News did a feature article about his endeavors as a producer and he was nominated
for the “best producer” award in the 2010 San Antonio Music Awards. Despite living in Texas, where
the local music is known for its heavy bass and slow tempo influenced by the late DJ Screw, Richie
has always had a passion for making fast upbeat crossover music that appeals to a global audience. He
had a large catalog fast up-tempo beats, but could not find many artists who wanted to do those types
of records. Richie would eventually take matters into his own hands and himself become the crossover
hip-hop artist he was looking for. Artists around Texas began to take notice of Richie’s skill as an artist
and began requesting feature appearances from him on their projects.
By going against the grain, Richie Branson marches to the beat of a different drum than most artists.
Because of his ability to produce, mix, write, and perform his own music, he is completely self sufficient as an artist. He is able to adapt and create in any type of style, whether it appeals to the signature
hip hop sound of his fellow Texas natives or whether it carries a more worldwide appeal. The highly
animated swagger and catchy word play he delivers on every song put him at the forefront of a movement that will have people around the world moving to the beat.
Eyeshine
Music
Formed in 2004 by front man Johnny Yong Bosch and Maurice Salmin, Eyeshine first found success
in 2006 with a unique blend of pop punk and post grunge called Edge Rock. The band gained a modest
audience with its debut EP, “How About That” and their first full length album, “Red Stripes White
Lights” but it was their sophomore effort, “My Paper Kingdom” that officially opened the flood gates
in 2009. MPK featured their award winning song, “ALONE,” whose honest and simple lyrics made
a connection to a steadily growing fan base. The band has continued to self produced 6 more albums:
“Tone Of Echoes” (features the Elfenworks Foundation sponsored song “Hope Is So Far Away”),
“Afterglow” (acoustic album), “Sonosis” (instrumental album), “Sansvox” (karaoke album), “XMAS”
(Christmas album), and their latest album “Revolution Airwaves.”
Eyeshine won the worldwide Ford sponsored competition “Gimme The Gig II” in May 2012. They
recorded a single and filmed a music video with the Legendary Don Was (President of Blue Note Records and 7 time Grammy Award winning Producer – Rolling Stones, Elton John, John Mayer, etc) and
Krish Sharma (Producer/Engineer – The Rolling Stones, Counting Crows, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, etc) out of the “Ford Focus Studio.” Which is a Mobile Studio that was built into a Ford Focus by
“Mad” Mike Martin (Pimp My Ride). KTLA (West Coast News Stations affiliated with The CW TV
Network), filmed and aired the one-hour special on west coast television (KTLA, KTVU, and KICU).
Band members include: Johnny Yong Bosch (guitar and lead vocals), Maurice Salmin (drums, piano,
vocals), and Polo Yazaki (lead guitar), Ginny Eck (bass guitar, violin, vocals)
Check out our YouTube series to see what it’s like being in an unsigned band at http://www.youtube.
com/theeyeshineband or visit us at www.eyeshine.net or www.facebook.com/eyeshinemusic
Kieran Strange
Music
Kieran Strange is a dynamic young artist blending pop sensibilities, edgy guitars and synthesized
electronic sounds into her own personal brand of British nerd-rock. She left her small fishing village
in southern England alone at the tender age of seventeen to chase her dreams of making music, singing
about girl crushes, zombies and video games.
As she stands firmly as a voice for the different and discarded, Kieran’s die-hard fans (coined the
Strangers) have already made their mark by voting Miss Strange a final ballot nominee in the Twitter
Shorty Awards three years running. Nerds, geeks, gamers, costuming addicts, fantasy fans and many
more have counted themselves a member of the Strangers’ ranks, and their numbers span right across
the globe.
Hot on the heels of her debut EP Adamantine Heart, Kieran is working on a brand new album set to
be released in Fall 2013. A lover of art in a variety of media, Kieran has announced that her new EP
will be accompanied with a retro-style online game telling the story and emotion of each of the songs
through corresponding superhero characters, and is “the most ME thing I have done with my music to
date”.
Website: http://richiebranson.com/
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Guests
Martin “LittleKuriboh” Billany
Guests
Special Guest
Martin Billany, better known by his screen name LittleKuriboh (or CardGamesFTW), is the creator
of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series, a parody of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, and was the first to make an
abridged series. Martin is considered the godfather of the abridged age. He has thus far produced no
less than 52 episodes, a spinoff, a prequel, a christmas special and two movies, creating a cultural
phenomenon in the anime world. In addition to playing nearly every character in his own series, he has
made cameos in the Death Note, Naruto, Sonic X, Trinity Blood, Pokemon, Fullmetal Alchemist and
Sailor Moon abridged series.
Max “Hotdiggedydemon” Gilardi
Special Guest
Max Gilardi is a cartoonist/writer/comedian/filmmaker who has the world’s most important job: Making cartoons for the internet. His credits include Jerry, Wacky Game Jokez 4 Kidz and the PONY.MOV
series, all of which have accumulated massive followings and have amassed over 35 million views.
Website: www.hotdiggedydemon.com
Website: www.yugiohabridged.com
Katie Tiedrich (Awkard Zombie)
Artist
Katharine Chandler Tiedrich XIV was born to wealthy Russian aristocrats in 1823, where she was
trained in swordsmanship, honor, and how to play the accordion. Not long after, however, her family’s
prized diamond mine collapsed and plunged into bankruptcy. Stricken by poverty and in fear of being
sold to the circus, Katie ran away from home at age nine and joined a ragtag crew of bloodthirsty pirates.During the next twenty years, Katie circumnavigated the Earth and discovered Atlantis, which she
sunk out of contempt. She also discovered Australia, but left almost immediately because the whole
continent sucked and boomerangs are no good for plunder. While on her travels, she founded the city
of Rome and carved Switzerland out of a meteorite, depositing it between Italy and France, just to keep
an eye on them.
Reunited with her crew, Katie continued her original quest of piracy. After stealing everything of worth
in Europe and western Africa, she hung up her silly pirate hat for a brief hiatus and trained under a
waterfall or in a Denny’s parking lot (this part is kind of fuzzy), then joined a clan of Arabian stragglers
in the harsh deserts of Scotland. Here she slayed countless dragons who happened to be terrorizing the
land.
Satisfied with her work, Katie returned to her home in the center of the Earth, where she has lived to
this day. She now draws crappy comics by day and fights the Justice League by night.
Website: http://www.awkwardzombie.com
Amelie Belcher
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Artist
Sifu Kisu
Special Guest
Sifu Kisu is the fighting instructor and consultant for the Avatar franchise. He is known for his extensive knowledge and abilities with various styles of martial arts. Sifu Kisu related the four bending arts
to actual styles of fighting in real life, as to give bending in the series authenticity. His extensive work
with the series is highlighted in the behind-the-scenes featurettes Creating the Legend and The Essence
of Bending.
Bio Info: http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Sifu_Kisu
Greg “Greggo” Wicker
Featured
Greggo’s coming back for his third San Japan! Greg Wicker (or “Greggo” as he’s fondly known) has
been producing and hosting game shows at anime conventions since 1999, when he premiered Anime
Match Game at Project A-Kon in Dallas. Since then, Greggo has done anime-themed versions of
several classic game shows, created a few games of his own, and even had an original project that very
nearly turned into an actual television show on Anime Network.
These days Greggo is concentrating on perfecting his craft and making game shows available for conventions everywhere, bringing his rapier wit and friendly personality with him wherever he goes. You
can see some of Greggo’s past game show efforts on his YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/
gregdasgo or visit his website at http://www.facebook.com/greggosgameshows.
Sleeping Samurai
Featured
Amelie “Ami-Chan” Belcher was born in Baton-Bloody-Boring-Rouge Louisiana where the combination of chemical plant fumes and river water did major damage to her fragile little mind at an early age.
By all accounts, she started drawing at the age of five (when she figured out that the pencil goes on the
paper and not up your nose) and didn’t stop drawing until she ran out of paper…twenty years later. She
is the artist behind the manga “Loud Snow” and the web comics “the real life adventures of Ami-chan”
and more recently ”Bounty Haunters”. She now travels the country selling her award winning art,
doing one of a kind commissions for con goers, giving the best panels on earth, and being paid tribute
to by her army of fans known as the “Ami Army”.
Sleeping Samurai was established in 2007 and since then we have brought our expertise in the field of
Interactive Entertainment to dozens of shows across the U.S. No distance is too far to travel in order to
bring you our unique style of foam fighting. Not only do we offer you the chance to participate in the
foam battles themselves but we also hold instructional panels, historical panels, choreographed fight
routine panels, training sessions and much more. Foam weapon tournaments, exhibition matches and
LARPing games are just a few types of battles that we organize and supervise at conventions. Tournament winners receive their pick of one free item from our inventory.
Website: http://www.amiarmy.com
Website: www.sleepingsamurai.com
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Guests
SuperPsyguy
Meet the DJs
Featured
SuperPsyguy is known for a wide variety of reasons. Or maybe you don’t know him. So, this guy,
SuperPsyguy used to make Sonic sprite comics back in the day under the name “That’s My Sonic!”
hosted on fireball20xl.com. Since then he has tried to recapture his glory days in a multitude of online
antics. Here are some, but not all, of said online endeavors: Whachow, the super rad podcast where
everybody tries to talk over one another and then explodes into fits of laughter. A delight for the whole
family. DoesAThing, it’s 3 minutes of animated nostalgia, cooked to a golden brown, cut and severed
just for you. Delicious. He’s also been noted for Sonic B******dized. Or, if they end up censoring that
last word, Sonic OVA Abridged. And TMNT B******dized. And Transformers B******dized. Simply
wonderful. Served with a side of Video Game Remixes and MLP Songs.
YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/superpsyguy
David “Docjazz4” Ramos
Featured
David was introduced to the Ocarina through the 1998 N64 classic, “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of
Time”. Since getting his first Ocarina back in 1999, he’s continued to improve his skills and shares his
songs through his youtube channel and public performances.
With a collection of over 90 ocarinas from the last 150 years, David enjoys educating the public on the
history and development of the ocarina, as well as teaching his ocarina students how to make the most
of their flutes and music education.
In 2009, David initiated the first major US Ocarina Gathering, held in Seattle, WA. It was hosted by
Sandi and Richard Schmidt of Clayzeness Whistleworks and sponsored by Songbird Ocarinas and
SMule Inc. He also attended the 2011 Ocarina Festival in Budrio, Italy and is currently making plans to
hold a similar event in the United States sometime in mid-2012.
David is also completing his BA in Music at the University of Texas, San Antonio. As a composer, he
is a recent recipient of the Rudy Perez Songwriting Scholarship, presented by the ASCAP Foundation.
His first ocarina album is currently underway, featuring his own compositions, several of which can be
seen on YouTube.
Website: http://www.docjazz4.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/docjazz4
YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/docjazz4
Lanie Libens
Featured
Lanie Labens, or Doll Girl Extraordinaire as she’s usually referred to, has been involved with BJDs for
over a decade. For years she worked at Kerbey Lane Doll Shoppe and wrote for Haute Doll Magazine.
She’s taken her love of dolls all over the country speaking at various conventions, and through her
YouTube channel she’s spread doll love all over the world. She’s a veteran of San Japan, having done
panels every year since it started, and is very excited to be back! She is fluent in nerd and has a love of
the things conventions have to offer. You can often spot her traipsing around the convention in a party
dress, holding one of her beloved Super Dollfies! Lanie resides in Austin, Texas.
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The ArcAngel, Jesus & +10hp
The ArcAngel aka Random Nerd has been DJing in the Texas underground scene since the early 2000’s. His ability to transition through multiple genres with his story like mixes have taken him to bookings all over Texas and Missouri, with listeners
enjoying his mixes all over the world. You can catch The ArcAngel performing on dance floors all over the lone star state with
his own style of mixing.
Jesus started DJing in high school and can be seen at various rave parties across the state. Though he tends to play only hardcore, he can still be seen playing all forms of EDM from time to time.
It’s funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen... Mark Maloney,
VJ+10hp is a multimedia artist. He’s kind of a big deal.
When these three forces combine, prepare for an audio and visual assault. +10hp will send you through a visual undertaking,
capturing your attention and urging your body to move. Jesus and The ArcAngel command you to dance through strong beats,
creating musical bliss. This interactive trio does more then just provide you with a show, they provide you with an one of a
kind experience. Grab your friends, tighten the laces on your dancing shoes and prepare for a musical encounter of the unforgettable kind.
Elevon
After several years of preparation in the Texas hill country, a humble music lover emerged. Climbing into the electronic music scene, he took upon the name of Elevon. Through his hardcore vibes, Elevon has set out to unite the planet.
Elevon gathers inspiration from major hard dance artists all over the world. This has led to the given honors of performances
in events in the central Texas area.
jNewell
jNewell is a House DJ from San Antonio, Texas. After getting into electronic music in 2006 he decided that he wanted to
be involved as much as he could with the music. He had his first show in the begining of 2012 at Amnesia night club in San
Antonio and was enjoyed by everyone. He decided that he was going to get a Midi mixer so he can take his mixing to the next
level. With this addition he was asked to do a weekly radio show on DTFMradio.com which he had a weekly show going for
5 months. Unfortunatly all things must end and the show’s time had come. He still is playing events ranging from clubs to
special events.
DJ Chaotix
DJ Chaotix, aka Scribbles is a 21 year old Happy Hard Dance Producer and DJ hailing from Austin Texas. Chaotix spins a
ferocious mix of Happy Hard Dance, generously slathered in anime vocal samples, and breaks. Recently becoming the newest
member of Texas Hardcore, Chaotix has been working tirelessly to produce some of the most heart-pounding Hard Dance in
the Texas EDM Scene. Chaotix’s production genres range from Kawaiicore to Happy Speedcore.
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Cosplay
Cosplay Judges
Hanyaan
Hanyaan is a cosplayer from the San Francisco Bay Area in California. She’s been cosplaying for 12
years with over 60 costumes, has won major awards in craftsmanship, performance, and presentation,
performs with the California-based cosplay dance troupe Angel Hearts, and has been judging cosplay
contests on and off for six years. With specialties in the realms of sewing, makeup, wigs, small props,
and stage performance, and a real fondness for traveling the conventions of the country and the world,
her goal is to share cosplay knowledge and to judge with a well-rounded and objective eye, as well as
to be FABULOUS MAX.
Meru
Meru has been part of the cosplay community since 2003. Originally hailing from the Southeast,
she now resides in Texas. Over the past decade, she has created over 50 costumes and attended
cosplay events across the USA and Japan. A maid café enthusiast, Meru has hosted and helped run
several maid café events at other Southeast conventions. Meru is also proud to be an Ambassador
for Crunchyroll. With her costume creations, she has won several individual and group awards for
craftsmanship, including Best in Show with her cosplay trio Kamikaze Kiss at Anime Weekend Atlanta
2010. Having experience on both sides of the judging table, Meru is excited and thrilled to be a
cosplay judge and panelist for San Japan!
Whitney
Whitney or ‘Monkey Heartless’ has been involved in the world of Cosplay since 2004, starting off as
a wee-lad. Through the years, she has traveled to numerous conventions, competed in competitions,
hosted panels and etc. She is mostly known for her video game, steampunk, mascot like costumes.
She is currently a student at the University of Houston studying Digital Media and Business Administration while serving as Project Director for Evil Pastry Studios. She is always excited to see all the
wonderful costumes and meeting new people!
The Gear Project
The Gear Project is a cosplay duo based out of Austin, TX. They have been part of the Texas cosplay
community since 2005, attending conventions all around the state, winning various awards, and hosting
panels and cosplay contests. San Japan is happy to have this team return to the judge’s panel.
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Cosplay is the art of re-creating a character from a work of fiction. Fandom conventions of all kinds have a long tradition of
cosplaying attendees. Some people cosplay because they love the character, some people cosplay because they enjoy representing a series with a group of friends, and some people cosplay for the challenge and the joy of the creative process. No
matter what form your love of cosplay takes, there’s something for you at San Japan.
Cosplay Schedule
Main Stage Cosplay Contest
Friday
9:00am - 4:00pm
Sign-up Tables
Repair Station
[Bonham E, 3F]
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Pre-Judging
[Crockett A, 4F]
Detailed rules can be found at the Cosplay Signup Table in Bonham E, hours to the
left. All participants in the mainstage contest MUST construct their own costume.
No storebought costumes are allowed in the mainstage show. Commissioned costumes are only allowed if the seamstress/tailor is present.
Saturday
9:00am - 2:00pm
Sign-up Tables
Repiar Station
[Bonham E, 3F]
10:00am - 12:00pm
Pre-Judging
[Crockett A, 4F]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pre-Judging Final Call
[Crockett A, 4F]
6:00pm
Participant/Press Entry
[Main Events]
6:30pm
Participant Entry Final Call
[Main Events]
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Cosplay Contest
[Main Events]
Participants can enter in one of two divisions.
1. Walk-On: Participants have 30 seconds to model their costume on the main stage. Participants will not have microphones available. Partici
pants will be able to select custom music, which can be provided by par
ticipants or cosplay staff.
2. Skit: Participants have 3:30 to perform a skit. All skits must have a script and must be approved by staff prior to the end of cosplay sign-up. All skits must contain some form of original content, dialog or choreogra
phy.
Participants will be sorted into a class based on their competitive history and costuming skill. Classes are explained in detail in the rules and staff will be more than
happy to assist participants with class placement.
All entrants must be pre-judged during one of three pre-judging panels located in
Crockett A, hours to the left. Any entrant who has not been pre-judged by 3:00PM
on Saturday will be disqualified from the cosplay show.
In the interest of fairness, any costume that has won a major award such as Best
Craftsmanship or Best In Show at a convention of larger attendance size than San
Japan is disqualified from entry. No staff member or volunteer may enter. THIS IS
A RULE SUMMARY. All participants must read the full rules before entry into the
cosplay contest is permitted.
Repair Station
Live-Action Hall Cosplay
As a complimentary service to our
attendees, the cosplay staff will have a
repair station available with supplies
necessary for repairing costumes and some
props. In addition, all attendees are welcome to bring their own repair supplies and
use the Cosplay Signup Room to repair or
modify their own costumes.
Detailed rules can be found at the Cosplay Signup Table in Bonham E, hours
to the left. Costumes must be from a live action movie, show, mini-series or
web-series.
A sewing machine will be available at
the cosplay table, manned by a skilled
seamstress at all times. Repairs can be
conducted by staff or by attendees. Tips
are appreciated for staff repairs. The
following materials are prohibited in the
signup room: Spraypaint, hair spray, spray
adhesive, or other materials with hazardous fumes.
Participants will be judged in two categories.
1. Character Representation: Participants will be judged on their ability to source items to create a screen accurate cos
tume. There is no construction requirement for this category.
2. Costume Replication: Participants will be judged on their ability to construct a screen accurate costume. At least 70% of the costume must be constructed to enter in this category. Shoes and wigs do not count against percentage.
Judging will take place on-site at the signup table. There is no stage component. Awards will be presented during the Mainstage Cosplay Contest
located in Main Events, hours to the left.
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WCS Gulf Regional
Qualifier Judges
Melfina
Melfina has been cosplaying since 2004, and has made over 60 costumes. During that time, she has
attended many conventions across North America, as an artist in Artist’s Alley, panelist and cosplay
judge. After living in Florida for many years, she relocated to Texas in 2012, and has been enjoying
her first year of Texas conventions. She has won awards for craftsmanship and performance, including
Best Musical Performance at Anime North 2009. More recently, she has become an Ambassador for
Crunchyroll, and a Cosplay Representative and Designer for Geeklurv.com. Melfina is beyond honored
to be a judge for the WCS Qualifier Round at San Japan!
World Cosplay Summit
Gulf Regional Qualifier
What is the World Cosplay Summit?
How is SJ Involved?
The “World Cosplay Summit” [WCS] was created to promote international exchange through the Japanese youth culture of manga and anime.
The free and dynamic nature of manga was instrumental in the birth of cosplay.
Nowadays youth from around the world find this as a common language and a
dynamic new form of global interaction. The World Cosplay Summit began in Osu,
Nagoya and has grown to include 17 countries from around the world. If you count
audience and participants at each preliminary event, the number of people involved
is now in the 100s of thousands.
San Japan is the 2013 Gulf Regional Qualifier for the 2014 WCS USA Competition.
The winning team at San Japan gets a
free trip to the WCS Finals (TBA) with
airfare and hotel accommodations covered to compete in the WCS USA Finals
happening in Spring 2014. The winning
team of the USA Finals gets a free trip to
Japan to compete in the 2014 WCS world
championships.
For youth who have discovered Japan through manga and experienced Japanese
culture through the medium of the World Cosplay Summit, we endeavor to continue the development of this new form of international exchange.
Al Squall
Coming from Mexico; Alfredo Medina, better known in the cosplay scene as Al Squall, has been a
cosplayer for 11 years and has won numerous awards for his work as at both national and international
level. Throughout this time he has dedicated himself to perfecting wood-carving techniques to create
outstanding weapons, props and accessories. Along with his teammate Valentina Hernandez, Al Squall
was a proud representative of Mexico’s team for the WCS 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. He has also had the
great honor of being part of the judge panel to select Germany’s WCS team at Connichi; and has been
part of many other judge panels in his country. Alfredo Medina is a great believer that with the right
amount of passion and effort one can achieve their dreams.
WCS Gulf Regional Qualifier Participants
Sumikins
Based out of the good old Pacific Northwest, Krystal (Better known in the cosplay world as Sumikins)
has been cosplaying since 2002, and defines cosplay as The Monster That Consumed Her Life and
Money. Since 2007 she’s been an active member of the cosplay group “Ninja of the Night” and along
with her team-mates has performed in upwards of 15 skits at conventions and events across the country, taking home multiple performance awards as well as features on sites such as Kotaku and G4’s
“Attack of the Show”. One half of World Cosplay Summit Team USA 2010, and a member of the WCS
USA National staff, Krystal has judged multiple cosplay events within the United States and abroad,
and is absolutely thrilled to be back behind the judges table for an event that is so near and dear to her
heart.
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C4 Cosplay
Cat-Chan and CC
Destine Magique Cosplay
Alaska and Kitty
Shoepuff Cosplay
Show and Puffness
Tales of Cake
Nana and Sunny
Team Hadou
Chiaroscuro and Mikey
Wild Elements Cosplay
Hikariki and Ryuuchan
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Panels & Programming
.hack - Gathering of the World
Please join us for an exciting panel
dedicated to .hack// games, anime,
manga and more! Our panelists will
play live music from the game, give
cosplay and props tips, and introduce
“The World” to you!
15 Anime Series to See
Before You Die
Some amazing anime dwell buried
beneath popular mainstream titles.
This panel will highlight some series,
both obscure and genre-defying, that
push the envelop in story, animation,
and creativity.
A Very Supernatural
Game of Mafia
Dean and Sam try to talk about hunting, but there’s a catch, there are demons within the crowd and you have
to figure out who they are before they
kill someone. Luckily, Dean and Sam
are professionals; they will not let
innocent people die. Can you figure
out who they are before time runs out?
Abridged Series with
BloodYokaiStudios
Come to our panel to learn how
to start your own abridged series!
Watch the premiere of material from
BloodYokaiStudios, the creators of
Rosario Vampire Abridged!
Academics and Anime
Does anime have a place in schools?
Yes! Come hear about the interesting
new way that anime is being analyzed
and learn how to use anime in your
schoolwork.
After Midnight Production: Dr.
Horrible Sing-Along Blog
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog, performed by After Midnight. Dr. Horrible is an up and coming super villain,
trying to make a name for himself in
the crime game, while his nemesis,
Captain Hammer, is a pompous jerk
of a superhero. Due to an odd twist
of fate, they both end up competing
for the love of the pure-hearted Penny
and hilarity ensues. It’s an immersive
film experience in which everyone
participates by singing along and
delivering call lines to have fun with
the film. Audience members will also
have a chance to be part of the show
and perform as the day’s honorary
Evil League of Evil. A fun show the
whole family can enjoy.
After Midnight Production:
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
performed by After Midnight. Brad
and Janet travel to Transylvania and
find a different kind of “Frankenstein”. A cult classic film presentation
featuring a live cast performing. This
interactive experience encourages
the audience to participate by singing
and dancing along with the musical
numbers, throwing things, and shouting call lines to have fun with the
film. A freaky, funny horror and sci-fi
flavored event for our unconventional
conventioneers.
Ami: Digital Painting 101
A step by step of the basics of creating
a digital masterpiece sans paper and
pen. Come and learn how to save a
tree and paint with your computer!
AMV Contest
Come watch as we show you the best
of the best AMVs submitted to us
from around the world and right here
in Texas. Winners will be revealed
from each category as well as Best in
Show.
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Anime and Feminism
This panel is aimed at discussing the
basics of feminism in the context of
anime. What makes an anime “feminist friendly”, what are some good
examples of feminist friendly anime,
etc?
Anime Family Feud
It’s Family Feud with an animé twist!
Come test your knowledge for prizes
and fun!
Anime Giving Back
to the Troops
Do you serve or have you ever served
in the Military? Do you want to show
your support for these Heroes? Then
come check out the Anime Military
Association and see what we’re all
about.
Anime Jeopardy
Come test your knowledge of anime
and related topics in our Animé
trivia form of the well-known game,
Jeopardy!
Anime Music Videos
Come watch some of the most epic
AMVs out this past year from AMV.
org Viewers Choice Award winners to
the runners up. Just sit and enjoy as
we laugh, cry, and look on in amazement at the talent of the best editors
out there !!! Also join us in some great
raffles.
Anime Outcast Live Podcast
Anime Outcast Live Show! Your
source for news, reviews, and cons
across the world of anime. This episode is going to have a live audience
twist with prizes for participation!
Think you can keep up?
Anime Price is Right:
Contestant Cattle Call
If you’d like to be a contestant on
Anime Price is Right, you must be
present at this cattle call to speak to
our producers!
Panels & Programming
Are You Smarter than
Sheldon Cooper? (17+)
A spin-off from Are You Smarter than
a 5th Grader, teams are chosen from
the audience & the help for the 5
categories will be from The Big Bang
Theory characters. Come find out the
ultimate question… [ID Required]
Are You Trying to Deduce Me?
Audience members will get the
chance to sit down with the characters
of the popular BBC series SHERLOCK. This is an interactive panel
that is split into two parts: A game of
truth or dare and then a Q&A.
Asian Horror Panel
Do you love Asian horror? Or perhaps
you’ve heard about it and want to
learn more? Come to the Asian Horror
panel for a group discussion on the
genre and then sit back and enjoy a
full length movie.
Asian Pop Society
Newly founded at San Antonio College, we bring happiness and fun in
the form of dance. Come and enjoy
the show and dance along with us!
Ask the Ancestors Homestuck
Come ask the trolls of Homestuck,
who don’t get as much spotlight as the
others, questions.
Ask the Homestucks
Last year was such a hit so we’re back
again! We all know the kids and trolls
have been stuck in an intense game of
SBURB, but they were nice enough
take a couple of hours out of their
busy schedule to come and chat with
all you guys! Ask The Homestucks is
a panel where you can ask questions
or make requests for any of the kids or
trolls, and maybe some truth or dare
too? Come and check it out and see
for yourself! PS - Games and prizes!
Ask the Yu-Gi-Oh! Protags
Charity Auction
In this panel, Yu-Gi-Oh! fans come
to ask the Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonist
questions! Ask Yugi Mutou, Judai
Yuki, Yusei Fudo, and Yuma Tsukumo
anything you like! A 13+ panel, due to
any cursing slip ups.
This is our annual charity auction with
items that you can not buy anywhere
else will go up for bid. Bid on one-ofa-kind autographs, anime memorabilia
& collectables.
Awkward Zombie Q&A
San Japan Sinister 6 has concluded
and now the staff and guests want to
thank everyone who has attended.
Every year something crazy always
happens so you should see what goes
down this time.
Come ask the creator of Awkward
Zombie, Katie Tiedrich, the questions
that you have been dying to know.
Batsu: Japan’s Comedy
Punishment Games
Whipped for laughing, forced to
cosplay in drag in the middle of
Tokyo--punishment “batsu” games
are some of the best of Japan’s tv
programming. Come watch and be
prepared to laugh uncontrollably!
Beyond Morphing Time:
Johnny Yong Bosch Q&A
Come talk to Johnny Yong Bosch
in person where he’ll talk about his
time with Mighty Morphin’ Power
Rangers, his band Eyeshine and years
of being a voice actor.
BJDs 101
This is a crash course in BJD-ology.
Not sure where to start? Not sure what
doll is right for you? Not sure what
a BJD is? Then come to this panel!
Ball Jointed Dolls 101 is a great crash
course in what you need to know to
start collecting, make your collection
even better and get more out of this
hobby! There will be in depth demos.
No question is too ridiculous and no
doll is turned away! Come play!
Closing Ceremonies
Confessions of a Doll Collector
with Doll Meetup
This is a Super Dollfie {Ball Jointed
Doll} support group! We discuss and
go over topics quite a bit more in
depth than the basics panel. This is a
safe environment where you can share
stories and ideas without judgment.
Sometimes it can be difficult to be the
fringe of the fringe of hobbyists and
this panel is a place to express yourself with like-minded people!
Convention Basics
New to the con scene or just need a
refresher? Con Basics will teach you
the dos and don’ts of surviving and
making the most of your convention
weekend.
Cosplay 101
Learn to draw My Little Pony with the
biggest pony fan in the world, Amelie.
New to cosplay or just looking for a
refresher on cosplay basics? Look no
further. Learn a little about everything
from where to get supplies, how to
pick a cosplay idea, what materials
you’ll need, and all that other stuff
to get you started and on the road to
becoming a great cosplayer. This is a
great panel to ask for advice so don’t
miss out! Hosted by DugFinn.
Canon or Fandom?
Cosplay Chess
Bronies UNITE!
Test your skills in recognizing canon
and fandom aspects in anime through
various characters, pairings, and story
summaries.
War rages over a 64 square board as
two sides battle it out with only one
victor remaining! Cosplayers of all
kinds welcome, piece signups will be
on location half an hour prior.
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Panels & Programming
Cosplay Dating Game (17+)
Come and see your favorite characters
compete in a cheesy dating show for
the love and affection of one lucky
bachelor or bachelorette! The questions are outrageous and laughter is
guaranteed! [ID Required]
Cosplay Dating Game 17+
(Friday Edition)
Cosplay version of the popular ‘70s
show “The Dating Game”. Just as
campy and fun. Watch as characters
from your favorite characters try to
find Mr. or Miss right, but this version
has more adult themes. [ID Required]
Cosplay Feedback
This is your chance to give your comments & feedback with the San Japan
cosplay staff about Saturday night’s
Cosplay Show.
Cosplay on a Budget
(Or 50$ Cosplay)
Lady Terra, a poor, college-aged
seamstress, shares her tricks of
the Cosplay world in how you can
make your Cosplay dreams a reality - without breaking the bank.
I have been to many Cosplay on
a Budget panels in my time as a
convention-goer and with out fail,
at every single one of those panels
they mention ways to craft that are
not only expensive, but were -at the
time- above my skill set. In my panel
I plan to express simple ways to make
complex costumes in a timely manner
where it won’t bankrupt you in the
process.
Cosplay Story Time
Last minute all-nighters. Wardrobe
malfunctions. “It seemed like a good
idea at the time.” If you’re a cosplayer, you’ve got a story - or five. Join
your fellow veterans for this late-night
panel to reminisce on cosplay disasters and triumphs alike. Even if you
aren’t a cosplayer, it promises to be an
entertaining time.
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Creepy Pasta Story Time
Addicted to chilling stories such as
“Jeff the Killer” “The Russian Sleep
Experiment”, and “Squidwards Suicide?” Join MrCreepyPasta and other
Youtube Narrators for campfire style
Creepy Pasta Readings.
Cult Movies with Unnessesary
Commentary (17+)
Join us as we take a look into some
of the most famous cult movies of all
time. The panelists will be there to
provide everyone with hilarious live
action commentary on fan favorite
cult classics. [ID Required]
Dance Lessons
Dogs Cosplay 101
Dogs not as an accessory, but as
your cosplay partner. The basic
first steps to bringing your furry
friend into the world of cosplay.
This is a cosplay panel that focuses
on cosplaying for dogs. Either they
are cosplaying a dog character from a
fandom or you make a cosplay based
off of something other than a dog for
them to wear.
Electronic Dance
Arc Angel & Friends will be mixing it
up with electronic music and hardcore
style for hours of intense music.
Eyeshine Concert
Get prepared for any EDM (electronic
dance music) event by learning the
dance! Whether is it your first time
dancing or years of experience, we
welcome everyone of all ages!
Johnny Yong Bosch and his band
Eyeshine rocks the stage at San Japan
playing an hour set of songs from
their multitude of albums that they’ve
released. Don’t miss it!
Death Note Mafia (Game)
Fanfiction Workshop
Death Note characters take the
roles of the game where you must
work with a team who could betray you at any time. Can the investigators defeat Kira without
falling prey to the Death Note?
Disney’s Recess
Wait, what? Yes Disney’s Recess, T.J.
and the gang, will be running this panel to bring you back to your childhood
by playing recess games, some with
prizes, as well as having candy from
Ms. Finster.
Doc Jazz Concert
Inspired by Legend of Zelda, since
receiving his first Ocarina back in
2000, David has gained a large online
following with over 36,000,000 video
views on Youtube. Come see him
perform live.
This writer’s workshop is aimed at refining and improving fanfiction skills.
It is very interactive and appropriate
for writer’s of all experience and skill
levels.
Feather Fan Fiction/
Burlesque (18+)
Come join the beautiful, talented performers of Vaude-Thrills Burlesque
as they present a night of deliciously
devious cosplay. Hosted by Roxie the
Steam Gypsy. [ID Required]
Feedback: Tell Us How We Did
Come by to let us know how we did
for San Japan Sinister 6! What did
you enjoy? What can we improve on?
What did you just not like? The more
feedback we get, the more we can
do so you’ll have an even better SJ
experience next year!
Films For Otakus, Misfits,
and Creatures
A panel showcasing old favorites and
hidden gems in Japanese films from
otaku love stories to horror to over the
top action from Japan’s classic and
contemporary directors.
Panels & Programming
Formal Masquerade Dance
Get dressed up and come to our fun
formal dance, which will have music
supplied by RandomNerd, San Japan’s
DJ Coordinator.
FtM Crossplay:
Advanced and In-Depth
Want to know more that just the
very basics of FtM crossplay? Learn
in depth about different binding
methods, makeup application (done in
person), packing, carriage, stance and
body language.
FUNimation Industry Insider
FUNimation reps will be on-hand so
hear all about the latest and greatest
products and news straight from the
source!
FUNimation Sneak Peek
FUNimation reps will be on-hand to
give extended looks and exclusive
clips of the latest and greatest from
FUNimation!
Game Development
Interested in game design, programming, or art?! Come join us as we go
through the basics of game development and build a game together.
Geek Giron
Live Podcast and Q&A
Geek Giron brings a live podcast
version of their weekly podcasts to
San Japan including a Q&A, fun
activities, throwback games, and fun
door prizes.
Get in a Swordfight!
Game of Thrones Edition
Learn swordsmanship as Arya Stark
did, under the tutelage of a veteran
fencing instructor! With 13 years of
experience, Dakao Do covers the
fundamentals of 15th-17th century
swordsmanship used by George RR
Martin as inspiration for his series.
Also covered are grappling, history,
and historical/MMA-style drills.
Getting Into Character/
Improv in Cosplay
Start out learning the best methods
of becoming the character you’re
cosplaying, and finish up by learning
to think quickly and react in any situation, from the con floor to entertainment panels.
Greggo’s Game Show:
Anime Price is Right
Here it comes! From San Japan,
it’s anime conventions’ most exciting hour of fantastic prizes! It’s the
fabulous Anime Price is Right! Join
our studio audience for a shot at big
prizes!
Greggo’s Game Show:
Chain Reaction
Get ready to complete word chain
puzzles! Join two of San Japan’s
guests in this hilarious anime-themed
version of one the most iconic game
shows of all time, Chain Reaction!
Greggo’s Game Show:
Match Game
Get ready to match the stars! Join six
of San Japan’s guests in this hilarious
romp through the anime-themed version of one the most hilarious game
shows of all time!
Greggos Game Shows:
Pokemon Game Show!
Four Pokemon fans do battle in this
game that will test their Pokemon
trivia knowledge and memory skills
as they compete the River Badge! You
MUST be cosplaying a human in the
Pokemon world to play!
Greggo’s Game Shows:
Three on a Match
This fun trivia game from Greggo
features three players battling it out
against each other for a shot at our
matching board! Players earn money
by answering true/false questions,
and if they earn enough money they
can choose to spend it on our board,
where finding three matching symbols
wins them a nice prize! Contestants
are chosen at the start of each round
and each round is played for a different prize!
Group Cosplay 101
Thinking of starting up your own
cosplay group, but don’t have any
clue as to how to go about it? Well
you’ve come to the right place! We’ll
give tips on how to pick what kind of
group you want to start, how to gather
members, and how to keep your group
structured and strong. This panel will
also allow those who already are part
of a cosplay groups to share ideas and
opinions and there will also be a Q&A
at the end. Ask us anything!
Guest Improv (17+)
Chris Ayres will be leading a group of
voice actors who will be doing improv
without any restrictions. A fan favorite
as hilarity always ensues.
[ID Required]
Hetalia Quiz Show
Think you know everything about
Hetalia and history? Why not test your
knowledge at the Hetalia Quiz Show!
Win prizes and a chance to prove
you’re the number one Hetalia fan at
San Japan!
H-Fest (18+)
If you understand what the term
“Hentai” means, this is when you’re
suppose to show up. Also live
commentary as we all know this isn’t
suppose to be taken seriously.
[ID Required]
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Panels & Programming
Historical vs Fantasical
Costume
A open discussion/debate surrounding
the historically accurate versus the
more fantastical types of costuming/
cosplay. Which is better? Which is
more popularized in the world? It’s
open for debate!
History of Survival
Horror Games
From the games today (Amnesia,
Dead Space, etc.) to the decades earlier (Alone in the Dark, Resident Evil,
Silent Hill, etc.), and to the origins.
Join us as we discuss these games and
how they shaped the genre!
Hotdiggedydemon Q&A (18+)
Max “Hotdiggedydemon” Gilradi
arrived doing animation but got
his fame drawing some ponies in a
demented way with the PONY.MOV
series. Talk to this twisted mind which
may lead to the unexpected.
[ID Required]
How NOT to Draw
Come on down and see the most
common mistakes budding artist make
over and over again. Let’s point and
laugh together. THEN, we’ll find out
what a budding artist SHOULD do to
improve their work.
How to Make an Amazing
RPG Campaign!
Want to make an amazing campaign,
but don’t know where to start? How
can you keep the campaign moving
at a decent pace? Join Kubu-kun and
Tsuba-kun (of ninjaHELL!) as they
give you the tools you need.
How to Meet People at Cons
We all go through times in our lives
where we feel left out and alone, but
being at a convention shouldn’t be
one of those times, so I’m here to help
you “Meet People at Cons” and help
you have a great time at San Japan
and other conventions.
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How To Rule As A Dungeon
Master
Come join Christopher W. Reynolds
(ninjaHELL!) & the audience as they
talk about what makes a DM great,
and how to solve common RPG problems. All systems are fair game, and
no question isn’t!
How to Run a Panel
How does one become a panelist?
What kind of panel should I run?
Here’s where to start! Learn the first
steps of becoming a panelist at a convention yourself.
How to Succeed at
Anime Conventions
Tips and tricks on how to have the
most fun at an anime convention with
as little stress as possible. Going to
4+ conventions a year, you pick up on
ways to make money stretch, avoid
getting sick, emergency costume
repairs and still have energy to enjoy
all the late night madness that happens
at cons.
Intermediate Cosplay
Skills & Techniques
If you’ve been cosplaying for a while
but want to step it up to the next level,
this panel is for you. Veteran cosplayer Meru discusses various techniques and skills that are beyond the
beginning stages of the hobby, such
as finishing seams, lining garments,
casting gems, making accessories, and
more.
Intro to Figure Collecting
Do you like anime figures? Have you
been interested in getting the big,
fancy ones but have know idea where
to start or think it’s too expensive?
What about knowing when & where
to purchase them, and avoiding bootlegs? Cosplayer & figure collector
Meru has answers to your questions
and can get you started in this fun and
exciting hobby!
Intro To Making Great AMVs
This panel will show you how to prepare your music, your sources (anime,
game, live action, etc.) properly, how
to use them in Vegas and/or Premier/
After Effects, what codecs are and
how to use them to render your betas
and final AMV. Quality is key here,
so come learn and become an epic
AMV editor! Also make sure to ask
questions during our Q&A and take
part in our raffle.
Jerry Jewell Q&A
Jerry Jewell, a first time guest to San
Japan, will be here to answer questions about the various characters that
he has voiced, such as Kyo Sohma
(Fruits Basket) and Jimmy Kudo
(Case Closed), and the experiences
that he has had as a voice actor.
Khet: the Laser GameOfficial City Championship
Khet is an Egyptian themed chesslike board game played with REAL
LASERS! Come learn to play, and/
or compete for prizes and the first
sanctioned SA City Championship!
Sponsored by Innovention Toys.
Kieran Strange Concert
Join dynamic young nerd-rock artist
Kieran Strange, who is here to rock
your proverbial socks off with edgy
guitars, geeky sing-alongs, and a poppunk attitude that inspires courage
and self-worth. The British blonde
bombshell is a self-confessed D&D
addict, cosplayer, gamer, and fantasy fan, as well as an accomplished
musician with a live stage show that
is a must-do experience at San Japan
Sinister 6.
Panels & Programming
Kigurumi
(Masked Anime Cosplay)
Want to take your cosplay to the next
level and be a spitting image of your
favorite character? With kigurumi
(masked cosplay) you can do perfect
cosplay with no makeup or wigs!
You’re a boy, but want to be a female
character? A girl wanting to be a boy
character? No problem! Stop by our
panel to learn more about this fascinating, but little known cosplay style!
Hosted by the only US Mask makers,
KigurumiMasks.com!
Kimonos and Cosplay
Learn how to buy or make kimono for
use with cosplay. Learn what accessories are necessary and which ones
can be crafted to suit cosplay needs.
Also, see how some popular outfits
are based on kimonos.
Know Your Miyazaki Films
Test your knowledge about films
made by none other than the world-renowned Hayao Miyazaki in this fun
but challenging quiz show!
K-Pop 101
We’re back to teach you more of the
basics and advanced things about
K-pop. All are welcome, whether
you’ve been a K-pop fan for 10 years
or 10 days. Come join us! We promise
all will enjoy.
K-Pop in Japan:
Is it K-POP or J-POP?
This panel is designed to gauge the
audience of both JPOP and KPOP as
to their thoughts and feelings towards
some of the more thought provoking
questions revolving around the Hallyu
wave in Japan.
K-Pop Quiz King
Like K-Pop? Like board games?
K-Pop Quiz King mixes the two in a
fun game that literally envelopes the
whole room! Participants will compete for prizes & the bragging rights
to call themselves the King.
Kung Fu Choreo:
Being Awesome is More
Than Looking Good
Everyone should learn a martial art
for strength, focus, and skill! But no
matter your skill level, we’ll prepare
you to use what you know to LOOK
and BE your best in your favorite
cosplay role.
League of Legends and More:
Karen Strassman Q&A
Karen Strassman has been privileged
to have a wonderfully rich career as
an actress, and is extremely grateful
for all her years in voiceover. She
also speaks fluent French. Ask your
questions here.
Left 4 Dead: Pills Here 2
Special infected and survivors have
made a pack, thanks to the host, Keith
Marshall, Ellis’ infamous best friend.
They will answer questions that the
audience has and the audience gets to
answer short questions about the game
and characters that they may or may
not know for prizes given at the end,
plus a chance to take a few photos.
LGBT Characters in Anime
More and more, we are seeing themes
of sexuality and gender being presented more frankly in media, either
in the mainstream or in “for us by us”
productions. Anime and manga are no
different, featuring an interesting look
at LGBT in terms of Japanese culture,
as well as increasing worldliness in
Japanese media. This panel will cover
a number of topics, from a brief look
at LGBT history in Japan, to modern
characters and representations. Such
things as Bara, School A, Takarazuka,
Yaoi, Yuri, Okama, and other matters
will be brought up in this panel.
Live Action Cosplay
Learn about the specific techniques
required when cosplaying from your
favorite live action TV show or movie. Topics include matching fabrics,
pattern drafting, thrifting, sourcing
brand garments, etc
Lolita 101
We will introduce some local Lolita
communities, cover basics of Lolita
Fashion including: tips on getting
started, outfit basics, accessorizing,
hair and makeup tips and more! Door
prizes too!
Lolita 102
We will cover tips & tricks on dressing for your body type. Go further
in depth on accessorizing, and hair
& makeup, how to use a shopping
service, taobao, and more. Prizes will
be given
Lolita Fashion Show
A fashion show that shows the various
substyles in lolita, such as sweet lolita, gothic lolita, classic, aristocrat etc.
A presenter will be there to announce
the styles presented and what brands
they are.
Lolita? Who’s That?
A look at Lolita fashion, its many different styles, and the basics of starting
a Lolita wardrobe for guys and girls.
Discussion covers Gothic, Sweet,
Hime, and new styles like Cyber and
Regency.
Making a Game in 72 Hours!
Join the crew from ninjaHELL! and
make a tabletop game from scratch!
Show up to find out the theme and
create a working prototype by the end
of the convention. Teams of up to 4
are welcome!
LittleKuriboh: Live
All he wanted to do was make a parody. Martin “LittleKuriboh” Billany
didn’t expect it to change his life. See
the person who started the Abridged
scene and hear his crazy British
thoughts.
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Panels & Programming
Making a Game in 72 Hours!
Finale
Come show off your wonderful
creations, and get feedback from your
fellow creators. NinjaHELL! Productions will be giving away prizes to the
best game presented, so be there or be
lame!
Masquerade Ballroom
Dance Lessons
This panel will teach con-goers basic
steps and recognition of ballroom
dances (Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Swing,
Cha-cha, and more if time permits) for
the songs played at the Masquerade
held later that night.
Meeting Your Inner Bender
It’s Yoga, Avatar the Last Airbender style. Tai-lee will help you run
through basic Yoga positions and
movements ending w/ a meditation
that will make you feel more energized for the rest of the day!!
Multicultural Steampunk
Learn how to integrate cultures outside of Victorian England into steampunk/dieselpunk & why it matters.
Multicultural Steampunk:
Advanced
Discussion and demonstrations of
steampunk/dieselpunk outside of Victorian England. This panel continues
where the basic Multicultural panel
left off and provides a more in depth
focus on steampunk in a few specific
cultures. Cultures covered might be:
Asian cultures (China, Japan, South
and Southeast Asia), African cultures,
Native American, or specific interests
from the audience.
Name That Anime Tune
How well do you know your anime
themes? Find out in this adaptation of
the classic game show that challenges
you to identify songs ranging from
obvious to obscure.
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Name that Character (13+)
Think you know your characters from
anime, video games, live action, &
morning cartoons? Try “Name that
Character”! Prizes will be awarded to
the teams from the audience.
Nerdcore Comedy Show
Nerdcore Comedy showcases award
winning comedians sharing their take
on anime and video games as well as
convention stories and humor aimed
at fans of nerd culture.
nH! Presents - Improvisational
Fanfiction Theatre
Join the ninjaHELL! crew as they
dramatically read the best (worst) that
fanfiction has to offer. To make it even
more entertaining, watch as audience
members perform these before your
very eyes!
nH! Presents - Tokusatsu Special
Join ninjaHELL! as they heckle two
of the worst “films” ever made - “The
Guyver” & “Power Rangers: Clash
of The Red Rangers (Samurai vs.
RPM)”. It’s not a pretty job, but Sentai has to do it.
ninjaHELL! Saves The World
Last year, ninjaHELL! fought the
world. Now, they have to save it! Join
us as we show some of the weirdest
and worst videos humanity has to
offer. Dance numbers & prize giveaways guaranteed.
Nostalgia Comic:
The 90’s Then and Now
Nostalgic comedian, Eric Mahoney,
makes his premier comedy debut at
San Japan 6, taking on topics near and
dear to the hearts of every “90’s Kid”
and comparing them to the generations of today.
OBJECTION! Ace Attorney
Your favorite lawyers have returned
to San Japan to battle it out live in the
court room for a live audience. HOLD
IT! There’s prizes, Q&A, and more!
Phoenix, Miles, and even Missile will
be there.
Ocarinas 101
Widely recognized from “The Legend
of Zelda”, the ocarina is one of the
oldest instruments known to man.
Youtuber “Docjazz4” will talk about
it’s amazing journey from ancient Mesoamerica to modern-day Japan, show
a variety of ocarinas from around
the world, and play songs from your
favorite games and anime! Attendees
are encouraged to bring their own
ocarinas for a “play-along” during the
panel and a limited number of ocarinas will be available for $15 each.
OC’s, Mary Sues, and ClichesOh My!
Do you find it hard or tricky to make
Original Characters? Did you ever
wonder what ‘Mary Sue’ meant? Ever
want more advice for making original
stories? If you answered yes this is
the panel for you!
Opening Ceremonies
The staff and guests will be here to
introduce San Japan: Sinister 6, talk
about what’s happening, and what to
expect.
Pirates Beat Ninjas Beginners to Pirate Cosplay
Panels & Programming
Pokemon Jeopardy
Come try your knowledge of
Pokemon in a fun, Jeopardy style
game! Be it the games, the anime, or
just random pokemon facts - if you’re
a pokemon fan, this game is for you!
Potatoes and Starfish:
A KEY Panel
An introduction and discussion covering visual novels and anime by the
studio KEY. We will talk about Air,
Kanon, Clannad, and newer series,
such as, Little Busters and Angel
Beats.
Queen of the Damned
Movie Rifftrax
What you need is ANOTHER
VAMPIRE MOVIE! The train-wreck
movie “Queen of the Damned” was so
bad that it killed Aaliyah. Prepare to
see rockstar vampires hilariously torn
apart for your amusement in this live
“riffing.”
Reverse Q&A with VA’s
This reverse style of Q&A lets the
voice actors ask the audience questions and typically creates a great
discussion.
Plenty of processes goes into creating
pirate cosplays. Will your cosplay be
era specific or a mix? What patterns
and materials are best for your specific pirate character? We’ll help you get
started.
Richie Branson Concert
PokeBattle LIVE!!!
Rules of Gentlemen’s Duels:
Defend Your Honor!
This is a LIVE Pokebattle where
contestant teams who have pre-entered online (one trainer paired with
one Pokemon) can duel in a life-sized
ring! The trainer is to call out valid
moves to their Pokemon to perform,
and then the Pokemon will perform
inside the ring, acting out their moves
and reacting to their opponent until
the ref calls a winner! Teams will
battle until there is a champion trainer
and Pokemon!
If you like nerdy music, hip hop, and
songs that you can most definitely relate to and if you’re an anime fan then
you need to check out San Antonio’s
own Richie Branson.
These modern times have little tolerance for the traditions of resolving
disputes -- and the constabulary frown
upon lawlessness. Apply real dueling
history to your steampunk character
and role!
Rurouni Kenshin Live Action
Movie Screener
Kenshin Himura was an assassin for
the Imperial side during the war that
ended the Shogunate and installed
the Meiji government. After killing
countless people, he made a vow to
never kill again. Ten years later, he
finds a home at a failing dojo, only to
be caught up in a string of murders
related to an opium ring. His commitment to never taking a life is put to the
test as the people he’s come to care
about are threatened by figures from
his past.
San Japan Anime Olympics
San Japan’s trademarked Olympics-styled panel is back for a 6th
event. New contestants, same upbeat
ambience! Nations will compete to
take the prize and bragging rights.
Contestants enter as nations and face
off as teams for the first three rounds
facing eliminations along the way. For
the final round the team splits up into
four rivals where they will go against
each other for the top three slots. The
top three contestants will be placed
as winners and they also get bragging
rights upon winning. From pose-off
contests to iron cosplay, this panel is
designed to bring out the competitive
spirit in all the contestants.
San Japan Idol
Do you have the spirit and emotion
of a Vocaloid? Or is there a secret
rockstar hiding inside of you? Hosted
by British nerd-rock artist Kieran
Strange, San Japan Idol is a karaoke-style singing contest in which
fans of anime, gaming, manga, J-rock,
and other media covered by San Japan
can perform their favourite songs in
both Japanese and English! Don’t
be shy, come share your passion for
singing with your peers!
Scott McNeil Q&A
Easily one of the busiest voice actors
in the world, millions of fans know
him as the voice of Duo Maxwell
from Gundam Wing and Gundam:
Battle Assault 2 as well as Koga from
the hit series Inuyasha. Older fans
may be familiar with his work as Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z and/or his work
as Deadeye Duck in Bucky O’Hare
and The Toad Wars. Come ask Scott
McNeil about his experience in voice
work for anime and videogames, as
well as his appearances on TV and
movies.
Sifu Kisu Demostration (Legend
Of Korra/Avatar Bending)
Sifu Kisu is the fighting instructor &
consultant for the Avatar franchise. He
is known for his extensive knowledge
and various styles of martial arts. He
will be showing demos with a live
Q&A.
Sifu Kisu Q&A
Sifu Kisu is the fighting instructor and
consultant for the Avatar franchise.
Sifu will talk about his work with
Avatar and Legend of Korra along
with his years of being a martial arts
expert.
So You Think You Can
J-Pop Dance
This is a dancing contest for anyone
who enjoys dancing to popular songs
in J-pop, K-pop, or whatever you’re
into!
So You Want to Go to Tokyo
By metro population, Tokyo is the
largest city in the world. Getting
around can be scary, but it is possible
without a guide with you every step of
the way. Get tips on what to do once
you’re there, and what you need to be
prepared for.
So You Want to
Join Team Rocket
“You have potential kid. Why not
join Team Rocket?”
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Panels & Programming
SSCOT presents All Things
Star Wars
Topics we will cover in two hours
will include sabers (characteristics
and means of acquisition), dueling
(various techniques/styles/demos),
trooping basics (things to consider
and planning before performing at
events), costuming basics (common
materials, techniques and sources for
star wars universe costume creation/
acquisition), Star Wars and Disney
(the merger, possible pros/cons, the
future), Episode VII (what can we
expect, what do we expect, when can
we expect it, what additionally can
come of it), and charities/events (how
we support charity operations/organizations and the process involved in
planning/attending events).
Steampunk Social Issues
Discussion of social issues inside steampunk communities and the effects
they cause. We will also discuss social
issues in the larger societies and how
they affect steampunk communities,
as well as what steampunks are doing
about the issues.
Stop It! THIS Is How U Write/
Create FUNNY Parodies
with LK+HotD
Many people try, few succeed. With
so many badly written anime parodies clogging up the internet, let
guests LittleKuriboh, Hotdiggedydemon & SuperPsyGuy show how its
done right. They will go through the
processes on how ideas are made,
cultivated, scripted, and how to get
the jokes right. They may share some
secrets so that the next time you try to
write a parody, it just might be funny.
Storywriting and
Character Design
Where to start in character development and storyline, tips and tricks,
and how to phase into roleplay.
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Super High School Level Panel
(Dangan Ronpa)
Join the cast of Dangan Ronpa in an
interactive trial! The audience will
assist the students and cast judgment.
Succeed or cause the Worst Most Despair-inducing Incident in the History
of Panelkind!
Super Sketch Turbo Art Fight
Fun drawing challenge for the audience with sing along fun! People are
picked at random to draw together
with a series of various themes. Anything can happen!
Supernatural Slumber Party:
All Hell Breaks Loose
Hosted by the Winchesters, plus
myself & my brothers Gabriel and Lucifer. There will be traditional human
games, and episodes screened. Please
join us if you like “fun”; all others
may disregard this.
SuperWhoLock Fan Panel
Supernatural, Doctor Who, and BBC
Sherlock all in one panel!? Want to
know more about the show, test your
knowledge or discuss the latest in the
series? For fans of all ages!
Surviving the
Zombie Apocalypse
Come join your favourite Left 4 Dead
characters as they discuss survival tactics, covering everything from food to
knives. Catch personal accounts from
the survivors as well as techniques
from the zombies themselves about
fighting off the horde. Oh and if you
see a Tank on your way... run.
Swap Meet
The swap meet provides an opportunity for attendees of all economic backgrounds to get new items. No money
changes hands during the swap meet.
Attendees are offered the opportunity
to retrieve specified items from the
dealer room or artist alley in lieu of
cash transactions.
Talk to Hetalia’s England!
Scott Freeman Q&A
You heard him in Hetalia as the voice
of England and as many other roles
in the world of voice acting, now you
have the chance to talk to Scott himself. Silly questions are encouraged.
Tavern of the Spoken Word
This is your invitation by your hosts,
Mr. Light and Dark, to the open mic
poetry jam spreading to conventions everywhere. Bring your poet,
storyteller, entertainer or musician and
make a show for a Tavern of colorful
characters that welcome all.
The Bancast Live:
The Thirdening (17+)
The Bancast boys are back for their
third San Japan Live show. The time
honored tradition of conversating and
table flipping has returned. Come join
Fred and Levi as they answer audience submitted questions truthfully
and embarassingly, as well as blather
on about video games and movies.
Be sure to make it, as it’s a show you
won’t want to miss. Want to ensure
your question gets in? Send it to
theBancast.com/ask, and we’ll read it
live on stage. [ID Required]
The Fantastic Lore in
League of Legends
With over 32 million players all over
the world, League of Legends is the
most played video game IN THE
WORLD. This is a discussion of the
fantastic lore that sets up the world in
League of Legends.
The Internet is Awesome
Ever been up at 2AM, have work or
school in the morning, but you can’t
seem to get off the internet because
you keep finding yourself in bizarre
places you’ve never been before?
Come and join us as we share that experience, viewing the best (and worst)
of the internet.
Panels & Programming
The JET Program De-Mystified
Are you curious about The Jet Program? Have you ever wondered what
it would be like to live and work in
Japan? Does EVERYONE love anime
and cosplay in Japan? Cosplayer Meru
shares her experiences about daily
life and teaching in Japan on The JET
Program, breaking down stereotypes
and sharing what it’s REALLY like.
For those that are striving to apply,
application and interview tips are also
discussed.
The K-Pop Variety Games
With audience participation you can
play games that are seen often on Korean variety shows. Test your K-pop
knowledge, win prizes and make new
friends all here at the K-pop Variety
Games.
The Reaper’s Game: Finale
Players of the Reaper’s Game, come
to tally up your points and see how
you scored! Be careful though,
because if your pair wins and doesn’t
have someone show up, you don’t get
your prize!
The Reaper’s Game: Startup
Want to play the Reaper’s Game from
“The World Ends With You”, but
don’t want to die? You, a partner, &
Twitter access is all you need! After
questions are answered & pacts made,
the game will begin!
Touhou Project:
An Open Discussion
In 1998, ZUN released on the PC-98
the very first Touhou Project game
“Highly Responsive to Prayers”.
Since then, the one man development
“team” has produced a ton of games,
guide books, music, and other media
for this inexplicably popular shoot’em
up computer game. Even more fascinating is the sheer amount of fandom
support this indie game has had in
Japan and abroad. Without a doubt the
most prolific independently developed and produced video game of all
time, Touhou Project is a truly bizarre
sensation. This panel will allow fans
of the series in Central TX to gather
and discuss all kinds of topics related
to the series. Favorite games, favorite
characters, favorite music, and other
such things will come up. Or just stop
by to see what all the darn fuss is
about.
Voice Actors Unplugged (18+)
Witchbane: Hunters Screening
“Witchbane:Hunters” is a 25 minute
action/sci-fi short film inspired by it’s
creator’s love of anime and comic
books. Starring voice actor R Bruce
Elliott (Samurai 7, Case Closed, Dragonball Z Kai).
Working with Sintra!
Sintra is a fantastic plastic material
great for cosplay! Learn how to use
it, test it out and play around with it
in this workshop! Hosted by DugFinn
Cosplay.
World Cosplay
Summit Qualifiers
Hear what’s really on the minds of the
guest voice actors without any restrictions. [ID Required]
Come see the best pair cosplayers
compete for a chance to win tickets to
the WCS USA Finals held next spring
2014.
Whachow! Live with Psyguy,
LK and Co.!
Your Body and Fitness: An
Important Part of any Cosplay
Video Game Jeopardy
Think you know everything about video games? Time to prove it at Video
Game Jeopardy presented by Original-Gamer.com. Free games and swag
are up for grabs for lucky contestants
and audience members.
Hey you remember Psyguy? Yeah
me neither. Whachow.com, the fuster
cluck of a podcast, is taking its show
on the road directly to you! That’s
right you! And him. And her. Him too.
We’ll read god awful Q&A and maybe
even read a script with silly voices!
Or do none of those things! Honestly
I don’t know what to expect except
hilarity. I’m writing this description
super early so I have absolutely no
idea who will be on the panel!!!! Why
not show up and find out? :3
Vocaloid Sleep Over
Who Should I Cosplay?
Come in for a two all night event
with all of your favorite vocaloids
as we host a sleep over that will be
imprinted inside your memory banks
for years to come, we will have a sit
down Q&A, a bit of karaoke, dance
off’s, and a few games will be played,
such as our very own vocaloid version
of Clue.
Wigs and Makeup
The wonderful world of wigs! And
makeup, too. Hosted by Hanyaan and
licensed cosmetologist/one half of
The Gear Project, Alex Greer. Learn
wig basics and get a demonstration of
basic cosplay makeup!
SO MANY CHOICES, who should I
cosplay? HELP! In this panel we will
go over tips and tricks for coming up
with and narrowing down costume
choices so that you can pick your next
costume.
So there’s a character you REALLY
want to cosplay. Whether you want
to gain/lose weight, get Goku-ripped,
or just get lean and mean for an
awesome character... We can get you
started! This panel will be split 50-50
between: 1) Discussion/presentation:
- Defining personal goals like: look
a certain way, become strong enough
for a pose or move, lose/gain weight,
etc. - Finding the right, safe, healthy
workout for the individual current
fitness level: strength training, cardio,
flexibility, etc. - How to build a
specific nutrition plan or lifestyle diet
that fits personal willpower, budget,
cooking ability, and cosplay/life goals.
2) Hands-on step-by-step exercises to
get most people started: how to squat
properly, do other basic exercises for
upper body and core, protect joints
against injury, stretch, and build
progressions.
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Dealer Room
Artist Alley
Hours
Hours
Friday
10:30am
Entrance [Gold Pass Attendees]
11:00am
Entrance [General Attendees]
7:30pm
Close
Friday
9:30am
Entrance
11:30pm
Close
Saturday
9:00am
Entrance
11:30pm
Close
Saturday
9:30am
Entrance [Gold Pass Attendees]
10:00am
Entrance [General Attendees]
7:30pm
Close
Sunday
9:30am
Entrance
5:00pm
Close
Sunday
10:00am
Entrance [All Attendees]
4:00pm
Close
Artists & Locations
Dealers & Locations
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168 DragonTrading [D43-D44]
Anime Pavilion [C2-C3, C22-C23]
Anime Pop [A1-A4]
Anime Remix [C17-C19]
Antartic Press [D23-D24]
Best Anime Shop [B5-B8]
BowenDragon1 [B10-B11]
Cartoon Passion [A5-A8]
Collector’s Universe And Anime [C1, C24, C13]
Comics Unlimited[C20]
Creepy Classics [D36]
Discotek Media [C9, C16]
Eagle Anime [D39-D40]
Epic Cosplay [D14]
Funimation [D25-D26, D47-D48]
Fuzumi [D9]
Global Anime [B1-B4]
Game Over Videogames [D45-D46]
Greentea Design [D16]
JPopHouse (h.Nauto) [D37-D38]
Half Full Studios [D19]
Hen Da Ne [D27-D28]
Holy Cow Anime [B9]
Hobbyfan USA [D34-D35]
IT Cosplay [D29]
JPNToys c/o Nextep [D21]
Kampai Kimono [D22]
Kawaii Gifts [D33]
La’ De’ Da’s [C10-C11]
Level Up Studios [A9]
Media Blasters [D32, D41-D42]
Myth Adventures [D15]
Nine Tails [D13]
Octane Toys [D5, D20]
Ooples [A10-A13]
Pan-Gaia Designs [C7-C8]
Peagus Publishing [D17-D18]
Prince Pez Addictions [C12]
Ric & Ric Otaku Cafe [D10-D12]
Roll2Play [C4]
The Anime Jutsu [D7-D8]
Those Anime People (Bad Wolf Trading) [C5-C6]
Tokens [B12]
ToyMatrix [D1-D4]
Wayne’s Comic Closet [C14-C15]
White Lightning Productions [D6]
Yaoi Galore [D30-D31]
Yuki Pearl Trading [C21]
AA&A Artistries [H12]
Adam C. Riveria [G12]
Addic Tokki [H1]
Alto Shorter [G3]
Amelie Belcher [GT2-GT3]
Angry Panda [H10]
Anime Military Association[B9]
art by alicechan [B4]
Artistic Oddities [G9]
Awesome Badges [B8]
Bassanimation [D9]
Beep Boop [F10]
Big Big Truck Productions [A4]
Bleu Moon [F8]
Boshi Basiik [A2]
Cari Corene [F4]
Chaotic Harmony [F3]
Chibi [B10]
Cinnamoron [A6]
Cynthia Conner Illus. [A12]
DanDan [D11]
Daniella Sylvan [H2]
Darien Chen [F2]
Demmon Dragons [B12]
Dezzy Diamond [F1]
Diana Sprinkle [E1]
Dice pouch [H9]
Doctor Who United [GT1,GT14]
Dragonscale Chainmail [C11]
Eastern Downpour [G2]
Ejwp artisan designs [H5]
Evil Pastry Studios [D10]
Eyeshine[GT10-GT11]
Fictograph [F7]
Fighting Mongoose [G11]
Frostyshark [C1]
fuwa fuwa [E12]
Guemozart [D3]
Hanna Scroy [F11]
Hotdiggedydemon[GT7-GT8]
I Draw Rainbows [E11]
Inu Creations [C8]
Jason Meador [H7]
Jessica Grundy Art [G10]
Jinzilla [E4]
Kaeri [H3]
Kafai [F6]
Kassandra Perch [A10]
Katie Teidrich (Awkward Zombie) [GT4]
Kawaii Plush [B11]
Kieran Strange [GT12]
Kieshar [C9]
Kurumi-Lover [G6]
Ladre [C6]
Levitas Plush [A1]
Little Blob of Green [D5]
LittleKuriboh [GT5-GT6]
Love Who [G1]
Lycorine[H6]
Madgeination Crafts [E6]
Martha E Laski [C5]
MildKat [E9]
Mukeiroyalty [D12]
Niseno [C4]
Otaku Paradise [C12]
Owls and Gals [D1]
Oxygen Impulse [H4]
Pancake Corp [C3]
Pikekitty [C10]
Pleasantly Strange[A9]
Precious BByz [E2]
Princess Pearl [H8]
Punkd Works [A3]
Quinkee [B2]
Radiuszero [C7]
Radtastical [F12]
retro dynamite [G4]
Richie Branson [GT13]
Rise Again Productions [G7]
Robo Roku [D2]
Rockin Robin [E3]
Rowans Originals [A5]
Saiyuri Studios [G5]
Sarus Design Art [B1]
Shimizu Design [C2]
Silvernomiko [F13]
Sin [F5]
Sith Shadow Council [B7]
SJ RESERVED [GT9]
Srsbusines [H11]
Starmine[D4]
Stove & Yoshi [E7]
Studio Lai [A7]
Studio Purkin [B3]
Suna [F14]
Tachiik [G8]
Taylor Made Clothing Co.
[D6]
Tea at 2 AM [E10]
TeeNinja [E5]
Texas Roll Mafia [A8]
the dubs [B5]
Thread & Yarn [D7]
Toontwins [E13]
Whiteoblivion [E8]
Winding Fables [B6]
Winged Phallus [D8]
YoSoyJaponesa [E14]
zeiva [A11]
Zyephs Art [F9]
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Electronic Gaming
LAN Gaming
Arcade and Freeplay
For the first time for San Japan we will have
a LAN setup. LAN will be Bring Your Own
Computer (and Monitor). Bring your laptop or
PC and we’ll hook you up.
We will have Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Mix, In The Grove 2
(modified with over 3000 songs), Dance Maniax 2, Neo Geo Cabinet,
and 5 other arcade cabs provided by Octane Games. All will be set to
free play.
Planned games include:
Minecraft
Unreal Tournament 2004
Doom
Left 4 Dead 1/2
Counter Strike
We will have free play of Dance Central 3 with over a 200 songs to
choose, Project Diva F for PS3 (Japanese Version), Rock Band, DJ Hero
and Guitar Hero. We also have a variety of other consoles available in the
HBG and have late night gaming in the Grand Hyatt.
-Best RETRO game
selection
2:00pm
Dragon Ball Z [Free Entry]
4:00pm
Halo 4 [$5 Entry]
6:00pm
Gears of War 3 [$5 Entry]
8:00pm
5v5 Exhibition
Saturday
2:00pm
Super Smash Bros. Brawl [$5 Entry]
3:00pm
Kings of Fighters XIII [$5 Entry]
Persona 4 [$5 Entry]
4:00pm
Street Fighter Arcade Ed [$5 Entry]
Mortal Kombat 9 [$5 Entry]
5:00pm
Tekken Tag Tournament [$5 Entry]
6:00pm
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 [$5 Entry]
7:00pm
Injustice [$5 Entry]
Sunday
Entry]
Entry]
-Fantastic Customer
service
12:00pm
Mario Kart Wii [Free Entry]
1:00pm
Allstars Battle Royale [Free
2:00pm
Black Ops Zombies [Free
-TONS of cool gamer swag
such as tshirts,
plushies, wall scrolls,
soundtracks, toys,
figures, etc.
- Awesome tournaments and
events – every store,
every month
- Shop ONLINE 24/7 at
www.gameovervideogames.com
Tabletop Gaming
Tournaments
Demos
Cardfight Vanguard TCG
Kaijudo TCG
Magic the Gathering TCG
Pokemon TCG
Universal Fighting System TCG
YuGiOh! TCG Extravaganza
Dungeons & Dragons
HeroClix
Munchkin
Pathfinder
Power Rangers
Walking Dead
Zombie!!!
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Go to the tabletop section for a full schedule printout.
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918 N Main
Open 24 Hours
San Antonio’s Pig Stand [$-$$]
1508 Broadway St
Open until 12:00am
IHOP [$$]
3820 Broadway St
Open 24 Hours
Mi Tierra [$$]
218 Produce Way
Open 24 Hours
Alamo Street Eat~Bar [$-$$]
609 S Alamo St
5:00pm - 2:00am
Bourbon Street Cafe
Luciano
Cinnabon
Dairy Queen/Orange Julius
Gourmet Kabob House
Great Wraps
Little Tokyo
Marble Slab Creamery
Sbarro’s Italian Eatery
Side Wok Café
Starbucks
Tutti Frutti
Walking Distance of Hotel (<.5 miles)
McDonald’s [$]
101 Alamo Plaza
Open until 10:00pm
Schilo’s Delicatessen [$]
428 E Commerce St
Open until 8:30pm
(Best Root Beer)
Subway [$]
109 Alamo Plaza
Open until 10:00pm
Fuddrucker’s [$]
115 Alamo Plaza
Open until 10:00pm
Iron Cactus [$$]
200 E River Walk St
Open until 11:00pm
Casa Rio [$$]
420 E Commerce St
Open until 9:00pm
Whataburger [$]
412 E Commerce St
Open 24 Hours
(High traffic at all hours)
Denny’s [$-$$]
903 E Commerce St
Open 24 Hours
(High traffic at all hours)
The Original Mexican Restaurant [$$]
528 E River Walk St
Open 24 Hours
$ = Cheap - Less than $10
$$ = Moderate - $11 to $30
Pat O’Brien’s [$$]
121 Alamo Plaza
Open until 2:00am
Zocca Cuisine d’Italia [$$]
420 W Market St
Open until 2:00am
Moses Rose’s Hideout [$]
518 E Houston St
Open until 2:00am
Esquire Tavern [$$]
155 E Commerce St
Open until 2:00am
Barriba Cantina [$$]
111 W Crockett
Open until 2:00am
$$$ = Pricey - $31 to $60
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San Japan Staff
Dave “Proz” Henkin
Convention Chairman
Jackie Naehrig
Artist Alley Coordinator
Craige Howlett
Convention Adviser
Lauren “Shewolf” Heacker
Logistics Chairperson
Emma Ryle
Cosplay Coordinator
Kristen “Kat” Nesbitt
Communications Manager
Jason “Jay” Perez
Events Chairman
S. David Ramirez
Media/PR Coordinator
Michael Hicks
Morale Support
Christopher Morton
David Booth
Safety Directors
Adrian “Bear” Padilla
Dealer Room Liaison
Joshua “Rambo” Thomas
Move In/Out Team
Joel Czyzak
Task Team Coordinator
Randy Gray
DJ Coordinator
Chris Johnson
Artshow Coordinator
Samantha O’Leary
Tori Johnson
Maid Cafe Managers
Matt “Comter” Zeisler
regIT, LLC
Registration Director
Ken Wallen
Guest Relations Director
Levi Hampton
Night Events Director
Alyssa Kirk
Sean Fleck
Sethos Johns
Joe Sparks
Events Coordinators
Daniel L Bottoms
Video Room Coordinator
David “Fish House” Arjona
Electronic Gaming Coordinator
Cesar Trujillo
Lead Tech Coordinator
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Special Thanks
Meghan Olivarez
Program Book Coordinator
Hotel Info Desk Coordinator
Derrick Smith
Main Events Coordinator
Nahal Mirzaie
Volunteer Coordinator
Thomas “Eddo” Fort
Merch Manager
Sarah “Sai” Kimmey
Info Desk Coordinator
Michael Spady
AMV Coordinator
Nathan Saucier
Tabletop Coordinator
Elizabeth Roberts
Karaoke Manager
Nick Bell
Con Suite Coordinator
Joshua Gibbs
Late Night Gaming Manager
Katy Tunks
Hotel Operations Manager
Rudy Alba
Convention Center Op Manager
Chris “Kuri” Chapman
Convention Main Gopher
Co-Karaoke Manager
Brianne “Bri” Coleman
Marketing Consultant/ Assistant
Thank You to the Following
A. Jinnie McManns
A-Kon
Alysia Roden
Amanda Graves
Animecons.com
Anime Boston
AnimeFest
Area 512 Entertainment
Britt Myer
Corrine Howlett
Chris Solis
C.W. Reynolds
Dragon’s Lair
Ikkicon
Jason Meador
Jennifer Shen
Justin Surface
Michael Loredo
Nan Desu Kan
Nine-Tails
ninjaHELL!
Omnicon
Oni-Con
Our Lady of the Lake University
Patrick Delahanty
Ryan Kim
San Antonio CVB
San Antonio Public Library
Sarah Sullivan
Stuart Hamblin
Tod Kennedy
Tony Ambriz
Ushicon
...and many, many more!
Special thanks goes to Cynthia Connor for creating this year’s program book cover art.
You can find more of her artwork at http://dracontiar.deviantart.com/
Credit also goes to Rockin’ Robin for art on page 06 [Convention Policies]
and to Patricia Sipes for art on page 09 [Ads Page].
And a HUGE thanks
to our hundreds of
volunteers who work
hard to make this
event possible.
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Photography Locations
Want to find that perfect shot for your cosplay photoshoot or your group?
Here’s some areas in the immediate area to consider.
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Located in front of the Marriott
Riverwalk on the river level.
The bridge located in the center
of Rivercenter Mall at
the river level.
Right by the Grand Hyatt on the
river level.
The bridge on the river level
that goes over the river from the
Grand Hyatt to the HBG
Convention Center.
Water fountains nearby Tower of
Americas in Hemisfair park.
Pathway above the fountains in
Hemisfair Park by the Tower of
Americas.
Bridge area located right next to
Tower of the Americas in
Hemisfair Park.
Cascading water and stage by
Tower of the Americas in
Hemisfair Park.
Misting water and wading pool
in Hemisfair Park by the Tower
of the Americas.