05/08/13

The Citibank Dallas Asian Festival has asked us to help set up a Cosplay contest for their event this year!

04/26/13

ANIME HELL is just what it says it is: a collection of strange,peculiar, and often painful video clips, designed to make the first-time viewer say, “WTF??” every couple of minutes and to make the returning viewer drag his or her friends in to share the pain. Anime Hell is a live screening of weird, amusing, confusing, disturbing, or otherwise...

04/23/13

A-Kon is proud to be a promotional partner for the screening of The Princess and the Pilot, a feature-length anime film produced by the animation masters, Madhouse (Summer Wars, Redline), and directed by Jun Shishido (Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger, The Story of Saiunkoku). This is Shishido’s first time directing an anime feature film. This film is being...

03/07/13

Internationally known, award-winning voice-over actor Cathy Weseluck’s acting/production career extends over a wide range of areas. In addition to her continued success as a voice-over performer, Cathy’s noted accomplishments also include her work as a TV actor, instructor, consultant, guest speaker, casting director/director, associate producer, writer,...

02/21/13

Anthony is by trade a writer, actor, director, and visual effects artist, and voice actor who’s work has been seen in various films and television shows including One Piece, Full Metal Alchemist, Trinity Blood, Cyberstalker, Cheaters, Bicycle Bobby, Red Victoria, Red Squad 4, and a host of others. Known as a jack of all trades, Brownrigg has been heavily...

02/02/13

Scott “KaiserNeko” Frerichs is a California-based (now in Lake Charles, LA) amateur voice actor, graphics designer, and project manager of “Dragon Ball Z: Abridged”. Director, co-writer, editor for the show, and the voice behind Zarbon, Burter, Trunks, King Kai, and Gregory, he helped found the group in May 2008. Nick...

01/15/13

Lisle Wilkerson grew up in Tokyo, Japan and moved to the US in 2008. She speaks fluent Japanese, and has working in the media/entertainment industry ever since the tender age of 19. She has worked with all the major radio and television stations in Japan, and continues to work with many of them to some capacity. Lisle was in the Academy Award winning Sofia...

12/20/12

Come join A-Kon at the screening of the Madoka Magica movie at the Texas Theater on December 29!

11/06/12

Vic has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old. But he started his career in anime a little over ten years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II. Since then Vic has been in more than two hundred shows and video games, known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club, Zero in Vampire Knight,...

On the surface, the game of karuta doesn’t appear to be particularly interesting or exciting, but the game’s simple nature belies the speed and intensity of competitive gameplay. The same could be said of the new show on Crunchyroll this season, Chihayafuru. On the surface, a series about the game of karuta does not sound all that compelling, but this simple premise belies the strength of the show’s artistry, characters, and storytelling.