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Animazement is pleased to bring you an exciting lineup of special guests every year!  Read on to discover our Guests of Honor, our musical guests, and our cultural panelists!



Guests of Honor

Animazement 2010 Guests of Honor

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Richard Ian Cox
Actor/Voice Actor

Richard Ian Cox has been acting in film and television since the late 1700’s. Understandably, work was hard to come by in the early days before the invention of either medium. It wasn’t until the release of the first talkies in 1927 that Richard’s career started to show signs of life. He first became known to the viewing public with the airing of "The Adventures of the Black Stallion" in 1990. Richard’s modern career has included regular stints on "Cold Squad", "Beggars and Choosers", "Breaker High", as well as guest starring roles on "Stargate: SG1", "Stargate: Atlantis", "Eureka" and films including "Alive", "R.V.", "Battle in Seattle", "Ghost Rider".

Richard has also enjoyed a varied career in animation... Well, not the animation part, the talking part. Roles in "Ranma ½", "Inuyasha", "Botsmaster", "Trouble Chocolate", "First Gundam", "Mega Man", "Gundam Seed", "Hamtaro", "Gundam 00", "Being Ian", "X-Men Evolution", "Will and Dewitt", "Care Bears" and a bunch of other stuff has earned Richard a reputation as a guy who knows which end of a mic to speak into. These days Richard is hard at work trying to solve the current economic crisis. He’s pretty sure it involves jelly beans. Check Richard out on Facebook, Twitter, and on his website.

Official Richard Ian Cox Website

Chiho Saito

Chiho Saito
Manga Artist/Author

Chiho Saito was born in Tokyo. Her debut work, "Lady and Sword", was published by Coronet in 1982. Her most well-known work, the groundbreaking "Revolutionary Girl Utena", was made into a TV anime series and a feature film in 1997. Ms. Saito was heavily involved with the creation of both. Other works of note include "One More Marionette", "Flower Crown Madonna", "Waltz in a White Dress", and "Bronze Angel". She is part of the Be-Papas manga artist collective. In 1997, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award in shōjo for "Kanon". Her works have been serialized in various publications, including Weekly Shojo Comics, Puchi Comics, Takarazuka GRAPH, and Kadokawa Shoten.

She is currently working on a manga about ice skating called "Ice Forest", serialized in Flowers magazine, and a period piece, entitled "Viscount Valmont: Dangerous Liaisons", serialized in Rinka magazine. Ms. Saito's hobbies include dance, music, opera, and sumo.

Chika Sakamoto

Chika Sakamoto
Voice Actress

Chika Sakamoto, a voice actor for anime, games, and dramas is famous for voicing Nuriko in "Fushigi Yuugi", Mei in "My Neighbor Totoro", Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer in "Sailor Moon Stars", "Kentaro Ichinose in "Maison Ikkoku", Tendon Man in "Anpanman", Kisaragi Shun in "Koko wa Greenwood", and many others. Her most recent role is Kaoruko Shikine in the brand-new "Heartcatch Precure". She likes singing with her band and watching pro-wrestling. She has released several CDs in addition to her voice work.

Spike Spencer

Spike Spencer
Voice Actor/Author/Screenwriter

Spike Spencer has been a voice actor since the early nineties. He has voiced hundreds of episodes of Anime including such notable titles as "Evangelion", "Battle Angel", "Suikoden", "Orphen", "Spriggan", "Nadesico", "Mar", "Pretear", "Buso Renkin", "Code Geass 2" and "Bleach". Spike has lent his voice to many radio and TV commercials. His video game credits include "WOW-The Burning Crusades", "Tales of Vesperia", "Steambot Chronicles", "Star Ocean 2", "Lunar: Silver Star Harmony", "BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger",and many others. An accomplished actor, he has worked with such notable stars as Tommy Lee Jones, Sandra Bullock, Frank Langella, Tia Carrere, and Scott Glenn and has been on set with many other stars. Spike is also an author, including "How to Be A Frickin Genius Voice Actor, Step One", "What Happens At The Con, Stays At The Con?", and "Don't Kill Your Date (And Other Cooking Tips)". Spike is also a screenwriter with several projects in various stages. Spike is soon to begin production on his first feature film that he scripted, "Dwindle Down".  Visit Spike's official websites at:

www.worldospike.com
www.spikespencer.com
www.almostevilminions.com

 
Musical Guests

Uchu Sentai NOIZ

NOIZ Returns to Animazement!

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Featured Panelists
Welcome to our Featured Panelists for Animazement 2010!

Gina Biggs

Gina Biggs
Comic Artist/Author

Gina Biggs has been creating comics for over ten years and runs the all-female comic collective, Strawberry Comics. Her most well known work is Red String, a romance webcomic series focusing on destiny and self-discovery. The series was published by Dark Horse Comics and still runs five days a week online. Mrs. Biggs has also created and self-published other series including her auto-biographical Love of Sausage and the fairy tale series, Erstwhile. She has a love for shoujo manga and cute or frilly things.

Red String Official Website
Strawberry Comics Offical Website

DJ Amaya

DJ Amaya
DJ/Musician

DJ Amaya has been DJing, producing his own original tracks, and remixes since 2002. With an expertise rarely seen in the sea of self-produced DJ's, His first 2 Original Music CD's "One of a kind", and "Hitsuzen" were met with critical acclaim and received many online downloads through sites such as mp3.com and download.com. Most known for his underground remixes of the Japanese Superstar Ayumi Hamasaki, and his podcast "Hitsuzen Radio" that features the best in Japanese remixes, and dance music from around the world. Remix work has landed him DJ sets at various Anime Conventions throughout the country such as Anime-Expo & Anime-LA in Los Angeles CA, Anime-Central in Rosemont IL, Sac-Anime in Sacramento CA, and Animazement in Raleigh NC. His 3rd original CD titled "Angel at Dawn" is scheduled for release early 2010.

DJ Amaya Official Website
Hitsuzen Radio

 
2009 Guests

In 2009, Animazement brought another great cast of guests, despite five last-minute cancellations. Wonderful faces from the past and brand new memories were made at Animazement 2009, thanks to the following wonderful Guests of Honor!

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