Convention Guests

Meet some fantastic guests every year at the convention.

Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres has been screaming into microphones for close to 25 years now! With over 376 credits to his name, he has managed to play a variety of characters that are almost as colorful as his hair. He was honored to recently return to his role of Son Goku in Saiyuki Reload Zeroin, having worked on the Saiyuki franchise for over 20 years. He can currently be heard as Po in Eminence and Shadow, As Kenta Kanzaki in The Dangers in My Heart, Yu Nishinoya in Haikyu, Chai in Shenmue The Animation on Adult swim, and a super bad demon known only as “God” in Dark Gathering. Some other recent roles include Chota Segawa in Alice in Borderland (OAV), Sho Utsumi in SSSSGridman, Frost in DragonBall Super, Geo in Sony Picture’s Starship Troopers : Traitor of Mars, Jiro in Concrete Revolutio, Ryuuou Edogawa in Doreiku, Koji Koda in My Hero Academia, and he even makes an appearance as Popuko in Pop Team Epic.

He is proud to be a part of the new “Pink Harvest” productions from Sentai Filmworks, in the roles of Izumi Sena in Lovestage, and Yabase in Hitorijime My Hero. Some other recent favorites include Nagisa Haruki in Free, and Free Eternal Summer, MonoKuma in Danganronpa, Clear in Dramatical Murder, Doug in Gangsta, Zenji Marui in Food Wars, Ganta Igarashi in Deadman Wonderland, Heihachi Hayashida in Samurai 7, and Kouichi Sakakibara in Another. Some of his all-time favorite roles include Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Hideki in Nerima Daikon Brothers, Youhei Sunohara in Clannad, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tomoki Sakurai in Heaven’s Lost Property, and Negi Springfield in Negima.

Of all of his many roles, his favorite will always be the real life role of “Little Brother” to voice actor Christopher Ayres. The little guy with a big Sippy Cup, and even bigger heart – who touched the world with his “Love and Laughter”.

Oscar Seung

Oscar Seung

Oscar Seung hails from Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a Dallas-based actor, violinist, pianist, opera singer, and music director. From film and television pilots to theater and voiceovers, Oscar champions the representation of Asian Americans in media and the arts. Oscar can currently be seen in We Can Be Heroes (Netflix), directed by Robert Rodriguez, A Cowgirl’s Song (Netflix), and The Turkey Bowl (Hulu), directed by Greg Coolidge. He also guest co-starred in the ABC pilot, False Profits, starring Vanessa Williams and Bellamy Young. Anime/video game voiceover highlights: Attack on Titan (Varis), One Piece (Daruma), Ayaka (Kurama), Sweet Reincarnations (Kadlecek), Borderlands 3 (Nettle), Yuri on Ice (Seung-Gil Lee), Free! (Nao Serizawa), Natusume’s Book of Friends (Riou). Full list of over 65 shows on imdb.com. Theater: World Premiere of The Supreme Leader (Kim Jong-Un), Dallas Theater Center, The Sound of Music (Baron Elberfeld, u/s Captain Von Trapp), Dallas Theater Center, The Ballad of Little Jo (Tien Mien), Watertower Theater, Dora, the Explorer Live! (Benny), Casa Manana, Miss Saigon, Casa Manana. Oscar is represented by the Mary Collins Agency. Twitter: @oscarseung Instagram: @theoscarseung imdb.me/oscarseung

Marcus M. Mauldin

Marcus M. Mauldin

Marcus first started his career on stage in Musical Theater and then to more dramatic plays and roles, winning awards for Best Lead Actor, Best Supporting Actor,which include a Dallas Area Critic’s Award and an Irma P. Hall Black Excellence Theater Award. Marcus then moved on to television where he landed re-curring and co-star roles on such shows as The Good Guys, Dallas,Walker Texas Ranger, Breaking Bad, American Crime,Chase, and Queen Sugar. Next Step was Film. Marcus landed roles Teddy a psychopath in All Roads To Perla, A loving Brother Seth Collins in Gallows Road,Officer Benson in Carter High,Country Music Producer Bob Chandler in A Cowgirl’s Song, Treacherous Mississippi Blue in Jo And The Reaper,Big Boss Roderick in Never Goin Back, The Loving Wayman in Miss Juneteenth, The Tormented Samson in the Steps Of Faith film series, and his first leading role on film as the first African Pope in The Pope Drops In to be released later his year. However Voice work in commercials from McDonalds to Scholtsky’s evetually lead to voice work in several video games such as Dues Ex,Terminator Dawn of Fate,Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi, Daikatana. But the game Paladins offered Marcus the role of Mal’ Damba…Yeeeeesssss. Anime came calling next with Appare Runman and Kuma,Kuma,Kuma Bear. next one the horizon in One Piece is the character Bonham. but the character that is beloved all over the world is in Borderlands,Borderlands game of the year, Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3, Borderlands The Pre-SeQuel,Tales from the Borderlands, Tiny Tina’s Wedding, The Award winning game Borderlands Science, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragons Keep and the recently released Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. so please welcome The Doorman,The Meat Slab, Evil Genius Crusher,Beserk Merc,Prettiest Siren of them all, The Slab King himself…..BRICK!!!

Sin_Thetic_Cosplay

Sin_Thetic_Cosplay

Sin has been cosplaying for around 7 years and has been crafting for more than 20. She competed in her first cosplay competition at MetaCon 2023 where she won Best in Show. Sin has continued to hone her skills with experience in sewing, armor, and prop making. Most recently, she competed at the Wold Crown at Anime Midwest this July.

Kai Ava Hauser

Kai Ava Hauser

Kai is a local voice actor, they have been doing voice acting for almost 5 years and work exclusively from Minnesota! Some of the work they’re most known for is Lake from Pixar’s Elemental, Boybrush from Return to Monkey Island, and Lizzie from Our Life: Beginnings and Always. However they’ve worked on a variety of indie titles such as Cleo A Pirate’s Tale, Atlas and The Stars, Spooky Month, Lumi and The Great Big Galaxy, Bob’s World, Dogknight RPG, and more!

Twitter: @JustAVoiceActor Voiceover Discord: VO Town

Astros_here

Astros_here

Meet Astro (they/them) a seasoned cosplayer with a passion for the craft that spans over 8 years. In the last year, Astro ventured into the realm of crafting their own cosplays, adding a new dimension to their creative journey. As a chronically ill and disabled cosplayer, Astro stands as a powerful advocate for the belief that everyone can cosplay, breaking down barriers and inspiring others to pursue their cosplay dreams without limitations.They can’t wait to meet and see everyones cosplays!