Convention Guests

Meet some fantastic guests every year at the convention.

Robert L. Mungle

Robert L. Mungle

Samurai Dan and Jillian

Samurai Dan and Jillian

Oscar Seung

Oscar Seung

Barry Yandell

Barry Yandell

Jay Hickman

Jay Hickman

Robert L. Mungle

Robert L. Mungle

Robert L. Mungle is a voice actor for Funimation, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, and OkraTron 5000. The Right Reverend Robert L. Mungle founded The Whiskey Brothers in 1998. Since then, while the line-up has changed, it has been his outrageously loud voice that has led the group. Mungle has taken the stage everywhere from sold out theaters to seedy strip clubs. His IMDB page boasts over 100 different anime roles, from “Ghost Stories” to “Lady Death” to “Excel Saga.” He was born in Houston and you might recognize him from any of tons of anime roles, some of which include Amanojaku from Ghost Stories, Mr.8 from One Piece, Matsushita from Angel Beats, and Pedro Domingo from Excel Saga. He’s appeared in Akame ga Kill!, 009-1, Broken Blade, Gantz, Halo Legends, and many others.

Samurai Dan and Jillian

Samurai Dan and Jillian

The husband and wife team of Daniel and Jillian Coglan are full-time martial art instructors, specializing in 16th century Samurai Arts. When not teaching at their dojo, the Kojokan, they travel the United States performing and teaching the ancient ways of the most famous warriors in history.

With a combined 35 years of experience, their show is a unique blend of history, combative skill, and humor, designed to educate and entertain audiences both large and small.

Beyond their martial skills, the dynamic duo collaborated to write, direct, host, and star in a 12 episode TV series entitled, “The Way of The Samurai.”

Daniel is also an author, with several martial art articles published, and is currently working on his second full-length novel.

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 voice overs, Oscar champions the representation of Asian Americans in media and the arts.

Anime/video game highlights: Yuri on Ice! (Seung Gil-Lee), Cherry Magic! (Tsuge), Twilight Out of Focus (Rei Inaba), Attack on Titan (Varis), One Piece (Daruma), I’m in Love with the Villainess (Thane Bauer), Ayaka (Kurama), Free! (Nao Serizawa), Natusume’s Book of Friends (Riou), Delico’s Nursery (Katarina), Borderlands 3 (Nettle)

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.

Twitter: @oscarseung
Instagram: @theoscarseung
imdb.me/oscarseung

Barry Yandell

Barry Yandell

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor by BTVA for his iconic role as William T. Spears in Black Butler, Barry Yandell is a well-known and very busy regional stage actor and voiceover artist based in North Texas. Most recently, Barry lends his voice talent to the characters of Conehead in Fire Force, Zelada in Cop Craft and Kodai in Yu-No. Fans will recognize his voice contributions in some of the most popular Anime series to date including Alexis Kerib in SSSS Gridman, Yoki in Full Metal Alchemist, Mr. 2 Bon Clay in One Piece, Little Demon in Soul Eater, Dwarf Shaman in Goblin Slayer, and Popuko in Pop Team Epic. Additional roles include an array of characters from Dragonball Z, Ghost in the Shell, Fairy Tail, and Attack on Titan to name a few. Please visit Barry’s actor pages at IMDB.com and behindthevoiceactors.com for a full listing of characters and upcoming new roles.

Jay Hickman

Jay Hickman

Jay began his career in anime in the 1990s and has appeared in more than 200 titles with studios including ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Okratron 5000, and others. His notable credits over the past two decades are Kaoru Hanayama in Baki The Grappler, Dragon Shiryu in Saint Seiya, the fishmen Chuu and Hammond in One Piece, Prince Mytho in Princess Tutu, Modeus in Devil May Cry, Crusty in Log Horizon, Kagetane Hiruko in Black Bullet and Chief Kurama in Elfen Lied, among many others.

Jay’s voice has also been featured in live action series and films such as Dark Water, Synesthesia, Conduct Zero, The Fuccons, Touching Wild Horses and Gamera – Attack of Legion, as well as in the video games Unlimited Saga, Labyrinth of Galleria and Made in Abyss: Binary Star. Jay had his Toonami debut playing Dr. Stylish in Akame ga KILL!, followed by Shiro Kuramori in Parasyte – the maxim, Joichiro Yukihira in Food Wars!, Taneo Tokuda in My Hero Academia, Zongquan Bai in Shenmue the Animation, some bad guys in Ninja Kamui, and most recently, Kobayashi and Dr. Wong in LAZARUS!

Jay is still active in anime and can also be heard as co-host of the podcast “Bottom of the Barrel,” alongside anime luminaries John Swasey and Kyle Jones.