Meet some fantastic guests every year at the convention.
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”.
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 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
Tom is best known as the voice of “Agumon” on the TV Series Digimon: Digital Monsters and recently reprised the role in the Digimon Adventure Tri movies and Video Game. Most recent Anime credits include Edens Zero for Bang Zoom! on Netflix and Cells at Work! Code Black for Funimation. Recent Video Game credits include Twin Mirror and One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows both for Bandai, as well as God of War for Sony. On Toonami Adult Swim, Tom’s voice can be heard on Dragon Ball Super, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Hunter X Hunter, Naruto and Bleach, among others.
Memorable career roles include Stu the Turtle and a Male Ox in Ice Age 2: The Meltdown directed by Carlos Saldanha for 20th Century Fox. Some Anime fans may remember Tom’s memorable death scene as Rocco Bonnaro in Cowboy Bebop with Steve Blum, directed by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. A memorable Video Game credit includes begging for his life (yet again!) on Watchmen: The End Is Nigh directed by Collette Sunderman, and he’s also died several times, on several episodes, voicing several characters on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. A career highlight is working in the same studio on the old Hanna-Barbera lot where The Flintstones were recorded, playing the Woim in the Boid N Woim for Cartoon Network-What A Cartoon, directed by Kris Zimmerman.
From the early days of anime when it was known as Japanimation, other credits include The Guyver as Sho Fukamachi, and Orguss as Kei Katsuragi directed by Kevin Seymour. Originally from Huntington, New York, Tom always wanted to be an actor, but his greatest credits are his wife Dorothy, and their daughter. They live in Los Angeles where he is represented by the legendary Vanessa Gilbert at RSA.
Dorothy is known for video game roles including Mercedes in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Tsumugi in Danganronpa V3, Chihiro & Sayaka in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, and Rinea in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
In Anime she plays Pioran in To Your Eternity, Kie Kamado in Demon Slayer, Sai in The God of High School, Arte’s mom in Arte, Merribit in Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Konan in Naruto, Meryl in Trigun, Melody in Hunter X Hunter, Margaret in The Seven Deadly Sins, An/Natsumi and Cyprine & Ptilol in Sailor Moon, Ms. Bustier in Miraculous Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Kaoru in Rurouni Kenshin, Nerine & Alberta in Violet Evergarden, Kawaru Natari in Kakegurui, Lech’s Mom/Takako’s Mom in Forest of Piano Fuuko/Sky Raker in Accel World, Naru in Love Hina, Kyoko in Sword Art Online, Marina in Kuromukuro, Yoshino in Bleach, Ms. Ochiai in Your Lie In April, Hana Saryu in Ai Tenchi Muyo!, Marryl and Bernadette in Little Witch Academia, Sneetch’s Mom in Doraemon, Nena/Empress in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Lillymon-Rosemon-Tai’s Mom and more in Digimon and Digimon Adventure Tri movies, Maiko in Kill La Kill, Sakura in Rock Lee, Ren Hakuei in Magi The Kingdom of Magic, Taro in Devilman Crybaby, Miyu in Vampire Princess Miyu, Fujiko in Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Yoko in The Twelve Kingdoms, Hagoromo Gitsune in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Mimori in S-CRY-ed, Suzu in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Matsuri in Lucky Star, Tomoe in Rozen Maiden, Ruka in Vampire Knight, Nina Purpleton in Gundam 0083, Kyouko in Asterisk War, Amane in Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Sophie in Code Geass, Francoise in Cyborg 009, Zan in Heroes: Legend of the Battle Disks, and many more.
Other video game credits include Pokemon Masters,Valkyria Chronicles 4, Death End Request 2, Phantasy Online 2, Naruto Shippuden Shining Resonance Refrain, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, 2 & 3, Elsword, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, Fallout 4, League of Legends, Mugen Souls, Fairy Fencer F, Atelier Esha & Logy, Atelier Shallie, Persona 2, Star Ocean Till The End of Time, God Eater 2: Rage Burst, Earth Defense Force 2025, Yuri in Seven Knights and Seven Knights 2 to name few. She is represented by CTC Talent in Los Angeles CA, and thanks her hubby, daughter and family for all their love and support!
