Anime Expo Guest of Honor Kari Wahlgren answers our questions

Kari Wahlgren was a guest of honor at Anime Expo this year. Kari stormed on the anime scene with the role as Haruko in “FLCL”. Since then she has acted in numerous anime and video game roles. Kari Wahlgren’s schedule was extremely busy during Anime Expo, but she made time to answer our questions! You’ve been involved in many voice overs for anime and video games. What has been your favorite role? Haruko in FLCL was my very first anime role, so she’s one of my sentimental favorites, but I love Saya in Blood+ and Fuu in Samurai Champloo, too. What was your first ever voice over role? I did a part in a national radio drama when I was eleven! Do you have a background in acting? How did you get into Voice work? I’ve been singing and acting since I was a child. I always knew I wanted

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Anime based on Dante’s Inferno confirmed

Japanese anime studio, Production I.G, confirmed at a panel at Anime Expo on Sunday that they are working with Electronic Arts on an anime version of Dante’s Inferno. Everyone missed the first indication of the project when director Yasuomi Umetsu revealed the project on his blog in May. More information will be given at San Diego Comic Con on July 23. We’ll be there to make sure you get all the information.

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The hardest working girls in show business – Morning Musume

The thing I was most excited for at Anime Expo 2009 was the chance to see Morning Musume perform. I have followed the band since 2001 and have never had the opportunity to see what their performances are like. After Anime Expo 2009, I believe these girls are the hardest working girls in show business. Performers in the US make millions of dollars for their pop sounds and often justify lip syncing due to the choreography. These pop stars should sit down and take notes from Morning Musume. The group of nine girls move non-stop and it never affects their singing. At the end of the show, the girls were soaked in sweat from working hard and still smiling and performing. Morning Musume is a Japanese girl group that sings and dances to typical upbeat JPop music. The lead group is called Hello! Project and that has all the girls

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Atlus and Capcom announce Anime Expo plans

Atlus and Capcom have announced their Anime Expo plans for this weekend, July 2- 5. Gamers will be able to get sneak peeks and meet creators of their favorite games. Atlus has announced that they will be holding a panel for the upcoming RPG Demon Souls for the Playstation 3. The panel will be Saturday at 4pm and feature producer Takeshi Kajii. Panel attendees will be eligible to win a collectible framed canvas print of game art autographed by Mr. Kajii himself. An autograph session with Mr. Kajii will be held in Atlus booth #1001 at 11am on Sunday, July 5th. By going to the booth you can check out the following Atlus titles: Trauma Team, Demon’s Souls, SMT: Persona, SMT: Devil Survivor, Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent, and other titles. Capcom will be bringing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom to Anime Expo. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom won nominations for Best Fighting Game

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FUNimation and THQ*ICE announce Anime Expo plans

Anime Expo is taking place later this week from July 2 -5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Both Megan and I will be there for GamingAngels.com reporting on everything that is happening. Anime Expo provides a variety of activities for Anime fans from concerts to meeting their favorite anime artists. Today both THQ*ICE and FUNimation announced their Anime Expo plans. THQ*ICE will be debuting their game Dragonica Online (http://dragonica.thqice.com/) at the convention. THQ*ICE will be at booth #428 in the H Hall. Visit the booth to get an Activation Key that gets you exclusive access to the game’s closed beta test this fall. “We are excited to officially unveil Dragonica Online to our fans at this year’s Anime Expo and let them experience new content for the very first time,” said Aaron Dean, Marketing Manager for Dragonica Online. “As part of our commitment to our fans, everyone who stops

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Moi Dix Mois to rock Anime Expo

Anime Expo was turning out to be amazing with the guests they have announced so far. Today they announced a band that takes them over the top. Anime Expo is now THE convention to attend if you are a fan of Japanese music, anime and culture. Visual Kei band, Moi dix Mois is going to rock Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 2-5. Moi dix Mois is headed by Mana, who is the leader of Malice Mizer which is one hiatus. Mana is known for amazing arrangements and goes from “elegant to delirious, or creative to the destructive”. Basically, an amazing band that knows how to rock. Go to www.anime-expo.org for all the information on how to get tickets. The schedule is up as well. Moi dix Mois joins Morning Musume to provide 2 amazing concerts!

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Anime Expo announces con schedule

Anime Expo is coming soon on July 2-5, 2009 at the LA Convention Center. Today, they released the programming schedule for all four days. The Morning Musume concert is on day 2! The convention will have panels like: “Midnight Tea, Otaku Parliamentary Debate, ParaPara Dancing 101, Magic Macabre, Last Comic Standing, Masquerade Ball, Giant Robot Rumble, Gundam Model Building, Intermixi Japan Tours, Japanime Belly Dance, JrockRevolution.com Panel, Chibi Masquerade, Gaia Online Panel, Crunchyroll Panel, FUNimation Sneak Peek Panel, Gainax Panel, eigoMANGA panel, Copic Markers Panel, AMV 101, Anime Singled Out, Anime Trivia Show, Art Show, BlazBlue & Guilty Gear Panel, Voice Acting Workshops, Bandai Entertainment Panel, Artist Alley Panel, Battle of the Bands, Yaoi Panel, Pop Shop Masquerade, Right Stuf & Nozomi Panel, Robotech Panel, Rockin’ Android Panel, Bishojo Games Panel, SPJA Charity Auction, Masquerade, AX Idol, Whose Line is it Anime? and much more!” I’ll be there every day

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Morning Musume’s “3, 2, 1 – Breakin’ Out!” is the official Anime Expo Theme Song

Anime Expo 2009 now has a theme song and it’s terribly cute and fun to dance to! Guest of Honor Morning Musume will have the song appear on all the Anime Expo 2009 media campaigns. “Hello, How do you do? I am TSUNKU♂！”, states the legendary producer, writer and musician, “I am a producer of MORNING MUSUME。I am happy to hear that there are many anime fans in America. I think Anime culture is universal and I’m glad to hear American people are so into it. I believe good anime remains a masterpiece forever. At the same time, there is a very important element: music. I think music is a universal language, and music should be enjoyable from generation to generation. I am proud that MORNING MUSUME。has made the theme song for Anime Expo® 2009. The concept of this song is positive power even during hard times. I wrote this

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Anime Expo Announcements including the Dark Knight

Anime Expo has been busy making announcements about guests of honor and exciting things that are happening at AX this year. Character designer Akemi Takada will be the official Guest of Honor at Anime Expo. AX is held at the Los Angeles Convention Center this year from July 3-6th. This year will be my 5th AX. Ms. Takada has a theme of “beauty and cuteness”. Using this theme she worked on titles like, URUSEI YATSURA, CREAMY MAMI, KIMAGURE ORAGNE ROAD and MOBILE POLICE PATLABOR. For those that enjoy Batman, Anime Expo will have a screening and a panel for Batman: Gotham Knight two days before it’s released on DVD. Which is very exciting! I have been waiting to buy Batman: Gotham Knight for months. Batman: Gotham Knight will feature new stories to the Batman legend and has a mix of writers and anime studios. It should be amazing, and that’s

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Online ticketing available for Anime Expo

The events are Anime Expo have never disappointed. They get amazing musical acts and great manga/anime artists. It’s always been worth the price of admission. This year Anime Expo has moved to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The good part is they get to use the Nokia Theatre for their main events. The bad news is the main events will require tickets to enter because of limited seating. Here are the three ways you can get a ticket for a main event: · Reserve a hotel room within the Anime Expo® hotel room block through our online hotel reservation service (www.anime-expo.org) by Sunday, June 15, 2008, 11:59 PM, PDT and obtain one (1) guaranteed event ticket of choice per registered guest (up to a maximum of four (4) tickets per room), based on availability · Purchase a Reserved Seating ticket ($20.00 U.S.) for the desired event(s) (events only include Masquerade

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