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Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is an Emmy nominated voice over director and American Anime Award winning actor of original animation and foreign dubbing. She is also the singer for the Silent Hill game series and movies. 

Mary Elizabeth started as a voice director of Anime dubs with Cowboy Bebop, Digimon Tamers, Wolf’s Rain, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Stitch! and Glitter Force. She then moved on to dialogue directing for original animation and was nominated for an Emmy for directing the voices on Rapunzel’s Tangled Aventure. She is currently voice directing the recently announced Dreamworks project Dragons: Nine Realms. She was also the voice director for GLAAD award winning She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Saturn Award winning Star Wars Resistance for Disney/Lucasfilm, Lego Star Wars Holiday Special and Terrifying Tales, Doug Unplugs and Dragons: Rescue Riders for Dreamworks as well as Unikitty, Bunnicula, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz and co-director for Green Eggs and Ham for Warner Bros. She also directed the VO on Billy Dilley’s Super Subterranean Summer and Penn Zero: Part Time Hero for Disney. She has directed the 6 Naruto Movies and received the SPJA award for best director for her work on the series Naruto and Naruto Shippuden.  She has also voice directed many video game titles which include Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo 3, Afro Samurai and Silent Hill.

As an actress, Mary Elizabeth portrayed Major Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost In The Shell Innocence, Solid State Society and Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex for which she won the American Anime Award for Best Actress. She is currently playing Coach Brunt in Carmen Sandiego, Freya Fenris and 4D-MIN for Star Wars Resistance, Cetrion in Mortal Kombat 11, Dynamite Watkins in OKKO and Connie’s Mom in Steven Universe. She is also known for playing Governor Pryce in Star Wars Rebels, Valkyrie in Lego Marvel’s Avengers, Talis in StarCraft II, Johanna the Female Crusader in Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm, Naoto in Persona 4, Queen Metalia in Salor Moon Crystal, Kurenai, Mei, and Lady Kurutsu in Naruto, Nina Williams in Tekken, Alex Wesker in Resident Evil and Brooha in Glitter Force.

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Double Experience are an Ottawa based duo consisting of Ian Nichols and Brock Tinsley. From the moment that their critically acclaimed and CMA-nominated album Alignments was released in March of 2020, the band stopped rolling 20-sided dice and started rolling with punches. But by the end of that year, Double Experience established themselves as a live-streaming tour-de-force on Twitch, and were subsequently chosen by Twitch Music staff to launch their artist incubator program, “The Collective”. During that entire process, Double Experience wrote an entire-album’s worth of music with their audience – one song every month, in fact.

Taking influence from WEEZER, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, and MUSE, Double Experience bounce between sounds in a quest to compose music as diverse as an arcade gallery. During their extensive touring – hundreds of shows across 18 countries – the band have performed with everybody from BADFLOWER to MC LARS. They have co-wrote songs with Jayson DeZuzio (IMAGINE DRAGONS) and in 2016, their Destiny-themed anthem “The Glimmer Shot” caught the attention of the game’s developers at Bungie.

Their forthcoming album that was written on Twitch is entitled “Undefeated”, and several tracks can already be streamed everywhere you enjoy music. It will be Double Experience’s first release since their 2020 concept album featuring songs about Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel, Pokemon, and many more.

Spirit Bomb is an explosive anime tribute band making waves across the nation! Fronted by vocalist Elaina Sekino and guitar Youtuber “Tuning the World,” our mission is simple: to deliver an unforgettable live concert experience to anime enthusiasts far and wide. Brace yourself for dynamic performances that capture the essence of your beloved anime songs. Feel the energy surge as you dance and sing along to your favorite hits, complemented by captivating visuals and easy-to-follow romaji lyrics. Join Spirit Bomb on this epic journey as we celebrate the magic of anime through the power of music! Visit us at www.spiritbombmusic.com on IG @spiritbombband

We’ve had Craft Fair’s for Artists, Flea Markets for Thrifting, and CCG’s for Cards, but now its time to add a new subject into the mix. The Cosplay Meet and Greet! The Cosplay M&G is for any cosplayer new to the scene or a veteran to see fans, make new friends & fans, and sell prints/merch for free.

Aaron Dismuke is an American voice actor, adaptive writer and director who works primarily with Funimation Entertainment. He got his start voice acting at age 9, as Hiro Sohma in Fruits Basket, moving on to voice Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist by age 12. Since then, he’s voiced various roles including Leonardo Watch in Blood Blockade Battlefront, Van Fanel in Escaflowne (2016 version), Oscar in RWBY, Reinhard in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Yo Takami in Deadman Wonderland, Twelve in Terror in Residence, Arslan in The Heroic Legend of Arslan, and Lucifer in Devil is a Part Timer. He worked as assistant director for Ninja Slayer and Fairy Tail, and director for Shomin Sample and Nanbaka. He’s part of the ADR writing teams that adapted scripts for Fairy Tail, Nanbaka, Tokyo Ghoul, and Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory.

Kristen McGuire is a professional voice actor, ADR director, and script adapter for Funimation. When it comes to voice work, Kristen has worked on over 150 different titles, but she is most well known for her roles as Tatami Nakagame in My Hero Academia, Milim Nava in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Loop Nishigori in Yuri!! On ICE, Senko in The Helpful Fox Senko-san, Young Nora in RWBY, Hinano Kurahashi in Assassination Classroom, An Onoya in ReLIFE, Tama in Magical Girl Raising Project, and Rin Toyama in New Game. She has also provided voices for several video games, including Chibi Arachne in Smite, Several voices in 88 Heroes, Female Marine in Xeno Crisis, and Miima in Dizzy Hearts.

As a scriptwriter, she has adapted several titles for English including but not limited to Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Love Live! Sunshine!, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, High School DxD Hero, The Helpful Fox Senko-san, and Magical Girl Raising Project. As an ADR director, she has directed shows such as Citrus and Gamers!, and served as an assistant director on both elDLIVE and Tsukigakirei.

Currently she works as a full-time script adapter for Funimation and likes to create her own comics in her spare time.

Based out of the Chicagoland area, Knight of the Round are unlike most Video Game Music bands you may have heard.  Having released 6 albums since 2012, KOTR has been turning heads all over the United States at events such as PAX, MAGFest, and Too Many Games, as well as touring with Swedish SID-metal legends Machinae Supremacy.  Their arrangements pay homage to the memorable Final Fantasy soundtracks while bringing an assault of two crushing guitars, grinding bass, and hard-hitting technical drumming.  Spanning over a wide variety of the metal genres from classic thrash, to modern progressive metal, the instrumental four piece delivers many iconic themes from Final Fantasy like you’ve never heard before.

Ben is one of the most in-demand young voice actors today, appearing in high profile games, animation, and anime. He has voiced Hahn in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sai in Naruto Shippuden, Knuckle Bine in Hunter X Hunter, and Eddie Brock/Venom in The Spectacular Spider-Man. He also voiced the Disney character Stitch in the English version of the anime series Stitch! as well the Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai. Fans can now hear him voice Boris in Rocky & Bullwinkle and his Emmy Award winning role as Gonzo in Muppet Babies.

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