From San Japan 2009. Photo ©2009 SkyPirate.
San Japan, San Antonio’s major Japanese Culture and Anime Convention, has announced the first round of guests for its July 2010 convention. The convention is proud to announce that voice actors Carrie Savage, Chris Ayres and Josh Grelle will be making return appearances to San Antonio. San Japan is also proud to announce the return of new school hip-hop act Maja and local cover band LoliHolix, along with popular artist Amelie Belcher.
Christopher Ayres has been working professionally in theatre, television and film since the age of 6. He currently works as a voice actor for ADV and FUNimation. Chris is also an A.D. R. Director for ADV and Amusement Park Media.
Carrie Savage has voiced many anime characters: from California, she has voiced such characters as ‘Fuko’ in I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs, ‘Rakka’ in Haibane Renmei, ‘Hakufu’ in Ikki Tousen, ‘Nancy Makuhari’ in R.O.D. the TV series and ‘Maromi’ in Paranoia Agent.
A native Texan, Josh Grelle was raised on stage and in the art studios of Central Texas. He performed on stage for over 15 years prior to starting work for A.D.V. Films at the start of 2004. Since then he has worked for ADV and Funimation on numerous projects.
Amelie Belcher travels the country selling her award-winning art, doing one-of-a-kind commissions for con goers, and being paid tribute by her army of fans known as the “Ami Army” in the form of Pocky and manga. Known as “the angriest chick on the net”, she is the creator of the popular web comic “The Real Life Adventures of Amelie” at Cordeval.com.
Maja is an American lyricist who loves Japanese animation, video games, and the Japanese language. In fall 2009, Maja released a brand new album called “Bleach’d Out”, a brand new hip-hop twist in tribute to the anime series Bleach which can be downloaded for free.
LoliHolix bring a line up of songs influenced by video game music, Japanese styles, and all types of assorted musical diversities.
San Japan will be bringing many popular events to the convention including the Ouran Host Club, Hetalia Olympics (formally Otaku-lympics), an enduring otaku competitive event along with Ani-Idol, a karaoke and singing competition. San Japan is currently taking entries for its upcoming AMV Competition along with art submissions for its art contest with prizes given out for winning entries.
San Japan will be happening on the weekend of July 9th – 11th, 2010 at its new convention location to happen at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, adjacent to the Rivercenter Mall in the middle of the famous Riverwalk. Pre-registration is currently happening for $30 for a discount 3-day weekend pass. Hotel rooms will be available at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel for a special convention rate of $117 per night (normal nightly rate is $219). Pre-registration is open until June 10th and the discount hotel rates are available until June 17th.
Show founder and organizer Dave Henkin says, “San Japan is very excited to be returning for its third year. We plan to invade the center of the Riverwalk. We will moving to a brand new location which will be able to hold our growing convention
in one large spot (the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel). We plan to build on the continued success of our previous conventions in
bringing the best fandom experience we can offer for our attendees and patrons.”
More information on registration, additional details about the convention, guest announcements, along with streaming music tracks of the performing music guests, can all be found at the official revamped San Japan website. San Japan is also on Twitter and on Facebook, which will include the latest up-to-date news about the convention.
For photo galleries of the past two years of San Japan fun, please visit SkyPirate.
