SACANIME SUMMER 2025 is being held Friday, Saturday and Sunday August 29th – 31st, 2025 at Sacramento’s SAFE Credit Union Convention Center and the Memorial Auditorium. For more information check out www.sacanime.com

Full Weekend Pre-Registration Price Increases on July 1st! Full Weekend Pre-Registration – $60Friday Only Pre-Registration – $30Saturday Only Full Day Pre-Registration – $40Sat. Only Evening Pre-Registration (4pm – 11pm) – $20Sunday Only Pre-Registration – $25 Children 11 and under are Free. Pre-Register

GREY DELISLE GRIFFIN Grey is a Grammy – winning singer/ songwriter who is known as the most prolific voice actress in American animation history, having performed over 1500 cartoon voices since 1996. Grey is also a comedian who launched her first stand-up comedy special, “My First Comedy Special” which has received rave reviews.Grey’s most iconic roles include “Vicky” from “The Fairly Odd Parents,” ‘Samantha “Sam” Manson’ from “Danny Phantom,” ‘Mandy’ from “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy,” ‘Frankie Foster,” ‘Dutchess’ and ‘Goo’ from “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” ‘Yumi Yoshimura’ from “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi,” ‘Azula’ from “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” ‘Kimiko Tohomiko’ from “Xiaolin Showsown,” as well as ‘Lola,’ ‘Lana’ and ‘Lily Loud’ from the “Loud House” and ‘Prince Puppycorn’ from “Unikitty!.” She’s also been the voice of ‘Daphne Blake’ in “Scooby-Doo” cartoons since 2000.Her film roles include ‘Grandma Sanchez’ in “The Book of Life,” ‘Arcee’ in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Bumblebee” and ‘Setsu Oiwa’ in Studio Ghibli’s final film, “When Marnie Was There.”   GUESTS KATELYN BARR Katelyn Barr has been working in anime and video games since 2013. Her professional career began with Liliana in Log Horizon and has spanned a wide variety of popular series ever since. Currently, Katelyn is best known as the voice of Mina Ashiro in Kaiju No. 8, Himeno in Chainsaw Man, Ryuko “Ryukyu” Tatsuma in My Hero Academia, Yami/Golden Darkness and Tearju Lunatique in To Love Ru, Baby 5 in One Piece, and Nikki Hanada in Dr. Stone. Some personal favorite roles of hers are Anna Yamada (The Dangers in My Heart), Rim (The Dungeon of Black Company), Shoukaku (Azur Lane), Ren Soma (Fruits Basket), Natsumi (Date-A-Live), and Chiaki Ogaki (Laid-Back Camp). In video games, she can be heard as Niyon from the Granblue Fantasy x Shadowverse universe, Sylma in War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Melinda and various others in Borderlands 3, and several unlockable skins in SMITE. Katelyn currently resides in Dallas, TX where she records projects from her home studio, plays drums, and collects Halloween décor. STEVE BLUM With literally hundreds of V/O credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of “Spike Spiegel” from Cowboy Bebop, “Wolverine” from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more), “Orochimaru,” “Zabuza,” and others from Naruto, “Green Goblin” from the Spectacular Spiderman series, “Heatblast,” “Vilgax” and “Ghostfreak” from Ben 10, “Grayson Hunt” (Bulletstorm) “Grunt” (Mass Effect 2 and 3), “Zoltan Kulle” from Diablo 3, “Abathur” from Starcraft 2:Heart of the Swarm, “Tank Dempsey” (Call of Duty), “Killer Croc” from Arkham Asylum, “Oghren” (DragonAge),“Vincent Valentine” (Final Fantasy VII), “Leeron” (Guren Lagann), “Jamie” from Megas XLR, “Storm Troopers” and many others in most of the Star Wars games, The voice of 7-11, dozens of Digimon and a gigantic list of other characters from Anime, Video Games, TV and Film. In 2012, Steve was inducted into the Guinness Book of World records as Most Prolific Voice Actor in Video Games – appearing in almost 300 games (now approaching 400!)You can also find him as “Zeb Orrelios” and other characters in the incredible series Star Wars: Rebels on Disney XD, as “Shoe” and “Sparky” in Laika’s The Boxtrolls, and as astronaut Quentin Thomas on Hip Hop superstar LOGIC’s amazing album “The Incredible True Story”.He’s also appeared on the Emmy award-winning Transformers: Prime, playing “Starscream”, “Sub-Zero,” “Reptile and “Bo’Rai Cho” in Mortal Combat X, Severalcharacters on Wabbit, Ultimate Spider Man, Ben 10: Omniverse, The Regular Show, Doc McStuffins, Uncle Grandpa, Wander over Yonder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and as the terrifying anti-bender “Amon” on the hit series Avatar: The Legend of Korra! And every Saturday night, Steve takes the helm as “TOM” the robotic host of Cartoon Network’s Toonami on Adult Swim. AARON DISMUKE Having accrued 20+ years of experience in the dubbing industry, American voice actor Aaron Dismuke has finally decided to give up on his dream of becoming a pilot in favor of acting full-time.He was 9 when he booked his first-ever role in Fruits Basket, 11 when he was cast as Alphonse Elric in the legendary Fullmetal Alchemist series, and a nervous 26 when—fifteen years later—he booked the life changing roles of Tamaki Amajiki in My Hero Academia and Senku Ishigami in Dr. Stone.Dismuke has since become known for voicing Oscar Pine in RWBY, Glorio in Dragon Ball Daima!, Chigiri in BlueLock, Shirogane in Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Lucifer in Devil is a Part-Timer, and Gen Narumi in Kaiju No. 8. He’s worked as an Assistant ADR Director on the likes of Fairy Tail, Solo Leveling, Attack on Titan, and Hell’s Paradise, and he’s adapted scripts for the dubs of Attack on Titan, Fire Force, and Tokyo Ghoul.In his spare time, he enjoys board games, gardening, and working on his comic book, which should be done in roughly twenty years. BARBARA DUNKELMAN Barbara Dunkelman is a voice actress and online content creator known for her role as Yang Xiao Long in RWBY, Jensen in Red vs. Blue, Cosmos in Fairy Tail, and more. In addition to her voice work, Barbara also hosts a mental health and relationships podcast, Always Open, and appears in various comedy, gaming, and reality series produced by Rooster Teeth in Austin, Texas. KARA EBERLE Kara Eberle is best known for her role as Weiss Schnee in the animated web series RWBY. She initially worked at Rooster Teeth, where she held various positions including receptionist, office manager, and podcast set designer before transitioning into voice acting when she was cast as Weiss Schnee, a character inspired by the story of Snow White. She has reprised this role in multiple RWBY-related projects, including RWBY Chibi, RWBY: Ice Queendom, and various video games. KELLEN GOFF Kellen Goff is a Los Angeles-based, American voice actor known for a variety of roles spanning video games, animation and commercials. His most notable roles include Funtime Freddy, Glamrock Freddy, Sun, and Moon in Five Nights at Freddy’s (as well as Foxy in the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie), Kai Chisaki / Overhaul in My Hero Academia, Fiddlesticks in League of Legends, Diavolo in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Sasaki in Sasaki and Miyano, and Porco Galliard in Attack on Titan. Goff has provided the voices for hundreds of characters in video games, animation, and anime ever since he expressed a devout interest in voice acting at age 13. 16 years later, his credits include VALORANT (Wingman), Cookie Run Kingdom (Wind Archer Cookie, Choco Werehound Brute), Chikn Nuggit (Bezel), Black Clover (Zagred the Kotodama Devil), The Last of Us: Part II (Bloater), Demon Slayer (Father Spider Demon), Pokémon (Ball Guy, Arctozolt), Fire Force (Rekka Hoshimiya), Saiki K (Reita Toritsuka), Genshin Impact (Abyss Herald), SMITE (Jormungandr), Spooky Month (Roy, Fat Thief), Akudama Drive (Hoodlum), and The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (Senpai). When he’s not voice acting, Goff works on and contributes to passion projects with The Ink Tank on YouTube. At this time, his main focus is casting and editing audio for “5 Years Later”, a currently-airing motion comic series created by Rob Orpilla. In addition, Goff has contributed VO to numerous popular titles such as Jujutsu Kaisen, LEGO Fortnite, Diablo IV, Street Fighter 6, Dead Space, God of War: Ragnarök, Minions 2, One Piece, Shin Megami Tensei V, The Elder Scrolls Online, Monster Hunter: Rise, BEASTARS, Demon’s Souls, Re: Zero, One Punch Man, Konosuba!, Fire Emblem Heroes, Shin Ultraman, Reborn!, Paladins, Sword Art Online, World of Warcraft, and many more! XANTHE HUYNH Xanthe Huynh is a Los Angeles based voice actor known for their roles in video games such as Persona 5 (Haru Okumura), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Marianne Von Edmund), Honkai Star Rail (Pela), Juno (Overwatch), Dagger (Marvel Rivals), The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Series (Altina), Octopath Traveler II (Agnea), Neo: The World Ends with You (Kanon), Genshin Impact (Changsheng), Epic 7 (Sharun), Lost Ark (Nineve), SMITE (Charybdis), Street Fighter 6 (Female Avatar #1), Scarlet Nexus (Tsugumi), Goddess of Victory Nikke (Neon), Arknights (Coura), Atelier Meruru (Meruru), Triangle Strategy (Narve), Lost Judgment (Amasawa), Pokemon Masters (Erika), Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (Chichae), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Kina), and River City Girls (Sabuko).And also in anime roles such as HunterxHunter (Alluka), Lycoris Recoil (Takina), Kimi ni Todoke/From Me to You (Sawako Kuronuma), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (Menma), Sailor Moon SuperS (Palla-Palla), Naruto Shippuden (Chino), Yuki Yuna is a Hero (Yuna Yuki), Love Live School Idol Project (Hanayo Koizumi), K-On! (Ui), Edens Zero (Hermit Mio), Pokemon Horizons (Ann), FLCL Progressive (Hidomi), Kuroko’s Basketball (Momoi), Prince of Tennis (Sakuno), Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie 3: Rebellion (Nagisa/Bebe), Sword Art Online (Sachi), Miraculous Ladybug: Shanghai (Fei Wu), Delicious in Dungeon (Inutade), In the Land of Leadale (Cayna), and Cells at Work (Platelet).Follow Xanthe on Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky, and Facebook at @itsxanthor for updates!Full Credits can be found at XanthesVoice.com MIA SINCLAIR JENNESS Mia Sinclair Jenness is an award winning actress whose voiceover career includes animation, video games, commercials, audiobooks, original music, and more. Mia‘s performance as “Powder” in the Emmy Winning series Arcane: League Of Legends solidified her place as one of the most prolific young voices in animation.She can be heard in Teamfight Tactics and other games for Riot. Mia also stars as the title character in Disney Channel’s Emmy-nominated animated series “Fancy Nancy”.As Nancy, Mia can been heard globally in the show, original songs, toys, games, and even has her own Disney theme park character. In addition to her voiceover work, Mia has appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award recognized productions of “Les Miserables”, “Matilda”, “Grey House” and “Appropriate”, as well as on screen in many TV shows and movies, such as “Orange is the New Black” as cult-favorite Young Frieda and “Raven’s Home” for Disney Channel. ASHLEY JOHNSON SAT & SUN ONLY! Ashley Johnson is a Los Angeles-based actor known for her roles in television, film, animation, and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Ashley plays a pivotal role within the company as the president of the Critical Role Foundation, primary cast member for the flagship show and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.Ashley started her career at a very young age and has continued to evolve and grow within the film, television and voice acting industries. In addition to Critical Role, Ashley is known for her roles as Ellie in The Last of Us franchise, Gordys in Tales From the Borderlands, Terra in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Omniverse, Tulip in Infinity Train, Petra in Minecraft: Storymode and Gretchen Grundler in Recess.Film and Television credits include NBC’s Blindspot, AMC’s The Killing, Comedy Central’s Drunk History, Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation, What Women Want, The Avengers, Growing Pains, plus countless other projects.Ashley is the recipient of two Best Performer BAFTA Awards for her role as Ellie in The Last of Us franchise. Among her other accomplishments includes winning four BTVA People’s Choice Voice Acting Awards, two BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Awards, a BTVA Television Voice Acting Award, a Spike Video Game Award, a Young Artist Award, and North East Film Festival’s Best Supporting Actress Award.Ashley can be found on Twitter at @TheVulcanSalute. More on Critical Role:Critical Role is one of the fastest growing independent media companies in the world, starting as a roleplaying game between friends and evolving into a new kind of organization dedicated to storytelling, community and imagination. As Critical Role continues to expand the unique universe it has created, with complex stories set in an ever-evolving world, it also continues to create more ways for fans to experience the brand, including both fiction and nonfiction books on the New York Times Best Sellers list, comic books, graphic novels, collectibles, tabletop and roleplaying games, podcasts, live events, and a highly-anticipated animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina, airing exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Additionally, Critical Role has launched two major initiatives: an official 501(c)(3) non-profit, the Critical Role Foundation (CRF), and a tabletop game publishing company, Darrington Press. With an original cast of award-winning veteran voice actors who are also co-founders of the company, including Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien, Critical Role is committed to ensuring anyone can discover its stories, characters and community. For more information on Critical Role go to www.critrole.com. LINDSAY JONES Lindsay Jones (they/them) is an American actress, director, gamer and host. They’re known for their work with Rooster Teeth and have provided the voices of Ruby Rose in RWBY, Vanessa Kimball in Red vs. Blue, Space Kid in Camp Camp, Imina in Overlord, Corizona Tea in Freedom Planet 2, and much more. They recently broke into the VTubing sphere with RWBY VT, reprising their role as Ruby Rose, exploring the genre and character in a brand new way. They’re elated to be a part of so many fantastic series and could not be more thankful for the viewers and communities who support them! WENDEE LEE Wendee Lee is a premier voice artist and voice director with over 650 credits spanning over 4 decades. She is best known as the voice of femme fatale FAYE VALENTINE in COWBOY BEBOP, QUEEN SERENITY in SAILOR MOON, HARUHI SUZUMIYA, LYN & VERONICA in FIRE EMBLEM, LEONA in LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, YORUICHI in BLEACH, BLANC in NEPTUNIA, ALEXSTRAZA the Dragon Queen in WoW, DETECTIVE CONAN, KEI in AKIRA, SCORPINA & ALPHA 6 in MM POWER RANGERS, BULMA in DRAGON BALL, TK in DIGIMON, and her first VO role as Bridge Bunny VANESSA LEEDS in ROBOTECH. RYAN COLT LEVY Ryan Colt Levy is an actor/musician & artist from New York, now living in Los Angeles. After spending over a decade as a singer/guitarist in the indie band BRAEVES, Ryan moved to LA in 2015 and began working in theater & film shortly after before shifting primarily to VO work in 2019.He is most known for his work in Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun, Moriarty The Patriot, Fate Grand Order, Fire Emblem, Shin Megami Tensei V, The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent, Record of Ragnarok, NEO: Twewy, Barbie, Arcadegeddon,Gunvolt 3 and more!Ryan is fueled by caffeine & positivity & deeply believes we are truly better when we raise each other up in this life. LUCY LOWE Lucy Lowe is a talented child actress known mostly for her work in animation and voice-over. She has contributed her voice to numerous projects including: American Dad!, What If…?, Young Jedi Adventures, Not Quite Narwhal, Wish, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and most recently as Isha in the Netflix series Arcane. She lives with her family in Los Angeles and can be found on Instagram @teamloweacts JASON MARNOCHA Billing himself as both a voice actor and a tired vampire, Jason Marnocha has been a cartoon fanatic for most of his life and an actor for the rest. His first big breakout role was as Megatron in the Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy, a role he would have the privilege to play again in the Netflix War For Cybertron series. Bots aside, after finally moving to Los Angeles, he’s enjoyed working more in anime, more original series, and video games as well. Some of his more notable roles include the Katana Man in the English dub of Chainsaw Man, Keicho Nijimura in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Viktor in the animated series Lackadaisy, Knuckleduster in My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Jor-El in My Adventures With Superman, Ken the Butcher in The Gaslight District and Omen in Valorant. Outside of his work, he enjoys reading, composing music on the organ, and collecting various odd and often macabre artworks and pieces. His house is basically just a little antique store for film props, swords, and spooky things; he and his wife also just happen to sleep at. He also enjoys scotch. Neat, thank you. LANDON MCDONALD Landon McDonald is a professional voice actor best known for playing the villainous dream demon Enmu in the record-breaking blockbuster DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA: MUGEN TRAIN, the maniacal mangaka Rohan Kishibe in the acclaimed JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE spin-off series THUS SPOKE KISHIBE ROHAN, the snack-happy super sleuth Ranpo Edogawa in BUNGO STRAY DOGS and the brooding, blood-bending sorcerer Noritoshi Kamo in JUJUTSU KAISEN. KAYLI MILLS Kayli has loved performing both as an actor and singer from a young age, but having moved over a dozen times as a child, was never able to participate in local theater like they wanted to. Still, she was determined to make her dreams come true! She fell in love with anime, and in middle school, found comfort and friendship in creating song covers, writing and voice acting online.Before choosing to pursue voice over full time, Kayli also studied in Otsu, Japan for 3 months, working on a cruise ship, and Sydney, Australia for half a year singing and playing guitar on the streets between classes.Today, you can hear her as a colorful and chaotic cast of characters including Rapi and Alice (NIKKE), Keqing (Genshin Impact) Alice (Sword Art Online), Emilia (Re:Zero), Clara (Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun) and many more!In addition to being an actor, Kayli is also a professional writer, lyricist, and singer with a certification in audio engineering (they’re not a professional, but know a few tricks!). They also have a YouTube channel with a following for their English cover songs. She adapted, recorded guides for, and helped direct the opening of both Cells at Work English dub openings, and adapted and sang all of Clara’s family songs in Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun (yes, they play every member of the family!). She is also both the singing and speaking voice of Quna in Phantasy Star Online 2!Outside of work, they enjoy being active and love going on adventures! You’ll find them in the gym lifting most days, and outside enjoying a nice hike or climbing something they probably shouldn’t be! She’s also a huge foodie and could talk to you for hours about how to perfectly construct a gourmet donut!Fun fact: she has sung and appeared in a music video for a single released by j-pop singer Yun*Chi, which was released when they were living in Japan. She is also a part of the virtual idol group Interlunium, an 11 member group that releases original music and story. She even designed her own character, Akira!Follow her gremlin adventures online via Instagram or Twitter @kaylimills or TikTok @thedonutgremlin REAGAN MURDOCK Reagan Murdock is a voice actor from Dallas, Texas. He is primarily known for his roles as the English voices of Aki Hayakawa from Chainsaw Man, Shion from Hell’s Paradise, Itsuomi from A Sign of Affection, Zunesha from One Piece, Jun Wu from Heaven Official’s Blessing, The Sundown Kid in Live A Live, Moz from Dr. Stone, and Alvin from Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer! When not behind the microphone, Reagan is a trained opera singer, avid reader, and all-around lover of art, philosophy, language, and being mildly annoying to the people he likes REED SHANNON Reed Shannon, based in Los Angeles, is a powerhouse of talent who has effortlessly transitioned from Broadway stages to the big screen. He got his start on Broadway as the young Michael Jackson in Motown the Musical, captivating audiences with his dynamic performance and setting the stage for an illustrious career.Reed’s journey didn’t stop there. He has since made significant strides in television and film, featuring in several TV shows and movies that continue to win hearts globally. His music projects have also made notable impacts — his EP “Soul Play” and the single “Bad Girl” have earned over 100k streams and earned placements on BET, showcasing his capacity to cross over into different entertainment mediums with ease.The thrilling second season of Netflix’s award-winning show Arcane was released in November 2024, where Reed reprised his role as Ekko, Zaun’s ‘Boy Savior’. Moreover, Reed has just wrapped up his work as the lead actor in the Bay Area film “Splash City” with Rapper/Mogul Berner, known for his Cookies brand. The film is slated for a global release in 2025In every project, Reed Shannon undertakes, his mission remains clear: to create the most moving pieces of art with the creativity and vision he is blessed to possess, on the highest levels he can achieve, all for the sake of transformation. He aims to touch lives and transform perspectives, striving for excellence in all his endeavors. Keep an eye on Reed Shannon as he continues to enchant, inspire, and transform through his multifaceted artistic journey. TARA STRONG Tara Strong began acting in Toronto at thirteen. Her first animated role was the voice of “HELLO KITTY.” Soon she had a lead in a sit-com, voiced over twenty animated series, and several theater, TV and film roles. Moving to LA in 1994, booking PARTY OF FIVE, NATIONAL LAMPOON’S SENIOR TRIP, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, and more. She has an iconic voice over career including: Bubbles in “THE POWER PUFF GIRLS,” Timmy in “THE FAIRLY ODD PARENTS,” Dil in “RUGRATS,” Raven in “TEEN TITANS,” “BATGIRL,” “FAMILY GUY,” “DRAWN TOGETHER,” “BEN 10,” Melody in “THE LITTLE MERMAID 2,” “SPIRITED AWAY,” etc. She is Miss Collins on NICKELODEON’S “BIG TIME RUSH” and the new voice of “HARLEY QUINN.” She is Emmy nominated, a SHORTY AWARD winner and of course Twilight Sparkle in “MY LITTLE PONY. ”

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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY – SATURDAY MAY 3rd, 2025 SALE! 50% off Back Issues25% off Trade Paperbacks25% off Wall Books/Landmark Titles/Graded Books15% off New Release Books10% off Original Art (including graded sketch covers)10% off CCG cards and Supplies Valid only on in-stock items. Not valid on previously purchased items or pre-order items.

FREE ART PRINT –  Created by Special Guest Brandon McKinney featuring characters voiced by Special Guest Michael Bell.

SPECIAL GUESTS! MICHAEL BELL – 12pm – 4pm As a professional working actor for over 40 years. Michael Bell has guest starred in dozens of episodic television shows. Partial list includes: StarTrek, Mash, Three’s Company, Deep Space Nine (3 times), The Bold Ones, Charlie’s Angels, Get Smart, Mission Impossible, Ironsides, Ghost Story, Streets of San Francisco, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Animated series and films include The Transformers, G.I. Joe, The Smurfs, Rugrats, The Snorks, Plastic Man, Super Friends, Spiderman, Scooby Doo, The Chipmunks, The Incredible Hulk, Voltron, The Inhumanoids, Spiral Zone, and Tom and Jerry. Video games to his credit include: Warcraft 3, Rachet and Clank, Legacy of Kain, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Alpha Protocol, Condemned, Madagascar, Advent Rising, Doom, Shark Tale, Enter the Matrix, Darkwatch, Eternal Darkness, Medal Gear Solid, Star Wars, and Call of Duty. Radio and television voice over credits which number over 1000, include awards for both documentary narration and commercials. Director of Kidd Video, and Peter Pan, the Emmy award-winning Fox animated series starring Tim Curry and Jason Marsden. Bell has been a voice animation teacher and private coach for over 35 years. Michael will be charging $50 per autograph – personalization included. Selfies are $50 each. Autograph/Selfie Combos are $80 each. Written quotes are +$20 for every 6 words. Voice mails and video recordings are $60.

BRANDON MCKINNEY – 11am – 2pm Animation Director/Storyboard Artist on Harley Quinn. Brandon is a storyboard artist for television animation, a comic book artist and children’s book illustrator. He’s worked for Warner Bros., Hasbro Animation, Marvel Animation, Darby Pop Comics, Warp Graphics, Dark Horse Comics, Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm, among many other companies over his thirty year career. As Storyboard Artist- Batman Beyond, Invincible, Star Trek Lower Decks, Scooby Doo, Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, The Death and Return of Superman, DuckTales, Batman vs TMNT, Rise of the TMNT, The Venture Bros, DC Super Hero Girls, Batman vs Two-Face, Justice League Action, Transformers: Robots in Disguise/Prime/Rescue Bots, Ultimate Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Dynamite, Ben 10, The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes, Secret Saturdays, Batman The Brave and the Bold, GI Joe: Renegades/Resolute, Wolverine and the X-Men, The Batman, Static Shock, Justice League Unlimited, Legion of Superheroes. As Comic Artist: Bruce Lee, Elfquest, Star Wars (Little Big Books), Godzilla, Doberman, New Warriors, Spider-Man, Switchblade Honey, X-Force, Child’s Play 3, City of Heroes, Journeyman, Army of Two, Red Dawn: Crimson Storm. Brandon will be signing autographs, selling artwork and doing commissions.

SAC COMICS & ANIME is brand new retail store specializing in comic books, anime, collectible card games and original comic book art.

LOCATION:

3643 Bradshaw Road, Suite B; Sacramento, CA 95827.

PHONE:

916.553.2195

HOURS:

Tues – Sat: 10am – 7pm; Sun: 10am – 5pm; Mon: Closed

WEBSITE:

www.saccomicsandanime.com

Guest Cancellation: Larry Hama

We regret to inform you that Larry Hama will no longer be able to attend our event due to unexpected flight issues during his travels. Despite all efforts, the situation could not be resolved in time for his arrival.

We know many of you were excited to meet him, and we share your disappointment. we hope to welcome him at a future event.

Thank you for your understanding.

Tim Vigil is a cult-favorite comic book artist and writer, best known for co-creating the ultra-violent horror comic Faust: Love of the Damned. Known for his detailed, gritty artwork and boundary-pushing storytelling, Vigil has carved out a loyal following in the underground and indie comic scenes. His work blends horror, fantasy, and raw emotion, making him a standout voice in adult-themed comics.

SACANIME SPRING 2025 IN ROSEVILLE is being held Friday, Saturday and Sunday April 18th – 20th, 2025 at Roseville’s Roebellen Center (@thegrounds) For more information check out www.sacanimeroseville.com

Full Weekend Pass – $30 Friday or Sunday Only – $15 Saturday Only – $20 Purchase Your Tickets Children 11 and under are FREE and do not need a ticket.

ANTHONY GONZALEZAnthony Gonzalez— Born and raised in Los Angeles, Anthony Gonzalez is an actor and musician who began performing at the age of 4. Most notably he voiced the lead role of ‘Miguel’ in Disney Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated feature COCO (2017), directed by Lee Unkrich, opposite Benjamin Brett and Gael García Bernal.

PROGRAMMING SCHEDULEFRIDAY APRIL 18, 2025 1:00pmPokemon Guest PanelFeaturing: Megan Hollingshead, Rodger Parsons & Tara Sands 2:30pmBig City Guest PanelFeaturing: Merieve Herington, Bob Joles & Artemis Pebdani 4:00pmJanet Varney Guest Panel SATURDAY APRIL 19, 2025 11:00amDemon Slayer Guest PanelFeaturing: Brent Mukai, Mela Lee & Reba Buhr 12:30pmNaruto Guest PanelFeaturing: Steve Staley, Tony Oliver, Dave Wittenberg & Michael Yurchak 2:00pmYu-Gi-Oh Guest PanelFeaturing: Jonathan Todd Ross, Tara Sands & Michael Sinterniklaas 3:30pmTodd Haberkorn Guest Panel 5:00pmCosplay Masquerade 7:00pmAMV Contest SUNDAY APRIL 20, 2025 11:00amKathleen Herles Guest Panel 12:30pmAnthony Gonzalez Guest Panel 2:00pmBig City Greens Guest PanelFeaturing: Merieve Herington, Bob Joles & Artemis Pebdani 3:30pmDemon Slayer Guest PanelFeaturing: Brent Mukai, Mela Lee & Reba Buhr 5:00pmClosing Ceremonies & AMV Results

GUESTS

REBA BUHRReba Buhr is a seasoned voice actress specializing in anime, video games, animation, and audiobooks. Over the last decade she has voiced lead roles in several anime including Llenn in SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Myne in Ascendance of a Bookworm, and Nikaido in Dorohedoro. Other popular anime roles include Aoi Kanzaki in Demon Slayer, Riko Amanai in Jujutsu Kaisen, Ponzu in HunterxHunter, and Aphrodite in Record of Ragnarok.Reba’s video game roles include Princess Ivy in Fire Emblem Engage, Mei Parry in Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem, Princess Svana in Elder Scrolls Online, Misty in Pokemon Masters, Isabelle in Shadowverse, and Arashi Spring in Scarlet Nexus.She is also well known as the voice of both Rose Lavillant and Juleka Couffaine from the hit animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. She played the Diagnostic Computer in the Netflix film Next Gen opposite John Krasinski and Charlyne Yi.Other notable career highlights include hosting the Disney Channel show Disney 365, and on camera appearances on shows like ABC’s The Rookie, Peacock’s Killing It, and Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush.Reba is an outspoken mental health advocate. Her book Get Thee to a Therapist and social media accounts by the same name exist to educate people about how to access mental health services, because mental health is health. You can find out more on Instagram @get.thee.to.a.therapist.www.rebabuhr.com

ANTHONY GONZALEZAnthony Gonzalez— Born and raised in Los Angeles, Anthony Gonzalez is an actor and musician who began performing at the age of 4. Most notably he voiced the lead role of ‘Miguel’ in Disney Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated feature COCO (2017), directed by Lee Unkrich, opposite Benjamin Brett and Gael García Bernal.

TODD HABERKORNAs a multi award winning actor behind the mic, on camera, and on stage- Todd Haberkorn has had the pleasure of working in a variety of mediums in the entertainment industry. The LA based actor has also served as voice director for projects ranging from anime and animation to video games and audio books with Netflix, Amazon, Podium Audio, Audible, Marvel, Saban Entertainment, and more.On the actor side, you’ll recognize him as the fire eating dragon slayer, Natsu Dragneel, from the internationally known series: Fairy Tail in addition to Hikaru #OuranHighSchoolHostClub, Death The Kid #SoulEater, and Haru #Free. If video games are more your speed, Todd’s voice and likeness can be experienced in the Destiny franchise as The Drifter (bank those motes, people). When he isn’t fighting digital monsters in video games or trying to save the day on film, Todd travels the U.S. and internationally making appearances at gnarly pop culture conventions as a guest to meet super cool fans and sign autographs.  Instagram: @official_habergramTikTok: @habertokkerTwitter: @toddhaberkorn

MARIEVE HERINGTONA 2x Emmy-nominated actor, Marieve Herington began her professional career at 9 years of age in Toronto, Canada where she was born and raised. Herington is best known for her roles as Betty on “How I Met Your Mother,” Winnie on “Good Luck Charlie,” and Tilly Green on 200+ episodes of Disney Channel’s “Big City Greens.” Her 1000+ credits in voiceover include “Steven Universe”, “Tiny Toons Looniversity”, “Ice Age”, and “Doc McStuffins”, videogames such as “Asgard’s Wrath”, “Final Fantasy” and “Dangan Ronpa” and hit anime series like “FLCL: Alternative” and “Love Live: School Idol Project.” In addition, she’s currently the female signature voice of the MeTVToons television network.She’s also an award-winning filmmaker who has written, produced, directed and starred in over a dozen films and webisodes which have received recognition at Austin Film Festival and HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival, among others. In 2022, she took on voice directing “Big City Greens” and has directed over 60 episodes to date.

KATHLEEN HERLESKathleen Herles is an Peruvian-American Actress, born in New York, to immigrant parents from Lima, Peru. She began her career as a child actress, starring as the original voice of ‘Dora’, on Dora the Explorer (1997 -2008). She continued her role as ‘Dora’ on, Go, Diego Go! (2005). In lending her voice as the original Dora worldwide for over a decade, she can be seen and heard in academy award nominated films such as , ‘Room,’ starring Brie Larsen., and has made several appearances, as herself, on Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow.Kathleen’s voice has been recognized as one of the most captivating and iconic bilingual voices on television. She has been recognized and nominated for several awards by the NAACP and many more. Kathleen is honored to announce her return in the new reboot, DORA, as Mami, Dora’s mother. She is grateful for the enduring legacy of the show that marked her journey more than two decades ago. Kathleen is thrilled to embark on a full-time career in voiceover, eagerly anticipating the possibilities that lie ahead!

MEGAN HOLLINGSHEADMegan Hollingshead has voiced 100’s of characters in animation and games. Her first role was Nurse Joy in the original English dub of Pokémon, followed quickly by Yu-Gi-Oh!’s original Mai Valentine. She is also well known as Rangiku in Bleach, Shizune (and Ton Ton) in Naruto, Re-L in Ergo Proxy, and Viletta Nu in Code Geass. Other memorable characters include Adiane in Gurren Lagann, Hilda in Eureka 7, Sala in Mars Daybreak, Gloria in Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Dr. Abigail Finn in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, twins (evil and not) Mion and Shion in When They Cry, Nemu in Bleach, Rose Marinade in Fighting Foodons, Kano in His and Hers Circumstances (watch the previews!) (oh wait — no! I mean don’t watch the previews!), Maharu and Ebi in Girls Bravo, Neneko in DearS, Captain Iruma in Ultraman Tiga, and Trixie in Ultimate Muscle. Other Pokémon roles include Cassidy, Whitney, and James’ mother as well as Diane in Pokémon 6: Jirachi Wish Maker and Annie in Pokémon 5: Heroes. In addition to Guild Wars’ smarty pants Glenna, Megan has voiced many games including Ylgr and Yune in the newly released Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Lenneth in Valkyrie Profile, Ada Wong in Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Shion Kasugai in Akiba’s Space Trip: Undead and Undressed, Viola in Eternal Sonata, Edy Nelson in Valkyria Chronicles, Autarch Kayleth in Warhammer 40,000, The Third Kiki DeWynter in Saints Row, Five in Drakengard 3, and Battle Nun in Brutal Legend. She currently has projects in the works for Cup of Tea, Bang Zoom!, and Funimation.

BOB JOLESA native of Glendora, CA, Bob began his VO career in Orlando in 1987. A local VO producer/talent, Bob Barnes, who helped show him the ropes during his early days in the booth. Later he got his first agent, Marge Woods, who helped him even more. The VO career path was opening up for Bob and the next move would be his return home to Los Angeles in February 1993.Since his return to L.A., Bob has done VO work for Disney: Sneezy, Bagheera, Cogsworth, House of Mouse, Have A Laugh Cartoons, Sallah (Indiana Jones Adventure), The Conductor on the Disneyland Railroad and several other attractions at Disneyland, California Adventure, Walt Disney World and Tokyo DisneySea. Nickelodeon: SpongeBob (Man Ray), Planet Sheen (Mr. Nesmith), Danny Phantom (Frostbite), My Life As A Teenage Robot, Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Warner Bros: Duck Dodgers, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond. Cartoon Network: Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (Jack), Clarence, Chowder (Mr. Fugu), Grim & Evil, Johnny Bravo, Samurai Jack, Time Squad, The Powerpuff Girls.Bob is the voice of Bill Green (the dad) on Big City Greens for DISNEY Channel. It is the number one show on DISNEY Channel! They are currently wrapping up production on Season 3 of BCG and have just started voice recording a BCG Movie! And later in the Fall of 2022, recording will begin on Season 4.Bob has also made two appearances in front of the camera. In Nov. 2000, Everybody Loves Raymond (The Sneeze) where he violently sneezes in Ray’s face in an airport restroom. April 2004, MONK (Mr. Monk Meets The Godfather) appearing as a lookout in a barbershop that launders mob money, laying in the barber’s chair with a high powered automatic weapon on his chest under the barber’s cape.Bob is also a professional tuba player, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and music copyist/engraver.

MELA LEEBest known as Lifeline in Apex Legends, Jade in Mortal Kombat 11, Tikki in Miraculous Ladybug, Catwoman in DC Dark Legion, Kikimora in The Owl House, Rin Tohsaka in the Fate Stay Night Franchise , Tiki & Young Tiki in the Fire Emblem Franchise, Canary in HunterxHunter, Melascula in Seven Deadly Sins, and Kanata Ubuyashiki in Demon Slayer – Mela Lee has been credited in over 300 Animated & Live Action Series, Films, and games. ( IMDB.me/MelaLee)Additional titles include: Starfield, Elder Scrolls, Marvel Avengers Assemble, StarWars Squadrons, Pokémon, BlazBlue, Vampire Knight, When They Cry, Rozen Maiden, The Usagi Chronicles, and GranBlue FantasyLook out for several new solo Music projects slated for 2025 & 2026(Mela Lee on Spotify. Apple, and Amazon Music)@TheMelaLee on TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTubeMelaLee.com

BRENT MUKAIBrent Mukai is a voice actor from Pearl City Hawaii who works in video games, animation, anime and commercials. He’s been voice acting full time since 2017 and has 15 years of experience in acting, stand up, and improv comedy. In 2021 he won the Society of Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Anime Character – Best Male Voiceover for Ginji in the Funimation anime Full Dive. He’s also been in countless video games and anime like Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Demon Slayer, One Piece, RAINCODE, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Fire Emblem, Attack on Titan and countless others.

TONY OLIVERTony Oliver is an American voice actor best known for voicing Rick Hunter from Robotech, Lancer from Fate/stay night, Minato Namikaze in Naruto, and Arsène Lupin III from Lupin the Third. He helped produce the live action shows Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and VR Troopers.

RODGER PARSONSRodger began (1998) as the Pokémon narrator with the very first episode of the show. He even did a few characters early on. For most of his 49 year career, he has voiced commercials, industrials, documentaries, instructional, anime, and informational, other entertainment venues. With a home studio beginning is 2002 he self-produced and recorded voice tracks. Before COVID, the New York audition scene was as much social as it was professional. Visiting casting people and agents, clients, recording studios where you sometimes could learn, sometimes could teach; it was a great journey. After Covid, except for motion capture work, it’s all from home now. People ask why I don’t retire. My answer: I’ll stop, when it the fun stops.

ARTEMIS PEBDANIArtemis Pebdani has been at it for a minute. She received her BFA in Theatre from Southern Methodist University, continued her studies at The Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre and later at just about any improv/ sketch comedy house in Los Angeles you can name: The Groudlings, UCB, IO West, The Ruby and a bunch of others that mostly don’t exist anymore. If you recognize her voice, it’s very likely from playing Gramma Alice Green on Disney Channel’s Big City Greens, Gran on Hulu’s The Croods: Family Tree or Ensign Karavitus on Star Trek: Lower Decks. If you recognize her face, it’s most likely from playing Artemis on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Vice President Susan Ross on Scandal, or recurring roles on The Goldbergs, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Masters of Sex and other shows you love or at least have heard of. But she wishes what you know her from is Mother May I Dance With Mary Jane’s Fist?: A Lifetone Original Movie for Adult Swim that she co-wrote, produced and starred in. She recently made her off-Broadway debut in Wish You Were Here at Playwrights Horizons, and she hopes to keep this adventure rolling to a stage or screen near you!

JONATHAN TODD ROSSJonathan Todd Ross has appeared in hundreds of roles in many animated shows, including One Piece (Kohza), Sonic X, GI Joe, and Winx Club. He achieved a childhood dream by entering the TMNT universe in multiple roles, but especially Casey’s Cousin Sid. Finally, he has his 8 year old’s admiration, now that she’s deeply into Pokemon and understands what it means that her dad is a voice actor on a whole bunch of episodes. She doesn’t care (yet) about his most notable role, that of Marik/Yami Marik on Yugioh, but she vaguely thinks it’s cool that he has some toys of his character.Jonathan has appeared in numerous plays and TV shows, including playing “The Fonz” in productions of Happy Days: The Musical directed by creator Garry Marshall and meeting his wife in a kissing scene on Guiding Light. Jonathan has narrated over 400 audiobooks across a wide variety of genres, including fiction, nonfiction, self-help, YA, biography and memoir, children’s literature, business,and romance. He’s won an Audie Award (Restart by Gordon Korman), nominated for others (Trial of the Chicago 7, Clockwork Lives), received numerous YALSA and Earphone Awards (Swindle by Gordon Korman, Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger, and more), two Audiofile Books of the Year (Little Failure by Gary Shtyengart and American Midnight by Adam Hochschild). and made all of his middle school bullies regret every mean thing they ever said to him when he narrated Tom Brady’s The TB12 Method.

TARA SANDSTara Jayne Sands can be heard as over 50 characters in the original English Pokemon tv series including Bulbasaur, Richie, Jasmine, Oddish, and Tori. Some other roles include Biscuit in HunterXHunter, Mokuba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kari in Digimon Adventure Tri, Anna in Shaman King, Curious in My Hero Academia, Momo and Utahime in Jujutsu Kaisen, Kombu Infinity in One Punch Man, Circe in Generator Rex, Young Jin in Anohana, Kippie in Glitter Force, Filia in Slayers, Summer in Barbie: Life in The Dreamhouse, Death 13/Mannish Boy in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Namida in Boruto, Sonia in Fire Emblem and lots more.Tara has recorded over 250 audiobooks and for 2 years (over 100 episodes!) Tara was the on-camera host of Cartoon Network’s weekly Friday night lineup, appropriately titled “Fridays.” On “Fridays” Tara interviewed dozens of celebrities like Johnny Depp, George Lucas, Robin Williams, Charles Barkley and Daniel Radcliffe, and had more on-camera food fights than she cares to remember.www.tarasands.comTwitter & Instagram: TaraSandsLA Facebook: facebook.com/tarasandstarasandsIMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419760/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

MICHAEL SINTERNIKLAASMichael Sinterniklaas is a veteran of the industry and has worked as a director, actor, voice actor, producer, scriptwriter, picture editor, sound designer, editor, recording engineer, and mixer. In 1999, Michael founded NYAV Post, a bicoastal recording studio that has worked on hundreds of films, series, video games, and anime titles. Michael has voiced many anime roles, including Taki (Your Name / Weathering with You), Horo Horo in SHAMAN KING, various roles in STAR WARS VISIONS, Green Ranger in GO GO LOOSER RANGER, Dark Magician and Mahad (YuGiOh), Hoffman in PLUTO, Jyushimatsu in MR. OSOMATSU, Netherlands in HETALIA, and Nathaniel in MIRACULOUS. Other credits include Kenji (Summer Wars), Kia (Lu Over The Wall), Animus (Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry), Dagger (Black Butler: Book of Circus), Angelo (Gundam Unicorn) Xellos (Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R), Gasud in Jormungand Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone (Tiger and Bunny), Sarutobi Sasuke (Sengoku Basara), Sora and Utakata (Naruto), Nnoitra, Luppi, Ikkaku, Wonderweiss (Bleach), Age (Patema Inverted), Takeru (FREEDOM), POP Team Epic, Joshua, Kennedy, Ross, Elijah and Seviper (Pokémon), Lucemon (Digimon). Outside of anime, he is the voice of Dean Venture in The Venture Bros, Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Mikey Simon (Kappa Mikey), OG-LC in STAR WARS Young Jedi Adventures, Ao Lie and Goldfish Demon in LEGO MONKEY KID, Hero in OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Tunnel Rat in G.I. Joe Sigma Six, Winter Soldier and Iron Fist for Marvel, The Pink Panther and even Funshine in The Care Bears. He has also appeared in video games such as RAINBOW SIX SIEGE, Final Fantasy XIII, X-COM, GTA V, the Lego Movie Game, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem Heroes/Warriors, Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Tales of Berseria, and is the lead Yew Geneolgia in Bravely Second, Fire Emblem Warriors, Armored Core VI, Soulcalibur, Last of Us and Persona 3 Reload to name a few. Directing credits include the English adaption of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2023 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning Best Animated Feature THE BOY AND THE HERON with studio Ghibli, BELLE, STAR WARS VISIONS with LucasFilm on Disney+, BERSERK (season 1, the 3 features and the memorial edition), Code Geass Rozé of the Recapture, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK, BATMAN NINJA for Warner Bros, INU-OH, FENA PIRATE PRINCESS on Adult Swim, PROMARE for studio TRIGGER, Studio Ghibli’s EARWIG and the WITCH, FLCL Alternative/Progressive/Shoegaze and Grunge, MFKZ, Cannon Busters, YASUKE, Your Name, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, EDEN, Great Pretender, Magic Users’ Club, Ah! My Goddess, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Slayers Revolution, Slayers Evolution-R, and Giant Robo, and the video game release of Pacific Drive and Just Cause 3.  He’s also directed several non-anime series and features including Mars Express, HANAZUKI, Mao Mao Hero’s of Pureheart, Cool CatsPhantom Boy, Peter Rabbit, Death Stroke, Super Friends, Robotomy, Bird Boy, and the Oscar-nominated movies A Cat in Paris, Ernest and Celestine, My Life As a Zucchini, and Mirai which also received a Golden Globe nomination. When he’s not busy at work, Michael enjoys photography, guitars, synthesizers, being a coffee snob and Doctor Who, with Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor being his favorite regeneration.

STEVE STALEYSteve has been a voice actor since 1994. Most notably as Neji in the long running anime Naruto as well as the character Toshiro Hitsugaya in the equally long running Bleach. And now reprising his role in the brand new Bleach: 1000 year blood war! As a dialogue director Steve has worked on some notable titles such as The Seven Deadly Sins, Misfit of Demon King Academy as well as the insanely popular Demon Slayer S1 and 2 as well the movie and video game. He is also a popular teacher and guest director.

JANET VARNEYJanet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. She can be heard as the voice of Korra on “The Legend of Korra” on Netflix, where she can also be seen as Summer in the comedy series “Country Comfort.” On HULU, she fights dark forces starring opposite John C. McGinley on “Stan Against Evil” and appears as Becca on FXX’s “You’re the Worst.” Over on Apple TV, she recurs on “Platonic” opposite Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne. In the voiceover world, she can be seen as Wonder Woman in “Injustice,” as Mera on “Harley Quinn” and as Vilya in “The Legend of Vox Machina.”Janet also created, wrote, produced and starred in the critically-acclaimed IFC online series “Fortune Rookie” with James Roday, Fred Armisen and more. Onstage in improv-type-settings, Janet performs with Rachel Dratch, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Oscar Nunez and more in their improv supergroup Theme Park, and with Paul F. Tompkins, Eugene Cordero and Tawny Newsome as SponTourCo. Janet co-created/wrote/produced “Neil’s Puppet Dreams” starring Neil Patrick Harris. You can also find Janet on YouTube for Geek & Sundry’s “Escape!” which she co-wrote, produced and hosted. She also hosts/co-hosts three great podcasts: The JV Club with Janet Varney; Avatar: Braving The Elements; and Truth and Justice with Bob Ruff. She’s even the elusive 4th Host of Hey, Riddle Riddle!She’s also Co-Founder/Creative Director of one of the largest and most acclaimed comedy festivals in North America, SF Sketchfest: the San Francisco Comedy Festival, now in its 21st year.

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Dan Brereton is an acclaimed American artist and writer best known for his distinctive painted artwork and dynamic storytelling in the world of comic books. He gained prominence with his creator-owned series The Nocturnals, a cult favorite that blends pulp, horror, and noir aesthetics. Over the years, Dan has lent his signature style to major titles from publishers like DC, Marvel, and Image Comics, including Batman: Thrillkiller, Superman, Legends of the Dark Knight, and Justice League. His richly atmospheric art and love for monsters, mythology, and classic horror continue to captivate fans across generations.

SACANIME SPRING 2025 IN ROSEVILLE is being held Friday, Saturday and Sunday April 18th – 20th, 2025 at Roseville’s Roebellen Center (@thegrounds) For more information check out www.sacanimeroseville.com

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ANTHONY GONZALEZAnthony Gonzalez— Born and raised in Los Angeles, Anthony Gonzalez is an actor and musician who began performing at the age of 4. Most notably he voiced the lead role of ‘Miguel’ in Disney Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated feature COCO (2017), directed by Lee Unkrich, opposite Benjamin Brett and Gael García Bernal.

PROGRAMMING SCHEDULEFRIDAY APRIL 18, 2025 1:00pmPokemon Guest PanelFeaturing: Megan Hollingshead, Rodger Parsons & Tara Sands 2:30pmBig City Guest PanelFeaturing: Merieve Herington, Bob Joles & Artemis Pebdani 4:00pmJanet Varney Guest Panel SATURDAY APRIL 19, 2025 11:00amDemon Slayer Guest PanelFeaturing: Brent Mukai, Mela Lee & Reba Buhr 12:30pmNaruto Guest PanelFeaturing: Steve Staley, Tony Oliver, Dave Wittenberg & Michael Yurchak 2:00pmYu-Gi-Oh Guest PanelFeaturing: Jonathan Todd Ross, Tara Sands & Michael Sinterniklaas 3:30pmTodd Haberkorn Guest Panel 5:00pmCosplay Masquerade 7:00pmAMV Contest SUNDAY APRIL 20, 2025 11:00amKathleen Herles Guest Panel 12:30pmAnthony Gonzalez Guest Panel 2:00pmBig City Greens Guest PanelFeaturing: Merieve Herington, Bob Joles & Artemis Pebdani 3:30pmDemon Slayer Guest PanelFeaturing: Brent Mukai, Mela Lee & Reba Buhr 5:00pmClosing Ceremonies & AMV Results

GUESTS

REBA BUHRReba Buhr is a seasoned voice actress specializing in anime, video games, animation, and audiobooks. Over the last decade she has voiced lead roles in several anime including Llenn in SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Myne in Ascendance of a Bookworm, and Nikaido in Dorohedoro. Other popular anime roles include Aoi Kanzaki in Demon Slayer, Riko Amanai in Jujutsu Kaisen, Ponzu in HunterxHunter, and Aphrodite in Record of Ragnarok.Reba’s video game roles include Princess Ivy in Fire Emblem Engage, Mei Parry in Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem, Princess Svana in Elder Scrolls Online, Misty in Pokemon Masters, Isabelle in Shadowverse, and Arashi Spring in Scarlet Nexus.She is also well known as the voice of both Rose Lavillant and Juleka Couffaine from the hit animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. She played the Diagnostic Computer in the Netflix film Next Gen opposite John Krasinski and Charlyne Yi.Other notable career highlights include hosting the Disney Channel show Disney 365, and on camera appearances on shows like ABC’s The Rookie, Peacock’s Killing It, and Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush.Reba is an outspoken mental health advocate. Her book Get Thee to a Therapist and social media accounts by the same name exist to educate people about how to access mental health services, because mental health is health. You can find out more on Instagram @get.thee.to.a.therapist.www.rebabuhr.com

ANTHONY GONZALEZAnthony Gonzalez— Born and raised in Los Angeles, Anthony Gonzalez is an actor and musician who began performing at the age of 4. Most notably he voiced the lead role of ‘Miguel’ in Disney Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated feature COCO (2017), directed by Lee Unkrich, opposite Benjamin Brett and Gael García Bernal.

TODD HABERKORNAs a multi award winning actor behind the mic, on camera, and on stage- Todd Haberkorn has had the pleasure of working in a variety of mediums in the entertainment industry. The LA based actor has also served as voice director for projects ranging from anime and animation to video games and audio books with Netflix, Amazon, Podium Audio, Audible, Marvel, Saban Entertainment, and more.On the actor side, you’ll recognize him as the fire eating dragon slayer, Natsu Dragneel, from the internationally known series: Fairy Tail in addition to Hikaru #OuranHighSchoolHostClub, Death The Kid #SoulEater, and Haru #Free. If video games are more your speed, Todd’s voice and likeness can be experienced in the Destiny franchise as The Drifter (bank those motes, people). When he isn’t fighting digital monsters in video games or trying to save the day on film, Todd travels the U.S. and internationally making appearances at gnarly pop culture conventions as a guest to meet super cool fans and sign autographs.  Instagram: @official_habergramTikTok: @habertokkerTwitter: @toddhaberkorn

MARIEVE HERINGTONA 2x Emmy-nominated actor, Marieve Herington began her professional career at 9 years of age in Toronto, Canada where she was born and raised. Herington is best known for her roles as Betty on “How I Met Your Mother,” Winnie on “Good Luck Charlie,” and Tilly Green on 200+ episodes of Disney Channel’s “Big City Greens.” Her 1000+ credits in voiceover include “Steven Universe”, “Tiny Toons Looniversity”, “Ice Age”, and “Doc McStuffins”, videogames such as “Asgard’s Wrath”, “Final Fantasy” and “Dangan Ronpa” and hit anime series like “FLCL: Alternative” and “Love Live: School Idol Project.” In addition, she’s currently the female signature voice of the MeTVToons television network.She’s also an award-winning filmmaker who has written, produced, directed and starred in over a dozen films and webisodes which have received recognition at Austin Film Festival and HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival, among others. In 2022, she took on voice directing “Big City Greens” and has directed over 60 episodes to date.

KATHLEEN HERLESKathleen Herles is an Peruvian-American Actress, born in New York, to immigrant parents from Lima, Peru. She began her career as a child actress, starring as the original voice of ‘Dora’, on Dora the Explorer (1997 -2008). She continued her role as ‘Dora’ on, Go, Diego Go! (2005). In lending her voice as the original Dora worldwide for over a decade, she can be seen and heard in academy award nominated films such as , ‘Room,’ starring Brie Larsen., and has made several appearances, as herself, on Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow.Kathleen’s voice has been recognized as one of the most captivating and iconic bilingual voices on television. She has been recognized and nominated for several awards by the NAACP and many more. Kathleen is honored to announce her return in the new reboot, DORA, as Mami, Dora’s mother. She is grateful for the enduring legacy of the show that marked her journey more than two decades ago. Kathleen is thrilled to embark on a full-time career in voiceover, eagerly anticipating the possibilities that lie ahead!

MEGAN HOLLINGSHEADMegan Hollingshead has voiced 100’s of characters in animation and games. Her first role was Nurse Joy in the original English dub of Pokémon, followed quickly by Yu-Gi-Oh!’s original Mai Valentine. She is also well known as Rangiku in Bleach, Shizune (and Ton Ton) in Naruto, Re-L in Ergo Proxy, and Viletta Nu in Code Geass. Other memorable characters include Adiane in Gurren Lagann, Hilda in Eureka 7, Sala in Mars Daybreak, Gloria in Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Dr. Abigail Finn in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, twins (evil and not) Mion and Shion in When They Cry, Nemu in Bleach, Rose Marinade in Fighting Foodons, Kano in His and Hers Circumstances (watch the previews!) (oh wait — no! I mean don’t watch the previews!), Maharu and Ebi in Girls Bravo, Neneko in DearS, Captain Iruma in Ultraman Tiga, and Trixie in Ultimate Muscle. Other Pokémon roles include Cassidy, Whitney, and James’ mother as well as Diane in Pokémon 6: Jirachi Wish Maker and Annie in Pokémon 5: Heroes. In addition to Guild Wars’ smarty pants Glenna, Megan has voiced many games including Ylgr and Yune in the newly released Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Lenneth in Valkyrie Profile, Ada Wong in Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Shion Kasugai in Akiba’s Space Trip: Undead and Undressed, Viola in Eternal Sonata, Edy Nelson in Valkyria Chronicles, Autarch Kayleth in Warhammer 40,000, The Third Kiki DeWynter in Saints Row, Five in Drakengard 3, and Battle Nun in Brutal Legend. She currently has projects in the works for Cup of Tea, Bang Zoom!, and Funimation.

BOB JOLESA native of Glendora, CA, Bob began his VO career in Orlando in 1987. A local VO producer/talent, Bob Barnes, who helped show him the ropes during his early days in the booth. Later he got his first agent, Marge Woods, who helped him even more. The VO career path was opening up for Bob and the next move would be his return home to Los Angeles in February 1993.Since his return to L.A., Bob has done VO work for Disney: Sneezy, Bagheera, Cogsworth, House of Mouse, Have A Laugh Cartoons, Sallah (Indiana Jones Adventure), The Conductor on the Disneyland Railroad and several other attractions at Disneyland, California Adventure, Walt Disney World and Tokyo DisneySea. Nickelodeon: SpongeBob (Man Ray), Planet Sheen (Mr. Nesmith), Danny Phantom (Frostbite), My Life As A Teenage Robot, Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Warner Bros: Duck Dodgers, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond. Cartoon Network: Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (Jack), Clarence, Chowder (Mr. Fugu), Grim & Evil, Johnny Bravo, Samurai Jack, Time Squad, The Powerpuff Girls.Bob is the voice of Bill Green (the dad) on Big City Greens for DISNEY Channel. It is the number one show on DISNEY Channel! They are currently wrapping up production on Season 3 of BCG and have just started voice recording a BCG Movie! And later in the Fall of 2022, recording will begin on Season 4.Bob has also made two appearances in front of the camera. In Nov. 2000, Everybody Loves Raymond (The Sneeze) where he violently sneezes in Ray’s face in an airport restroom. April 2004, MONK (Mr. Monk Meets The Godfather) appearing as a lookout in a barbershop that launders mob money, laying in the barber’s chair with a high powered automatic weapon on his chest under the barber’s cape.Bob is also a professional tuba player, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and music copyist/engraver.

MELA LEEBest known as Lifeline in Apex Legends, Jade in Mortal Kombat 11, Tikki in Miraculous Ladybug, Catwoman in DC Dark Legion, Kikimora in The Owl House, Rin Tohsaka in the Fate Stay Night Franchise , Tiki & Young Tiki in the Fire Emblem Franchise, Canary in HunterxHunter, Melascula in Seven Deadly Sins, and Kanata Ubuyashiki in Demon Slayer – Mela Lee has been credited in over 300 Animated & Live Action Series, Films, and games. ( IMDB.me/MelaLee)Additional titles include: Starfield, Elder Scrolls, Marvel Avengers Assemble, StarWars Squadrons, Pokémon, BlazBlue, Vampire Knight, When They Cry, Rozen Maiden, The Usagi Chronicles, and GranBlue FantasyLook out for several new solo Music projects slated for 2025 & 2026(Mela Lee on Spotify. Apple, and Amazon Music)@TheMelaLee on TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTubeMelaLee.com

BRENT MUKAIBrent Mukai is a voice actor from Pearl City Hawaii who works in video games, animation, anime and commercials. He’s been voice acting full time since 2017 and has 15 years of experience in acting, stand up, and improv comedy. In 2021 he won the Society of Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Anime Character – Best Male Voiceover for Ginji in the Funimation anime Full Dive. He’s also been in countless video games and anime like Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Demon Slayer, One Piece, RAINCODE, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Fire Emblem, Attack on Titan and countless others.

TONY OLIVERTony Oliver is an American voice actor best known for voicing Rick Hunter from Robotech, Lancer from Fate/stay night, Minato Namikaze in Naruto, and Arsène Lupin III from Lupin the Third. He helped produce the live action shows Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and VR Troopers.

RODGER PARSONSRodger began (1998) as the Pokémon narrator with the very first episode of the show. He even did a few characters early on. For most of his 49 year career, he has voiced commercials, industrials, documentaries, instructional, anime, and informational, other entertainment venues. With a home studio beginning is 2002 he self-produced and recorded voice tracks. Before COVID, the New York audition scene was as much social as it was professional. Visiting casting people and agents, clients, recording studios where you sometimes could learn, sometimes could teach; it was a great journey. After Covid, except for motion capture work, it’s all from home now. People ask why I don’t retire. My answer: I’ll stop, when it the fun stops.

ARTEMIS PEBDANIArtemis Pebdani has been at it for a minute. She received her BFA in Theatre from Southern Methodist University, continued her studies at The Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre and later at just about any improv/ sketch comedy house in Los Angeles you can name: The Groudlings, UCB, IO West, The Ruby and a bunch of others that mostly don’t exist anymore. If you recognize her voice, it’s very likely from playing Gramma Alice Green on Disney Channel’s Big City Greens, Gran on Hulu’s The Croods: Family Tree or Ensign Karavitus on Star Trek: Lower Decks. If you recognize her face, it’s most likely from playing Artemis on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Vice President Susan Ross on Scandal, or recurring roles on The Goldbergs, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Masters of Sex and other shows you love or at least have heard of. But she wishes what you know her from is Mother May I Dance With Mary Jane’s Fist?: A Lifetone Original Movie for Adult Swim that she co-wrote, produced and starred in. She recently made her off-Broadway debut in Wish You Were Here at Playwrights Horizons, and she hopes to keep this adventure rolling to a stage or screen near you!

JONATHAN TODD ROSSJonathan Todd Ross has appeared in hundreds of roles in many animated shows, including One Piece (Kohza), Sonic X, GI Joe, and Winx Club. He achieved a childhood dream by entering the TMNT universe in multiple roles, but especially Casey’s Cousin Sid. Finally, he has his 8 year old’s admiration, now that she’s deeply into Pokemon and understands what it means that her dad is a voice actor on a whole bunch of episodes. She doesn’t care (yet) about his most notable role, that of Marik/Yami Marik on Yugioh, but she vaguely thinks it’s cool that he has some toys of his character.Jonathan has appeared in numerous plays and TV shows, including playing “The Fonz” in productions of Happy Days: The Musical directed by creator Garry Marshall and meeting his wife in a kissing scene on Guiding Light. Jonathan has narrated over 400 audiobooks across a wide variety of genres, including fiction, nonfiction, self-help, YA, biography and memoir, children’s literature, business,and romance. He’s won an Audie Award (Restart by Gordon Korman), nominated for others (Trial of the Chicago 7, Clockwork Lives), received numerous YALSA and Earphone Awards (Swindle by Gordon Korman, Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger, and more), two Audiofile Books of the Year (Little Failure by Gary Shtyengart and American Midnight by Adam Hochschild). and made all of his middle school bullies regret every mean thing they ever said to him when he narrated Tom Brady’s The TB12 Method.

TARA SANDSTara Jayne Sands can be heard as over 50 characters in the original English Pokemon tv series including Bulbasaur, Richie, Jasmine, Oddish, and Tori. Some other roles include Biscuit in HunterXHunter, Mokuba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kari in Digimon Adventure Tri, Anna in Shaman King, Curious in My Hero Academia, Momo and Utahime in Jujutsu Kaisen, Kombu Infinity in One Punch Man, Circe in Generator Rex, Young Jin in Anohana, Kippie in Glitter Force, Filia in Slayers, Summer in Barbie: Life in The Dreamhouse, Death 13/Mannish Boy in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Namida in Boruto, Sonia in Fire Emblem and lots more.Tara has recorded over 250 audiobooks and for 2 years (over 100 episodes!) Tara was the on-camera host of Cartoon Network’s weekly Friday night lineup, appropriately titled “Fridays.” On “Fridays” Tara interviewed dozens of celebrities like Johnny Depp, George Lucas, Robin Williams, Charles Barkley and Daniel Radcliffe, and had more on-camera food fights than she cares to remember.www.tarasands.comTwitter & Instagram: TaraSandsLA Facebook: facebook.com/tarasandstarasandsIMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419760/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

MICHAEL SINTERNIKLAASMichael Sinterniklaas is a veteran of the industry and has worked as a director, actor, voice actor, producer, scriptwriter, picture editor, sound designer, editor, recording engineer, and mixer. In 1999, Michael founded NYAV Post, a bicoastal recording studio that has worked on hundreds of films, series, video games, and anime titles. Michael has voiced many anime roles, including Taki (Your Name / Weathering with You), Horo Horo in SHAMAN KING, various roles in STAR WARS VISIONS, Green Ranger in GO GO LOOSER RANGER, Dark Magician and Mahad (YuGiOh), Hoffman in PLUTO, Jyushimatsu in MR. OSOMATSU, Netherlands in HETALIA, and Nathaniel in MIRACULOUS. Other credits include Kenji (Summer Wars), Kia (Lu Over The Wall), Animus (Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry), Dagger (Black Butler: Book of Circus), Angelo (Gundam Unicorn) Xellos (Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R), Gasud in Jormungand Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone (Tiger and Bunny), Sarutobi Sasuke (Sengoku Basara), Sora and Utakata (Naruto), Nnoitra, Luppi, Ikkaku, Wonderweiss (Bleach), Age (Patema Inverted), Takeru (FREEDOM), POP Team Epic, Joshua, Kennedy, Ross, Elijah and Seviper (Pokémon), Lucemon (Digimon). Outside of anime, he is the voice of Dean Venture in The Venture Bros, Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Mikey Simon (Kappa Mikey), OG-LC in STAR WARS Young Jedi Adventures, Ao Lie and Goldfish Demon in LEGO MONKEY KID, Hero in OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Tunnel Rat in G.I. Joe Sigma Six, Winter Soldier and Iron Fist for Marvel, The Pink Panther and even Funshine in The Care Bears. He has also appeared in video games such as RAINBOW SIX SIEGE, Final Fantasy XIII, X-COM, GTA V, the Lego Movie Game, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem Heroes/Warriors, Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Tales of Berseria, and is the lead Yew Geneolgia in Bravely Second, Fire Emblem Warriors, Armored Core VI, Soulcalibur, Last of Us and Persona 3 Reload to name a few. Directing credits include the English adaption of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2023 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning Best Animated Feature THE BOY AND THE HERON with studio Ghibli, BELLE, STAR WARS VISIONS with LucasFilm on Disney+, BERSERK (season 1, the 3 features and the memorial edition), Code Geass Rozé of the Recapture, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK, BATMAN NINJA for Warner Bros, INU-OH, FENA PIRATE PRINCESS on Adult Swim, PROMARE for studio TRIGGER, Studio Ghibli’s EARWIG and the WITCH, FLCL Alternative/Progressive/Shoegaze and Grunge, MFKZ, Cannon Busters, YASUKE, Your Name, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, EDEN, Great Pretender, Magic Users’ Club, Ah! My Goddess, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Slayers Revolution, Slayers Evolution-R, and Giant Robo, and the video game release of Pacific Drive and Just Cause 3.  He’s also directed several non-anime series and features including Mars Express, HANAZUKI, Mao Mao Hero’s of Pureheart, Cool CatsPhantom Boy, Peter Rabbit, Death Stroke, Super Friends, Robotomy, Bird Boy, and the Oscar-nominated movies A Cat in Paris, Ernest and Celestine, My Life As a Zucchini, and Mirai which also received a Golden Globe nomination. When he’s not busy at work, Michael enjoys photography, guitars, synthesizers, being a coffee snob and Doctor Who, with Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor being his favorite regeneration.

STEVE STALEYSteve has been a voice actor since 1994. Most notably as Neji in the long running anime Naruto as well as the character Toshiro Hitsugaya in the equally long running Bleach. And now reprising his role in the brand new Bleach: 1000 year blood war! As a dialogue director Steve has worked on some notable titles such as The Seven Deadly Sins, Misfit of Demon King Academy as well as the insanely popular Demon Slayer S1 and 2 as well the movie and video game. He is also a popular teacher and guest director.

JANET VARNEYJanet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. She can be heard as the voice of Korra on “The Legend of Korra” on Netflix, where she can also be seen as Summer in the comedy series “Country Comfort.” On HULU, she fights dark forces starring opposite John C. McGinley on “Stan Against Evil” and appears as Becca on FXX’s “You’re the Worst.” Over on Apple TV, she recurs on “Platonic” opposite Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne. In the voiceover world, she can be seen as Wonder Woman in “Injustice,” as Mera on “Harley Quinn” and as Vilya in “The Legend of Vox Machina.”Janet also created, wrote, produced and starred in the critically-acclaimed IFC online series “Fortune Rookie” with James Roday, Fred Armisen and more. Onstage in improv-type-settings, Janet performs with Rachel Dratch, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Oscar Nunez and more in their improv supergroup Theme Park, and with Paul F. Tompkins, Eugene Cordero and Tawny Newsome as SponTourCo. Janet co-created/wrote/produced “Neil’s Puppet Dreams” starring Neil Patrick Harris. You can also find Janet on YouTube for Geek & Sundry’s “Escape!” which she co-wrote, produced and hosted. She also hosts/co-hosts three great podcasts: The JV Club with Janet Varney; Avatar: Braving The Elements; and Truth and Justice with Bob Ruff. She’s even the elusive 4th Host of Hey, Riddle Riddle!She’s also Co-Founder/Creative Director of one of the largest and most acclaimed comedy festivals in North America, SF Sketchfest: the San Francisco Comedy Festival, now in its 21st year.

John Morris has been a professional voice actor since the age of 7 and is known best for his role as “Andy” in the Toy Story movies and “Santa Boy”/additional voices in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also voiced the roles of “Pepper” in Lego Island, “Young Eugene” in Adventures in Odyssey, and has appeared in many commercials as well. In addition, he teaches voiceover workshops and classes to groups of students and individuals.

Steve Leialoha first came to prominence in the 1970s. He has worked primarily as an inker, though occasionally as a penciller, for several publishers, including Marvel Comics and later DC Comics.

Steve will be signing Both days and next to Larry Hama for Sunday