RENT-A � .JGil taf33 TAll- 3 Staff & Volunteers CONVENTION DIRECTOR Braxton Bundick CON DIRECTOR EVENTS MANAGER ADMISSIONS TREASURER MANAGER ASSISTANT Carson Roberts Josh Schultz Elissa Davis-Weber Onee Nakano EVENTS ASSISTANT ADMISSIONS GAMING MANAGER GUEST COORDINATOR Loren Faatoafe ASSISTANTS Bomby Kitchpanich Austin Rochon Karen Lane COSPLAY CHESS Kristle Magadia GAMING ASSISTANT VENDORS MANAGER COORDINATOR Orlando Santiago Keelin Baughman Mikhael Marquez TASKFORCE Matt Jones TABLETOP GAMING VENDOR HALL PANELS COORDINATOR ASSISTANT COORDINATOR VIP COORDINATOR William Lucas Luna Rue Deborah Fleischer Amy Garrett EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/ MASTERS OF ANIME SHOWINGS COMMUNITY OUTREACH SOCIAL MEDIA/ CEREMONIES Jess Weathers Paige Eikenbary SECRETARY Austine Bauer Rebecca Hardcastle Jacob Pennell ANIME SHOWINGS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASSISTANT ASSISTANT SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING/ PR Kieran Adler Sara Scott Adrianna McCoy MANAGER Jeff “Pope” Lee WEBMASTER/ APP Doug McCloud Livis Salanoa Lucas Kuhr Chris Ferreira Arvin Magadia Mike Hviid Rich Bierer Jian Bautista Tony Batres Melissa Gaither Patricia Notti Culley Morrow Auto White Tina Schweichler Colton Armstrong Paige Kruse Annette Hose Madi Lewis-Bennett Kai Kendall Teryl Lemay Becca Bronczyk Aaron Suemai Kin Boas Chris Hussey Duan Szumiesz Amalia Eades Malcolm Eades Dante Alarid Mao Mao Thao Maria Velasquez-McKeeth Karmma Diehl Amy Thao Riley Lyons Dorothy Rivers Liz Duncan Banky Kitchpanich Sabra Tierney Lynette Tenney Dylan Brooks Joel Avalos Allie Livermont Derrick Canfield Daisi Hong Edmel Young Quell Lyons Kari Siltz Curtis Rice Vincent Magbanua William Hardcastle Ria Childers Christopher Lynch Margret Rena Collins Megan MacPherson Nic Niver Anna Cooper John Dexter Joshua Masterson Justine Felland Nicole Cajimat Liz Rangel Christine Oswald Tiala Faalavaau Dustin Winkler Caitlyn Justice William Anawrok Virgil Shipman Zach Ahrens Zach Kosbruk AJ Garcia Jacky Saensinbandit Alex Xayasone Trinity Brito 4 Letter From Staff Greetings! Welcome to Senshi Con 2019, Alaska’s Premier Anime and Gaming Convention! Every year Senshi Con grows bigger, welcomes new and exciting guests, and takes another step towards increasing Alaska’s community of amazing fans. Meet and greet our guests for this year! Justin Briner, Leon Chiro, Natalie Hoover, Erica Lindbeck, Xander Mobus and returning guest, Ciarán Strange! Attend a Q&A from Justin and Natalie or get your nails painted by Erica! Let loose on the dance floor on Saturday night! Don’t forget to check out our panels! Learn about Gunpla, Medieval Marital Arts or how to create fantastic original characters! Get the inside scoop on the state of the Anime convention industry! Join the gaming tournaments in our gaming area! The friendships we make and the strides we take are what makes us the awesome community we are, and we can’t wait to see how this year’s convention will bring everyone together once again. Welcome back, we’ve missed all your awesome faces. - From Senshi Con Staff 2019 5 2019 Senshi Con Guests Natalie Hoover Natalie Hoover is a voice actor who has done work for anime and video games that you love! Recent roles include Sonia Nevermind & Monophanie from the acclaimed Danganronpa series, Tomoyo Daidouji in Cardcaptor Sakura, Lily in Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Aku in Demon Lord Retry!, Nikki in LOVE NIKKI DRESS UP QUEEN, Reina Izumi in Myriad Colors Phantom World, Le Fay Pendragon in Highschool DxD, Nana Sakurai in Prince of Stride, Arisa Ahokainen in Akiba’s Trip!, Tsukino in SHOW BY ROCK!!, Tiara in Fairy Fencer F, Yolko in the hit series Sword Art Online that aired on Toonami… AND MANY MORE TITLES!!! To learn more about Natalie, visit her at www.nataliehoover. com or follow her Twitter (@NatalieHooverVO)! Erica Lindbeck Erica Lindbeck is a Los Angeles based actress who holds her Bachelor of Arts from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television. She is thrilled to be involved in a large and diversified portfolio of projects, playing the roles of Jessie in the upcoming Final Fantasy VII remake, Cheetara and Wily Kit in the upcoming ThunderCats Roar, Cheelai in Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Blaze and Omochao in Sonic Team Racing, Sally Whitemane in Heroes of the Storm, Delaryn Summermoon in WoW: Battle for Azeroth, Sophitia in Soul Calibur VI, Roll in Mega Man 11, Black Cat in Spider-Man (PS4), Miriam in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Mordred in Fate/ Apocrypha, Hijiri in FLCL: Alternative, Ves-Ves in Sailor Moon, Dr. Jane Foster in Avengers: Secret Wars, Windblade in Transformers: RID Combiner Force, Celica in Fire Emblem Echoes, Menat in Street Fighter V, Futaba Sakura in Persona 5, Magilou in Tales of Berseria, Taliyah & Zoe in League of Legends, Kaori Miyazono in Your Lie in April, Eli Ayase in Love Live! School Idol Project, Jericho in The Seven Deadly Sins, and Ema Skye in Ace Attorney 6, to name a few. She has also provided the voice of Barbie for numerous projects and features. For news and announcements, find Erica on Twitter & Instagram. Justin Briner Justin Briner is a Dallas-based actor and singer known primarily for his work in anime and video games. Recently, he’s started up the third season of My Hero Academia as Izuku “Deku” Midoriya. He can also be heard as Mikaela in Seraph of the End, Nova in Space Patrol Luluco, Yukito and Yue in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yoichi in Drift-ers, Ayanokoji in Classroom of the Elite, Alfonso in GARO: The Ani- mation, Niko in Nanbaka, Ryota Mitarai in Danganronpa 3, Frate in 91 Days, Qwenthur in Heavy Object, Manato in Grimgar, Ashes and Illusions, and many more. Additionally, he has provided voices for games such as Dust: An Elysian Tail, SMITE, Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs, Cibele, and DreadOut. When not behind the mic, Justin enjoys reading, cooking, and playing video games (he is an unapol-ogetic Hearthstone addict). 6 2019 Senshi Con Guests Leon Chiro is a professional cosplayer, model and influencer from Italy. – Official Collaborations as Professional Cosplayer and Influencer for big Videogame Companies such Leon Chiro as Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed \ Watch Dogs ), Bandai Namco ( All Might – My Hero One’s Justice) and Square Enix (Gladiolus – Final Fantasy XV ), Capcom (honorary mention for his Dante) – Invited as Special Guest in more than 130 events around the world in more than 50 different countries around the world by judging a huge amount of cosplay competitions and by hosting entertaining panels, Q&A and conferences. With a medium of 4 events \ conventions per month, Leon is also an official collaborator for the biggest videogame companies which is making him one of top list cosplayer in the worldwide male cosplay community. – He also worked for Riot Games as official Cos-Model for the champion Rakan from League Of Legends – With several mentions and dedicated articles on the biggest Videogame websites \ blogs as Kotaku etc, he also worked for 20th Century Fox on the last Assassin’s Creed: The Movie promo-tional campaign, stunting and official launch events in Europe. He’s also known as one of the most iconic figures in the Assassin’s Creed community, since he worked for this company from many years and from 2016 he has officially been recognized as the Italian face of Assassin’s Creed. – Student in VIGAMUS Academy (Rome) specialized on Marketing, Digital Communication in Videogames. – Winner of many national competitions, one of his career highlights is the ECG Italian repre-sentative on the European finals in Japan Expo 2016 Xander Mobus Xander Mobus is a voice over actor from LA. You might know his work from anime and video games including Persona 5 as The Protagonist (Joker), Super Smash Bros as Ren Amamiya, Street Fighter V, Soul Calibur VI, One Punch Man, Mob Psycho 100, Hunter x Hunter, Detective Pikachu, Erased, Boruto, Boruto’s Dad (aka Naruto), Rising of the Shield Hero, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Fire Emblem Heroes, Fire Emblem Warriors, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Beyblade Burst Turbo, B: The Beginning, Blue Exorcist and many more! Ciarán Strange You may have heard him as foul-mouthed, under-caffeinated NPC Lorelei [Borderlands 3] or the sweet but sassy Luca Esposito [Astra: Lost In Space] — but I.R.L. he’s Ciarán Strange, an eccentric LGBTQ+ voice actor, Twitch affiliate, mental health advocate, ur-ban fantasy author, and indie performing artist. At the tender age of seventeen, he left his family, friends, and little English fishing village behind in order to chase his dreams across the Atlantic! The bed-headed redhead has become a familiar face throughout the American geek scene, in most parts due to his music. After touring multiple countries (including the US, UK, Canada, and Japan) and performing at hundreds of shows, conventions, and festivals, Ciarán joined forces with kindred artistic spirit Dave Kitsberg (Spoony Bards, Time Crash). The two are now delving into the world of geeky covers and parodies, as well as writing fresh original concept material in all sub-genres of pop-rock influenced by many of their fandom inspirations. This cache of new music is set to be released in 2019/20 under the project name We Are The Chaos. The band’s debut single, LEGACY, is available on all music streaming services, along with some of Ciarán’s older solo tunes. Musical ventures aside, this multi-media artist has been swept up in the launch of multiple book series, all of which take place on different sides of the same earth in the #Flareborne universe. His main (and favourite) project, “Black Tie” by Ciarán Strange, is a M/M paranormal romance series of action thriller novels he’s pitched as “gay James Bond in a world of superheroes”, and has an impending sequel due out in Fall 2019. 7 Convention Maps HILTON HOTEL 8 Exhibitor Map & List [EXHIBITOR LIST] Akanime 48 Anime palace 39,40 Army National Guard 11,18 Bibisama Inc. 24-25 Bosco’s Comics and Collectibles 27,28 Brownrabbits 47 Cartoon Passion 30-31 Clumsily Drawn Stuff 20 DreamyLavDeco & Co. 35 Enchanting Artistry 36 Erica Lindbeck Fanciful Gift/Pandahat.com 41,42 Fantasm 22 Flightless Birds Studios 16 Guest 3 Guest 2 Guest 1 Guest 6 Guest 4 Guest 5 Hats Matter 50,51 Hobbyfan 29 illusions artwork 13 Jpntoys 37 Kitsune Kreations Art 43 LappleSnapple 12 LevelUp Lacquer 23 Maracuyas Art 17 MTA eUnlimited 7,14 Natalie Hoover NAYUKIDRAWS & YANIMATORART 15 Our Crocheted Creations 32 p-l-u-m-b-u-m 38 PulsArt Studio 19 Qmomo 46 SaBasse Studios 49 Sakumiimin 33 Sayroo 34 Senshi Con 26 STL Ocarina 21 Video Game Depot 8,9,10 White Noise Graphics 44 Xander Mobus Zakuga Mignon 45 9 Events Details [FRIDAY EVENTS] Masquerade Dance Dance Happening once again - the Masquerade Dance is here! A night filled with masks, ball gowns, and great music S-A-TUR-DAY NIGHT! Get out on the dance floor and have some fun! provided by DJ Panda King. You can bring your own mask or you can pick up a mask at the door with your purchased ticket. Tickets are $10 at the door unless you pre-purchased them through the website. Just Dance Event Come rock out to Just Dance with us! Get your groove on and show your moves! Senshi Con Table Swap Come and see what is offered at Senshi Con’s Table Swap Meet! Table Swap is for anyone that wants to sell any- thing they want to like: toys, plushies, cosplay items, DVD’s, wigs, props, art work, anime, comics, books, novels, [SUNDAY EVENTS] jewelry, etc. They cannot sell food or drink items though. Think of it as a flea market for anime and gamer fans. Morning Zumba There’s a little bit of everything here. Stop by and check it out! Join us for group Zumba to get ready for the final day of convention fun! Ouran High Host Club: The Twins Takeover [SATURDAY EVENTS] Join the host club to see if you can kiss kiss fall in love all over again. The twins have taken over the stage and decided Opening Ceremonies they want to play some games. Get to know your favorite hosts with some fun prizes and maybe we can finally find out Our special kickoff to the convention! Join us for guest introductions and meet the 2019 masters of ceremony. which one is Hikaru. Guest Gameplay: Xander and Erica play Persona 5 Bootlegs 101 (w/ A. Jinnie McManus) Guests Erica Lindbeck and Xander Mobus bring Persona 5 to the big stage! Each guest will have to do their best Learn how to identify and avoid bootleg goods with our industry guest Jinnie McManus playing the game while they answer questions about their characters and their experiences playing them. If you’re a fan of the Persona Franchise, you won’t want to miss this! Danganronpa: Another Class Trip A group of Hope’s Peak Academy students have taken a field trip away from their killing game for a day of more normal Creating and Growing a Positive Cosplay Brand games. Join the students for a dating game, truth or dare, and many prizes to win! Despair will ensue. Come and learn the tips and tricks of the trade to help create and grow a unique cosplay identity. Learn how to simultaneously promote growth of the cosplay community as a whole with both individual and group efforts. EFit Trainer’s Variety Hour Come join Eric Fits for an hour of strange yet fun activities including a live Dragon Ball themed radio style play Jackbox The Rise of Culinary Manga Series games and more! Come and enjoy a brief retrospective of cooking themed “gurume” manga series. We will cover a brief synopsis of some of the most well and lesser-known series. Going over this genre and what it has to offer will help your ap- Detroit: Become Human petite grow for reading and earn you a chance to win a prize. Don’t come on an empty stomach! What make us human? How do we define our humanity? Is it a lesson learned or a choice made? Come find out from a few of the characters who themselves have faced these same questions. Participate in games as we all learn what it is to Creating Fantastic Original Characters become human. Do you have an original character you’d like to insert into a fanfiction? Are you crafting an original character co- splay and can’t seem to get their look in focus? Or can you see that amazing world in full color, but can’t figure out Fandom Jeopardy : Senshi Style! who lives there? This panel will walk you through character creation with hands-on tools. Join us as we take those I’ll take Otaku Knowledge for 500 Alex. Compete to see if the years you’ve spent collecting knowledge of anime, gaming, ideas trapped inside your head and bring them to life in a way that makes other people fall in love with them too. and pop culture can make the cut against nerd levels well above 9000! My Hero Academia! PLUS ULTRA!!!! Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Hour Meet the voice of Deku (Justin Briner) for this super-charged Q&A session about the popular anime franchise. Want to know what a Dungeons & Dragons game is like? Want to be entertained? Then come to the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Hour! Watch as a group of adventurers take on the challenges that the Dungeon Master puts before them. But Erica Lindbeck Will Literally Paint Your Nails! wait, you too get to be a part of the action. Audience members can provide written suggestions before the panel which will Not much to misunderstand here. You show up to this panel, you meet Erica, you get your nails painted. be pulled randomly to cause the players and DM to test their metal while rolling with the punches. Senshi Con Table Swap Gravity Falls Q&A Missed the first Table Swap? Need more Table Swap? We’re having another! Come and see our Late Night Senshi Come for a Q&A for the Disney show, Gravity Falls. The first half of the panel will be asking questions and the last half will Con Table Swap! Table Swap is for anyone that wants to sell anything they want to like: toys, plushies, cosplay be a game that has a prize at the end. See what mysteries you can learn. items, DVD’s, wigs, props, art work, anime, comics, books, novels, jewelry, etc. They cannot sell food or drink items though. Think of it as a flea market for anime and gamer fans. There’s a little bit of everything here. Worst Cosplay Contest You’ve seen the best, now it’s time for the worst! Join us for the 2019 worst cosplay contest and see whose costume is the Cosplay Contest worst of the worst. Our community of cosplayers includes some of the most talented and interesting artists around. These masters spend day after day picking out designs, molding accessories, reviewing every detail of a character’s design, and Sweet Pink Hair Natalie Q&A sewing till every finger is numb. Please join us as we are amazed by the talent before us. Each contestant will Get to know this sweet voice actor! Have you got questions for Natalie, the voice of Sonia Nevermind (Danganronpa), To- show off their handy work on the main stage in an effort to win the coveted “Best in Show” award. moyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura), Lily (Recovery of MMO Junkie) and Nikki (Love Nikki: Dress UP Queen)? This panel is perfect for you! Learn how her got her start in the industry, and her thoughts on anime, Japan, and so much more! An Introduction to Gunpla Come and learn the basic Gunpla descriptions and build process as well as the techniques. Let’s Make Some Mayhem (Borderlands 3 Panel) A Panel for Vault Hunters w/ Ciaran Strange. Medieval Martial Arts School St. George is a medieval martial arts group based in Anchorage. Join this year’s panel as we demonstrate Game of Thrones some of our techniques and walk people through the first few plays as we teach sword fighting. Join us to ask Are you from the North? Do you hail from King’s Landing? Have you ridden the vast oceans of sand of Dothraki? It matters questions and take part in our technical skills demos. not for now you sit before some of your favorite characters. Ask questions and play games to prepare yourself, winter is coming. Furries Among Us Prepare to step into a world of pure fluffy fantasy! Experience the furry fandom at its fullest and furriest. Get to Miraculous Ladybug Panel know what a furry is, what it takes to become one, and meet the floofs living among you. Join Alaska’s furry fandom Spots on! Claws out! Following a discussion of all the show’s ins and outs, join us for a fun rough raffle prize and some to ask questions about what the fandom is like on the inside. guessing games, like how many ladybugs are in the jar? Who’s that kwami? As well as a traditional Q&A session. Fighting Games 101: Beyond Mashing Buttons Crafting worlds characters and stories people love Take a look into the world of competitive fighting games. Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros, Etc. This panel will pro- Great stories and compelling characters are the very reason we have fandoms. Those very stories were crafted by the vide an in-depth analysis of what goes on during a match and how players can improve their own skills. Mashing creative and talented minds not so dissimilar to your own. If you ever wanted to tell a story through the various forms of buttons will only get you so far. Come and learn how to win your match without mangling your thumbs. media, don’t let your level of experience hold you back. This panel will explain all the ins and outs of crafting characters and stories that others can feel themselves being a part of. Learn to grow the seeds of love in your fans by filling your Tell Me Why Work Sucks toolbox with the lessons learned in this panel. Does your job suck? Do you hate work? Are you unable to vent your frustrations safely due to the brown noses or those drinking the company Kool-Aid? Come join a group of like-minded individuals and be given the chance to Voice Actor Q&A vent to your heart’s content. B.C. knows work sucks and has war stories to share. See if you can outdo the horror We sit down with this year’s special guests and ask some questions about the industry before opening the floor to the audi- that has been his working career. Come all and know tears are welcomed without judgment. ence. If there is anything you have been dying to know, this is the place to find out. Mad X’s D&D Power Hour Dubbin’ with Austin It’s a Dungeons and Dragons game with a Twist! Random encounters? Underdark invasion? Mind Flayers going Our voice actor guests play an improv game titled “dubbing.” Here’s how it goes - an episode of an old anime is played door to door preaching the wonders of the elder gods? What’ll it be? The only way to find out is to attend. Roll the without any sound, players then have to choose characters as they appear on screen by speaking their lines. Players can dice and prepare to dodge! take on multiple characters and add sound effects for more fun! The main objective of the game is to create a story that makes sense (probably not) and have a good time. Cosplay Duel! A very special cosplay event you won’t want to miss. Two duel masters will battle it out with your favorite anime and Feedback w/ Senshi Staff video game characters to see who will reign supreme. Have complaints about Senshi Con 2019? Have questions about why things are the way they are? Just want to meet the people who helped run Senshi Con this year? Well now’s your chance! Come and meet some of Senshi Con 2019’s Staff State of the Anime Con Industry (w/ A. Jinnie MacManus) and we’ll listen to your comments and feedback. Let us know how we’re doing. Get the inside scoop about your favorite events of the year, Anime Conventions with our Industry Guest Jinnie McManus. Closing Ceremonies Parting is such sweet sorrow. We close out Senshi con 2019 with some fun, laughs, and hang out with our guests for one Cards against Otaku 3D last time. They say the third time’s a charm but they weren’t talking about Cards Against Otaku. Audience participation is key as you get to choose the winners, losers, and panelist most likely to end up on TMZ. 10 Friday Schedule *Schedule is subject to changes on day of convention. *Anime showtimes will be displayed outside the appropriate room. 11 Saturday Schedule *Schedule is subject to changes on day of convention. *Anime showtimes will be displayed outside the appropriate room. 12 Sunday Schedule *Schedule is subject to changes on day of convention. *Anime showtimes will be displayed outside the appropriate room. 13 Autographs SEE YOU NEXT 14 CONVENTION! Sponsors 15