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STAFF CREDITS We’re proud to bring you this list of awesome and dedicated people staffing your first Colorado Anime Fest. Convention Chair: Corey Wood Vice Convention Chair: William Foss BUSINESS DIVISION COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION Registration DH: Ben Bullock Communications Director: A. Jinnie McManus Staff: Josh Sorensen, Jane Avallone, Sean Breen, Assistant Division Director: Sam Taylor Robert Burton, Edward Drewitt, Zachary Patterson, Art and Production DH: Calvin Maloney Mikayla Simoneu, Xandi Westergard, Kelly Wilson Artist: Ryan Hodgson (Tasty Peach Studios) Exhibit Hall DH: Emily Kringle Public Relations DH: Cay Fletcher Staff: Zoraida Haynes Web DH: Kit Watson Merchandising DH: Treavor Hodgson Press DH: Samantha Feldman Artists’ Alley DH: Jamie Judson Staff: Thomas Osborn, Sabrina Marshall Staff: Cassie Alfaro Community Outreach DH: Revae Jones Staff: Carinn Seabolt GUEST RELATIONS DIVISION Industry DH: Ally Fields Internal Media DH: Joseph Dunn, Maris Kelley Guest Relations Division Director: Lindsay Breen Staff: William Hein, Kevin Lawley Green Room DH: Alyssa Seiger Charity DH: A. Jinnie McManus & Sam Taylor Staff: Angie Staffieri Guest Liaisons: Maya King, Amber Feldman, Marcy PROGRAMMING DIVISION LaRue, Bridget Cohen, Steven Godbey, Kyle Brooks Acquisitions DH: Katie Mui Programming Division Director: Greg Hines Assistant Division Director: Xander Guzman OPERATIONS DIVISION Main Events DH: Greg Crouse Staff: Bernard Ong, Chris Schultz Operations Division Director: Dominic Delisa General Programming Staff: Tony Bagley, Meghan Convention Operations DH: Joel Berger Bethards, Kaitlyn Grigsby, Jenny Judkoff, Joe Menke, Staff: James Wigton, John Christison, Adan A, Jo- Krystle Yang, Leanna Yarber, Shola York seph Montoya, Rick Delisa Cultural Programming DH: Gil Asakawa Convention Response Team DH: Aric Jones Staff: Alexis Berman, Julia Story CRT Staff: Doris Johnson, Drew Rork, Corey Becker, Video Room DH: Chris Klette James Kirkham, Carrington Dale Staff: Michael Duncan, Kerry McCullough Volunteers DH: Lenny Rubner Tabletop Gaming DH: Jaqi Judson Staff: Carey Selko, Tommy Rubner Staff: Joseph Bachman, Tony Pineda Cosplay DH: Christina Haystead Staff: Katie Busch, Samantha Carotenuto, Shannon Gurgens, Mark Haystead, Breanna Miracle, Erik Powers, Warumono Manga Library DH: Lorein Klette Staff: Jelon McClarin AMV DH: Guy LeTourneau SPONSORS & THANK YOUS Our amazing staff, our awesome attendees, panelists, vendors, artists, industry, and volunteers, Renaissance Denver Stapleton employees, Philip Koop, Patrick Delahanty, Dan Peak, Erin Yoshimura and the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, the Consulate General of Japan in Denver, Nikki Ebright, Karla Rodriguez & Alexandra Griesmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Littleton, Keith Garcia, Matthew Jacob, Bob and Maggie Sheets, Yoko Washington, Dave Henkin, Tabitha Sabat, Tyler Raney, Erica Mendez, Chuck Huber, Jessica von Braun, Kumoricon, FL’s Wasabi Anime/Tom Croom, Naka-Kon, Anime Fes- tival Wichita, Anime Milwaukee, Anime NebrasKon, Viz, Monkey Paw Entertainment, Point of Contact Booking, CrunchyRoll, FUNimation, Aniplex, DiscoTek, Sentai, Media Blasters, Tasty Peach Studios, Cabaret Otaku, Westword, 5280 Magazine, The ALS Association - Rocky Mountain Chapter and every- one in the community for embracing this new convention! See you next year! LETTER FROM THE CON CHAIR Greetings Everyone! Denver, Colorado. The home of the Rockies, Casa Bonita, and now, Colorado Anime Fest. I am excited to be able to bring another anime convention to Denver, one that you can call your own. Without you the attendees supporting us in our first year endeavor, I wouldn’t be able to write this letter to you today, and for that I thank you. Enough of me blabbing, on to talking about the fun stuff! Here at Colorado Anime Fest We have all the con favorites and staples, such as a vendor hall, cosplay contest, Saturday night rave and more! Welcoming us into our first year is all of your wonderful guests, Matt Mercer, Marisha Ray, Chris Patton, Chris Sabat, Cristina Vee, Greg Wicker, and Kieran Strange! We have some awesome events you should check out such as our manga library, maid cafe, Anime bar (for those of you who are 21+!) and much more! I want to extend my sincerest of thanks to the amazing staff who help put this convention together. Running an convention isn’t easy, and especially a first year con, this was no exception to that rule. Without their dedication, head work, and enthusiasm, Col- orado Anime Fest would not exist. I would also like to thank our families, for putting up with us crazy staff, our industry partners, sponsors, and first and foremost, you, the attendee. Let me be the first, to welcome you to Colorado Anime Fest 2016! Now, get out there and HAVE FUN!!! Corey Wood Convention Chair GUESTS OF HONOR CHRIS PATTON CRISTINA VEE Chris Patton has been voice acting for Cristina Vee is a voice actress from Los seventeen years, including over 220 Angeles, CA. Since getting her first large anime titles for FUNimation, ADV, Sentai anime roles in 2007, Cristina has voiced Filmworks, and Okratron 5000, including over 100 characters in both animation Black Bullet (Rentaro), Akame Ga Kill and video games. She was recently an- (Run), Hamatora (Moral), Soul Eater (Asu- nounced as the new voice of Sailor Mars ra), Full Metal Panic (Sousuke), Fullmetal in her favorite show, Sailor Moon! Anime Alchemist (Greed), Ghost Stories (Ha- fans also know her as Mio Akiyama in jime), The World God Only Knows (Kei- K-On, Alisa Bosconovitch in Tekken: Blood ma), Kids on the Slope (Kaoru), Welcome Vengeance, Homura Akemi in Puella Magi to the NHK (Sato), Guyver (Sho, Guver), Madoka Magica, Morgiana in Magi: The Nerima Daikon Brothers (Ichiro), Princess Labyrinth of Magic, the eleven Honoka Tutu (Fakir) and Pokemon XY (Sanpei). sisters in Netflix’s Knights of Sidonia, Chris has also voiced over 120 audio- Cubone (and others) in Pokemon Origins, books and recently appeared as Leon Hawk from The Seven Deadly Sins and Czolgosz in Stephen Sondheim’s Assas- Riruka Dokugamine in Bleach.She also sins, plus directed the regional/Houston voices nickolodeon’s Ladybug from Mirac- premiere of Green Day’s rock musical ulous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. She American Idiot. He’s excited to return to makes appearances in Sword Art Online, Denver and bring “Shares Too Much” out Kill la Kill, Fate/Zero, Doraemon, Accel of retirement for an exclusive Colorado World and Squid Girl. encore. GUESTS OF HONOR GREGGO KIERAN STRANGE Greggo (from Greggo’s Game Shows) Kieran Strange is a quirky and power- has been producing game shows for ful young genderfluid artist, who blends anime conventions across North America pop sensibilities, dynamic guitars, and since 1999! Known for his parodies of high-energy live shows into her own brand some of the more famous game shows in of British pop-punk. Hot on the heels of television history (including Match Game, her past releases - Adamantine Heart Press Your Luck, Pyramid and The Price (2012) and Last Hero Standing (2015), Ki- is Right), Greggo has also developed orig- eran is currently working on several brand inal shows and will always be focused on new singles and videos for the 2016 con bringing entertaining and interactive fun season! Along with Tasty Peach Studios, wherever he goes. she’s one of the minds and voices behind KonekoYO!, as well as the founder of The Kaleidoscope Project, a safe space to educate, inspire, and support LGBTQ+ geeks and their allies. She passionately pushes her friends and fans (#Strangers) to believe in themselves and broaden their minds to a higher level of understanding for issues that include LGBTQ+ rights, feminism, autism awareness, racial equal- ity, anti-bullying, and many other forms of mental health and suicide awareness. GUESTS OF HONOR MARISHA RAY CHRISTOPHER R. SABAT Marisha Ray (actor, host, writer, producer) Christopher R. Sabat has lived on a diet of has often been described as a geek girl, Senzu Beans for nearly 15 years. As the game enthusiast, uber-nerd and pretty voice director for Dragonaball Z as well as much any other variant. You can see her the actor behind Vegeta, Piccolo, Yam- work on such shows as Keyleth (Critical cha, Mr. Popo, Kami, Jeice, Recoome, Role), Batgirl: Spoiled (Batgirl/ Stephanie Korin, Burter, Shenron, Zarbon, Guru, Brown), Super Power Beat Down (Host), Porunga, and countless others, you could School of Thrones (Mellisandre), Proxy: A possibly say he is the voice of Dragonball Slenderman Story (Jess), Walk of Shame Z. Christopher currently owns Okratron (Not a Working Girl). You can hear her 5000, a game audio and voice-over pro- voice in Persona Q and Persona Arena duction studio in Dallas, Texas. He has Ultimax (Margaret), WarMachine Tactics also loaned his voice to countless other (Haley, Deneghra, Feora, various) and roles in the anime and videogame world Akihabra’s Trip (various). Marisha has including Alex Luis Armstrong in Fullmetal worked with such networks as Spike TV, Alchemist, Roronoa Zoro in One Piece, Hallmark Channel and MTV. She is also Ayame Sohma in Fruits Basket, Saiga an avid video gamer, who, at the age of Tatsumi in Speed Grapher, Kurogane in three, could beat anyone in a round of Tsubasa Chronicles, Daisuke Jigen in Lu- Mario Bros., including her father. She car- pin III, Garland in Dissidia: Final Fantasy, ries this love for video gaming into much Rundas in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, of her hosting, comedy and writing career. Alex D in Deus Ex: Invisible War, and both Captain Smiley and Star in Comic Jumper. *appearing Friday and Saturday only GUESTS OF HONOR Iron Man/Tony Stark in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore and Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher, Walter in Shin Megami Tensei IV, Leon in Rune Factory 4, Tygra in Cartoon Network’s Thunder- cats, Reapmon/Beelzemon in Digimon Fusion, and many other projects. Mat- thew is also known for his on-camera and production work, such as DMing Critical Role (airs Thursdays on twitch.tv’s Geek & Sundry).