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Table of Contents ANIME BOSTON INBOUND 4 From the Chairman 5 Guests of Honor 14 Events 16 Panels 24 Anime Programming 32 Cosplay Info 36 Convention Rules 44 Food and Shops 52 Staff 48 Convention Maps Anime Boston 2005 3 From The Chairman Hello everyone and welcome to the third Anime Boston and the first to be held at our new home, the Hynes Convention Center. Boston is one of America’s oldest cities and is known for its rich his- tory and culture. From the early days of the American Revolution through the cultural and sporting events of today, the people of Bos- ton have been passionate about their city and proudly share that pas- sion with others. Just ask any Red Sox fan. Boston’s anime fans are no exception. In 2003, over four thousand people showed up to attend the first Anime Boston. Many more peo- ple wanted to come, but the Boston Fire Marshal made us turn them away. Last year, we expanded our space, but still had to cut off pre- registration a month early. This year, Anime Boston occupies nearly 100,000 square feet. We should finally be able to open our doors wide and welcome thousands more anime fans from the New England area and beyond. Anime Boston is a testament to the passion of anime fans. We’re here to celebrate that passion with you…whether it’s through watching anime screenings, meeting guests, wearing costumes, attending pan- els, singing karaoke, playing games, dancing, or shopping. On behalf of all our staff and volunteers, I would like to thank you for coming to Anime Boston 2005. I am happy to see you in Boston and hope you have as much fun at Anime Boston as the staff has had in putting it together for you. Sincerely, Convention Chairman PatrickAnime Boston Delahanty 2005 4 Anime Boston 2005 Yoko Guests of honor Blessed with an endearing, expressive sing- er’s voice and a dynamic range, Yoko was ISHIDA selected as the featured vocalist on Gene- on Japan’s Para Para Max CD series. From there, she emerged as one of the anime industrys’ most prolific and outstanding female singers, performing the memorable theme songs to series such as Pretear, A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, Ai Yori Aoshi, Petite Princess Yucie, Gunparade March, Ai Yori Aoshi~Enishi~ and Texhnolyze. Yoko’s first solo album, “sweets,” was unveiled in 2003, and had the unique distinction of being released both in Japan and the U.S. that same year to anime fans. In 2004, Yoko’s popularity skyrocketed even higher, as she performed the theme song to the new GAINAX series, This Ugly and Beautiful World and launched the “Hyper Yocomix” album, featuring popular anime songs set to a Eurobeat mix. Yoko was “discovered” once again, this time by a U.S. video game producer, who had at- tended her summer concert and presented her the opportunity to perform the ending theme song, “Foolish Dreams” on Vivendi Universal Games’ Red Ninja: End of Honor. When she’s not practicing in a studio, Yoko can be found as an assistant host for a popular radio broadcast program (Okui Masami Kiss 3) with friend and colleague Masami Okui. With her recent theme song performance for the new Ah! My Goddess TV series and her next anticipated album, “Yoko Ishida - All of Me”) set for release in Japan on March 2005 (and May 2005 in the U.S.), Yoko continues to be a stand out per- former/entertainer whose success can be directly linked to both her musical talents and her loyal fans. © GENEON ENTERTAINMENT, INC. © GENEON ENTERTAINMENT, Anime Boston 2005 5 Daisuke GUESTS OF HONOR Daisuke Moriyama is best known as the MORIYAMA creator of Chrno Crusade, one of the most popular manga serials featured in Comic Dragon and Dragon Age maga- zines. He began his career in the video games industry drawing illustrations for the magazine Comtiq. In 1996, he cre- ated the character designs and cover art for Alice in Cyberland. In 2002, he published compilations of short sto- ries known as Mother’s Guardian and the award-winning Koko ni iru Suiren. When he joined Fujimi Shoubo, Chrno Crusade’s Japanese publisher, he was working as an illustrator for “monster collection cards”. Although Chrno Cru- sade is primarily set in New York, Anime Boston will mark his first visit to the east coast. Anime Boston 2005 7 GUESTS Greg Ayres is not your average voice actor. The once “fanboy” turned VA started working for ADV Films two years ago, and in that time managed to snag two of his favorite roles in anime. He was thrilled to voice the role of his favorite character Son Goku in Saiyuki, then just one year later Kaworu Nagisa in the director’s cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Other roles include Toga in Gravion, Mannen in Pretear, and Shinji Kazama in GREG AYRES Full Metal Panic. He can also be heard in other anime titles such as Steel Angel Kurumi, Panyo Panyo DiGi Charat, Dragon Knight Wheels of Time, Oh Super Milk Chan, and Aura Battler Dunbine. JOHNNY YONG BOSCH Johnny Yong Bosch made his debut as Adam, the Black Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He appeared MELISSA FAHN MELISSA in over 200 episodes and both big screen versions of the series. Heís also known for his voice work as Vash in Trigun, Melissa has Kaneda in Akira, Reiji in Gate Keepers, Claus in Last Exile, since voiced Clair in Heat Guy J, Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin, Mike in many beloved Please Twins and Kiba in Wolf ’s Rain. Johnny has recently characters completed his directorial debut on a live action horror film including called Devon’s Ghost with Artist View Entertainment. Aside Edward Wong from acting and directing Johnny has an alternative rock Hau Pepelu band called Eyeshine. Tivrusky IV in Cowboy Bebop, Rika in Digimon, Gaz in Invader Zim, Tachikoma in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Kaede Misumi in Please Teacher!, Eri Ninamori in FLCL, and many others.She has graced stages from Los Angeles and Denver to Paris and Avignon, France in Hal Prince’s “3hree”, “Gilligan’s Island the Musical”, and the rock-opera “Vox Lumiere”. Most recently, she has performed as Tillie in the musical murder mystery, “Redhead”, and as Marty Maraschino in the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities’ production of the classic “Grease!” This will be Melissa Fahn’s first anime convention appearance. 8 Anime Boston 2005 GUESTS OF HONOR Cynthia Martinez was first David Kaye is heard world wide providing introduced to anime when the voice for thousands ADV cast her in her first of different broadcast acting/voice acting role ever projects. He is perhaps as the dragon slayer sorceress best known to fans Lina Inverse in Slayers. Since DAVID KAYE DAVID as Megatron in Beast Wars: Transformers and then she has voiced a variety Transformers: Energon. of roles such as Sora in He has also played Pro- Kaleido Star, Hermes in Kino’s fessor Charles Xavier on Journey, Poemy in Puni Puni X-Men: Evolution, Ses- CYNTHIA MARTINEZ CYNTHIA Poemy, Hiroko in RahXephon, shomaru in Inu-Yasha, Mikako in Voices of a Distant Treize Khushrenada in Gundam Wing, and Soun Star, Yuna in Galaxy Fraulein Yuna, Hikaru in Princess Nine, Tendo in Ranma 1/2 in Hikaru Amano in Nadesico, Harue in Super Gals, Mint in addition to roles in many other titles. He still finds the time BASTof Syndrome, Meek in Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat, Pike to appear in many well-known television series including in Princess Tutu, and Kaho in Sister Princess. Other titles Battlestar Galactica, The X Files, made for TV movies, and include Gravion, Aura Battler Dunbine, All-Purpose Cultural feature films (yes, that was him in Happy Gilmore). David Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku, Azumanga Daioh, Excel Saga, Najica continues to travel back and forth between New York, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, recording radio and television Blitz Tactics, Neo Ranga, Noir, Nurse Witch Komugi, and Those commercials for clients throughout North America as well Who Hunt Elves. as appearing in a few from time to time. Anime Boston 2005 9 GUESTS BRIANNE SIDDALL Brianne Siddall has provided voices for many well known anime characters such as Tsukasa and Elk in .hack⁄⁄SIGN, Kenichi and Fifi in Metropolis, Calumon, Koromon and Tommy in Digimon. She can also be heard in anime titles such as Geneshaft, Kikaider, Saint Tail, Space Adventure Cobra, and Transformers: Robots In Disguise. Her work extends into video games with titles including not only the .hack games, but Xenosaga, Tales of Symphonia, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Final Fantasy XI, and others. She is also the voice of Circuit in Power Rangers and has played numerous roles network TV shows both in front of and behind the camera as a boom operator, stunt person, assistant film editor, assistant sound editor, and location scout. In her free time, Brianne has completed several marathons and a 1/2 Ironman Triathalon. She enjoys home construction, riding motorcycles, ice skating, and goofing off. Dave Wittenberg is a relative newcomer to the world of anime voice acting, but has already given a voice to a number of major characters in various anime titles. His credits include Michael in Witch Hunter Robin, Jiro/ Kikaider in Kikaider, Sora in .hack//SIGN, Kei Kusanagi in Please Teacher, the tamer Henry Wong and countless digimon in Digimon, as well as roles in RaveMaster, Last Exile, Captain Harlock, King Gainer, and 12 Kingdoms. He has also been a writer/director for Digimon and Figure 17.