MW Con 2015 Sponsors:
Skull Squadron Level S.M.S. Pilot Level Recognition Recognition ($100) ($50) Michael Bilger Feliciano Cespedes James Billings Edward Domingo Ken Brennan Kyle Dunn Chris Harper Leonardo Flores Thom Holquin Miguel Moreno Deborah Hoo Marc Remy Calvin Lew Ruben Reyna William Ng Joseph Younies Alec Orrock Daniel Petersen Jess Pulido Oliver Severino
Special Thanks to our guests: Kyle Dunn Mari Iijima Run Sasaki David Keith Riddick Les Claypool Tom Fahn John Fahn Victor Garcia
Macross World Convention 2015 Staff Committee Leads / Cosplay Convention Managers Ambassadors Support Staff
Bee Kong Peppymiint Cosplay Emerald Ivy Jeff Vinoya Greg Hignight IchiGoGo Twins Dennis Mah Jose Macasocol Jr Jason Cline Paprika Mari Andre Smith Linda Lin Sirian Wang Alison Rika Kunito Preda Jittanoon Adrian Lozano Allan Silvia Ray Nagar Allison Algoso Dae Kim Stan Oh Steven Chung SPECIAL THANKS TO: Debbie Lo Toni Shelton Gwyn Campbell ALEX VILLAREAL Dennis Chu Vincent Pang ELLIOT TRINIDAD Pat Saul TOKKI COSPLAY Dennis Mah Xavier Lim Norge Yip Emerald Ivy October 17, 2015 Yen H. Leung Gabriel Inocencio George Choi Torrance Cultural Arts Center MW Con 2015 Main Schedule of Events
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Maid Cafe Maid Cafe Macross Macross Idol MAIN EVENTS Kyle Dunn Motion U.S. Renditions Macross Live Mari Iijima Run Sasaki Panel Perfor- Perfor- Idol Pre- Stage Show and STAGE Comic Panel Orguss Panel Auction Concert mance mance judging Cosplay Concert
AUTOGRAPH Run Sasaki U.S. Renditions Mari Iijima AREA Meet and Greet Meet and Greet Meet and Greet
GAMING Gaming Drawing Contest Gaming LOBBY
MAID CAFE Open Hour Open Hour Open Hour Open Hour
RUN SASAKI Panel 12 PM Meet & Greet 1 PM MacrossWorld Convention 2015 proudly announces Run Sasaki as a Guest of Honor. Known for her roles including Mimsy in “Super Dimension Century Orguss”, Vanessa in “Super Dimension Fortress Macross” and Alfin in “Crusher Joe”, Ms. Sasaki will join this year’s convention for a panel and meet & greet. Born in Tokyo and raised in Fukushima. Run (pronounced “rune”) graduated from Hosei University with an English Literature Major. In 1976, she received the annual Grand Prix award for the “Amateur radio personality Contest” hosted by “Victor & Bunka Radio Broadcast”. Special Messages from mechanical designer Kazutaka Miyatake (Mechanical Designer, “Macross” & “Orguss”), Haruhiko Mikimoto (Character Designer, “Macross” and “Orguss”), Eri Takeda (Millia, “Macross”) and “Orguss” scenario writer Hiroshi Ohnogi. U.S. RENDITIONS “ORGUSS” REUNION PANEL Panel 2 PM Meet & Greet 3 PM MacrossWorld Convention 2015 celebrates the anime classic “Super Dimension Century Orguss” with a panel reuniting cast and crew from the English dub of the series produced by U.S. Renditions! We’re proud to welcome U.S. Renditions co-founder David Keith Riddick, engineer MW Con 2015 SPECIAL GUESTS Les Claypool, and voice actors Tom Fahn (Kei), John Fahn (Hardy) and Victor Garcia (Olsen), as they look back at the influential company and it’s efforts to present “Orguss” to the American market for the MARI IIJIMA first time in the 1990s. Concert 5 PM Meet & Greet 6 PM Originally released in 1983, “Orguss” was produced by many of the We are thrilled with the return of Mari Iijima to MWCon as a Guest Of Honor! staff hot off their work on the smash hit TV series “Super Dimension Mari Iijima is a long-time recording artist, singer & songwriter based in Los Fortress Macross”, including director Noboru Ishiguro (“Gatchaman”, Angeles, who played the role of Lynn Minmay for “Macross” since 1982. Visit “Space Battleship Yamato”) and character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto Mari at http://www.marimusic.com/ (“Megazone 23”, “Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket”). U.S. Renditions released a number of episodes of “Orguss” on VHS in the early 90s, pioneering the authentic localization of anime series outside of Japan.