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Title: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: princesslara on May 25, 2015, 12:58:39 AM
Hi everyone! Though I'm new to these forums I've certainly enjoyed Fanime 2015, though it's sadly ending soon. I'm definitely going to Fanime 2016!

I'm only going to suggest one Fanime Guest of Honor and that would be NipahDUBS. I know there are plenty of people who are worthy of being Guests of Honors but I'm just suggesting him so it's out there.

Most known for his cosplays, he's cosplayed numerous amounts of characters such as Sora and Link, and even created his own gender-bend cosplays for a Male Anna from Frozen, and a Male Jinx from League of Legends.

The reason I choose NipahDUBS is because of his encouragement of others to cosplay, and the face that he crafts most clothing articles for them, making him a great choice to be a guest in order to teach others how to unlock their cosplaying potential. He also styles his own wigs and is up for commissions (Wig Styling Panel?!).

On a side note, he's HUGELY into MMD and certainly could have tutorials on that, maybe for the music video contest?

He's open to attending next year as stated in a link below, and I certainly hope he's invited. ^-^

http://bit.ly/1FyGY8k

*Mod Notes* - Split from the 2015 thread and stickied for 2016.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: trickstersgambit on June 01, 2015, 05:45:00 PM
Greg Ayers! He's a great voice actor, a sweet guy, and an awesome DJ
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Sunara Ishi on June 01, 2015, 10:19:49 PM
I'm just going to copy my list from 2015 for now...

I'd really like to see (Japanese) mangakas and seiyuu. It seems the last few years didn't have much. Manhwa authors/artists would be awesome too. We never see those. Perhaps even japanese game creators/artists/story writers/seiyuu? It would be also cool to get someone from a Jdrama, etc.

I'll just list some of the more mainstream ones I like. (And ones I know are current.)

Music guests:
Kalafina
Aoi Eir
Aimer
Elisa
Suara
Superfly
ClariS
Kanon Wakeshima
BoA

Mangaka artists/authors:
Kakinouchi Narumi (Vampire Princess Miyu, etc.)
NAKAMURA Yoshiki (Skip Beat, etc.)
MASHIMA Hiro (Fairy Tail, Rave, etc.)
IKUHARA Kunihiko (Mawaru Penguindrum, Utena, Yuri Kuma Arashi)
Kinoshita, Sakura (Matantei Loki Ragnarok)
Clamp
Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon) & Yoshihiro Togashi (Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter) [obviously they'd most likely have to be a pair]
Yana Toboso (Kuroshitsuji)
RHIM Ju-Yeon (manhwa - Ciel, Last Autumn Story)

Japanese Novelists:
NARITA Ryougo (Durarara!!)

Seiyuu:
Miyuki SAWASHIRO
Sayaka OHARA
Tetsuya
Tomokazu SEKI

Anime character designers:
Maho Yoshikawa (Amnesia, Fairy Tail, etc.)

Game companies/people:
Maybe someone from Idea factory, Key, or from the "Tales of" game staff?
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Angelx624 on June 02, 2015, 02:53:41 AM
Pretty much the same ones I suggested last time:

Jun Fukuyama
Kei Hosogai
Jinnai Sho
Ryohei Odai
Yutaka Kobayashi
Masatomo Nakazawa
Satoshi Hino
Takahiro Sakurai
Luci Christian
Allison Sumrall
Ryosuke Miura

Though if Fanime got ANY tokusatsu actor to come, I'd be over the moon. xDDD
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: HunterZero on June 02, 2015, 10:32:37 AM
I keep holding out hope for:

The Pillows
TsuShiMaMiRe

I now add WORLD ORDER to that list
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: otakuya on June 02, 2015, 05:54:37 PM
YouTube guests, especially the gamer ones! Markiplier, Game Grumps, JonTron, ProJared, PeanutButterGamer, Completionist, etc... Imagine their panels!
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: InsaneDavid on June 02, 2015, 07:06:34 PM
Absolute pipe dream but Arino Shinya.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Firefury Amahira on June 02, 2015, 11:16:14 PM
The guys from Team Four Star!
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: bahamutknightzero on June 02, 2015, 11:57:37 PM
Quote from: InsaneDavid on June 02, 2015, 07:06:34 PM
Absolute pipe dream but Arino Shinya.

Even if a pipedream, I do second this request along with any of the Gamecenter CX crew past and present
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: InsaneDavid on June 03, 2015, 01:19:28 AM
Quote from: bahamutknightzero on June 02, 2015, 11:57:37 PM
Quote from: InsaneDavid on June 02, 2015, 07:06:34 PM
Absolute pipe dream but Arino Shinya.

Even if a pipedream, I do second this request along with any of the Gamecenter CX crew past and present

Ah, Toujima.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: bobcat888 on June 27, 2015, 10:14:58 PM
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Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Angelx624 on July 08, 2015, 02:37:06 AM
Quote from: HunterZero on June 02, 2015, 10:32:37 AM
I keep holding out hope for:

The Pillows
TsuShiMaMiRe

I now add WORLD ORDER to that list
YES WORLD ORDER!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: ghoulpixel on July 08, 2015, 02:35:58 PM
I would love to have Matthew Mercer , voice actor of Levi from SnK & Sinbad from Magi & many more UvU
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: tdawinner on July 28, 2015, 07:56:28 PM
I want to see more seiyuu this year. In particular, I want to see any of the Love Live seiyuu. I'd also want to see Todd Haberkorn.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Angelx624 on July 31, 2015, 02:02:22 PM
Quote from: tdawinner on July 28, 2015, 07:56:28 PM
I want to see more seiyuu this year. In particular, I want to see any of the Love Live seiyuu.
Yes seiyuu!! I'd love to see the Free! seiyuu!! :D
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Anti-Gonist on August 03, 2015, 12:17:15 PM
FOR COSPLAYERS, REIKA, Kaname, NipahDUBS, JIN, Liui Aquino, Twinzik, Tsubasa, and JESSICA NIGRI! XD

Japanese Voice Actors/Actresses: KAJI YUKI (PLEASSEE), KAMIYA HIROSHI, DAISUKE ONO, JUN FUKUYAMA (ESPECIALLY WHEN HE'S PERSONA 5 PROTAG <3), AKIRA ISHIDA, DAISUKE NAMIKAWA, NATSUKI HANAE, and AOI SHOUTA (WE NEEEEDD HIM)
MARINA INOUE, RISA TANEDA, MAAYA SAKAMOTO, AND PARK ROMI (WE NEED ED! AND NAOTO)

American Voice Actors: Yuri Lowenthal, Johnny Yong Bosch, Probably the whole English Dub Persona Cast :P

Others: Team Four Star, TSM, Joey blonde wolf, Eir Aoi, LISA, PelleK, if possible......BABY METAL and HATSUNE MIKU
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: citrus on August 04, 2015, 01:38:01 AM
They're gonna have to do A LOT more if they want me to return. I'd be better off going to other anime conventions that take the same place as the memorial day weekend. The guests were better this year but it's nowhere NEAR as good as 2011. Not by a LONG mile. For a convention that has 27,000 people coming each year. It doesn't deserve anywhere NEAR the praise it's getting.

I don't even know if I should BOTHER posting the guest list I want for next year. Because I bet fanime is going to bring guests next year that NOBODY asks for or care. let me guess Yamanaga and Giles Patterson AGAIN? I don't mind repeat guests so long as it's somebody I CARED ABOUT. Like I don't know bring Haruka Momoi again!? She loved Fanime so much that she came back three times! And they have said she has never gone to a convention repeatedly aside from Fanime. I've only attended her panel once when I was pretty young and still in High School. While I did not see her the other years I attended. To say the least I respected her quite a bit and didn't mind if she kept coming back. But NO. I feel like it's Fanime's fault that she didn't came back even though she wanted too.

The only guests that Fanime is ever is competent in bringing is the Music Guests. But we only got one this year so its no longer musicfest...

You know what else? My local Anime Convention Sac-Anime has a much lower attendance rate but you know what the biggest difference is? they get BETTER guests and so many that it's practically crazy. Yes most of them is North American guests but as of the past few years they have been able to get their hands on a couple of Japanese guests. They even got their hands on Mamoru Yokota who has attended Fanimecon a few times. Not only that the convention caters to EVERY single audience. Comics, TV show, Anime, cosplay pretty much EVERYTHING. Fanime? It only caters to mainly cosplayers or people that like to just sit around and "chill."

I'd much rather pay a lot more for the badges and hotels if it means getting better guests.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Dracil on August 04, 2015, 10:49:00 AM
So go to Sac-Anime.  They have like essentially nothing of interest music guest wise.  That dillution of fandom is essentially why I don't bother.  Everything is too watered down.  If I want comics, TV shows, or basically Western fandom stuff I'll just go to comic con or something.  If I want games I'll go to PAX or BGG.con or something.

Sakuracon currently seems to be THE place to go for Japanese guests and I'll definitely attend that again.

I believe con staff that matter don't really want Momoi again so it's generally a lost cause, but so far she seems to be in America once a year or so, so if you're willing to travel you can still see her.  But as long as Fanime continues bringing music guests of some relevance I'll probably still go.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: cutiebunny on August 04, 2015, 10:56:54 AM
Quote from: citrus on August 04, 2015, 01:38:01 AM
I don't mind repeat guests so long as it's somebody I CARED ABOUT.

Not gonna lie, but that came off as completely selfish. 

I don't get you, citrus.  You whine and moan about Fanime being a horrible convention all year long, and then when you attend and enjoy the concert, you claim that you like the direction that Fanime is going.  So...which is it?!  You continually spam the forums with complaints, but then you post this -

QuoteI have plans on returning back to the con.

What incentive does the convention have to change if you've already decided you're attending in 2016?  They clearly must be doing something right if you're willing to forego attending other conventions.


QuoteI'd much rather pay a lot more for the badges and hotels if it means getting better guests.

Then put your money where your mouth is and go somewhere else.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: citrus on August 04, 2015, 12:35:08 PM
Quote from: cutiebunny on August 04, 2015, 10:56:54 AM
Quote from: citrus on August 04, 2015, 01:38:01 AM
I don't mind repeat guests so long as it's somebody I CARED ABOUT.

Not gonna lie, but that came off as completely selfish. 

I don't get you, citrus.  You whine and moan about Fanime being a horrible convention all year long, and then when you attend and enjoy the concert, you claim that you like the direction that Fanime is going.  So...which is it?!  You continually spam the forums with complaints, but then you post this -

QuoteI have plans on returning back to the con.

What incentive does the convention have to change if you've already decided you're attending in 2016?  They clearly must be doing something right if you're willing to forego attending other conventions.


QuoteI'd much rather pay a lot more for the badges and hotels if it means getting better guests.

Then put your money where your mouth is and go somewhere else.

I'm gonna lie. I do it out of frustration and vent out to get if off of my system because I constantly keep thinking of the past few years of what Fanime was like and still brings bitter memories that I guess in order stop thinking of them I post my frustration about them. I DO like the way things are going for Fanime for this year. They did have some guests I like and for whatever panels they have I did enjoy to a certain extent. Could be better though.

Your right, Fanime IS doing something right for me if I'm attending for 2016. 2015 is where I think it was somewhat going in the right direction when it came to guests and some panels, but  I guess what I'm hoping to do by continuing to moan and complain is that by continuing to do so Fanime will acknowledge it and change things so that way it'll go into the days of 2011 But I am most likely being way to naive and ignorant about it. I admit I have really good memories of the convention before 2012 came and it's really hard for me to let go of those memories. Deep down I still love Fanime. And I been reluctant to ditch fanime and go to other conventions because I'm still loyal to it I think.

I am starting to realize what I said about the guests did come out completely selfish. I really shouldn't have said such things about some of the repeat guests that come to Fanime. There are people that do enjoy them. None of the guests deserve my disrespectful words as they have done nothing wrong to deserve them.

I deeply apologize, for my strange and irrational behavior ever since I join the forums, I don't want anybody to think real badly of me and think I am troll of some kind which I'm not. Though I admit once and a while I do like to troll sometimes. I promise to keep my complaints to a minimum Or if I must complain I will do it in a way that's more calm and rational as well making sense. Because it's clear I'm not thinking on what I'm typing at times.

Once again, I apologize for my strange and irrational behavior. I DO like Fanime and I do enjoy it to some extent. Please do not let me stop from posting on this thread.   
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Angelx624 on August 07, 2015, 11:26:14 PM
Have to agree with cutie. You do NOTHING but COMPLAIN, citrus. We freaking get it. We don't need to hear it ten times over. Saying it over and over again will get you NOWHERE. If it's coming from one person, no matter how long the post is(honestly tl;dr at this point, dude, there really is no point in reading the whole thing it's just you complaining again) Fanime is not going to listen unless the majority of people are saying it. Hate to break your ego, dude, but you are NOT the majority. You are just one measly person out of tens of thousands of people who attend Fanime.

If you don't like Fanime, go somewhere else. We don't want your negativity here, cause ain't nobody got time for that.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Mythal on August 08, 2015, 12:01:54 AM
I think inviting cosplay guests who usually aren't able to make it to Fanime would be really cool, like Fighting Dreamer Productions from Canada, Tux Team (especially Jin/behindinfinity) from the Philippines, Mango Sirene, Liui Aquino, or Kiba the Cosplay Corgi.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: karatails on August 27, 2015, 11:22:56 PM
I would like to see more VAs from Funimation, especualy ones who have worked on Yu Yu Hakusho

I really REALLY want to see Jerry Jewell here at Fanime. He has a notable carrer, has voiced a bunch of my favorite characters.. and most of the cons he attends are on the east coast...

Jerry has voiced characters from Hetalia, Fruits Basket, YYH, and many others. For many fans, he has been in our favoite shows, from old to new. A panel, or an autograph session would be wonderful with him in it.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: crimson613 on September 24, 2015, 01:29:26 PM
Cosplayers!

Martha Asahi
Reika
Kaname
Yugene
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: andyjay729 on September 29, 2015, 06:15:06 AM
Kato*Fuku (Emiri "Kyubey" Kato and Kaori "Tsukasa" Fukuhara's duo group). They were just at Anime Weekend Atlanta and I would've loved to see them but, you know, the distance. I'm actually in San Diego and would normally request them for Anime Expo in LA, but I might be out of town around that time.

I dunno if it'd be feasible to have them at two American cons in less than a year, but I think Gen Urobuchi appeared at two stateside cons in 2012. What do you think?

It'd also be nice to have Marina Inoue.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: SquishyK on September 29, 2015, 10:59:57 AM
Japanese VAs: Free!
English or Japanese VAs: Attack on Titan
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: andyjay729 on September 30, 2015, 05:58:46 AM
I'd also like the ladies of Non Non Biyori (Kotori Koiwai, Kana Asumi, Rie Murakawa, and Ayane Sakura).
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: KagaChen on October 16, 2015, 10:07:22 PM
Time for an off-the-wall suggestion for an unusual guest.

(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVvL30JC.jpg&hash=680fb0fdb609df17340a5054b6156f6c6b0ec688)

The Mighty Jingles. YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/BohemianEagle/) gaming celebrity, small-time cosplayer, and noob extraordinaire.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Angelx624 on October 27, 2015, 02:18:46 AM
Quote from: crimson613 on September 24, 2015, 01:29:26 PM
Cosplayers!

Martha Asahi
Reika
Kaname
Yugene
I second Kaname! ^^
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Epika on December 06, 2015, 09:38:00 PM
Biggest wish:
Rica Matsumoto from Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh. The Pokemon franchise's 20th Anniversary and the new Yu-Gi-Oh movie is in 2016. :)

Other Guests:
Hoshi Souichirou
Yukari Tamura
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: mitsu on December 07, 2015, 02:52:03 AM
I'd really love to have:

Sumire Uesaka (Dekomori in Chuunibyou, Anastasia in Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls)
Yui Makino (Sakura in Tsubasa Chronicle, Fumina in Gundam Build Fighters Try)
Aya Suzaki (Tamako in Tamako Market, Mako in Kill la Kill)
Nao Toyama (Kanon in The World God Only Knows, Chitoge in Nisekoi)
Yuka Ootsubo (Kyouko in YuruYuri, Kanako in Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls)
Sayuri Hara (Kon in Inari Konkon, Mio in Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls)
Chiaki Omigawa (Maka in Soul Eater, Minko in Hanasaku Iroha)

It would be great if one or more of them could come and visit California, especially Sumire because she likes meeting anime fans all over the world.
Title: Erica Mendez for Fanime 2016?
Post by: mergeritter on January 04, 2016, 12:10:09 PM
Looking back at Fanime 2015's guest list, they haven't been the strongest.
Just recently, however, SacAnime 2016 had the strongest guests I've ever seen at a convention- Charles Martinet, Dameon Clarke, Veronic Taylor, Ashly Burch, and Olivia Olson, just to name a few.
Fanime needs to catch up guest wise, and I'd like to make one suggestion: voice actor Erica Mendez. Erica has starred in the roles of Aladdin in the English dub of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, and Ryuko Matoi in the English dub of Kill la Kill. She is also currently voicing Sailor Uranus in the newest dub of Sailor Moon. Needless to say, Erica has quite the roles under her belt.
It's still the beginning of January, and I think we still have time to even consider her as a guest.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: thepharaohinleather on January 04, 2016, 12:11:37 PM
I would love to see Shawn Wasabi at fanime~ Also Dan Green, Kazuki Takahashi, any of the splatoon main staff, Until Dawn staff/voice actors, Gazette, Sid (i know most of these are a long shot but you know), Markiplier and Rebecca Sugar~
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Firefury Amahira on January 04, 2016, 05:07:07 PM
Aaugh! Anime Expo is getting Team Four Star! C'mon Fanime, you guys can so step to that! D:
Title: Sarah Anne Williams for Fanime 2016?
Post by: mergeritter on January 04, 2016, 06:35:18 PM
I know I already made a suggestion for guests, but it wouldn't hurt to make a few more.
I think Sarah Anne Williams would be another great addition to the list. She's voiced Nonon Jakuzure in the English dub of Kill la Kill, Sayaka Miki in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Peacock in Skullgirls, and Jinx from League of Legends, just to name a few.
Hope everyone can consider her. :)
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: tokenflipguy on January 08, 2016, 07:08:38 PM
Copy Posta from last year:
Jeremy Blaustien, one of the unsung heroes of video game translation. He worked for Konami in the 90's. He worked on games such as  the original Metal Gear Solid, Suikoden 2, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations and Silent Hill 2-4 and Dragon Warrior VII.  He also worked on some anime mainly Pokemon. He lives in Japan, so that could be a logistics issue.

He's currently working a game called Blackmore's Bane and owns a localization company iqioi inc.

http://www.iqioi.com/english.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Blaustein


He has done a few interviews on hardcoregaming101 and been on the 8-4 podcast as well.

Frederik L. Schodt

Translator of Ghost in the Shell manga and wrote a lot of books on manga.

Tim Rogers

Indie game dev and new games journalist.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Rykin on January 09, 2016, 08:35:27 AM
I would like to suggest DJ Hitomi for the dances.

mod edit: its called a dance
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Galactic.Divinity on January 09, 2016, 08:33:13 PM
If you guys do cosplay groups I would love to see

Vandetta Cosplay or
NYAHpro

For voice actors maybe

Brina Palencia (Voices in Aquarion and Aquarion EVOL)
Christina Kelly (Voices in Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions - Heart Throb)
Luci Christian (Voices in Aquarion EVOL)
Laura Bailey (Voices in Soul Eater)
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Punkerdragon on January 20, 2016, 08:01:22 PM
I would love to see Holly Conrad and Jessica Merizan. They are amazing costumers that have worked on creature suits for Pacific Rim and costumes for the Dragon Age games. They preach that cosplay is not about levels or being better than some one else, its about having fun and hanging out with friends. They were on Hero's of Cosplay and on Morgan Spurlock Comic-Con: Episode IV - A Fans Hope.

I would love to meet them and think they would be a great addition to Fanime.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: SHINE14 on January 24, 2016, 09:32:40 PM
I agree with the person somewhere above that suggested Uesaka Sumire (Sumipe)! She is also Chuchu in Show by Rock and Athena in the currently airing Luck & Logic. She's also a singer and has done some anime OPs and EDs in addition to her solo work, so maybe she can be an opening act for Music Fest as well. Of course, you can't leave out that she loves lolita, so it would be cool if she could talk about that, too! She's quite an interesting person whom I think could cover a lot of areas in terms of panels, so I hope Fanime considers her!

Another singer/seiyuu who I'd love to see is Ohashi Ayaka. She is probably most known as the voice of Uzuki from the iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, but she is also Felia in Comet Lucifer, Fleur in Eureka Seven Ao, and Kurome from Akame ga Kill!. Again, she could also perform as an MF opening act because she can perform her anime songs and her solo songs. (She's also super adorable. Please watch if you have a moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ_zvgkFojc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWB2Twfml7I)

I'd be overjoyed if I could see either Sumire or Ayaka!
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: ZIMdudeAlchemist on February 07, 2016, 04:03:46 AM
Team Four Star

...nuff said  ;)
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Moetic Justice on February 22, 2016, 04:19:46 PM
Clyde Mandelin - Anime and game translator; has written extensively about game translations at his site Legends of Localization (http://legendsoflocalization.com/).
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: mischeivious_lil_kitsune on March 14, 2016, 04:05:58 PM
For VAs I would love for Crispin Freeman to come

For Youtubers: Teamfourstar, LittleKuriboh, and Octopimp I would love to see

Edit: Would also love to see Sapphire (aka Strawberrycreme26) to come and host a panel or perform. She's a youtuber who does english covers of anime songs and they're really good. She's also known for doing the hiimdaisy Persona 4 comic fandub https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sapphire
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: InsaneDavid on March 15, 2016, 10:32:54 PM
Quote from: Moetic Justice on February 22, 2016, 04:19:46 PM
Clyde Mandelin - Anime and game translator; has written extensively about game translations at his site Legends of Localization (http://legendsoflocalization.com/).

That would actually be pretty awesome.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: citrus on March 16, 2016, 11:25:22 PM
How about... listening to the paying attendees suggestions and actually try getting them for a change? Or announcing guests ahead of time so people can plan ahead? So far looking at social media. As of this time the post was made, a cosplay guest was announced. That's good... now how about someone with a very reputable name or someone with enough credential that you would want to know more about that person?

Considering how things have run in the past few years. The guest roster has already been determined I assume. So... what guests do I want for Fanimecon 2016? Just about literally anybody that other forum members have suggested.

Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: joAnnwashere on March 25, 2016, 01:22:47 AM
I've gotten into watching Youtube playthroughs with my boyfriend, and one comedy gaming channel we're both huge fans of is Game Grumps. The main players are Arin and Danny who reside in LA, I believe. They're really personable and entertaining so panels featuring them would be great, they'd add even more variety into the lineup, and maybe could play against fans + do live playthroughs (is this a thing?) with the Gaming Hall. :)

Danny is also in a comedy band called Ninja Sex Party which would be a hilarious act at MusicFest or Stage Zero, though some songs are NSFW, and I don't actually know if that's allowed.. They're really popular too, so I wonder about the expense.

Quote from: otakuya on June 02, 2015, 05:54:37 PM
YouTube guests, especially the gamer ones! Markiplier, Game Grumps, JonTron, ProJared, PeanutButterGamer, Completionist, etc... Imagine their panels!

I second this person! In particular, I think JonTron would also have amazing panels. Game Grumps would be best imo, the way their jokes bounce off of one another would work well in a panel setting.
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Angelx624 on March 25, 2016, 06:34:06 PM
Game Grumps and Mark would be great. XDD I'd also like to see Rooster Teeth, as well!! <3 But one can dream.... :DD
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: andyjay729 on April 30, 2016, 08:58:25 AM
Dunno if anyone can legally answer this, but how many guests are lined up this year? I saw in the archives that there were 10 last year; we now have eight. There's one group I would really like to see, but they haven't been announced... :(
Title: Re: Guests I Want for Fanimecon 2016!
Post by: Sora on May 05, 2016, 09:40:38 PM
Namikawa Daisuke, Charles Martinet, Tanaka Mayumi, Kamiya Hiroshi, Suzumura Kenichi, Seki Tomokazu, Seki Toshihiko, Yusa Kouji, Hoshi Souichirou, Kaida Yuki, Takahashi Hiroki, and Nakai Kazuya. Also, AAA (Japanese band).