AnimeNEXT 2005 Announces Voice Guests

marmalade brat · Post by **marmalade brat** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:03 am

AnimeNEXT, the largest independently organized anime convention in the New York metropolitan area, has announced the first round of guests attending the convention to be held at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New Jersey on June 17-19, 2005. Vic Mignogna, Travis Willingham, Marc Diriason, Lauren Goodnight, Wayne Grayson, and Mike Sinterniklaas have accepted invitations to attend the event.

Vic Mignogna currently provides the voice of Edward Elric, the lead character of Cartoon Channel's hit series on Adult Swim, Full Metal Alchemist. Mignogna has appeared in many anime titles, including Yu Yu Hakusho, Full Metal Panic, and DNAngel. This will be Mignogna's first appearance in NY.

Travis Willingham plays the part of Roy Mustang, the Fire Alchemist, along with Mignona on Full Metal Alchemist. Willingham has also appeared in popular series such as Case Closed, Kiddy Grade, and Yu Yu Hakusho. This will be Willingham's first appearance at a US Anime Convention.

Marc Diraison is best known for providing the voice of Roronoa Zolo in Shonen Jump's One Piece. He also voices Guts, the lead character in the popular anime series, Berserk.

Lauren Goodnight is making her second appearance at AnimeNEXT. She has played roles in prominent anime titles such as Noir, Pretear, and SuperGALS.

Wayne Grayson is best known for playing Joey Wheeler in Yu-Gi-Oh! and Michelangelo in the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.

Mike Sinterniklaas is the founder of the NYAV dubbing studio and has directed the voice-over for titles such as Berserk, Samurai Deeper Kyo, and Magic User's Club. In addition to being an accomplished director, Sinterniklaas is a talented actor in his own right. He has starred as Dean Venture in Cartoon Network's Venture Brothers, and as Leonardo in the Fox Box's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:03 am

Oh dear God, both Ed <i>and</i> Roy from FMA? The squeals are going to be even louder than last year with the Inu Yasha crew...

Dave_911 · Post by **Dave_911** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:03 am

new jersey you say? thats not far from wehre i live...owait, i live in nj

so, whaddaya all think?
worthwile for a 1st timer like me?

+ omg teenage mutant ninja turtles!!! Ive always had a dream about living in a sewer and eating pizza all day...owait, i live in a sewer, eating pizza all day

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:10 am

Dave_911 wrote:so, whaddaya all think?
worthwile for a 1st timer like me?

Personally, I had fun at ANext. It was a very big change of pace for me - at previous cons (AB03 and 04, Otakon 03) I was always running around with a ton of stuff to do (hosting panels, interviewing people, etc), but ANext gave me a chance to relax and chill and do the whole normal-congoer thing. Entered (and won stuff in!) the karaoke contest, entered (and failed) the DDR tourney, went to viewing rooms... they were a bit unorganized due to the gigantic mess of people, but it was still enjoyable. I'm even considering staffing...

Since it'd be your first con, it'd be good for you. Small, but not <i>too</i> small, and close-by.

marmalade brat · Post by **marmalade brat** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:26 pm

Dokool, thanks for the nice comments about the convention. Hopefully, with the move to the Meadowlands Expo Center this year we have handled the biggest complaint attendees had from last year; overcrowding.

Thanks again for the nice comments. We are a fan-based convention and will strive to remain that way.

Dave_911 · Post by **Dave_911** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:41 pm

yeah, hopefully ill have a little more than $3 left when the con rolls around

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:20 am

Dave_911 wrote:yeah, hopefully ill have a little more than $3 left when the con rolls around

Well, you'll need around $40 for pre-registration, you can commute so you don't need money for the hotel room, figure around $60 or so for food if you're smart (less if you eat at home), and then however much you're comfortable with for the dealers room (of which ANext had a pretty decent one last year and hopefully will have again this year).

marmalade brat · Post by **marmalade brat** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:46 pm

You guys mentioned food, by the way, we are alot closer to alot of restaurants this year too. There is a Burger King, Outback Steakhouse, Pizzeria Uno and and several other places right outside the Hotel. Though you might like to know.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:06 am

marmalade brat wrote:You guys mentioned food, by the way, we are alot closer to alot of restaurants this year too. There is a Burger King, Outback Steakhouse, Pizzeria Uno and and several other places right outside the Hotel. Though you might like to know.

Oh hallelujah. Myself, VegettoEX, MeriC, and mckeed were all lost in Secaucus for like, an hour when we went to go to a Burger King and then tried coming back...

MeriC · Post by **MeriC** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:52 pm

God, that totally sucked (but was kinda funny). Whoda thunk we'd get THAT lost in such a small amount of space?

But yeah, AnimeNEXT is spiffy! Then again, I'm biased since I'm on staff.