Guests

2009 marked our third year for having industry guests, and their presence lended so much to the convention that we're having more coming in for 2010! Learning more about the industry we all love so much, as well as the energy they were able to put out to their fans have made them an invaluable addition to Ai-Kon's lineup. Here's a sample of who we had last year.

If you would like to be a guest at Ai-Kon, please forward an email to our guest relations

Caitlin Glass

Voice actress and ADR director, Caitlin has been working in the anime industry since 2004. After her first small parts on Case Closed, she went on to play Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist, Triela in Gunslinger Girl, Hiyono in Spiral and Takane in Burst Angel. More recent roles include: Vivi in One Piece, Miria in Baccano, Dianiella in Heroic Age, Sara in StrAIn, Yakumo in School Rumble, Nerine in Shuffle!, Kaori in Kanon, as well as roles in Negima, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Black Cat, Witchblade, BECK, Solty Rei, Hell Girl, Ragnarok, and Welcome to the NHK, among others.

In 2008, Caitlin directed the widely popular fan-favorite, Ouran High School Host Club, as well as playing Haruhi Fujioka. Other directing credits include Murder Princess, Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino, Suzuka and FUNimation's new dub of One Piece.

Along with directing, Caitlin enjoys adapting theme songs for FUNimation dubs, and can often be heard singing one of them! She has also voiced characters in video games, most recently Cammy in Street Fighter IV and Aya in Infinite Undiscovery. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Performance from the University of Texas at Arlington and continues to pursue acting professionally in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. You can catch Caitlin as Miss Anderson in Shin-chan, airing weekly on adultswim

Tiffany Grant

Tiffany Grant is thrilled to attend her first con in Manitoba! Best known as the English voice of Asuka from EVANGELION, Tiffany was the first voice actor hired in the state of Texas in February 1994.

She now has approximately 1000 voice credits including CHRONO CRUSADE, BLUE SEED, GOLDEN BOY, AZUMANGA DAIOH, GODANNAR, FULL METAL ALCHEMIST and MABURAHO. Video game credits: UNLIMITED SAGA, DEUS EX II: INVISIBLE WAR. Recent projects include ONE PIECE, THE WALLFLOWER, and TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLES.

Ms. Grant has written English dubbing scripts for TV series such as ANGELIC LAYER, MABURAHO, GODANNAR, AH! MY GODDESS 2 and THE WALLFLOWER. She also adapted scripts for several subtitled projects including MIYUKI CHAN IN WONDERLAND.

Additionally, Tiffany contributed to the charity albums "Voices for Peace" and "Voices for Tolerance" www.voicesfor.org. Go to http://www.cdbaby.com for CDs and downloads.

Non-anime work includes ARLINGTON ROAD and independent films LAUGHING BOY and DEAD OF KNIGHT. Tiffany has years of theatre and commercial experience plus an incurable Hello Kitty addiction! For more, please visit http://tiffanygrant.eva-r.com

Jan Scott-Frazier

Jan Scott-Frazier Jan worked in the animation (anime) industry in Japan for almost 14 years. She attended animation school and later went on to work at a number of studios in including Artland, Production IG and Atelier BWCA on shows including RikiOh 2, Locke the Superman (OVA), Shurato (OVA), Bubblegum Crash (OVA) and Tottoi (feature). She become an expert in many different aspects of animation production, such as cel painting, animating, backgrounds, camera and directing.

In 1991 she founded an animation studio - TAO Corp. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. TAO did work on Moldiver, Diary of Mikan, Genocyber and SWAT Kats amongst others. In 1994, Jan moved into consulting work, freelancing for Cambridge Animation Systems, the developers of Animo (a computer assisted (2D) animation production system). Also in 1994, Jan co-founded GENESIS Digital Publishing Company with Izumi Matsumoto (Kimagure Orange Road) where they created the best-selling Comic ON, a CD-ROM manga compendium in which Jan debuted as a manga artist. In 1999 Jan directed episodes of Susie-chan & Marvy (TV) and spent most of the year working on the development of original TV series projects. In 2000, she moved back to the USA to work at Celsys USA on the development of the next generation of the RETAS digital production system.

Jan has traveled extensively throughout Asia and the US teaching animation techniques and speaking at tradeshows and conventions. She has also translated videos and manga, written and co-written magazine articles and created extensive training materials for cel painting, animation and computer animation.

In 2006 she produced the album Voices for Peace as a charity benefit. She currently produces albums for Voices For, a non-profit corporation and is writing her memoirs.

Disclaimer

Please note that all guest appearances are subject to change due to work-related or personal circumstances. Ai-Kon is not responsible for cancellations, missed flights, or other unforeseen circumstances. Admission refunds will NOT be given.