August 2, 2010
News for Mizu Con 2010:
Mizucon announces final guests of honor
Miami,FL, August 1, 2010- Mizucon is honored to announce that popular voice actors Stephanie Sheh and Scott McNeil will be joining us as guests of honor for our 2010 show!
They join amazing guests David Williams of Sentai Filmworks and VA/Director Mike Sinterniklaas.
Unfortunately, due to a schedule conflict, Johnny Yong Bosch and Eyeshine have cancelled their appearance for Mizucon 2010. They have already committed to Mizucon 2011.
Stephanie Sheh
Voice Actor, Writer, Story Editor, Producer, Director, Photographer. She is also credited as Jennifer Sekiguchi, Tiffany Hsieh, Lulu Chiang, and Laura Chyu. As Jennifer Sekiguchi, she has been honored with a nomination for "Best Voice Actress in an Anime Comedy" by the American Anime Awards for her work in Girls Bravo and Haru+Guu. She is often in anime involving Kari Wahlgren another female lead in FLCL. Her most notable roles are Orihime Inoue in Bleach, Eureka in Eureka Seven, Mikuru Asahina in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Wendy Garret in Gun X Sword, and Hinata Hyuga in Naruto. Aside from acting, she has also adapted and written scripts for projects like FLCL, Ikki Tousen, Ah! My Goddess, Hell Girl, and Romeo X Juliet, and even co-directed Resident Evil 5 alongside fellow voice actor Liam O'Brien.
Scott McNeil
He has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notably ReBoot, Beast Wars, Storm Hawks, Dragon Ball Z, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, InuYasha, Ranma 1/2, Fullmetal Alchemist, and X-Men: Evolution. He has done live action work as well. Scott states his first role was providing voices on the The New Adventures of He-Man. His first anime role was for Project A-ko, where he provided the voices for three women. After appearing in a few films and two episodes of Highlander: The Series, he provided voices for Beast Wars, as Waspinator, Dinobot, Rattrap, and Silverbolt. He has described this as the work he is most proud of. On another fan favorite show, Dragon Ball Z, he was cast as the original voice of Piccolo and various other characters. He then provided the voice of Duo Maxwell on Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Principal Kuno on Ranma 1/2 Scott was then cast in another fan favorite anime, InuYasha, as Koga. He provided the voice of the Fullmetal Alchemist character Hohenheim.
About Mizucon
Mizu Con is an annual convention based on Japanese animation and the many sub-genres of anime. Mizucon 2010 will be held August 21-22nd at the Hyatt Regency Miami. Mizu Con will feature many of the festivities found at most Anime conventions. Events will include interesting and informative panels, Anime DVD screenings, live action movies, video gaming and even an Anime music video showcase! Mizu Con will also host an Artist Alley where local artists may showcase and sell their artwork and crafts. In addition there will be a cosplay contest, special guests, a dealer's room and much more! With over 30 years combined staffing and running Anime conventions, we hope to bring a quality show to the community annually and with community support we will be able to achieve our goal.
