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Special Guests

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We regret to announce that due to a last minute scheduling conflict, John Swasey will be unable to attend Animarathon in 2026

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Prices

Personal Item $50

Small Print - Plain $50

Large Print - Plain $70

Selfie $40

Combo selfie $20

Funko / Figure (Personal) $100

Short Quote $30

Long Quote $30

Video/Recording $60

David Vincent is an award-winning voice actor based in Los Angeles. David’s notable credits include:

  • Kento Nanami in Jujutsu Kaisen

  • Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez in Bleach

  • Estarossa and Mael in The Seven Deadly Sins

  • Phinks in Hunter X Hunter

  • Gilgamesh in Fate / Zero, Fate / Stay Night

  • Oda Sakunosuke/Fukuchi in Bungo Stray Dogs

  • Narrator in JOJO’s Bizzare Adventure

  • Robin in Fire Emblem / Super Smash Bros.

  • Richter Belmont in Castlevania / Super Smash Bros.

  • Duval in One Piece

  • Marshall Law and Forest Law in Tekken

  • Senketsu in Kill La Kill

  • Li Xingke in Code Geass

  • Naze Turbine in Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans

  • Van in Gun X Sword

  • Seiji in Durarara!!

  • Arthur Auguste Angel in Blue Exorcist

  • Jin Kisaragi and Hakumen in BlazBlue T-Hawk in Street Fighter

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Unfortunately due to some unforeseen scheduling with his work, Kirk Thornton is not able to attend Animarathon this year. We apologize to everyone that looked forward to meeting him this year.

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Prices

Single Autograph $40 (on 8 x 10 prints, posters, manga, DVD, etc.)

Toy/Collectible Autograph $60 (Funko, figures, props, toys, includes brief character quote, quotes longer than 6 words +$10)

Selfie $30 (Can add Selfie to any other item for +$20 for a combo)

Video/Recording $60

Big 3 (any auto + selfie + recording) $100

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Jason Douglas is an American film, television, and voice actor, known for portraying:

  • Beerus and King Cold in the Dragon Ball franchise

  • Aokiji / Kuzan in One Piece

  • Tobin in AMC's The Walking Dead.

In addition to his roles in the Dragon Ball franchise, his prolific voice acting career includes roles in:

  • Chainsaw Man as Kishibe

  • Krieg in Borderlands 2 and 3

  • Cygnus Hyoga in the 1986 and 2003 dubs of Saint Seiya. He also has lent his voice to characters in:

  • My Hero Academia

  • RWBY

  • Attack on Titan

  • Fairy Tail

  • Psycho-Pass

  • Parasyte

to name a few more of his over 200 voice-acting credits.

His TV and film appearances also include:

  • Sin City

  • Parkland

  • Two Step

  • No Country for Old Men

as well as recurring and guest appearances on hit TV shows such as:

  • Breaking Bad

  • The Leftovers

  • Nashville

  • The Night Shift

  • Preacher

  • Cruel Summer.

He has also appeared on stage with many of Texas’ preeminent theater companies including the Alley Theatre, Houston Shakespeare Festival, and Dallas Theater Center.

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Pudge the Cat has quickly become BGSU’s unofficial mascot over the course of 2025, and even has his own bobblehead! The 3 year old shorthaired Persian cat and BGSU Football’s Long Snapper, George Carlson have quickly gained attention from all sorts of places such as ESPN, Purina, Temptations, and many more, even getting time on Good Morning America, bringing joy to others. Pudge was brought into the BGSU football locker rooms and quickly became not only a morale booster, but family as well, quickly winning the hearts of the entire Bowling Green community and beyond!

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Dirk Manning is the writer/creator of comic series such as the supernatural noir TALES OF MR. RHEE and the genre-bending horror anthology NIGHTMARE WORLD. His most recent work has been with the estate of legendary actor Lon Chaney to adapt the lost classic horror film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT back to life as a graphic novel.

More of Dirk’s comic work includes:

  • BUTTS IN SEATS: THE TONY SCHIAVONE STORY (a #1 Best-Selling Graphic Novel on Amazon)

  • BURIED BUT NOT DEAD (Ringo Award finalist for Best Original Graphic Novel in 2021)

  • TWIZTID HAUNTED HIGH-ONS (Ringo Award finalist for Best Humor Comic in 2020 and 2022)

  • HOPE

  • THE ADVENTURES OF CTHULHU JR. AND FRIENDS, HOMESTEAD

  • ARN ANDERSON: MY LIFE AS THE ENFORCER

  • among others.

Now predominantly publishing with Source Point Press, where he also serves as Special Projects Manager, Dirk was an early adapter in using crowdfunding to launch his comics and graphic novels, with his works having raised over half a million dollars and counting in pre-sales on Kickstarter alone. Dirk is also the author of the inspirational/how-to column turned book series WRITE OR WRONG: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO CREATING COMICS and has contributed several short stories to the RPG game series CLOCKWORK: DOMINION for Reliquary Game Studios. His screenplay writing credits include the YouTube horror series BLACKBOX TV episode “The Hunger” (directed by Drew Daywalt and featuring Bonnie Aarons and Jon Gries).

When not at his desk writing, touring the comic convention circuit, and/or sampling his way across the best ice cream shops in the world, Dirk can be found online at www.DirkManning.com and on most social media platforms as @dirkmanning. He does not wear a top hat and scarf in real life.

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Oriana Peron is a Midwest-based Drag Queen who has been performing for more than ten years and cosplaying for 16+ years and counting. For over a decade, Oriana has been a guest and fan favorite of numerous Anime and Pop Culture conventions across the USA and is the creator of the first-ever Cosplay Drag Race competition for conventions, "Oriana Peron's Drag Race."

As a lifelong video gamer, Oriana blends her love of gaming with her performances and cosplays. Not only does she produce and host her shows, but her enigmatic energy and unique style draw a crowd wherever she goes.

Aside from being a host, producer, and performer, Oriana is a professional costume and wig designer for theatre, working on many shows, including eight years working with National Broadway Tours. She is also a fashion designer and has been an avid student at Indiana University, studying fashion design with a side focus on metalsmithing and jewelry. Celebrating self-expression and individuality, Oriana is passionate about creating a safe and inclusive space for her audiences to explore their identity. Oriana’s performances are full of energy and sparkle, making her a must-see act in the Drag world. When she’s not on stage, she is also a dedicated Drag educator and mentor, helping to nurture the next generation of Drag performers.

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Samurai Dan has been training and teaching the martial science of the Samurai warriors for over 25 years. Founder of the Akita-ken Dojo, Dan travels the US and Canada, dedicated to keeping the arts of Japan's greatest warriors alive. Aided by his amazing wife Jillian, and their adorable Akitas, the dynamic duo teach a variety of classes and lectures at cons everywhere.

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Best described as "What if Linkin Park played too much Nintendo?" or "Limp Bizkit, but if 'Break Stuff' was about rage quitting Street Fighter matches," Master Hand's sound is tight, melodic, unique, and very very fun. Master Hand has also played to conventions crowds, like ones at MAGFest and Sekaicon and Con on the Cob and Youmacon, WOW! Watch five weirdos dressed as Smash Brothers character sing about nerd stuff!

~Cringe is dead, long live cringe~

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John Gremillion is a stage, film and voice actor who has been working in anime for over 20 years, providing voices for dozens of popular anime titles for ADV, FUNimation, Okratron 5000, and Sentai Filmworks. John’s most popular roles include:

  • Gentle Criminal in My Hero Academia

  • Dracule Mihawk in One Piece

  • Roland Chapelle in Food Wars

  • Arthur Randall in Black Butler

  • D in Sentai’s recent re-release of Vampire Hunter D (Nomination - Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in an Anime Feature Film, 2015)

Other roles include:

  • Nakeshi Hirokawa in Parasyte: The Maxim

  • General Liver in Akame Ga Kill!

As well as roles in shows including:

  • Attack on Titan

  • Black Clover

  • Fire Force

  • Log Horizon

  • and many others.

A professional video editor for over 20 years, John worked on the supplemental materials ADV’s 2010 release of Halo Legends and for FUNimation’s release of Assassination Classroom Vol 2. He studied film at The University of Texas at Austin and Theatre Arts at The Juilliard School of Drama.

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Hello! We are LoRTH Cosplay. We've both been cosplaying for over 10 years and love spreading positivity in the community. We are a LGBTQ couple who's goal is to make everyone feel like they can cosplay and be included. Our duo is composed of Linds (Lady of Rohan Cosplay) and Kar/Taz (Tazunay Hitori Cosplay).

Linds is a partnered Capcom Creator and has had her work featured by Capcom. She has also had her work featured by the official Tomb Raider pages. She has guested at other local cons such as Nyancon and Con on the Cob. Her main following can be found on Twitter and Instagram! She is a disabled cosplayer who advocates that cosplay is for everyone. Her socials can be found here: https://linktr.ee/ladyofrohan

Kar has been competing in cosplay competitions since 2016, having won several awards, some for craftsmanship as well as skit/performance, a notable one being Best in Show Performance at Zipcon in 2018. They have also hosted other cosplay contest events in the past, the most recent being at Con on the Cob this past year. Kar is also an official Hoyoverse Content Creator specifically for Genshin Impact. Their main following can be found over on tiktok where they have over 10k followers. Kar advocates for plus size cosplayers to feel comfortable and confident in their bodies and cosplays alike. Their socials are listed here: https://linktr.ee/tazunay_hitori_cosplay

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Ryan Drummond is an actor, performer, singer, clown and is best known for his role as the original voice of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 1998 to 2004. Ryan also has many on-screen credits including:

  • BAYWATCH

  • POINT PLEASANT

  • TWO GUYS A GIRL AND A PIZZA PLACE

  • and your favorite Cheerleading movie, BRING IT ON

Ryan has also voiced countless characters in over 75 video games unrelated to SONIC. For example:

  • Eliot Ballade in Blue Stinger

  • Kevin Kertsman in Illbleed

  • Rick Arlen in Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger

  • Pizza Boy in Twisted Metal 4

  • Jonathan Carnahan in The Mummy,

  • Multiple Characters in Backyard Baseball, Football, and Soccer,

  • Recently voiced the Doctor in Mafia: Definitive Edition.

​Drummond has also voiced many of your favorite Halloween animatronics and decorations. His voice can be prominently found every Halloween season at Spirit Halloween, Halloween City, Home Depot, Costco, Target, Sam's Club and Lowe's. His most popular robots include:

  • GRIMM THE SKELETON

  • BUZZSAW

  • NOZZLES

  • BAPHOMET

  • MR. SALTY (Spirit Halloween)

  • FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER

  • GRAVEDIGGER

  • BOOGEYMAN

  • SINISTER STEVE

  • THD-3000 (Home Depot)

Just to name a few...

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Lisa Ortiz is a bicoastal LA/New York based veteran voice actor, director and producer. A NY native, her career as a voice over artist began under the shroud of an attempted auto larceny gone awry. Luckily for her, and for her sibling the perpetrator in question, the car battery died. (No seriously, my brother tried to steal my car. That's how I got into anime. Just ask me. I'll tell you). She can be heard as:

  • Burnin in My Hero Academia

  • Korrina/Talia in Pokemon Journeys

  • Kimimko in "Gunbusters"

  • Mion in Battle Game in 5 seconds

  • Tao Jun in Shaman King

  • Sunny-Kun in One Piece Red

  • Bai Yi in Path to Nowhere

  • Demon Lord Frey in "That time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" (amongst others)

As VA, she is most well known for her role as:

  • Lina Inverse

  • Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog

  • Icy/Musa in Winx Club

  • Serenity Wheeler in Yugi-oh

However, she began her career as the high elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War.

Since then she has gone on to record dozens of anime, series, audiobooks, video games, and films both as a voice and as a Producer, Director and Adapter. Her voice has been heard internationally on Disney XD, SciFi, Cartoon Network, WB, Funimation, Nickelodeon and Netflix amongst others. She was a regular fixtures on 4Kids TV and the Foxbox, and has appeared in the one woman show "I Couldn't Possibly Love You" at 53 above at the Broadway Comedy club and Don't tell Mama, as well as the Anime Cabaret Improv Jam. She is currently the director of Pokemon Journeys and Pokemon Horizons, has worked on the show in various capacities over the years since Indigo League. Voicing over three dozen Pokemon (including Oshawott, Litten, Vaporeon, Chewtle, Poipole, Fletchling and Totodile) and 10 plus trainers, From Misty's older sister Daisy, to Sabrina, Flannery, Mars, Neesha, Talia and present day gym leader Korrina; She was the voice of Team Rocket's Rotom phone and has appeared in nearly every season of the show. She began directing on Black and White, and has overseen Voice Direction on the past 3 arcs, including the 20th anniversary, 25th anniversary as well as the final episodes of Ash Ketchum's arc.

Stay tuned to hear about more of this year's special guests

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