Nan Desu Kan

Please note: the introductions below were written by the industry professionals themselves and have not been edited.

ArtPlayMix

Jason and Heather met in the summer of 2000, and merged their talents to develop a unique artistic style. Jason provides the illustrations, and Heather colors his linework. In 2001 they launched an online portfolio (now known as 'Artplaymix.com'). Heather and Jason have been hired to create artwork for several nationwide (and worldwide) publications. They married in May 2003 and currently maintain a small studio together. The Artplaymix.com team excels in concept art production, illustrated covers, comic books, website graphics, and much more.

COO

The founders of COO-IE originally formed Idaho’s first anime club in the mid 90’s, the Custodians of Otakudom. Known as COO for short, we began to run events and show original films at anime conventions through the Pacific Northwest. Before long, it was clear we were no longer a club but a performance group focused on pushing the limits of audience interactivity with our shows. By 2010 our operation had grown significantly; in addition to running live events at conventions we also produce videos, publish books and comics, offer consulting services and are preparing to enter the video game market as well. COO-Interactive Entertainment is a larger, more talented and professional organization but we remain committed to bringing our audiences the best entertainment possible.

Gypsygirl Press

Gypsygirl Press is the home base for several art projects, including all-ages webcomics written and/or drawn by John Peters and/or Trish Malone, and featuring weekly updating pages for Gypsy!, Ardra, Ninja Kitteh Vs. Shaolin Puppeh, and (occasionally) Forty Winks.

Jamie Judson

Jamie is a gorgeous young woman with a myriad of interests in arts and crafts, ranging through the fields of drawing, sewing, digital artwork, plushes, and dolls.

Jan Scott-Frazier

Jan worked in the animation (anime) industry in Japan for almost 14 years and become an expert in many different aspects of animation production, such as cel painting, animating, backgrounds, camera and directing. She helped bring computer assisted (2D) animation production system to Japan and worked as a consultant for Cambridge Animation Systems (UK) on the Animo system and Celsys (Japan) on RETAS. She has translated manga, videos and games and has written and magazine articles and created 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.

Lemon Drop Kick

Meet NDK’s Friday night J-rock band at their table, where they’ll be selling CDs and more!

Stephanie Kao

Stephanie Kao is a Media Arts and Animation Major at the Art Institute of Colorado (AiC). She enjoys videos games, roleplaying, and dancing, to name a few hobbies, but most of all drawing and sleeping. Her art has become an NDK tradition, This year, Stephanie illustrated the program book cover, t-shirt art and pre-reg weekend badge.