2008

Vic Mignogna

Vic has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old, and he started his career in anime a little over ten years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II. Since then, Vic has been in more than 150 shows and video games, and is known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai in Tsubasa Chronicle, Dark in DN Angel, Kurz in Full Metal Panic, Broly in Dragonball Z, Kougaijji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku in Bleach, Yukito in Air, Takanaga in Wallflower, Tatsu in Peacemaker, Luciano in Code Geass, Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood, Hikaru in Macross and many more.

Currently, Vic is playing Zero in Vampire Knight, and Yoshimori in Adult Swim's Kekkaishi. He is also back in the role of Edward for Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, as well as playing Death Scythe in Soul Eater, and Naruto, Bleach and several other roles. Vic has also voiced roles in a large number of video games including Soul Calibur, Disgaea, Persona III, Sonic Colours, Project Sylpheed, DBZ, Bleach, FMA and more.

Beginning prior to his voice acting career, Vic has established himself as a professional music composer / singer / producer and has written and produced hundreds of songs for TV, radio and CD. He sings the themes for shows like One Piece & DBGT and has produced several CDs of his own original music, all available on iTunes.

In addition to anime and music, Vic has a degree in film and is deeply involved in the popular web Star Trek web series like “Star Trek Phase II” and “Starship Farragut” as an actor and director. He works regularly writing, producing and directing video and film productions of all kinds.

 

Robert and Emily DeJesus

Robert is no stranger to the anime and manga community. An Indiana-born, self-taught artist, who got his first art career break when he sent an eight-page short story to comic publisher, Antarctic Press in February of 1990. He has drawn manga-inspired art for well over 18 years and has been published nearly all over the world. He has worked for many companies like Playstation Magazine, Marvel, Hasbro, and now his most recent work with Harper Collins Publishing, just to name a few.

Robert and Emily met at a convention called Anime Central and haven't been apart since that day. Emily has always enjoyed manga and anime, but never thought it could be her job. Emily has worked with Robert for over six years now. She helps write the web comic "How to Loathe Drawing in the Manga Style" and has just finished writing her first children's book. She enjoys the business side of working for Studio Capsule very much and is grateful that she has an opportunity to work in the comics business.

 

Tommy Yune

Tommy Yune has worked for over a decade in the comic book and video game industries. His early game development experience includes character design of the pioneering 3D fighting game FX Fighter for the Nintendo SuperFX chip and conceptual design of the award-winning Journeyman Project series. He also wrote and illustrated hit comic book titles such as Speed Racer, Racer X, Robotech, and Danger Girl: Kamikaze which were published by DC Comics' Wildstorm and Cliffhanger labels. His first work in feature animation was creating the computer-generated opening sequence of Kevin Altieri's Gen13.

Tommy grew up on a steady diet of anime, watching as much Prince Planet, Gatchaman and Casshan as he could in Asia and the United States. Then he shunned television and went back to being a responsible student to the delight of his parents. However, right before entering the UCLA School of Engineering, Robotech brought anime back into his life and he eventually found himself at the ArtCenter College of Design instead. His parents wept.

Tommy first worked in an official capacity for the Robotech universe by helping design Robotech.com for its launch in 2001. He has since come aboard as Harmony Gold's creative director and oversees new development, including Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, which completed production in 2006.

Related Links: 
Tommy's Robotech.com Profile
 

Steve Yun

While still a young college student and part-time hacker in 1998, Steve got his first job at an anime company as a digital animator. It was a dream come true for any fan who grew up on Robotech and Macross to be working somewhere in the anime industry. After slaving away through 80 hour work weeks and one really bad 100 hour work week where he started hallucinating from being awake too long, Steve called it quits and went back to Riverside where he got his B.A. in Creative Writing. Stay in school, kids!

Soon afterwards, Steve joined Harmony Gold, where he slept and ate and even showered at the office while under grueling deadlines to put Robotech.com together in time for its February 2001 launch. After being caught working overtime after being told not to, Steve has been allowed to keep a cot at the office ever since.

Since becoming part of Harmony Gold, Steve Yun has had fansites and fanclubs devoted to him, as well as internet stalkers, convention stalkers, petitions to get him fired and websites devoted to exposing the "real" Steve Yun. Steve has co-produced and associate-produced several other projects as well, including the Macross restoration, the Robotech: Battlecry video game, the Robotech: Invasion video game, Robotech Remastered and Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. Steve has also been featured in an anime documentary called Geeks, which he has still not had a chance to see.

Since its launch, Robotech.com has constantly been one of the busiest anime-related destinations on the internet, being the subject of a Slashdot article, a Conan O'Brien feature and mentioned on countless anime websites. You can email Steve at info@robotech.com to send him Robotech-related fan mail, complaints, constructive criticism and suggestions.

Related Links: 
Steve's Robotech.com Profile
Steve's E-mail Address
 

Wendy Powell

Wendy is so excited to be here with all of you... so let’s start this con out with a bang!

Wendy has been a professional voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment and Okratron 5000 for over seven years. She is probably most well known for a little villain named Envy on Fullmetal Alchemist. She was most recently in Claymore where she played Ilena. And her most challenging role this year was her role of Iku in Shigurui... but you need to watch it to know why!

Wendy is also known for smaller parts... in which she usually dies a most painful death. Some of her credits include: Emi in Baki the Grappler, Amick in Blue Gender, The Fever Demon in Shin Chan, Kyo's Mother in Fruits Basket, Kasuga in Negima, and Sister Paula in Trinity Blood. She has also voiced characters in Kitty Grade, Case Closed, Yu Yu Hakusho, Peach Girl, xxxHolic, One Piece, Galaxy Railways, Tsubasa, Gunslinger Girl, Moon Phase, Glass Fleet, and many others. Her video game credits include: Spikeout, Fullmetal Alchemist, Curse of the Crimson, and Broken Angel.

Wendy's first love is the theater (although anime is quickly catching up!), and she works in local theater in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. You can visit Wendy at her MySpace page.

Related Links: 
Wendy's MySpace Page