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SACANIME WINTER 2024 is being held Friday, Saturday and Sunday January 5th – 7th, 2024 at Sacramento’s SAFE Credit Union Convention Center.
SacAnime is proud to welcome Brennan Mejia to SacAnime Winter 2024. BRENNAN MEJIA Is an American actor, best known for being the lead in both seasons of Power Rangers Dino Charge and Dino Super Charge as Tyler Navarro, The Red Ranger, and series regular in SnapChat’s original show, The Dead Girl’s Detective Agency. Brennan appears in the film, “Corrective Measures,” starring alongside Bruce Willis and Michael Rooker. He also recurred on the series, The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, and in Power Rangers Beast Morphers on Nickelodeon. Brennan has guest starred in the season one finale of American Horror Story Murder House, Disney’s Kickin’ It, and the CW’s Supergirl. Brennan also appeared in the pilot episode of Nickelodeon’s iCarly, CSI Miami, 90210, Life in Pieces, and co-starred in Gregg Araki’s film, Kaboom. He has worked stunts on a variety of shows such as NCIS, NCIS LA, The Goldbergs, Jane The Virgin, Penny Dreadful City of Angels, Seal Team, Westworld, and John Stamos’ new show Big Shot, on Disney Plus. He is also an accomplished acrobat, and holds a degree in Kinesiology with several advanced training certifications.
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| Pre-Registration for SacAnime Winter 2024 ends January 2nd. Full Weekend Pre-Registration – $50 Friday Only Pre-Registration – $25 Saturday Only Pre-Registration – $35 Sunday Only Pre-Registration – $20 Children 11 and Under are FREE Pre-Register: https://sacanime.ticketspice.com/sacanime-winter-2024/ |
| GUESTS |
 | AIMAI MIRAIAimai Mirai (曖昧未来) formed in summer 2022 with one mission: share our passion for anisong through live music! They perform popular anime tracks from new-school anime to classic shows, along with plenty of surprise picks. Ready your glow sticks for a heart-pounding anime music concert! Aimai Mirai is coming to rock SacAnime! |
 | ALHON – Guest DJFrom the deepest cuts to the biggest arena anthems, Alhon has been following the ebbs and flows of Trance and Progressive for nearly a decade. Playing a blend of classic trance, modern progressive, driving techno, and uplifting tracks that join everyone together, Alhon will bring you along on a ride of pure emotion. Working all sides of shows, from the tech booth, to visuals and lighting, to music, he brings all that experience into a show you’ll fall into a Flow State with. |
 | AMALEEAmaLee is a voice-actor, singer, and vtuber streamer, well known for her English anime covers that have gained over 2 million subscribers and over a billion views, and is more recently known for her vtuber persona “Monarch” on Twitch, where she has amassed a dedicated following. AmaLee has also provided her voice to anime and games such as, Marin Kitagawa in “My Dress up Darling”, Uta in “One Piece Film: Red”, Jingliu in “Honkai: Star Rail”, Hayasaka in “Kaguya-Sama: Love is War”, Lillie in “Pokémon Evolutions” and Ruppe & Viper in “NIKKE”. She can be heard on official soundtracks for League of Legends, Dragon Ball Super, and Tokyo Ghoul:Re, and has also been featured on records for Eminem (Kamikaze – “Good Guy”) and Porter Robinson (Worlds – “Fellow Feeling”).Website: https://leeandlie.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/leeandlieYouTube: https://youtube.com/leeandlieTwitch: https://twitch.tv/leeandlie |
 | KELLY BASKINKelly Baskin is the voice of Amber in Genshin Impact, Letizia and Lyre in Fire Emblem Heroes, Loreila in War of Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Melodia in Disgaea 6, Kirin in Luminous Avenger iX 2, Margot in Rainbow High, Becky and Cleo in Ba Da Bean, and more. Between growing up in Tennessee and holding a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance, she’s known to frequently break out into song (probably a Dolly Parton tune).Kelly’s voice can be heard throughout genres, including video games, animation, anime, commercials, TikTok videos with her dog, and even a tourist attraction in her hometown of Chattanooga. Follow Kelly on social media @KellyBaskinVO and visit KellyBaskinVO.com for more information. |
 | LAILA BERZINSLaila Berzins is the voice of Xiao in Genshin Impact, Thorr in Fire Emblem Heroes, Milluki in HunterXHunter, Demeter and Persephone in Hades, Ken Oyanagi in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Rei Batsubami in Kakegurui, Lady Fanatio in Sword Art Online, Sofia Falcone in Batman the Long Halloween Part 2, Mrs. Croaker in Disney’s Amphibia, and many more. A Connecticut native, now living in the LA area, she has performed in theater and musicals, stand up comedy, A Capella groups, and studied improv. A true kid at heart, cartoon junkie, and known for being a human jukebox, Laila truly loves the opportunity to explore her imagination through voiceover and make her clients and fans happy, including the occasional serenade or kazoo solo! Laila can be heard in feature films, cartoons, video games, anime, commercials, narrations, and jingles. Follow Laila on TikTok @lailaberzinsvoice , IG @lailab_voiceovers, Twitter @lberzins_voices , and Youtube – Laila Berzins Voice Overs. |
 | GRIFFIN BURNSGriffin Burns is an LA-based voice actor and musician most known for his work as Childe in Genshin Impact, Doppio in “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,” Akira in “Devilman Crybaby,” Tadano in “Aggretsuko,” Muichiro in “Demon Slayer,” Colt Grice in “Attack on Titan,” Shalnark in “Hunter x Hunter,” Ryota Suzui in “Kakegurui,” Ritsuka Fujimaru in “Fate/Grand Order The Movie,” Geordo Stuart in “My Next Life as a Villainess,” Canute in “Vinland Saga,” Dendritic Cell in “Cells at Work!,” Todd Snap in New Pokémon Snap, Hilbert in Pokémon Masters, Shinichi Kudo in “Lupin III vs Detective Conan,” Nagi Karman in Scarlet Nexus, Jintan in “Anohana,” and many, many others.Griffin loves creating memes of his characters (most notably of Childe), which have caused quite the buzz on TikTok and Twitter. When he’s not voicing anime or video games, he enjoys singing and playing guitar in his band New New Girlfriend. Griffin is always down to engage with his fans, so come by and say hi! |
 | SEAN CHIPLOCKLong before Sean Chiplock understood what voiceover was, he was already practicing the craft without even realizing it. Growing up in the prime era of Nintendo 64 and similar consoles/games that featured expressive characters but no voices, he and his younger brother would often ‘mock-dub’ entire games as they played, assigning roles and portraying a plethora of different vocal archetypes to enhance their gaming experience. Now, many years later, Sean adds an ever-growing resume of professional performances to his (continuing) hobby of voicing the voiceless in his spare time. Springboarding off a fulfilling victory at BangZoom!’s “AX Idol” voiceover competition in 2009, Sean finished up his education at Western Michigan University until 2012 before moving out shortly afterwards to develop himself further in California.From there, his dedication to self-improvement – alongside several years of patient progress – combined with his passion for the craft to expand his portfolio farther than he ever thought possible. His current most notable accomplishment includes becoming the voices of Revali, Teba, and Deku Tree in Nintendo’s critically acclaimed hit The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but it is far from his only success; projects like Re:Zero (Subaru Natsuki), Genshin Impact (Diluc), Guilty Gear -STRIVE- (Ky Kiske), Tokyo Revengers (Ken “Draken” Ryuguji), Trails of Cold Steel (Rean Schwarzer), and Persona 5 (Mishima Yuuki) can also be found on his resume. He is now represented by SBV Talent, and has been cast in commercial advertisements and social-media videos for Disney, Mattel, ABC Family, and more.Perhaps unsurprisingly, the love of gaming never left, and Sean also maintains a casual streaming community on Twitch. In addition to regularly sharing his love for series like Mega Man Battle Network, Etrian Odyssey, and pretty much every dungeon crawler or Monster Collection game on the market, the “mock dub” days of his youth are often now real-time live-dubs of many of the games he plays – sometimes with community members also involved!With a soft spot for animals, and a hard work ethic, Sean spends each day looking for that prime balance of Professionalism vs. Play – and always keeps at least one eye open for that next voiceover opportunity. |
 | LUCI CHRISTIANLuci Christian is one of the most prolific anime voice actors in North America, voicing fan favorites Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia, Nami in One Piece, and Honey in Ouran High School Host Club. She also voices Hestia in Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Reg in Made in Abyss, Hiro in Fruits Basket, Queen Hiling in Ranking of Kings, Joy in Shenmue, Yuki in Food Wars, Kaname in Full Metal Panic!, Wrath and Truth in Fullmetal Alchemist, Nagisa in Clannad, Stella in Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Kyuta in The Boy and the Beast, Lenalee in D. Grayman, Alois in Black Butler, Tenma in School Rumble, Medusa in Souleater, Deunan in Appleseed, Shaun in Knights of the Zodiac, and many others. Luci also voices video games and audiobooks, and was a 2021 Audie nominee for the Audible Original “Call Me Maybe”. @lucilovesmic on Twitter & Instagram. |
 | COLLEEN CLINKENBEARDColleen Clinkenbeard is a voice actor and director with over 300 roles in anime and video games.Currently she is most excited to be producing, directing, and acting in My Hero Academia!Her credits include Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece, Kid Gohan, Android 18, and Mai in Dragon Ball Z Kai, and many of the Dragon Ball games, Momo Yaoyorozu in My Hero Academia, Erza in Fairy Tail, Riza Hawkeye in Full Metal Alchemist, Hana in Wolf Children, Akito in the 2019 Fruits Basket, Princess Hibana in Fire Force, Mia in Ace Attorney, Inner Moka in Rosario + Vampire, Yuko in xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Éclair in Kiddy Grade, Éclair in Ouran High School Host Club, Rachel in Case Closed, Chibi Romano in Hetalia, Maso and Himawari in Shin Chan, Esther in Trinity Blood, Rose in SoltyRei, Reina in Witchblade, Galatea in Claymore, Kareha in Shuffle!, Cordelia in Romeo x Juliet, Rin in Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, Matsu in Sekirei, Marie in Soul Eater, Makina in Deadman Wonderland, Scanty in Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, Scarlet in Space Dandy, Ema in Brothers Conflict, Millerna in The Vision of Escaflowne, Minako in Yuri!! On Ice, the Tiger in Juni Taisen and Nice in Baccano.She can also be heard in video games playing the roles of Lilith, Tannis, and Captain Scarlet in the Borderlands series, Galilea and Nova in Battleborn, Arachne, Ne Zha, and Narrator Tutorial in Smite, Sorceress in Orcs Must Die, and many more.You may know her as an ADR director, with credits such as My Hero Academia, Full Metal Alchemist, Steins;Gate, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic, Black Butler, Kiddy Grade, Kodocha, Negima, Moon Phase, Aquarion, Code Breaker, Fractale, Kenichi, and many more.Twitter: @ccarrollbeardInstagram: @colleenclinkenbeard |
 | CHRISTINA COSTELLOChristina Costello is a mixed Middle Eastern (SWANA) voice actor who has voiced: Collie from Genshin Impact, Alma from Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, and more from her home studio. She is a fierce advocate for accessibility in the industry and a big enjoyer of video games, animation, anime, and conventions!” |
 | JOHN DIMAGGIOJohn DiMaggio is an accomplished comedic actor whose television and film credits include voicing the “gambling, beer-guzzling, petty thief/pimp with a heart of Dolomite” Bender the Robot in Matt Groening’s multiple Emmy-award winning “Futurama” (in which he also won and Annie Award himself), Jake the Dog in the Cartoon Network worldwide smash ”Adventure Time with Finn and Jake”, Jerry Jumbeaux Jr. in the Academy-award winning “ZOOTOPIA”, Amazon’s “Comrade Detective”, The Joker in “Batman: Under The Red Hood”, Rico in “The Penguins of Madagascar”, Aquaman and Gorilla Grodd in “Batman: The Brave and the Bold”, Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed in Disney Channel’s “Kim Possible”, Wayne on IFC’s “Out There”, “Wreck-It-Ralph”, “American Dad”, Shnitzel in “Chowder”, Crosshairs in “TRANSFORMERS: Age of Extinction”, ”Princess Mononoke”, “The Simpsons”, “The Animatrix”, “Teen Titans”, “Pig Goat Banana Cricket”, “Gravity Falls”, and Disney XD’s “Kick Buttowski – Suburban Daredevil”, among many others. He is currently working on Matt Groening’s new Netflix series “DISENCHANTMENT”, which will debut sometime in 2018.DiMaggio has also appeared on “Modern Family”, “The Newsroom”, “Chicago Hope”, “ER”, “Law & Order”, “NYPD Blue”, “Without a Trace”, “CSI: NY” and “My Name is Earl”.DiMaggio has also voiced many video games including Marcus Fenix in the “Gears of War” franchise, for which he won Best Male Voice Over in a Video Game in 2006, “Destiny 2”, “Halo Wars 2”, ”The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction”, “X-Men Legends”, “Final Fantasy 10-12”, and many, many more.In 2012, John executive produced the documentary film I KNOW THAT VOICE. The doc is a VIP backstage pass into the often overlooked world of voice-over actors. It was the recipient of The Certificate of Merit Annie Award from ASIFA-Hollywood in 2014.He additionally has extensive stage credits in international theater and stand-up comedy. |
 | GHOST GIRL GOODSGHOST GiRL GOODS is a Toronto based clothing brand fusing kawaii and cool together! They have worked closely with various Japanese brands like 6%DOKIDOKI, HYPER CORE, and NUEZZZ. Since 2021, GHOST GiRL GOODS has been making more American appearances, with stops in Texas, Las Vegas, Chicago, and St Louis. This October, they held their first pop up shop in Japan at 6%DOKIDOKI’s shop, as well as a solo gallery at Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku. The brand moto BE STRANGE. FEAR THE NORM. encourages everyone to live fully and embrace their colors, fashionably! We are so excited to visit Sacanime for the first time and enjoy gun fashion and energy with you! Model application for Saturday’s GHOST GIRL GOODS Fashion Show:https://forms.gle/6HW8tSWYasagHwVP8 |
 | KYLE HEBERTKyle Hebert is a Los Angeles-based anime and video game voice actor whose credits include Wreck-It Ralph/Street Fighter (Ryu), My Hero Academia (Fatgum), Naruto (Kiba), Bleach (Aizen), Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Kakyoin), League of Legends (Ezreal, Jarvan, and Graves) and Gurren Lagann (Kamina). He is best known as the Narrator and adult Gohan from the Funimation dub of Dragonball Z, and Dragonball Super (Gohan). Other fan faves include Blue Exorcist (Bon Suguro), Fire Emblem Awakening (Frederick, Validar), Fullmetal Alchemist (Vato Falman), Tales of Symphonia (Richter Abend) and Star Ocean (Dias, Arumat, Crow). Kyle can also be heard in numerous popular shows and games, such as Pokemon (Professor Oak in “Origins”), Digimon (Ballistamon and Dorulumon in “Fusion”), Sonic (Big the Cat in “Team Sonic Racing”), Final Fantasy (Nimbus in “Type-0”), World of Warcraft (Algalon the Observer in “Lich King”, Devil May Cry, Dynasty Warriors, Soul Calibur and Resident Evil. |
 | RICHARD HORVITZFans of animation will recognize Richard Horvitz as the voice of many iconic characters, including INVADER ZIM, Billy from THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY AND MANDY, Daggett from THE ANGRY BEAVERS and Alpha 5 from the original MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS. Currently Richard can be heard as the voice of Moxxie in the cult hit HELLUVA BOSS. In addition to Richard’s animation work, gamers will recognize him from his many video game roles in such classics as PSYCHONAUTS (RAZ), RATCHET AND CLANK series (Zoni, Pollyx ,Zurgo Zurkon Jr.) DESTROY ALL HUMANS (Orthopox) and SKYLANDERS (Kaos) to name a few. Richard continues to work on screen as well. Richard was seen in THE INFORMANT with Matt Damon and CRAZY, STUPID LOVE along side Steve Carell. Many will remember Richard as the nerdy Alan Eakian in Paramount Pictures 1980’s cult classic SUMMER SCHOOL directed by Carl Reiner. Richard has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and The Tonight Show. Fans of Fruit of the Loom Underwear commercials will also recognize Richard as the Green Grapes. |
 | BELLA HUE – Guest DJBella Hue is a DJ, actress, streamer, gamer, and model from Las Vegas, NV.LinkTree: (Has everything linked under there)https://linktr.ee/bellahueInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/itsbellahue/Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/ItsBellaHueTwitter/X:https://twitter.com/ItsBellaHueKick:https://kick.com/itsbellahue |
 | MORGANA IGNISMorgana Ignis is an LA-born actress and personality, best known for playing dark, eccentric, and visually transformative characters in the Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy genres. She is often noted for her tall, slender body-type and versatile physicality. Outside acting, Morgana is an avid cosplayer, Twitch streamer, and notable figure in the anime and comic book fandom community. She can be seen as a regular demonic guest star on the IFC series ‘Stan Against Evil’, as Edgar the Werewolf in Netflix’s ‘The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell’, puppeteering the alien talkshow host Ned in the Henson/Disney+ series ‘Earth to Ned’, and can be heard as the voice of Sallie May in the animated series ‘Helluva Boss’.You can also see her in theaters this year in the multi-award winning films ‘MOON GARDEN’ and ’SATANIC HISPANICS’! |
 | SHINTARO KAGOInternational manga superstar Shintaro Kago has been blazing a trail of manga books since 1988.He describes himself as kisou mangaka (“bizarre manga artist”), and his work usually features strong satirical overtones as well as themes of grotesque, experimental, and the bizarre. He has published numerous comics and stories in his career, notable among them Super-Conductive Brains Parataxis published in the Japanese comics magazine “Weekly Young Jump”. Some of his comics published in English include Dementia 21 (Fantagraphics), Super-Dimensional Love Gun (DENPA), The Princess of The Never-Ending Castle (Hollow Press), The Twelve Sisters of The Never-Ending Castle (Hollow Press), Tract (Hollow Press), Industrial Revolution and World War (Hollow Press), Secret Comics Japan (Viz Communications), Day of the Flying Head (Hollow Press), Peach Momoko X Shintaro Kago 2017 USA Tour Comic (which was exclusive to SacAnime & Japan World Heroes conventions) and Multiple other manga and sketchbooks have been published around the world of his.Kago has also drawn American comic covers for House of Slaughter, HAHA, Liquid Kill, Eat The Rich, Tales Told in Techni-Color Horror, Basilisk, and Vice MagazineIn 2014 he designed the cover for Flying Lotus’s album “You’re Dead!”, as well as producing illustrations for each of the songs. Your Dead was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 2016 Grammy Awards and featured contributions from artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, and Thundercat. In addition, Kago designed the album cover for Offset’s “Bent Benevolence”.Kago Designed for the film adaptation of Stephen King & Joe Hill’s novel “In the Tall Grass”, directed by Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) and released on Netflix.On June 17 2022, Kago announced the development of his first anime, Abstraction, produced by DRP. |
 | JENNIE KWANJennie Kwan, a native Angelino, started performing at the age of 11 years old in the performing troupe, “Kids of the Century.” Audiences first recognized Jennie when she played the lead role of “Kim” in the first |