BAK-ANIME 2026 SPECIAL GUESTS…
Veronica Taylor, is an American voice actress known for her dubbing work in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, in particular for voicing Ash Ketchum and his mother Delia in the Pokémon anime for its first eight seasons. Other voices she has done include Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun from Slayers, Sailor Pluto from Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal, Nico Robin in the 4Kids dub of One Piece, April O’Neil in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and has voiced video game characters like Cosmos from Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, Dissidia Final Fantasy, and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. Additionally, using her real name, she is a narrator for various audio books, such as the Omen of the Stars arc from the Warriors series.
RYAN DRUMMOND is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for being the original voice of the title character in Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 1998 to 2004. Additionally, Ryan voiced Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic Shuffle (2000) and Metal Sonic in Sonic Heroes (2003). Drummond would ultimately reprise the role in the fan-made audio series Sonic and T ails R (2020) in 2020. His other roles include Elliot in Blue Stinger (1999), the Doctor in Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020), and guest appearances in shows like Baywatch (1989) and Veronica Mars (2004), among others.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$100 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$40 – Selfie Only
$75 – Recordings
RYAN BARTLEY Actor Ryan Bartley has been working in theater, film, television, and radio since she was a child. After attending the prestigious theater program at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, located in Dallas, Texas, Ryan graduated early and relocated from Dallas to Los Angeles. There she began working in anime, video games, and animation. Her anime credits include the 2019 Dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion (Rei Ayanami), New Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt (Kneesocks), Re:ZERO (Ram), Demon Slayer (Makomo, Hanako, and Young Rengoku), Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (Yuna), Jujutsu Kaisen (Shoko Ieri), Hunter x Hunter (Komugi), Dandadan (Young Jiji and Juju Kito), Digimon Adventures 2020 (Kari), Pokémon (Allister and Alcremie) and many more. Video Game credits include Sonic Frontiers (Sage), Monster Hunter Wilds (Palicos), Fire Emblem Heroes (Ilyana and Peony), and Goddess of Victory: Nikke (Marina, Modernia, and Jien). She’s also provided additional voices for some of the top performing recent feature films including Lilo And Stitch (2025), A Complete Unknown, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Black Widow, and Avengers: Infinity War. Ryan is the voice of Jay the blue jay in the Netflix original animated series Treehouse Detectives, the voice of Young Zeta on Nickelodeon’s Shimmer and Shine, the voice of Pupkin Cake and Bunny Bow in the Shopkins franchise, the voice of Pammee the fennec fox in the Netflix original series Yoohoo To The Rescue, the voice of Fluff the rabbit kwami in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, the voice of Pompompurin in the Sanrio animated series Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures and her on-camera work includes the Lifetime movie Queen Sized, the horror-comedy Halloweed, and the award-winning digital series L.A. Macabre, available now on Amazon Prime. Ryan is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts with a major in Cinema-Television Critical Studies and a minor in Screenwriting.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Holo 8X10’s & regular 11X17’s
$60 – Holo 11X17’s, Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$65 – autos on Metals / $75 autos on Lenticulars
$20 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$30 – Selfie Only
$50 – Recordings
Landon McDonald is a professional voice actor best known for playing the villainous dream demon Enmu in the record-breaking blockbuster DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA: MUGEN TRAIN, the maniacal mangaka Rohan Kishibe in the acclaimed JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE spin-off series THUS SPOKE KISHIBE ROHAN, the snack-happy super sleuth Ranpo Edogawa in BUNGO STRAY DOGS and the brooding, blood-bending sorcerer Noritoshi Kamo in JUJUTSU KAISEN.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$20 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$30 – Selfie Only
$50 – Recordings
Celeste Perez is a Voice Actor based in T exas, known for her work in several anime titles such as Kaiju No. 8 (Konomi Okonogi), Laid Back Camp (Rin Shima), Horimiya (Sakura Kono), Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Anne Halford), The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent (Sei T akanashi), Dead Mount Death Play (Sayo), and Beast Tamer (Runa). You can also hear her throughout shows such as Takt Op. Destiny (Heaven), The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated (Su), T sukimichi Moonlit Fantasy (Abelia Hopleys), T enpuru (Kagura Baldwin), Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion (Freese Eriteal), Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Ireesha Plano), Handyman Saitou (Primasse), and How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (Sandria).
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 – (Video)
Ben Stegmair is a Voice Actor known for his work in anime titles such as Kaiju No. 8 (Iharu Furuhashi), Solo Leveling (Jinsuk), Nina The Starry Bride (Azure Fortna), Psycho-Pass (Akira Ignatov), That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Aslan Coleus), The Kingdoms of Ruin (Adonis), Twilight Out of Focus (Giichi Ichikawa), Natsume’s Book of Friends (Mushikui), Link Click (Xu), Sweet Reincarnation (Squale), The Legendary Hero is Dead (Friedrich Norstein) and much, much more! In addition to acting, Ben is also a comic book writer and artist, creating stories influenced by his favorite anime/manga.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Auto on Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 (Video)
Henry Dittman is an American actor, voice actor, and television host best known for voicing Kabuto Yakushi in the Naruto anime series. With a diverse career spanning live-action TV (Mad Men, Entourage) and comedy, he has also hosted, produced, and worked as a voice artist for video games, including recent work on Naruto in 2026.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Auto on Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 (Video)
Paul St. Peter Paul St. Peter, twice nominated for BTVA Awards, is a voice actor from Los Angeles,whose many anime and video game credits include KINGDOM HEARTS (Xemnas),NARUTO (Nine Tail Fox), ONE PUNCH MAN (Beast King), DIGIMON (Wormmon,Leomon), ROBOTECH (Zor Prime), MIRACULOUS LADYBUG (Master Fu),BLEACH (Yammy Riyalgo), EDEN’S ZERO (Captain Connor), WORLD OFWARCRAFT (Boden The Imposing), DYNASTY WARRIORS I-IV (Yuan Shao),DIGIMON: THE MOVIE (Kokomon), ZETMAN (Sugito), MAJIN (Majin),TESTIMONY OF THE NEW SHE DEVIL (Valga), BERSERK (Grunbeld), GODZILLAIII (Takeshi), LUPIN Pt.5 (Mamo), BLACK DESERT ONLINE: Mountain of EternalWinter (Invich), and RESIDENT EVIL 5 (Swahili Zombie). Paul does comical voicestoo, from WORMMON (Digimon Warriors) to PUNCH (Cowboy Bebop).
Among his other game, anime, and feature anime credits are UNDAWN(Yevgeny/Narrator), GURREN LAGAAN (Jorgun), THE COUNT OF MONTECRISTO, (Mondego), MONSTER (Dr. Reichwein), PAPRIKA (Konakawa), LUPIN III:THE SECRET OF MAMO (Mamo), DURARARA (Higa), X-COM (Dr. Heinrich),BATTLE B-DAMON (Armada), DIABLO III (Demented Spirit), and DEFIANCE(Burgess). Paul’s voice can also be heard on such titles as JOJO’S BIZARREADVENTURES (Wamuu, Dire, Jack The Ripper), NARUTO 7: ULTIMATE NINJASTORM (Kurama), THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS (Armor Giant), AJIN (Hirasawa),KILLER (Colonel Derick) YS VIII: LACRIMOSA OF DANA (Sahad), ACE COMBAT7 (various roles), GUNDAM: IRON BLOODED ORPHANS (McMurdo), DRAGONBALL SUPER (Sorbet), HUNTER HUNTER (Razor), LITTLE TIARAS (Oak), andYASHAHIME (Totetsu).
A versatile performer, Paul also sang for four seasons with the San Diego OperaCompany, three years with the Civic Light Opera, and appeared in several productions atthe Old Globe Theatre. In Los Angeles, Paul has acted at the Globe Playhouse, RichardBasehart Theatre, Palos Verde Shakespeare on The Meadow, performed with the RogueArtists, and has “gone on the road” for eleven seasons with the Nevada ShakespeareFestival.
As an instructor, Paul has taught speech, accents, dialects, phonetics, vocal production,and Shakespeare at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, California StateUniversity Los Angeles, San Diego State University, Los Angeles Broadcasting School,the Windward School, and is a speech and acting coach for Native Voices at the Autry, aNative American Theatre company, and for the Rogue Artists
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Auto on Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 (Video)
Peter Lurie As a Voice Actor for over three decades, Peter has been a proven Triple threat in Commercial, Animation & Promo. He is best known for the character Leather head in the TMNT series as well as several from the Marvel Universe including currently Sabertooth. A versatile Character Actor, he has lent his energetic, youthful voice to campaigns including DairyQueen, McDonalds, ShellOil, In/Out Burger as well as demonstrating a gritty Gravitas for Indian Motorcycles. A wide range of Vocal styles, he has over 150 titles to his credit in the worlds of Video Game, Anime, feature length Animation & Audio Books. Peter was honored to voice one of the leads in The CHUBBCHUBBS, An Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short.
When not in the VO Booth, Peter is also an On Camera Host for the National Television Network TV Gand Santa Anita Racetrack.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Auto on Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 (Video)
Jamieson Price Jamieson’s long career spans stage, screen, and microphone. A veteran of the dubbing community since the mid-’90’s, he has replaced dialogue in many animation and live action series and features, from the iconic anime film Akirato the award-winning Fate Zeroseries, from Bleachto ZOM100and much more. His interactive credits include the announcer for Mortal Kombat 9, X, and 11, and Ermac in MK X and MK1; Sojiro Sakura in Persona 5, Baine Bloodhoof (and many others) in World of Warcraft; The Abomination in the Marvel’s Avengersgame; Garen in League of Legends; The Commander in Monster Hunter World; the male Monk in Diablo III; Wulfgar in Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance; The Gulper -a Skylanders villain, andsomany more.
On screen he has been in thefilms The Patriot; The Secret Kingdom; the short films Carried AwayandBounty; television: Westworld; Without a Trace; Days of our Lives; According to Jim; Frasier; Unsolved Mysteriesand heard as the voice of Dark Mayhem in Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans.
He won the male narrator competition for the ACX audiobook exchange and narrated Exile, Texasby Roxanne Longstreet Conrad. Jamieson also read the short story Farewell to the Masterfor the Sony Pictures Classics re-release of The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Jamieson announcedgraduates’ names at Commencement Ceremonies for Cal State Long Beach for over twenty years and now announces the names at Chapman University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, andLong Beach City College.
Jamieson teaches voice acting workshops, coaches online, and is a part-time lecturer in the Theater Department at Cal State Long Beach.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Auto on Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 (Video)
Dina Sherman A professional actress and voice-over artist for decades, Dina has a passion and commitment to storytelling through portraying unique and authentic characters. Her credits include;stage, TV and film, as well as animation, anime, video games and commercials. In the industry, Dina is known as the “Voice of the Annie Awards”. A title she has had since 2005. Fans know her as Yachiru Kusajishi from Bleach, Diona from Genshin Impact, Carbine from Biker Mice From Mars, and so many more.
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Auto on Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 (Video)
Richard Epcar Richard Epcar is an actor/voice actor-director who has voiced over 1,200 characters in Video games, Animation and Anime. Best known as the voice of Batou in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, The Joker in several Batman games, including Injustice: Gods Among Us and Injustice 2, Raiden in Mortal Kombat, and Ansem in Kingdom Hearts. Starting out in Robotech, you’ve heard him in Korra, Lupin, Monster, Transformers, Star Wars, Bleach, Gundam, Babylon 5, and Power Rangers to name a few. He’s also in many games, including: Final Fantasy, Saints Row, Arkham Origins, Skyrim, MK vs. DC, Call of Duty, X-Com, Command & Conquer, Dead or Alive, Dead Space, World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Splinter Cell, Guilty Gears, and Resident Evil. Richard has voice directed many games including: Arkham Origins, Dead Island, Blue Dragon, Star Ocean, Unreal Tournament, Smackdown vs. Raw, and many shows including: GitS 2, The Reef, Robotech Shadow Chronicles, Lupin the Third, etc. Richard has also appeared on-camera, including: Warehouse 13, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Columbo, Diagnosis Murder, Matlock, Cheers, Days of our Lives, and General Hospital..
Autograph Prices:
$40 – Non-collectible personal items & regular 8X10’s
$50 – Regular 11X17’s
$60 – Auto on Funko’s, Statues, Figurine and Collectible Cards
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – Selfie Only
$40 – Recordings (Voice) / $50 (Video)
Nate Watson is a husband/father/illustrator/oddball based in Bakersfield, California. He has drawn comics featuring well known licenses including Toy Story, Star Trek and Dreamworks’ The Croods. Nate spent nearly three years working as a visual development artist at Lucasfilm Animation on the unreleased Star Wars Detours. Currently, he freelances, pushes back against mean people and strives to navigate life on this goofy planet.
Scott Shaw! is an American cartoonist, animator, and historian of comics. Among Shaw’s comic-book work is Hanna-Barbera’s The Flintstones (for Marvel Comics and Harvey Comics), Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (for DC Comics), and Simpsons Comics (for Bongo Comics). Scott was the 1st comic artist to draw the first “Sonic The Hedgehog” comic book mini series for Archie Comics in 1993.
Rick Farmiloe is an American animator and sequence director who has worked for various studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Rich Animation Studios and DreamWorks. He has work on many Disney projects including… Great Mouse Detective, Black Cauldron, Oliver & Company, Little Mermaid, Rescuers Down Under, Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin and many more. For ANIME Fans, Rick did animation work on “HELLUVA BOSS” for 6 issues as Animator and also “The Angry Birds Movie 2”, “Hullabaloo” along with all his other amazing Animation work.
IVY DOOMKITTY is an Internationally recognized Latina Cosplayer, Artist, Gamer, and Published Model, based in Los Angeles. Ivy has been an avid fan of comics and gaming since childhood, and has been cosplaying professionally for 13 years, fascinated with the creativity of it as well as being able to show her love of her favourite characters through this medium.
Ivy was also a cast member of IGN’s Hero Makeover and featured as a Judge on the Syfy Original Series, “Heroes of Cosplay”, was a two time published cover model for “Cosplay Culture” magazine, and has modeled for various companies, including Pinup Girl Clothing, Lauren St. Laurent, and Hellbunny Clothing. She has also judged some of the most prestigious competitions for costumers and creators around the world. Ivy is the advocate in the cosplay world for body acceptance and “cospositivity”, championing the movement.
She uses this passion to create her own costumes, create a positive impact in the cosplay community through her diverse panels, and is actively supporting various charity organizations, such as Kitt Crusaders, Odyssey House Womens Shelter, Breast Cancer Now, and AFSP. She strives to show others in the community that you can do something you love, regardless of gender, skin color, body shape/size, age, etc. You can catch her streaming her favourite video games, baking up a storm, or interacting with her fanbase on Twitch! Follow Ivy and her adventures at