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.
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
$10 – Selfie w/purchase of autograph
$20 – 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
$65 – Metal prints
$70 – Linticulars
$20 – Selfie or Quote w/purchase of autograph
$30 – Selfie Only
$60 – Recordings
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.
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.
