Guests of Honor 2025
The full Guest of Honor schedule can be found HERE
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.
Amanda Gish is an accomplished actress, model, cosplayer, singer, and voice actor. You can hear her as Kinoko Komori in My Hero Academia, Witch in Goblin Slayer, Hanabi in Senran Kagura, Mariah in Hatena Illusion, Hop in Dragon Ball Super and many more. She has also lent her voice as Inara the Stone Warden in the video game Paladins and Lucy's Mom in the Horror Game Visage.
When Amanda is not acting, you can find her creating k-pop music videos and English covers under the name Black Rose Garden on Spotify and Black Rose Garden Productions on youtube. You can also catch her on her personal youtube, AmandaGish0802, where she vlogs and creates content for lifestyle videos. Follow her on all social channels (Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) @Mastagish!
Lara Woodhull is a Dallas based voice actor who has been an anime fan most of her life, starting off with Dragonball Z. Once she met some voice actors in middle school, she was hooked and decided then and there that voice acting is what she was going to do in life.
Notable roles include Young Yuki in Wolf Children, Yuki in A sign of Affection, Kid Deku in My Hero Academia, Hinami in Tokyo Ghoul, Krillin in Dragon Ball Daima, Clara in Princess Jellyfish, Chimney in One Piece, and many more!
When Lara is not spreading anime cheer, she can be found hanging at home with her 2 dogs, Oliver and Ichigo, and her husband. She also enjoys cooking, gardening, and exploring flea markets.
X: @LaraWoodhullVO
Instagram: larawoodhullvo
Shawn Gann is a proud Filipino-American ADR Voice & Casting Director, Voiceover Artist, and Educator who has voiced roles in My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball Super, Attack on Titan, One Piece, Fruits Basket, Ranking of Kings, Radiant, Ensemble Stars, and many others. His directing credits include Requiem of the Rose King, Aoashi, Shadows House, Buddy Daddies, Radiant, The Legendary Hero is Dead, Horimiya, Fruits Basket, Laid Back Camp, The Apothecary Diaries, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, You Are Ms. Servant, and Kaiju No. 8.
He has also been featured in several video games; most notably, for GearBox Software's Borderlands 3 & Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, HoYoverse’s Genshin Impact, and Bandai Namco’s Tales of Luminaria. Recently, he wrapped filming for Amazon's The Dark Places and Firelight Entertainment's synchronized A Midsummer Night's Dream. For most of his career, Shawn has been a theatre maker in Dallas-Fort Worth that has performed on most major stages, started several companies, and has been a producing board/company member with many others; he has also toured Nationally and Internationally as an actor which includes performing in Scotland’s 2019 Festival Fringe in Edinburgh.
Instagram: readykafka
X: @ReadyKafka
StarsOfCassiopeia (she/her) has been crafting award-winning mixed media cosplays & performances since 2008.
Cass graduated from Harvard with a degree in Engineering, worked in the 3D printing field for multiple years, and loves combining that professional design experience with historical design influences and elaborate hand-sewn detailing. On the performance side, Cass is a longtime theater performer and backstage technician, and has also been training in fire spinning & circus arts since 2013.
She also loves teaching: Cass has 7+ years of experience teaching panels at cons and additionally taught Intro to Making at MIT. She also co-founded the cosplay commission-centric. You can learn more at Cosmosii.com.
Twin Brothers and Cosplayers, Hatake and Sahara have been competing as a team since 2015. As trained scientists, the brothers believe in combining arts and science in their cosplay. Through experimentation and material research they have built they have built numerous award-winning costumes. The brothers can generally be found competing and presenting panels at conventions in the Northeast USA. They can also be found on the weekly podcast: The Cosplay Collective NE.
With a passion for 3D printing and foam-smithing, Hatake focuses on armor and props. Sahara likes to push the boundaries of tailoring and incorporating electronics into his costumes. The brothers are best known for their variety of Monster Hunter Cosplay, but have created costumes from Gundam, Super Smash Brothers, and Digimon among other video games and anime.
Instagram: HS_Cosplayers
Facebook: HatakeSaharaCosplay
Podcast: The Cosplay Collective NE