Kaiju Anime Con's Guest List Includes Voice Actor Eric Stuart
Brooklyn born and raised singer/songwriter Eric Stuart is a special blend of talent. He has successfully combined the world of music, voice acting and directing for many years. Besides starring in hit shows including Pokémon (Brock, James) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (Seto Kaiba), Eric has toured with such rock legends as Peter Frampton, Ringo Starr, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Hall & Oates, Dave Mason, Julian Cope, Dave Davies, The Alarm, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, and Jeffrey Gaines.
The Eric Stuart Band released their latest album, Lipstick and Barbed Wire, in June 2013. This is their sixth full-length release on the indie label Widow's Peak Records and it features Grammy winning guitarist Peter Frampton.
Eric's classic rock and roll style was noticed in the summer of 1997 by Ringo Starr who invited him to open the Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band tour, featuring Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce (Cream), Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) and Simon Kirke (Bad Company). That exposure served as a springboard for Eric to open for the Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Paul Rodgers tour that same summer. Since then, Eric Stuart has been touring on a regular basis including two U.S. tours with Peter Frampton. In 2000, Frampton produced Eric's next album, Blue, Dressed In Black, along with John Regan and Harvey Jay Goldberg.
Now living in Nashville, Eric's songwriting talents have given him the opportunity to begin co-writing with some of Nashville's finest songwriters. The band's great live show of all original, guitar-driven rock/pop has made the Eric Stuart Band a must-see in the area. Other projects in Eric's impressive career are Viva Piñata, Ultimate Muscle, Dinosaur King, Kirby, The Slayers, Chaotic, Sonic X, TMNT, GoGoRiki, One Piece, F-Zero, Magical DoReMi, Fighting Foodons, Shaman King, Descendants of Darkness, Labyrinth of Flames, Valkyrie Profile, Tama and Friends, and voicing many national radio and TV commercials and audiobook narrations.
"Eric Stuart is a great guy and we are so happy he is coming,” said organizer Ron Bear. “We all loved Pokémon.”
Anime Kaiju is a little, new convention with big ideas, hoping to bring fans and cosplayers together for a fun and epic weekend of anime screenings, Q&A sessions, panels, video game tournaments, card gaming, and beyond. More about the con guests can be found at http://animekaiju.com/guests
Kaiju happens January 2-4, 2015. Advance tickets are just $20 until November 10th on the official website. Kaiju is organized by http://blackmateria.org/
Organizers of the con expect anywhere between 500 and 1,000 people to join them for the first year.
