Fan Expo Canada™ Announces “Anime-Zing" Guest and Programming Lineup For This Year's Anime Expo

Among This Year's Featured Guests: Colleen Clinkenbeard, Wendee Lee, Jamie Marchi, Allison Keith-Shipp, Vic Mignogna and Many More!

Tickets On Sale Now For This Ultimate Four-Day Fan Experience – August 23-26

TORONTO, ON (July 11, 2012) – Guests at this year's Anime Expo at Fan Expo Canada™ can expect to see more than just the best of Anime from around the world. Festival-goers will have the opportunity to meet and interact with some of the biggest names in Anime, learn the fundamentals of drawing and costume design, as well as participate in a wide variety of exciting programming and competitions.

Festival highlights include:

· Lolita fashion show and fashion 101 class
· Anime karaoke party
· Premium Anime screenings by Crunchyroll
· Anime 5 minute pitch event
· Live action anime by Thousand Pounds Productions
· Like Pokémon DS party

Some of this year's celebrity guests, comprising some of the world's most legendary names in Anime, include:

· COLLEEN CLINKENBEARD (Fullmetal Alchemist, Kiddy Grade)

· WENDEE LEE (Cowboy Bebop)

· ALLISON KEITH-SHIPP (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

· JAMIE MARCHI (Heaven's Lost Property, Panty and Stocking)

· VIC MIGNOGNA, TRINA NISHIMURA and J MICHAEL TATUM (Fullmetal Alchemist Brothers)

· MICHAEL SINTERNIKLAAS (Slayers, Venture Brothers)

· VERONICA TAYLOR (Pokémon)

Celebrating 18 years as the Comic Con of the North, Fan Expo Canada™ will be at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre August 23-26, 2012.

With over 80,000 fans expected and more than 700 exhibitors and retail vendors covering over 400,000 square feet, Fan Expo CanadaÔ is going to be the hottest event of the summer.

For ticket information visit: www.fanexpocanada.com/tickets/

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