Liberty City Anime Con Adds Seven More Guests
Times Square, NYC - December 1, 2016 - Liberty City Anime Con, the sellout event of the summer, is very happy to announce six more amazing anime guests. Liberty City Anime Con is a fan-run non-profit anime convention dedicated to promoting Japanese arts, culture, and manga through its annual convention held in Manhattan.
Last summer, Liberty City Anime Con sold out of all badges before the convention began. No badges were available to purchase on site. Tickets for this year are available for $40 until December 20th at http://libertycityanimecon.com/register
Todd Haberkorn
Todd Haberkorn has been on stage, on set, and behind a mic for many years. Not only is Todd an actor in LA, he works as a producer, writer, and director as well. And he's even been an action figure or two. Haberkornmobile sold separately. In the animated world, he is especially known for roles such as Natsu from Fairy Tail, Sparrow Hood in Ever After High, Elfonso in Sophia The First, Italy from Hetalia, Ling Yao from Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Tierno from Pokemon, Allen Walker from D. Gray Man, Hikaru Hitachin from Ouran High School Host Club, Death The Kid from Soul Eater, and many others.
As far as video games go, you'd recognize his voice in the Call of Duty Series, Persona series, World of Warcraft, Street Fighter IV, Ghostbusters, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Borderlands 2, and Rage to name a handful. His voice makes sure to get its marathon training in as an award winning narrator for audiobooks. Do a Google search and you'll find everything from thrillers and young adult to zombie sagas and children's books.
As far as on camera is concerned see him in the internationally recognized and award winning, Star Trek Continues, as Spock. When he isn't working on films, industrials, and television projects for other companies, Todd does work with his company Out of the Office Productions. This is one aspect of a long history of on camera work in narrative film, commercials, and shorts.
When he isn't fighting digital monsters in video games or trying to save the day on film, Todd travels the U.S. and internationally making appearances at gnarly pop culture conventions as a guest to meet super cool fans and sign autographs. He is represented by The Horne Agency, LMTalent, Jeff Zannini Management, Go Voices Talent Agency, and VOX USA.
Michael A. Zekas
Michael A. Zekas is a voice actor and audio engineer originally from South Jersey and now deep in the heart of Texas with work playing nationwide in animation, video games, and educational media. A regular in the cast of Media Blasters productions, you can hear his work as Cliff Strive in the anime Holy Knight and among the cast on Ladies vs. Butlers and Juden-chan.
Outside of anime, Michael acts as the Left-Hand Man of award-winning Austin-based indie game developer Team Dogpit as a recurring actor, audio engineer, casting director, and software Q.A. for the games Lotería del Adiós, Hashtag Everest, and Slam Fighter II. Other notable roles include Technobabylon and Shardlight as published by New York-based adventure game studio Wadjet Eye Games as well as Lords of Xulima, Norse Noir, the web animation Epsilon, radio plays Ruffled and The Amazing Adventures of Action Jack & Obvious Girl, and the fantasy ESL educational series Red Magic by Little Fox. Come on out and have some fun. Whether talking about business, caffeinated beverages, world culture, puppies, or fabulously posing like a Joestar, your entertainment is his pleasure.
Dokudel
North American based cosplayer, Dokudel has been cosplaying since 1998 and has made herself over 200 costumes for over 100 conventions ranging from anime, manga, comics, cartoons and more. She has staffed at about 50 conventions since 2003 all located on the east coast. She has won numerous awards at conventions for performance and craftsmanship which has landed herself title of Masters. Some day she will like to travel to the west coast for conventions with dreams of traveling around the world. When staffing at these conventions she makes sure attendees have just as much joy attending these shows as she does working at them. When she is not staffing she loves to host informative panels ranging from workshops on how to sew, how to draw, and discussion panels on the history of cosplay to classic animes that are not as mainstream. This hobby has lead her with a seamstress career now designing, fitting and altering tuxedos while doing commissions on the side to help others achieve their cosplay dreams.
Marcus Stimac
Marcus Stimac is a voice, theater and film actor currently living in Dallas, Texas. Originally from Milwaukee, Marcus moved to Dallas to study theater at Southern Methodist University, and after graduating stayed in Dallas to pursue other acting opportunities. He is very thankful to have had the chance to work on many great and memorable Animes. Marcus is mostly known for his voice work at Funimation Studios where he has played Dr.Hogback in One Piece, Saito in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Terasaka in Assassination Classroom, Kazama “Dragon” Ryiuchi in Ping Pong the Animation, Amata Kihara in A Certain Magical Index, Warcry in Fairy Tail, and Cornet in Space Dandy!. If you don't see him in an Anime you can always find him acting on a local Dallas stage , performing Shakespeare in a bar playing, or playing the accordion under a bridge. Marcus is starring in the first feature length virtual reality film “Manslaughter: VR” for the Oculus Rift entertainment system. He is a fan of many different shows, some his favorite animes include Cowboy Bebop, Yu Yu Hakusho, and One Piece.
Michael Hecht
Michael “1KidsEntertainment” Hecht is a founding member of the group Elite3 (creators of “Pokémon 'Bridged,” “Dark Swamp,” Elite3 animations, and other works). He is editor/co-writer of “Pokémon 'Bridged” and provides the voices of Ash, James, Pikachu, and many others. He is the current editor of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged by LittleKuriboh, and works for the YouTube channel JacksFilms on the side. He can also be heard as Benny in “Dark Swamp,” Kakuja in TeamFourStar's “Lord Slug Abridged”, the bully in “Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show” by LittleKuriboh, and Elescope in “TOME” by Kirbopher. He also plays dying extras in various episodes of TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged and Hellsing Ultimate Abridged. And if all of that wasn't enough, he's one of the millions of YouTubers out there making Let's Plays, on Elite3's gaming channel “Controller Rollers”. In his spare time, Mike enjoys yelling at microphones, eating his weight in ice cream, and making Nowacking write his bio for him.
Jessi Nowack
Jessi “Nowacking” Nowack is an actor and writer, just like everyone else in New York City. A founding member of Elite3, she oversees all of their video production and blah blah boring company stuff no one cares about. She has lent her voice to songs, video games, advertisements, anime, radio plays, animations, and a bunch of other stuff she can't remember. Jessi has won multiple awards for her performances in high school theater, but what she really wants you to know is that she can hold her breath for a whole 11 seconds. Wow! There should be an award for THAT.
She is co-writer of “Pokémon 'Bridged” (in which she voices Misty, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Jessie, Max, and many others) and is the writer/editor of “Dark Swamp” (voicing Revy, Roberta, Garcia, and more). She plays Dark Magician Girl in “Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series” by LittleKuriboh and Hyprelynx in “TOME” by Kirbopher. She is also known for various characters in TeamFourStar projects, including Seras/Police Girl (“Hellsing Ultimate Abridged”), Sasha (“Attack on Titan Abridged”), and Jessie (“Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged”). In the brony community, Jessi voices and sings as Vinyl Scratch in various animations/songs such as “Epic Wub Time”, “I Am Octavia”, and “All About That Bass Cannon”. She has also made many appearances on “Bronies React.”
If you like them new-fangled Japanese cartoons the kids are calling “a-knee-may”, she can be heard as Sanke in “Ladies VS Butlers,” Izumi in “Queen's Blade Rebellion,” and Sokko in “Juden-chan.” She is also terrible at video games on the series “Controller Rollers”.
xJerry64x
When he's not collecting gold rings, Jerry “xJerry64x” Pakalinsky can usually be found contemplating the futility of human existence or scaring children with his Eminem impression. He is a founding member of Elite3 and is known for voicing Rock in “Dark Swamp,” as well as a jillion characters in “Pokemon 'Bridged” (including Brock, Gary, Professor Oak, Sisty.) He is also the new voice of Jaden in “Yu-Gi-Oh GX Abridged” by XTheDarkOne, a Millennium Item Support Technician in “Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged” by LittleKuriboh, and Zeeun in “Lord Slug Abridged” by TeamFourStar. On Controller Rollers, he does the bat-tastic series “Batman Plays Batman.”
Last summer, Liberty City Anime Con sold out of all badges before the convention began. No badges were available to purchase on site. Tickets for this year are available for $40 until December 20th at http://libertycityanimecon.com/register
Todd Haberkorn
Todd Haberkorn has been on stage, on set, and behind a mic for many years. Not only is Todd an actor in LA, he works as a producer, writer, and director as well. And he's even been an action figure or two. Haberkornmobile sold separately. In the animated world, he is especially known for roles such as Natsu from Fairy Tail, Sparrow Hood in Ever After High, Elfonso in Sophia The First, Italy from Hetalia, Ling Yao from Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Tierno from Pokemon, Allen Walker from D. Gray Man, Hikaru Hitachin from Ouran High School Host Club, Death The Kid from Soul Eater, and many others.
As far as video games go, you'd recognize his voice in the Call of Duty Series, Persona series, World of Warcraft, Street Fighter IV, Ghostbusters, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Borderlands 2, and Rage to name a handful. His voice makes sure to get its marathon training in as an award winning narrator for audiobooks. Do a Google search and you'll find everything from thrillers and young adult to zombie sagas and children's books.
As far as on camera is concerned see him in the internationally recognized and award winning, Star Trek Continues, as Spock. When he isn't working on films, industrials, and television projects for other companies, Todd does work with his company Out of the Office Productions. This is one aspect of a long history of on camera work in narrative film, commercials, and shorts.
When he isn't fighting digital monsters in video games or trying to save the day on film, Todd travels the U.S. and internationally making appearances at gnarly pop culture conventions as a guest to meet super cool fans and sign autographs. He is represented by The Horne Agency, LMTalent, Jeff Zannini Management, Go Voices Talent Agency, and VOX USA.
Michael A. Zekas
Michael A. Zekas is a voice actor and audio engineer originally from South Jersey and now deep in the heart of Texas with work playing nationwide in animation, video games, and educational media. A regular in the cast of Media Blasters productions, you can hear his work as Cliff Strive in the anime Holy Knight and among the cast on Ladies vs. Butlers and Juden-chan.
Outside of anime, Michael acts as the Left-Hand Man of award-winning Austin-based indie game developer Team Dogpit as a recurring actor, audio engineer, casting director, and software Q.A. for the games Lotería del Adiós, Hashtag Everest, and Slam Fighter II. Other notable roles include Technobabylon and Shardlight as published by New York-based adventure game studio Wadjet Eye Games as well as Lords of Xulima, Norse Noir, the web animation Epsilon, radio plays Ruffled and The Amazing Adventures of Action Jack & Obvious Girl, and the fantasy ESL educational series Red Magic by Little Fox. Come on out and have some fun. Whether talking about business, caffeinated beverages, world culture, puppies, or fabulously posing like a Joestar, your entertainment is his pleasure.
Dokudel
North American based cosplayer, Dokudel has been cosplaying since 1998 and has made herself over 200 costumes for over 100 conventions ranging from anime, manga, comics, cartoons and more. She has staffed at about 50 conventions since 2003 all located on the east coast. She has won numerous awards at conventions for performance and craftsmanship which has landed herself title of Masters. Some day she will like to travel to the west coast for conventions with dreams of traveling around the world. When staffing at these conventions she makes sure attendees have just as much joy attending these shows as she does working at them. When she is not staffing she loves to host informative panels ranging from workshops on how to sew, how to draw, and discussion panels on the history of cosplay to classic animes that are not as mainstream. This hobby has lead her with a seamstress career now designing, fitting and altering tuxedos while doing commissions on the side to help others achieve their cosplay dreams.
Marcus Stimac
Marcus Stimac is a voice, theater and film actor currently living in Dallas, Texas. Originally from Milwaukee, Marcus moved to Dallas to study theater at Southern Methodist University, and after graduating stayed in Dallas to pursue other acting opportunities. He is very thankful to have had the chance to work on many great and memorable Animes. Marcus is mostly known for his voice work at Funimation Studios where he has played Dr.Hogback in One Piece, Saito in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Terasaka in Assassination Classroom, Kazama “Dragon” Ryiuchi in Ping Pong the Animation, Amata Kihara in A Certain Magical Index, Warcry in Fairy Tail, and Cornet in Space Dandy!. If you don't see him in an Anime you can always find him acting on a local Dallas stage , performing Shakespeare in a bar playing, or playing the accordion under a bridge. Marcus is starring in the first feature length virtual reality film “Manslaughter: VR” for the Oculus Rift entertainment system. He is a fan of many different shows, some his favorite animes include Cowboy Bebop, Yu Yu Hakusho, and One Piece.
Michael Hecht
Michael “1KidsEntertainment” Hecht is a founding member of the group Elite3 (creators of “Pokémon 'Bridged,” “Dark Swamp,” Elite3 animations, and other works). He is editor/co-writer of “Pokémon 'Bridged” and provides the voices of Ash, James, Pikachu, and many others. He is the current editor of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged by LittleKuriboh, and works for the YouTube channel JacksFilms on the side. He can also be heard as Benny in “Dark Swamp,” Kakuja in TeamFourStar's “Lord Slug Abridged”, the bully in “Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show” by LittleKuriboh, and Elescope in “TOME” by Kirbopher. He also plays dying extras in various episodes of TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged and Hellsing Ultimate Abridged. And if all of that wasn't enough, he's one of the millions of YouTubers out there making Let's Plays, on Elite3's gaming channel “Controller Rollers”. In his spare time, Mike enjoys yelling at microphones, eating his weight in ice cream, and making Nowacking write his bio for him.
Jessi Nowack
Jessi “Nowacking” Nowack is an actor and writer, just like everyone else in New York City. A founding member of Elite3, she oversees all of their video production and blah blah boring company stuff no one cares about. She has lent her voice to songs, video games, advertisements, anime, radio plays, animations, and a bunch of other stuff she can't remember. Jessi has won multiple awards for her performances in high school theater, but what she really wants you to know is that she can hold her breath for a whole 11 seconds. Wow! There should be an award for THAT.
She is co-writer of “Pokémon 'Bridged” (in which she voices Misty, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Jessie, Max, and many others) and is the writer/editor of “Dark Swamp” (voicing Revy, Roberta, Garcia, and more). She plays Dark Magician Girl in “Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series” by LittleKuriboh and Hyprelynx in “TOME” by Kirbopher. She is also known for various characters in TeamFourStar projects, including Seras/Police Girl (“Hellsing Ultimate Abridged”), Sasha (“Attack on Titan Abridged”), and Jessie (“Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged”). In the brony community, Jessi voices and sings as Vinyl Scratch in various animations/songs such as “Epic Wub Time”, “I Am Octavia”, and “All About That Bass Cannon”. She has also made many appearances on “Bronies React.”
If you like them new-fangled Japanese cartoons the kids are calling “a-knee-may”, she can be heard as Sanke in “Ladies VS Butlers,” Izumi in “Queen's Blade Rebellion,” and Sokko in “Juden-chan.” She is also terrible at video games on the series “Controller Rollers”.
xJerry64x
When he's not collecting gold rings, Jerry “xJerry64x” Pakalinsky can usually be found contemplating the futility of human existence or scaring children with his Eminem impression. He is a founding member of Elite3 and is known for voicing Rock in “Dark Swamp,” as well as a jillion characters in “Pokemon 'Bridged” (including Brock, Gary, Professor Oak, Sisty.) He is also the new voice of Jaden in “Yu-Gi-Oh GX Abridged” by XTheDarkOne, a Millennium Item Support Technician in “Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged” by LittleKuriboh, and Zeeun in “Lord Slug Abridged” by TeamFourStar. On Controller Rollers, he does the bat-tastic series “Batman Plays Batman.”
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