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KotoriCon 2016

The KotoriCon 2016 Schedule. It is updated if sessions are cnacelled or changed.

5:30pm EST

Daman Mills Voice Actor Q&A

Daman Mills is a bit new to the Voice Acting world, he's also a fellow anime nerd himself, and he'd absolutely love to get to know each and every one of you! Got any questions about Voice Acting, what it's like in the booth, or how to get into the industry? Do you enjoy any shows he's been apart of such as Pokémon, Holy Knight, or Ladies versus Butlers? Then stop on by and join the voice monkey party! JUST DO IT!

Speakers

Daman Mills

Voice Actor

Friday January 8, 2016 5:30pm - 6:30pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

6:30pm EST

Pokémon Nintendo 3DS Party Panel!

Do you like Pokémon? I mean, come on, who doesn’t? So where can you go to get your anything and everything Pokémon fix at your all-time favorite place to be at a convention? A Pokémon Nintendo 3DS Party Panel of course! Join the voice actress for Jessie in Pokémon, Michele Knotz and all-around Pokémon expert Chris Smith for games, fun, contests, prizes, battles, sing-a-longs, and so much more! Trade with other Pokéfans, learn about breeding and battling, and play some awesome fun games for amazing prizes! If you’re a fan of Pokémon, and we know you are, you won’t want to miss this panel! Don’t forget to bring your Nintendo 3DS for special prizes! Finally, a panel where bringing your 3DS is required!

Speakers

James Carter Cathcart

Voice Actor, Duart Film and Video

New York/New Jersey – based writer, producer, musician and voiceover artist James Carter Cathcart attended the Interlochen Arts Academy for his high school years, winning top honors as a classical and jazz pianist. As a teen member of the eclectic New Heavenly Blue, JCC performed... Read More →

Michele Knotz

Voice Actor

Jamie McGonnigal

Voice Actor

Daman Mills

Voice Actor

Friday January 8, 2016 6:30pm - 8:30pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

10:00am EST

Everything You Watch is the Same with Ian Rubin

Every story has the same structure. Ian Rubin hilariously takes you through the fun filled world of Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey," and teaches you about "The Monomyth," using Star Wars and going to the bathroom as a guide

Saturday January 9, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am EST
Panel 5 (IC 407) Instructional Center room 407

Guest Panel Panel

10:00am EST

Pokémon Panel

Prepare for trouble! Make it Quadruple! To protect Kotoricon from devastation; to unite all pokefans within our nation; to denounce conventions and truth and love; to extend your knowledge (of them!) to the stars above! Michele Knotz! James Cathcart! The Pokemon voice actors blast off at the speed of light - attend this panel or prepare to fight! Jamie McGonnigal and Daman Mills? That's right!
See what happens when Pokemon Voice Actors are actually in the same room at the same time! Blast Off your KotoriCon by heading straight to the Pokemon panel!

Speakers

James Carter Cathcart

Voice Actor, Duart Film and Video

New York/New Jersey – based writer, producer, musician and voiceover artist James Carter Cathcart attended the Interlochen Arts Academy for his high school years, winning top honors as a classical and jazz pianist. As a teen member of the eclectic New Heavenly Blue, JCC performed... Read More →

Michele Knotz

Voice Actor

Jamie McGonnigal

Voice Actor

Daman Mills

Voice Actor

Saturday January 9, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

10:30am EST

Katriel Paige - Traditional Treats

A panel that melds history with sweets. It goes into the history of ingredients like the two major types of red bean paste, an aside about tea (as many sweets were developed to go with tea), and up to more "modern" sweets like Sakuma Drops, chocolate, and Pocky. I also try to provide some ideas of where treats and ingredients can be found/bought. It debuted at Katsucon 2015 for their Japanese Cultural Institute/educational track.

Speakers

Katriel Paige

Katriel Paige grew up trying to research more about the puns in Sailor Moon. Since 2004, she has given presentations ranging from Japanese religion and philosophy, history, language, and cross-cultural culture trade - generally using examples from anime and manga. She has an MA in... Read More →

Saturday January 9, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am EST
Panel 2 (IC 401) Instructional Center room 401

Guest Panel Panel

11:00am EST

Real Talk with Trailer Drake

For many people, depression is a real issue. Join Trailer Drake as he talks about his ongoing battle with depression and the steps he takes to overcome it.

Speakers

Drake McWhorter

Performer

Saturday January 9, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

12:00pm EST

Brandon McLaren's Action Packed Q&A

He's been a power ranger, he's been a roughneck cop, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. If that's not enough, he's come all the way here just to see you. He might look intimidating, and that might be because he is, but Brandon's hosting this panel so any who want to can pick his brain about his life, his work, breaking into the business, and (almost) anything else that he'll feel like talking about. Don't be shy - ask him anything (just be cool about it)

Speakers

Brandon Jay McLaren

Saturday January 9, 2016 12:00pm - 12:50pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

1:30pm EST

Character Creation: Don’t Just Be One—Make One! with Samurai Dan & Jillian

We spend so much time dressing up and pretending to be someone else’s creation. That’s fun, but so is telling your own stories, with your own characters. Follow Samurai Dan’s guide to creating memorable characters and write unique stories of your own.

Speakers

Samurai Dan & Jillian

Saturday January 9, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm EST
Panel 2 (IC 401) Instructional Center room 401

Guest Panel Panel

1:30pm EST

Crash Course in Voice Acting: For Fun, not Profit

Join Scott Melzer from NoN.D.E. Fanfilms for an introduction to the
crazy world of voice acting. We'll cover acting for amateur projects,
voice "method" acting, tips for building voices and staying
consistent, directing voice actors and creating voice sound effects

Saturday January 9, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm EST
Panel 5 (IC 407) Instructional Center room 407

Guest Panel Panel

2:00pm EST

Real Life in Anime: Actual People, Places & Events with Patrick Drazen

Part of the fun of anime is its creation of fantasy worlds and fantastic creatures. But there's much more going on as well: natural disasters, destructive wars, people who really lived. Author Patrick Drazen offers a tour of the reality within even the Pokemon world.

Speakers

Patrick Drazen

Author, Stone Bridge Press

I'm old enough to have seen one of the earliest anime when it hit US theaters in 1961: "Alakazam the Great!", a retelling of the legend of the Monkey King and his journey to India. In the 80s, when VCRs and cable TV brought anime to the US, I rediscovered it, trying to find out what... Read More →

Saturday January 9, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm EST
Panel 3 (IC 403) Instructional Center room 403

Guest Panel Panel

2:30pm EST

Pokemon Win Lose or Draw with Daman Mills

POKEMON WIN LOSE OR DRAW (Pictionary Type Game Show - Requires Teams) Hey you! Are you a fan of game shows? Do ya love you some Pokeymanz? Then come join us for a fantastically fun Pokémon version of "Win, Lose, or Draw"! This Pictionary influenced game is a participation panel where two teams will battle it out for a chance to bring home the glory! The team that guesses their artist's drawing of a randomly selected Pokémon correctly under the time limit will earn a PokéPoint, and the team with the most PokéPoints wins! And for those who bring their Nintendo 3DS with a Pokémon video game, perhaps there will be a little prize if your team is victorious.

Speakers

Daman Mills

Voice Actor

Saturday January 9, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Games Guest Panel Panel

2:30pm EST

Chocobos Ate My Baby: A Final Fantasy Retrospective by Charles Dunbar

From last ditch creation to worldwide juggernaut, Final Fantasy has evolved time and again as each console generation has pushed the envelope in terms of technology. This panel explores the series' roots, its embracing of these new methods, and how storytelling has evolved alongside the presentation.

Speakers

Charles Dunbar

Study of Anime

Charles Dunbar is a fan of many things, of which anime is but one. But it is certainly a large one. A lifelong fan, Charles has been attending conventions since his teenage years, and spent a chunk of his college career devoting copious amounts of free time to cultivating his fandom... Read More →

Saturday January 9, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm EST
Panel 2 (IC 401) Instructional Center room 401

Guest Panel Panel

2:30pm EST

Writing for Internet Horror with Mr CreepyPasta

The profession of writing has taken numerous twists and turns since the invention of the paper and pencil, but the idea of the starving author is going away. Why is that? The invention of the internet! Learn how to break into this medium and write for horror stories such as Creepy Pastas from MrCreepyPasta himself.

Speakers

M

Mr.CreepyPasta

Saturday January 9, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm EST
Panel 5 (IC 407) Instructional Center room 407

Guest Panel Panel

3:30pm EST

Katriel Paige - Bits of Victory Panel

Using tools like Twine and RPGMaker to construct interactive fiction.

Speakers

Katriel Paige

Katriel Paige grew up trying to research more about the puns in Sailor Moon. Since 2004, she has given presentations ranging from Japanese religion and philosophy, history, language, and cross-cultural culture trade - generally using examples from anime and manga. She has an MA in... Read More →

Saturday January 9, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm EST
Panel 2 (IC 401) Instructional Center room 401

Guest Panel Panel

3:30pm EST

Tokusatsu, Sentai and everything Power Rangers

Reuben Langdon has had a unique and flourishing carrier both in Japan and the U.S. Working within the Japanese world of Tokusatsu (specialized suit acting) and working in the US on Power Rangers. He has insight and experience as both and actor and a stunt performer for a number of different series, b-fighter Kabuto, power rangers: lost galaxy, light speed rescue, time force, and wild force. He has worked and trained with the international stunt team Alpha Stunts.

Speakers

Reuben Langdon

Saturday January 9, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

4:30pm EST

Pokemon, Musicals, & Gay: Voice Actor & Activist Jamie McGonnigal

Jamie McGonnigal came to the first KotoriCon in 2010 when we were small and unknown. Jamie is a voice actor, actor, producer, activist and director. You have heard his voice in anime, video games including Barry in Pokemon and several voices in YuGiOh. He is the Community Director for the New Organizing Institute and a blogger for HuffingtonPost.com. He has been a driving force in campaigning for equality.

Speakers

Jamie McGonnigal

Voice Actor

Saturday January 9, 2016 4:30pm - 5:20pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

5:30pm EST

Ghosts of Old--and New--Japan with Patrick Drazen

From ancient times to episodes of "Pokemon", Japan has made room for ghosts as real, and for telling stories about them as its own art. Patrick Drazen tells of the old and the new--including ghost stories based on the 2011 Fukushima tsunami. Turn down the lights...

Speakers

Patrick Drazen

Author, Stone Bridge Press

I'm old enough to have seen one of the earliest anime when it hit US theaters in 1961: "Alakazam the Great!", a retelling of the legend of the Monkey King and his journey to India. In the 80s, when VCRs and cable TV brought anime to the US, I rediscovered it, trying to find out what... Read More →

Saturday January 9, 2016 5:30pm - 6:20pm EST
Panel 5 (IC 407) Instructional Center room 407

Guest Panel Panel

5:30pm EST

James Carter Cathcart: Recollection of 4Kids

A voice actor's memory of the days when 4 kids entertainment went from fledgling production company to multi-studio, multi program king of Saturday morning cartoons.

Speakers

James Carter Cathcart

Voice Actor, Duart Film and Video

New York/New Jersey – based writer, producer, musician and voiceover artist James Carter Cathcart attended the Interlochen Arts Academy for his high school years, winning top honors as a classical and jazz pianist. As a teen member of the eclectic New Heavenly Blue, JCC performed... Read More →

Saturday January 9, 2016 5:30pm - 6:20pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

6:30pm EST

Getting big on YouTube Q & A with Trailer Drake

Want to know how to get your YouTube channel rolling? Want advice for dealing with trolls? Trailer Drake and friends are going to be taking YOUR questions and hopefully be giving you answers!

Speakers

Drake McWhorter

Performer

Saturday January 9, 2016 6:30pm - 7:20pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel

6:30pm EST

We Con Therefore We Are by Charles Dunbar

What does it mean to be an otaku? What counts as anime fandom in this day and age? And why do we see so much non-Asian flavor at cons? Much of the convention culture and dynamic has changed in the past 5+ years, and the con has changed with it, often beginning to mirror the idea of Convergence Theory as proposed by fan-scholar Henry Jenkins. This panel will highlight the changes in the fandom, how the internet has influenced the direction cons have taken, and will ask questions on where all this is going in the near-future. Healthy debate is encouraged.

Speakers

Charles Dunbar

Study of Anime

Charles Dunbar is a fan of many things, of which anime is but one. But it is certainly a large one. A lifelong fan, Charles has been attending conventions since his teenage years, and spent a chunk of his college career devoting copious amounts of free time to cultivating his fandom... Read More →

Saturday January 9, 2016 6:30pm - 7:20pm EST
Panel 2 (IC 401) Instructional Center room 401

Guest Panel Panel

7:30pm EST

Creepy Pasta Storytime

Gather round the campfire boils and ghouls and MrCreepyPasta will tell you stories that will give you nightmares for years to come. Taken from stories around the internet and some of your favorites from Youtube, listen as the one and only blue man retells them in the iconic voice you've come to know and love.

Speakers

M

Mr.CreepyPasta

Saturday January 9, 2016 7:30pm - 8:20pm EST
Panel 1 (IC 430) Instructional Center room 430

Guest Panel Panel