Minneapolis Anime Convention Announces Monica Rial

Bloomington, MN - February 22, 2013 - AniMinneapolis, a Minneapolis anime convention, is excited to announce that voice actor Monica Rial will be appearing at AniMinneapolis from June 28-30, 2013 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, Minnesota. AniMinneapolis brings over 3,000 anime fans together to celebrate during a weekend of events, concerts, anime screenings, cosplay, and special guests.

Monica Rial has been working in the anime voice over industry for 13 years. As an actress for ADV Films and Funimation Entertainment has lent her voice to over 250 anime including: Baccano! (Chane), Black Butler (Mei Ren), Certain Magical Index (Index), E.F. a Tale of Memories (Chihiro), Fairy Tail (Mirajane), Hetalia (Flying Mint Bunny/Belarus), High School of the Dead (Shizuka), Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (Treeya), Negima (Konoka/Kazumi/Satsuki), One Piece (Tashigi/Carue/Kuina), Ouran Host Club (Renge), Panty and Stocking (Stocking), Princess Jellyfish (Mayaya), Sergeant Frog (Momoka), Shinchan (Ai), Soul Eater (Tsubaki), Towa No Quan (Tei), Tsubasa (Sakura), Witchblade (Maria) and many more. She can be heard on the Cartoon Network in Deadman Wonderland (Shiro), Casshern Sins (Ringo), Samurai 7 (Shino) and FMA Brotherhood (May Chang). You can also catch her on Nicktoons and the CW as Bulma in Dragonball Z Kai. She’s appeared in several video games including Ms. Splosion Man, Comic jumper, and Borderlands 2. Be sure to come by and say hello!

AniMinneapolis will be held June 28-30, 2013 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, Minnesota. Rooms are only $109 per night, and free parking is plentiful. The three day convention features hundreds of unique events and panels, including concerts by nerdcore performers, cosplay costume contests, and Q&A sessions with special guests. A list of the convention's biggest events is online at http://animinneapolis.com/events

Monica joins other special guests including Todd Haberkorn, Sonny Strait, LittleKuriboh, Spike Spencer, Dr. Awkward, YTCracker, V is for Villains, StarF, and Mattari 2600. The guest list is on the convention website at http://animinneapolis.com/guests

More information about tickets and attending the convention can be found online at http://animinneapolis.com/

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MetaCon Press Release

Minneapolis Comic Con Announces Chris Patton and Sonny Strait

Minneapolis, MN - February 18, 2013 - The Minneapolis ComiCon, Meta Con, announced today that anime voice actors Chris Patton and Sonny Strait will be appearing at Meta Con 2013 at the end of August. The two will be coming together at Minneapolis's largest pop culture and comic con to sign autographs and participate in Q&A sessions throughout the weekend.

Chris Patton has been Voice Acting in Anime for thirteen years for ADV Films, FUNimation Entertainment, Sentai Filmworks, and Okratron 5000. Some of his more well-known roles are Sousuke Sagara in all the Full Metal Panic series, Greed in Fullmetal Alchemist and Brotherhood, Asura in Soul Eater, Akuto Sai in Demon King Daimao, Keima in The World God Only Knows, Ikki in Air gear, Sho in Guyver, Fakir in Princess Tutu, Nishi in Gantz, and Turles in Dagonball Z: The Tree of Might.

TIGER & BUNNY's Corporate Superheroes Are Coming Soon to DVD and Blu-ray!

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San Francisco, CA, February 13, 2013 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, gives fans a rollicking dose of anime action with the DVD and Blu-ray release on February 19th of TIGER & BUNNY Set 1. The 2-disc set, which contains Episodes 1-13 of the 26-episode action/sci-fi series, is rated TV-14, and will carry a DVD MSRP of $44.82 U.S. / $43.24 CAN, and a Blu-ray MSRP of $54.97 U.S. / $66.15 CAN.

Meta Con 2013 Announces Todd Haberkorn

Bloomington, MN - The Minneapolis Comic Con, Meta Con, is excited to announce the return of Todd Haberkorn to Meta Con in 2013. Meta Con's 2013 Minneapolis comic convention will be held from Friday, August 30th to Sunday, September 1, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis. The convention will feature three days of autograph signings, events, dealers and artists, video screenings, costume contests, and beyond.