SNAFU Con

Sierra Nevada Anime Fans Unite!

SNAFU Con is an anime convention in Reno, NV, Friday, September 9th through Sunday, September 11th, 2011, inside the Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second Street, Reno, NV 89595.

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Index

Robert Wiese
Darrel Guilbeau
Lisle Wilkerson
Quinton Flynn
Steve Nunez, a.k.a. Warky T. Chocobo
Lynn Hardy
Christopher Escalante
Matt Cole
Preston Cowley
WindoftheStars
Dr Hikaru
Paper Hearts Cosplay

Robert Wiese Index

Robert Wiese has been playing D&D since 1978 after he watched a game played in the car on the way home from a Boy Scouts meeting. He was fascinated, and delved into this strange world of dragons and magic and sourcebooks. Years later, he was hired to edit tournaments for the RPGA Network and from there progressed to running the network after his boss was assassinated in the great Christmas purge of 1996. Eventually he met a girl who liked to play D&D too, and he left Renton for the warmth and casinos of Reno, Nevada. Now, he works in the Pharmacology department of UNR studying mouse foot muscles and the effects of RF emissions on same. He spends as much time as possible with his wife Rhonda, son Owen, and daughter Rebecca.

Darrel Guilbeau Index

Darrel Guilbeau is an American-based anime and video game voice actor. As an anime voice actor, he is best known for his work as the voice of Seijuurou in Zoids Genesis, Satoshi Hojo in Higurashi, Sousuke Kawara in Samurai Champloo, and Alfred Darlton in Code Geass. His latest work is Ryugamine Mikado in Durarara.

As a video game voice actor, Darrel is best known for his work as the voice of Layle in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Wylfred in Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume, Lekius in Dawn of Mana, and much more!

Lisle Wilkerson Index

Lisle Wilkerson grew up in Tokyo, Japan and moved to the US towards the end of 2008. She speaks fluent Japanese, and has been hosting radio and television shows in Japanese and English ever since she was 19 years old. She performed in the Academy Award winning Sofia Coppola film "Lost in Translation" and, a few years later, played a principal role in the award winning indie film "Kamataki".

She has been doing voice for video games since the early 90's and has been featured in such big franchises as Crazy Taxi, Shenmue, Virtual Fighter, and Gitaroo Man. She is probably most well-known for her work in the Tekken franchise where she is the voice of Nina Williams, Christie Monteiro, and Zafina. She currently lives in LA and does freelance voiceover work as an interpreter, as well as being a local correspondent for the Academy Awards and the Grammys for Japan.

Quinton Flynn Index

Quinton Flynn’s voice has been burning up film and television since he first arrived in Los Angeles from his hometown of Cleveland.

He is an A-list voice actor, having played such famous animated characters as Johnny Quest, Spiderman, Speed Racer, The Human Torch, Timon, and Snowbell from Stuart Little, just to name a few. His television and film appearances include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, King of Queens, Animaniacs, Woody Woodpecker, Robot Chicken, and many more.

His best known roles in video game franchises have been his work providing the English voices of Raiden in the Metal Gear Solid series, Axel in Kingdom Hearts II, and Reno in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the motion picture.

If you're hip to the anime scene you'll know him as Iruka-Sensei and Deidara in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, Marcus Damon in Digimon Data Squad, Carl in Blood+, and much more!

Steve Nunez, a.k.a. Warky T. Chocobo Index

Steve Nunez, a.k.a. Warky T. Chocobo grew up playing video games, first on his Commodore 64, then at the ripe age of 5, his Nintendo Entertainment System. Steve remembers popping in Super Mario Brothers and from the moment that first note played, he was hooked.

Steve wanted to learn to play piano so he could recreate the melodic tones he heard. Being too poor for piano lessons, Steve taught himself to play the piano without using his thumbs. Steve is also a talented LDS "Mormon" singer and lyricist with his parody group, "They Might Be Elders".

Steve is now breaking into the Voice Acting scene with credits for Video Games, and his latest role as the narrator in the Full Cast Audiobook Series, "Prophecy of the Flame". Visit Warky's facebook for more info: http://www.facebook.com/warkythechocobo.

Lynn Hardy Index

Led by a series of dreams and encouraged by friends, Lynn Hardy began the journey to become an author. She stored her work in a computer file labeled "second job." Writing began as a passion she could not contain and has become much more than she ever expected.

In reality, Lynn is overcome with compassion for families who are suffering through the recession and so she has created Agape Assistance. Knowing that times are hard for everyone, Lynn wants to give back to those who join Agape Assistance in providing shelter for families who are homeless. Buying Book One will provide a book for you and a bed for them. 100% of the proceeds from Prophecy of the Flame: Book One goes to Agape Assistance.

The road has been longer and more complicated than she would have ever guessed--not always smooth, but filled with wonderful surprises. Like most stories, Lynn is sure that her journey has only just begun.

Christopher Escalante Index

Christopher Escalante is a media music composer and conductor for video games, television, film, and media. Christopher has studied and learned from many prominent composers, including Hans Zimmer, Gerard Marino, Bruce Broughton, Bear McCreary, Sean Beeson, Elia Cmiral, Sam Cardon, Lisle Moore, and many others.

Christopher has written music for many small-time media productions including video game mods, student films, commercial entries, viral videos, and a television pilot. He was brought on to write the music for the "Prophecy of the Flame" audio book series. For More information, go to http://escalantemusic.com/.

Matt Cole Index

Born and raised deep in the heart of Texas, Matt Cole, a video game lover and fighter was thrilled to start voice acting in audio books. His most recent role was in Prophecy of the Flame as Manager Bontrager, and since then, Matt has also been in movies to be released within the next year.

Preston Cowley Index

A Denver native, Preston Cowley grew up fascinated with video games, animation, and voice acting. While studying for his animation degree at Brigham Young University, he studied voice acting under Christopher Robin Miller (Professor Layton) to hone his skills.

Preston's latest work includes the Prophecy of the Flame Series by Lynn Hardy. He enjoyed playing the role of Merithin, the wise old Sorcerer and cannot wait for his next voice-acting role.

WindoftheStars Index

WindoftheStars is an internationally renowned costume designer, re-creator and cosplay model that has made over 50 elaborate award-winning costumes since 2004.

Gaining inspirations from the things she loves, many of her works are recreations form anime, manga, video games, movies, TV series and pop culture, but of course she also tries to find time to create her own wearable works of art. To her, each costume is like a puzzle that requires many technical skills that are in turn shared with the community through online tutorials and panels.

She has also had the privilege of being a judge for several costume competitions throughout California. Her works have been featured in many online interviews and articles such as 91.8 The Fan Radio and NerdBastards.com, and has appeared in COSMODE and CosplayMIX.

When WindoftheStars isn't working as a professional seamstress in a local alterations shop, she enjoys being a normal Reno local, by taking trips to Tahoe in the summer, off-roading in her Jeep up in Pevine, geocaching around town, and eating ribs at the Rib Cook-Off.

Dr Hikaru Index

Born and raised in Japan, Dr Hikaru grew up with a love for anime, manga and video games. A veteran in the anime convention scene, Dr Hikaru first started cosplaying at AX2000 and has traveled to cons across the nation and Japan. In the last 11 years she has won awards in Craftsmanship and Performance, including Best in Show as well as Master Craftsmanship.

While she started out as an avid cosplayer, Dr Hikaru is also known as a gamer, photographer and all-around geek. She enjoys costume design and construction but her showcase work is in makeup artistry. Entirely self-taught, Dr Hikaru has a passion for makeup whether it's for an elaborate wedding or crossplay purposes. Her portfolio includes collaborations with LimeBarb, Cupcake Cosplay, Lady Ava, Dreamlandtea, Raginite Photography, DeathCom Multimedia, iPLAY, WindoftheStars, iCosplay and MoonlessGarden. She has been featured in CosMode and ACParadise among other cosplay publications and has also been interviewed for Wired Magazine for her Final Fantasy fandom.

When Dr Hikaru isn't working she can often be found ballroom dancing, traveling or relaxing with her Shiba Inu, Saya.

Paper Hearts Cosplay Index

Paper Hearts Cosplay, began in 2005, when cosplayers Daydreamernessa, and Kasou started cosplaying together. Since then they have created many works together, and take pride in taking on challenging cosplay projects together, from large props, to armor, to detailed cloth construction, nothing stops them from executing there cosplays.

Not only do they take on the challenge of costume construction, but also forming small and large groups of cosplayers from far and wide to put on performances for cosplay masquerades.

Some notable groups they have put together are, Record of Lodoss Wars, Guilty Gear, and Magic Knight Rayearth, in which they have won, advanced construction awards, as well as performance awards. They look forward to coming to SnafuCon!