Kawaii Kon Announces First 2010 Guests of Honor

Honolulu, HI, December 31, 2009- Kawaii Kon is proud to announce David Williams will be ing us as guests of honor for our 2010 show! Stay tuned for more guest announcements!

Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny is best known for portraying Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and being the English voice of Vash the Stampede in Akira, and Nero in Devil May Cry 4. He's also a two time American Anime Award nominee.

Vic Mignogna
Vic Mignogna is a professional music composer/producer and veteran actor who received great acclaim for his protrayal of Edward Elric in Generator Gawl, just to name a few.

Wendy Powell
Wendy has been a professional voice actress for [email protected]

Robert and Emily Dejesus (Studio Capsule)
Robert has drawn manga inspired art for over 18 years, and has been published all over the world by companies such as doujinshi, portfolios, animated shorts and other projects of every kind. Find out everything that's new with either Studio Capsule or Robert and Emily Dejesus at www.robertdejesus.com or view more current information on their live journal, under the name, banzchan.

Samantha Inoue-Harte
Samantha began her work in the animation industry through her teaching in 1998. She is currently teaching animation at a Texas college. She has worked for several animation studios, including Disney, Final Fantasy: Unlimited.

David Williams
David Williams is a former Dirty Pair, and many others.

About Kawaii Kon
Kawaii Kon 2010 will be held April 16-18th, 2010 at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Kawaii Kon is a three-day convention event dedicated to creating a broader awareness of, and appreciation for Japanese animation by celebrating the richness of this artform. Through cooperation with the community, Kawaii Kon hopes to facilitate growth of the anime, manga and related industries in Hawaii and beyond. In addition to providing a central event for fans and enthusiasts, Kawaii Kon seeks to become a vehicle for sharing and disseminating industry information. Kawaii Kon also provides the community and related industries the opportunity to network and conduct business.

Thanks to the of organizations like Manga Entertainment, The Honolulu Festival, The Hawaii International Film Festival and the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, Kawaii Kon has grown in just five years to include thousands of annual attendees. Fans, artists and industry guests gather from all over the world for the 3-Day extravaganza.

For more information please visit: www.kawaiikon.org.