Every year several voice actors, creators, and entertainers join us for Kanpai!Con to spend a weekend with us. Our convention features guests who are voice actors in anime, video games, and more. Enjoy a weekend convention filled with awesome entertainment and fun. The voice actors at our events are in many of your favorite anime.
As a multi-award winning actor behind the mic, on camera, or on the stage- Bryan Massey has had the pleasure of working in a variety of mediums in the entertainment industry. The Texas based actor has performed as a nationally ranked cheerleader, a knight at Mideival Times, as well as a stuntman in numerous film & television.
In the animated world, he voices roles such as Crimson Riot in My Hero Academia, Oolong in Dragon Ball Z Kai & Dragon Ball Super, Ladd Russo in Baccano!, Zonge in Toriko, Shark in My Bride Is A Mermaid, Notorious in Ninja Slayer, Jacob Lessio from Fairy Tail, Monkey Dragon in One Piece, Issac McDougal in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Cocytus in Overlord, Rades from Black Clover, Dick Gumshoe in Ace Attorney, Jerry from D. Gray Man, Dolph from Space Dandy, Bill in Shin Chan, and many others.
As far as video games go, you’d recognize his voice as Wilhelm the Enforcer a playable character in the Borderlands The Pre Sequel. He has also lent his vocal talents in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Borderlands 2, Rage, Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 1 & 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z to name a handful more. His voice makes sure to get its marathon training during his award winning satirical cartoon in his animated series www.VOtheShow.com.
As far as on camera is concerned you have probably seen Bryan’s face on your television working in hundred’s of commercials. Bryan is also well known for acting in such international films such as Oliver Stone’s biopic “W.,”“Mad Money,” “Year One” as well as in 3-D alongside Nicolas Cage in the grind house classic “Drive Angry.” On the small screen Bryan has worked on “X-Files,” “Prison Break,” “Chase,” & season finale of “Dallas” too name a few.
Cynthia Cranz is an American actress primarily known for her extensive voice work dubbing anime shows, many that have aired on the Cartoon Network and Toonami. The Fort Worth, Texas native has been acting professionally since 1993, performing in theater, commercials, industrial videos, music videos, PSA’s, infomercials, TV, film, commercial print, video games and voice over.
In 1999 she was one of the first actors cast by Funimation Entertainment in their Flagship Show Dragon Ball Z, voicing the roles of Chi Chi and Mrs. Briefs, and continues to voice those roles presently. Other notable roles include: Boton – Yu Yu Hokusho, Mitzy – Shin Chan, Mitch – Case Closed (Detective Conan), Paninya – Fullmetal Alchemist, Chieko – Princess Jellyfish, Tsurara – Rosario and The Vampire, Lisa – Summer Wars, Coach Mo – Big Wind Up and Pipimi in Pop Team Epic.
Recently she reprised her roles as Mitsuru (Mii) in Fruits Basket and Bellemere in One Piece. She can also be heard as the voice of Sister Bikini – Ace Attorney, Shiizaki – Date A Live, Melida – Wise Man’s Grandchild, Serena – Love Esquire, Mineko – Citris, Lisa – Soul Eater, Ferro – GunSlinger Girls, Dog Woman – Desert Punk, Meow’s Mom – Space Dandy, Elena – Claymore, Lisa – The Galaxy Railways, Kyoko – Witchblade, Karin – B’t X, Nao – Shiki, Lilith – Trinity Blood, Rieko – Spiral, Mika – Burst Angel, Sara – D. Grey-Man, My Hero Academia, Attack On Titan and hundreds of other roles in Anime and video games over the past 2 decades. She is very excited to announce her role as Miss Babcock in the upcoming Jam Productions and Netflix series, Jet Boy!
When not in the booth, Cynthia enjoys riding and showing horses, a life- long passion and sport, as well as reading, cooking, gardening and piddling around the house which she shares with her husband, three legged lab, German Shepherd rescue, parakeet and 3 fish.
Chris Cason has voiced Mr. Popo and Tien Shinhan in “Dragon Ball Z”, Agent Shao in “Battle of Gods”, “Resurrection F”, and “Dragon Ball Super: Broly”, Gluttony in “Fullmetal Alchemist”, Holy Roman Empire in “Hetalia”, Face McShooty and Mal in “Borderlands 2”, Tecchi in “Sword Art Online 2”, Jack the Ripper in "Soul Eater’’, Miyamoto and M1 in “Yu Yu Hakusho”, Taruru in “Sgt. Frog”, Boo and Whitey in “Shin Chan”, Hanai in “School Rumble”, Ukyo in “Ouran High School Host Club”, Chamo in “Negima”, Babbit in “Kodocha”, Siegfried in “Kenichi”, and Hanbei in “Sengoku Basara” represent some of Chris’s favorite and best known roles.
You may have also heard him in: One Punch Man, Attack on Titan, Gunslinger Girl, Basilisk, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, Black Cat, Darker Than Black, Bamboo Blade, Kaze no Stigma, Aquarion, One Piece, Big Windup!, D. Gray-Man, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, RIN, Speed Grapher, Oh! Edo Rocket, Summer Wars, Initial D, Deadman Wonderland, Fairy Tail, Case Closed, Space Dandy, Aldnoah Zero, Michiko & Hatchin, Your Lie in April, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Super Wings, LEGO Friends, Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty, Mob Psycho 100, Ace Attorney, and The Seven Deadly Sins.
As an ADR Director, Chris has had the pleasure of directing/asst. directing such titles as: One Punch Man, Dragonball Z Uncut, Dragonball, Dragonball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho, Negima, Kodocha, Galaxy Railways, Baki the Grappler, School Rumble, Hell Girl, Kaze no Stigma, Bamboo Blade, Birdy the Mighty: Decode, Initial D, Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, The Asterisk War, The Seven Deadly Sins, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Mob Psycho 100, and Re:Zero: Starting Life in Another World.
As a writer, he has adapted and/or assisted on scripts for Case Closed, Negima, Witchblade, Ouran HighSchool Host Club, Bamboo Blade, AM Driver, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Blood Lad, Initial D, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Occultic; Nine, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, and The Seven Deadly Sins.
He has also had the opportunity to be a part of many popular video games. Some of his favorites were: voicing random ghouls and specters for Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Mega Man in Street Fighter X Tekken, Tatsu in Xenoblade Chronicles X, Face McShooty in Borderlands 2, and Forsyth in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
