2025 Voice Acting Guests

A special thanks to our friends at Powell Talent for helping us with our guests this year! All Guest Schedules are subject to change depending on availability. Please check the print schedule at the convention for confirmed appearance times. 

Lisette Monique Diaz began her Anime career as a fan first- watching Anime,  collecting Manga, & attending Conventions since she was a kid… From Making Magic at the Disney and Universal Studios theme parks, to Playing Pretend in the Booth; Lisette has managed to turn her passion for all things Disney and Weeb related into a career. ♥︎ She’ll forever be grateful for the opportunities she’s been given and all the wonderful people she’s met along the journey.

You might recognize her as the voice of JAHY from “The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated,” MINI YAEMORI from “Rent-A-Girlfriend,” O-SOME from “One Piece,” HELLCAT ULIMINAS from “Chillin’ In Another World With Level 2 Super Cheat Skills,” ETERNITY DEVIL from “Chainsaw Man,” LADY ELSA from “Sasaki and Peeps;” as well as from other popular shows like “SpyXFamily,” Blue Lock,” “Kaguya-sama: Love Is War,” “Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts,” “Tales of Wedding Rings,” “The Duke of Death and His Maid,” and many more!

Amanda Gish  is an accomplished actress, model, cosplayer, singer, and voice actor. You can hear her as Kinoko Komori in My Hero Academia, Witch in Goblin Slayer, Hanabi in Senran Kagura, Mariah in Hatena Illusion, Hop in Dragon Ball Super and many more. She has also lent her voice as Inara the Stone Warden in the video game Paladins and Lucy’s Mom in the Horror Game Visage.

When Amanda is not acting, you can find her creating k-pop music videos and English covers under the name Black Rose Garden on Spotify and Black Rose Garden Productions on youtube. You can also catch her on her personal youtube, AmandaGish0802, where she vlogs and creates content for lifestyle videos. Follow her on all social channels (Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) @Mastagish!

Brian Mathis  has appeared in over 140 titles with CRUNCHYROLL, OKRATRON 5000 , SENTAI FILMWORKS and many others! 

His first anime appearance was in HELLGIRL in 2007. Current and most popular characters Elias Ainsworth ( Ancient Magus Bride), Admiral Garp ( One Piece) Macao (Fairy Tail) along with Priest in Black Clover, Honda in Fireforce, Jormanngund in Sacrificial Princess and King of Beasts, Chukyu A in Natusme’s Book of Friends, along with roles and appearances in Salaryman’s Club, Estab Life, Chainsaw Man, Vinland Saga, Land of the Lustrous and many many more !

Marcus M. Mauldin started his career on stage in Musical Theater and then moved to more dramatic plays and roles, winning awards for Best Lead Actor, Best Supporting Actor, which include a Dallas Area Critic’s Award and an Irma P. Hall Black Excellence Theater Award.

Marcus then moved on to television where he landed recurring and co-star roles on such shows as The Good Guys, Dallas,Walker Texas Ranger, Breaking Bad, American Crime,Chase, and Queen Sugar.

Next came Film where Marcus M. Mauldin landed roles Teddy a psychopath in All Roads To Perla, A loving brother Seth Collins in Gallows Road, Officer Benson in Carter High, Country music producer Bob Chandler in A Cowgirl’s Song, Treacherous Mississippi Blue in Jo And The Reaper, Big Boss Roderick in Never Goin’ Back, the loving Wayman in Miss Juneteenth, the Tormented Samson in the Steps Of Faith film series, and his first leading role on film as the first African Pope in The Pope Drops In to be released later his year.

Voice work in commercials from McDonalds to Scholtsky’s eventually lead to several video games such as Dues Ex, Terminator: Dawn of Fate, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi, Daikatana  –  and then Paladins offered Marcus the role of Mal’ Damba…Yeeeeesssss. 

Anime came calling next with Appare Runman and Kuma,Kuma,Kuma Bear. Next on the horizon in One Piece is the character Bonham. but the character that is beloved all over the world is in Borderlands, Borderlands game of the year, Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3, Borderlands The Pre-SeQuel, Tales from the Borderlands, Tiny Tina’s Wedding, The Award winning game Borderlands Science, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragons Keep and the recently released Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. So please welcome The Doorman, The Meat Slab, Evil Genius Crusher, Berserk Merc, Prettiest Siren of them all, The Slab King himself…BRICK!!!

Kiba Walker is an actor, musician, and drag performer based out of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Known for his roles in anime such as WINDBREAKER (Tasuku Tsubakino), LAZARUS (Jill), FIRE EMBLEM: HEROES (Dew), I LEFT MY A RANK PARTY (Sho), PHANTOM OF THE IDOL (Yuya Niyodo), MY HERO ACADEMIA (Cider House), ONE PIECE (Jo, Dachoman), BLUELOCK (Young Barou), HAIKYUU!! (Koganegawa, Komi), HORIMIYA (Makio Tanihara), 86:EIGHTY SIX (Erwin Marcel), THE TITAN’S BRIDE (Caius Lao Bistail), BLACK CLOVER (Paplo Espuma), SHANGRI-LA FRONTIER (Branch), REIGN OF THE SEVEN SPELLBLADES (Tim Linton), SUGAR APPLE FAIRY TALE (Valentine), BOFURI! (Christmas Rose), REINCARNATED AS A SWORD (Cruise Riouselle), OSHINOKO (LoveNow Director), SACRIFICIAL PRINCESS AND THE KING OF BEASTS (Young Leonhart), TOMODACHI GAME (Manabu), THE HEIKE STORY (Kiyotsune), EDENS ZERO (Foote Brother), SASAKI AND MIYANO (Higure), CLASSROOM OF THE ELITE (Beppu), SAINT SEIYA (Scylla-Io), JUNJI ITO COLLECTION (Tsukano Ryou), and many others.

 In video games, you can hear him in GENSHIN IMPACT, TINY TINA’S WONDERLANDS, DRAGONHEIR, LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX, CONTRA RETURNS, CAMP BUDDY, FULL SERVICE, TO TRUST AN INCUBUS, SINSATIONS, SINSATIONS 2, EARTHLOCK, to name a few. 

 He’s a former GAMESTOP TV host and correspondent, has worked with MATTEL, and runs a streaming channel and podcast with his partner, COLE FEUCHTER, called THE RETROCADE and FILE SELECT respectively. 

 Kiba also is a full time drag performer named SALEM MOON, who has a traveling convention show called READY PLAYER DRAG, an all-ages drag event that mixes fandom and drag

Kent Williams, a native Texan and long-time Dallas resident, received a BFA in acting at Southern Methodist University in 1987, and has since cultivated a dynamic career in the performing arts. A Telly Award winning puppeteer, Kent currently serves as Producing Director with LTDM Entertainment and regularly performs its repertoire of storybook classics and high-intensity variety shows at Geppetto’s Marionette Theater at the Hilton Anatole Hotel and at the State Fair of Texas as a featured performer in 2019.

As a stage actor and teaching artist in puppetry and Japanese kabuki theater, Kent has served with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and Dallas ISD.  

Kent is a seasoned commercial broadcast and voice over actor represented by the Mary Collins Agency and can be heard in a variety of media including radio spots for Orkin, Mutual of Omaha and Diet Dr. Pepper.

Kent has a host of voice acting credits in over 200 video game and anime titles. Some of Kent’s most notable roles are, Dr. Gero, Tao, Supreme Kai, Kibito Kai, and Elder Kai as seen on DBZ, Blue Ogre (Jorge Sao Tome) and Chuu on Yu Yu Hakusho, Hatori Soma on Fruits Basket, Mr. Compress on My Hero Academia, Sid on Soul Eater, Father on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Ghira on RWBY, Surge on Red vs. Blue, Mao on Darker Than Black, Captain Kuro, Shura and Clover on One Piece, Judge on Ace Attorney, Jura on Fairy Tale, Deus ex Machina on Future Diary and Byakuya on Dr. Stone