Special Guests
Cosplay Judges

Matthew Barry
Matthew is a Competitive cosplayer from the UK, most recently having represented twice consecutively over the past 2 years and winning the Crown Championship world finals in Chicago back in April 2024.
He believes in the power of innovation, experimentation and having fun. Having judged international contests around the world he is excited, and honoured, to be apart of the team and can't wait to see what you bring!
Instagram: @Matthew__Barry

Tenkou
Tenkou! A cosplayer since 2012 who outside of cosplay works with film and TV production as a hair and makeup artist. She loves educating and standing on stage and have had the honor of representing Sweden in NCC, ECG, GEC and ICL to name some of them. She offers panels about tips and tricks when competing and how to start working with SFX. She loves getting to know new people so make sure to go up and say hi!
@tenkoucosplay on IG, FB, blue sky, Twitch, YouTube and tiktok

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Special Guests

Shao Dow
Shao Dow will be performing on the Main Stage on Friday evening, and hosting a panel in Events 1 later on. If you'd like to have a chat with him, be sure to go see him in the signing area on Friday (when he's not performing), and the first half of Saturday!

Damien Haas
We're excited to welcome Damien Haas to AnimeCon as a special guest this year! He's known for his English voice work in Delicious in Dungeon (Laios Touden), Fire Emblem: Three Hopes (Shez), Ranma 1/2 2024 (Ryoga Hibiki) and more!

Cory Yee
Cory Yee is a Chinese American voice actor, most well known for Gorou in Genshin Impact, Akito in Ghostwire: Tokyo, Sigma and Bram Stoker in Bungo Stray Dogs, and The Beholder in the award winning To Your Eternity. He loves bringing characters to life, always looking for ways to make his soul and his clients happy!

Kayli Mills
Kayli grew up in multiple towns in the LP of Michigan. As a child she was frequently relocated,but in middle school she found comfort and friendship in creating song covers, writing and voiceacting online. After years of chasing her dream, you can hear her as colorful cast of charactersincluding Keqing (Genshin Impact), Rapie and Alice (NIKKE), Alice (Sword Art Online), Emilia(Re:Zero), Clara (Welcome to Demon School: Iruma-kun), Quna - Speaking and singing (PSO2)and many more!

Lucien Dodge
Lucien is a voice actor specializing in characters for animation, video games, commercials, and other media.  His animation credits include Robin in Batman: Mechs vs. Mutants, Akaza in Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, Mahito in Jujutsu Kaisen, Zoicite and Motoki in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Waver Velvet in Fate/Zero and Lord El Melloi II’s Case Files, Amuro Ray in Gundam: The Origin, Okami in Aggretsuko, Takumu Mayuzumi in Accel World, Ja'far in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, Keisuke Baji in Tokyo Revengers, Tatara Totsuka in K, and Blue in Pokémon Origins.

To be announced!
To be announced!
Special Guests 18+

Milenaaxoxo
Hi, Milenaaxoxo here! You may know me from Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, or maybe you've seen me at Dumpert Reeten. Feel free to stop by at the 18+ section of the Dealer Room!

Mikomi Hokina
Hi! I'm Miko and I'm happy to announce I'll be at AnimeCon this May! ♥