Yuko Miyamura is a Japanese actress, J-pop singer and sound director. She is best known as the voice of Asuka Langley Soryu in "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and also Kyoko Hayase in the 1999 Super Sentai series "Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V." She has also released various CD albums as a singer.

Tiffany Grant is an American voice actor who is known for her English-dubbing work with ADV Films on such anime films and television series as "Neon Genesis Evangelion", in which she voiced the character Asuka Langley Soryu (which she claims is her favorite role). Grant, along with a handful of other ADV contractors, also works with Fort Worth-based anime distributor FUNimation Entertainment on series such as "Fullmetal Alchemist." She enjoyed her role as Neon Genesis Evangelion's Asuka so much that she briefly reprised the character in the radio plays and fan-produced anime derived from the fanfiction series "Neon Genesis Evangelion: R."

There will be a special session with Yuko Miyamura and Tiffany Grant discussing their shared role of Asuka Langley Soryu.

The Emeralds, formed in 2002, are a three-piece rock 'n' roll band from Yokohama, Japan. With their charismatic guitarist/vocalist Kazuya, their gentle but aggressive bassist Osuke, and their energetic drummer Akio, The Emeralds have impressed audiences both in their native Japan and abroad. The band's cutting edge performance and tongue twisting lyrics create a totally unique world; lyrically, their main theme is love, but their body of work also includes songs about cranberry juice and surfing. In 2006 they performed in front of 10,000 people at the Ssamzie Sound Festival in Seoul, South Korea.

Mari Iijima is best known for playing Lynn Minmay in the animated series "Super Dimension Fortress Macross," making her the first actor to voice the same character in both English and Japanese, but is also an accomplished singer and songwriter who has released numerous top 10 albums through Victor Entertainment Japan and Warner Music Japan. She wrote all of the music for her critically acclaimed debut album "Rosé", which was produced by renowned composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Mari has won several awards, including the FM Osaka Best New Artist Award and the Japan Audio Society Golden Jubilee Award 2 years in a row; she was also nominated for the 2000 Los Angeles Music Awards Best Pop Artist Award for her first independently released album, "No Limit". At the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Mari won a Best Song Award for her song "Unspoken Love" from her album "Wonderful People".

Colleen Clinkenbeard is a voice actor/ADR director/ADR scriptwriter/Line Producer for FUNimation Productions.

Robert & Emily DeJesus are independent writers and story creators. Bob is also an illustrator, story board artist, and character designer; Emily enjoys being a manager and an editor, as well.

Monica Rial has been a voice actor with ADV Films since 2000, working on such shows as "Fullmetal Panic," "Excel Saga," and "Azumanga Daioh"; she also has a prolific body of work with FUNimation Productions.

Rikki Simons known as the voice of the robot GIR on "Invader ZIM," the writer and co-artist of graphic novel series published by Tokyopop and the illustrated novel "Ranklechick and His Three-Legged Cat" (self-published through Lulu.com). He also co-created and wrote the "Robotech: Clone" comic series. In addition to his graphic novel and novel work, Simons also paints backgrounds for animation, including "Invader ZIM" and "Jackie Chan Adventures." He painted both issues of Jhonen Vasquez's comic "I Feel Sick." He works with his partner and wife, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simmons.

Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simmons is a writer, artist and producer. She is an American born artist of German and Japanese (yonsei - fourth generation) descent. Her artistic career began in the anime and manga style when her grandmother sat her down in front of a television showing her Kimba the White Lion and said, "This cartoon is Japanese, just like you." Tavisha produces her art and stories under the studio name of Tavicat (and sometimes "WiredPsyche" ) along with her husband, Rikki.