Guests of Honor
Sarah Williams
She's excited to be attending her first OMG!con and can't wait to meet everyone!
Erika Harlacher
She's best known for her roles as Ami Kawashima in TORADORA!, Kyoko Kirigiri in the DANGANRONPA games, Sukuyo Mankanshoku in KILL LA KILL on Toonami, and Princess Asseylum Vers Allusia in ALDNOAH.ZERO. Other credits include YUKI YUNA IS A HERO, KILLER INSTINCT, SWORD ART ONLINE, ATELIER AYESHA, OMEGA QUINTET, ACCEL WORLD, MAGI, and more.
Greg Ayres
He was thrilled to be a part of the Toonami re-launch last summer, in the roles of Ganta Igarashi in Deadman Wonderland, and Heihachi Hayashida in Samurai 7, and even more thrill to follow that up the following summer’s thriller Another as Kouichi Sakakibara. His most recent roles include Satoru Asahina in From the New World, Kenji Nakanishi in Say I Love You, Sion in No. 6, Heisuke Toudou in Hakuoki, Tommyrod in Toriko, Arikawa in This Boy Can Fight Aliens, Tomoki Sakurai, in Heaven’s Lost Property, and Volken, in the Book of Bantorra. Some of his all-time favorite roles include Son Goku in Saiyuki, Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Youhei Sunohara in Clannad, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Negi Springfield in Negima.
He can also be heard as Uesugi Kenshin in Sengoku Basara, Seikechi Tayama in Oh Edo Rocket, Hiro Hirono in ef: A Tale of Memories, Abe in Big Windup, Jr. in Xenosaga: The Animation, Tsujido in Speed Grapher, Roan in Ragnorok The Animation, Yamazaki in Welcome to the NHK, Gau Ban in Shadow Skill, Pope Alessandro XVIII in Trinity Blood, and a bunch of other titles he’ll probably forget to mention
When he’s not in a booth with headphones on, you can usually find him sporting headphones behind “the decks”at many a music event. A veteran nightclub DJ of many years, he jumped at the opportunity to play music and organize late night dances at many of the conventions he attends. He currently runs and organizes the dance and music tracks at several US conventions. Greg is also a member of Project BECK, who perform music from the anime Beck Mongolian Chop Squad, and has had blast reliving the music from the show with his friends. Always thrilled share his love of music with anyone willing to listen - from packed rooms at anime conventions, to the legendary stage of The Knitting Factory (NYC), he’s always ready to make a little noise.
Felecia Angelle
Her hobbies include pretending she could do better than TV cooking show contestants, playing videogames (poorly), and buying more books than she could ever possibly read. You can hear her voice all up in your anime, as well as coming through the TV to sell toys to your kids.
Her recent work includes The Hero Emilia/ Emi Yusa in The Devil Is A Part-Timer!, Perona in One Piece, Shinoa in Seraph of the End, Nozomi Moritomo in The Rolling Girls, Supreme Kai of Time in Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, Aoi Asahina in Danganronpa: The Animation and Alex Bendetto in Gangsta.
Felecia's also recently begun a foray into the world of directing as the Assistant ADR Director for Blood Blockade Battlefront, and the Lead ADR Director for Sky Wizards Academy.
Xander Mobus
Best known for his work in video games, he’s provided the voice of the Announcer from Super Smash Bros. 4, Sergei Strelka in Tales of Zestiria, Christo in Disgaea 5, Weiss in Grand Kingdom, Umio in Megadimension Neptunia VII and the Handsom Jack Fanclub in Tales from the Borderlands.
He can also be heard in the upcoming Camp WWE, where he plays the role of The Ultimate Warrior.
Nathan Sharp - "NateWantsToBattle"
Nathan is also the voice of Pronto (Heroes Never Lose: Professor Puzzler's Perplexing Ploy), Zack Fair (Team Four Star Presents: FFVII Machinabridged), Link (Skyward Sword: The Movie by Zelda Universe) and Red (ScrewAttack's Death Battle: Pokémon VS. Digimon).
Robert J. Schwalb
Robert launched his own imprint in 2014, Schwalb Entertainment. Shadow of the Demon Lord, his first game from his new company, released in the Fall of 2015.
Rikki Simons
Original illustrated books and comics that he created with Tavisha-Wolfgarth-Simons include Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!, Ranklechick and His Three Legged Cat, ShutterBox, and now The Trinkkits.
He is also a background painter in animation, most noted for his color design onInvader ZIM. The comics and books he creates with Tavisha can be read and purchased at www.tavicat.com. His Blog can be found at www.rikkisimons.com.
Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons
During her two decades of publishing manga-influenced comics in the American market, Tavisha's comics and illustrations have been published by Nickelodeon, Tokyopop, Digital Manga, and SLG Publishing, among many others.
Original illustrated books and comics that she created with Rikki Simons include Ranklechick and his Three-Legged Cat, Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!, ShutterBox, and now The Trinkkits. @Tavicat, a comic about her cats, can be read and purchased at www.tavicat.com.
Allyssa Lewis
As the CEO and Founder of the animation resource and staffing agency, My Animation Life (MAL), she primarily focuses on the career placement and portfolio enhancement of artist within the animation-related industries. Creating Georgia's most inclusive animation map and calendar are just a couple of the popular assets MAL provides to strengthen Georgia's animation industry. Often Lewis credits her multitude of industry expertise to her seven year service as the Vice President of ASIFA Atlanta, one of the largest animation societies in the southeastern United States.
"MorganWant"
Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to live life as a Toon? After the Disney-inspired world of Toontown was shut down - the most popular family-oriented MMO of its time - a band of developers met together to bring it back and better than ever!
'Toontown Rewritten' starts where Disney left off to bring back the MMO, where you play as a cartoon animal using old-school gags to fight in the battle against the corporate giants known as 'Cogs.' The game has been running for three years with over 800,000 registered players and counting.
Whether a child at heart or one of the business bots yourself, stop by our booth or one of our panels to answer the question: Are YOU Toon Enough?
'Toontown Rewritten' starts where Disney left off to bring back the MMO, where you play as a cartoon animal using old-school gags to fight in the battle against the corporate giants known as 'Cogs.' The game has been running for three years with over 800,000 registered players and counting.
Whether a child at heart or one of the business bots yourself, stop by our booth or one of our panels to answer the question: Are YOU Toon Enough?
Come take a ride with The Abusement Park! This panelist group based out of Louisville, Kentucky specializes in the wackiest of the insane. They frequently delve into "that part of the internet" to find the latest that hentai, fanfiction, and disturbing game shows have to offer.
The Abusement Park is known for their lively and fun events, often stretching the limits of reality and heavily encouraging audience interaction. They promise a good time to all attendees and are always happy to chat following their events!
You can usually find them during the late-night programming time slots, but they can sometimes be spotted performing day events...if they are awake! They do like their sleep, and shoving their faces full of food!
The Abusement Park is known for their lively and fun events, often stretching the limits of reality and heavily encouraging audience interaction. They promise a good time to all attendees and are always happy to chat following their events!
You can usually find them during the late-night programming time slots, but they can sometimes be spotted performing day events...if they are awake! They do like their sleep, and shoving their faces full of food!
We are the Enchanted Café, a maid café originating from the Louisville, KY area! We are a traveling café, and we plan to go to conventions, perform for lots of masters and princesses, and perform at local events. We mostly serve anime fans and otaku!
A maid café is a form of cosplay restaurant that originates from Akihabara, Japan in 2001. Each café contains maids and hosts who have a wide variety of personalities, talents and abilities. The concept of a maid café is to serve our guests on a more personal level. We play games, dance, and have oodles of fun with our guests. The focus of a maid café is to make each master and princess feel like they are at home. ^_^
We will be hosting our maid cafe Saturday & Sunday from the morning until the afternoon at the Holiday Inn Meeting Room, right next to Owensboro Convention Center! So make sure to visit us!
A maid café is a form of cosplay restaurant that originates from Akihabara, Japan in 2001. Each café contains maids and hosts who have a wide variety of personalities, talents and abilities. The concept of a maid café is to serve our guests on a more personal level. We play games, dance, and have oodles of fun with our guests. The focus of a maid café is to make each master and princess feel like they are at home. ^_^
We will be hosting our maid cafe Saturday & Sunday from the morning until the afternoon at the Holiday Inn Meeting Room, right next to Owensboro Convention Center! So make sure to visit us!
We are glad to welcome out Guest Panel of Judges for the OMG!con Cosplay Contest. These four cosplayers bring about a variety of interests and expertise, which range from the from-scratch creation of pieces to the simply purchasing and personalizing. These ladies have realized some amazing cosplays through the use of determination and insight and are bringing that expertise to us in Owensboro.
Raechel:
Raechel studied cosmetology and brings her knowledge of makeup, wigs, props, and accessorizing to the team in a way to really fill out any cosplay. Her talents can be seen online as Bunny Usagi Cosplay.
Heather:
A talented seamstress, Heather is well-versed in the art of making and fitting garments to bring characters to life for any fan.
Rikka:
Infamous across the midwest con scene, Rikka can and has brought to life characters of all shapes and sizes and her knowledge of wardrobe creation and maintenance will lend its hands to our attendees and contest participants.
Emily:
Emily is a talented actress who is capable of bridging the world between fiction and and reality with the aid of prosthetics and form altering or enhancing makeup.
Raechel:
Raechel studied cosmetology and brings her knowledge of makeup, wigs, props, and accessorizing to the team in a way to really fill out any cosplay. Her talents can be seen online as Bunny Usagi Cosplay.
Heather:
A talented seamstress, Heather is well-versed in the art of making and fitting garments to bring characters to life for any fan.
Rikka:
Infamous across the midwest con scene, Rikka can and has brought to life characters of all shapes and sizes and her knowledge of wardrobe creation and maintenance will lend its hands to our attendees and contest participants.
Emily:
Emily is a talented actress who is capable of bridging the world between fiction and and reality with the aid of prosthetics and form altering or enhancing makeup.
Cincinnati birthed a monster so funky, so awkward, so enthusiastic for music, and so passionate for anime and conventions, that Ohio could no longer contain him. Please welcome Andrew Hilton to the OMGcon team this year all the way from Ohio!
With a passion for mixing electronic sounds and anime, Andrew found a home on the anime convention scene over the last several years, delivering energetic and over the top awesomeness. Join the OMGcon DJ team at this year's party and prepare yourself for high energy sounds and powerful tunes!
With a passion for mixing electronic sounds and anime, Andrew found a home on the anime convention scene over the last several years, delivering energetic and over the top awesomeness. Join the OMGcon DJ team at this year's party and prepare yourself for high energy sounds and powerful tunes!
Brenna & Andrew Byrd
Leading a team of expert linguists, they helped to create two languages for Ubisoft’s Far Cry® Primal based on Proto-Indo-European, the source of languages such as English, Spanish, Russian, and Gaelic.