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Live Chat with Tim Buckley, Xfire

Recently, I was browsing CAD, my favourite webcomic of all time. Seeing an announcement for an upcoming live chat/interview with Tim Buckley, the creator of the webcomic, my first insticint was to enter. On the morning of Nov 21st, 2005, I received an email naming me as a participant for the Live Chat with Tim. Little did I know I was among 100 eager participants. To help keep order, the Xfire staff created three separate chat rooms: one for general questions, one for questions for Tim, and one with the actual transcription of the session. Below is the official transcript (with slight edits to match our format) of the event, taken with permission from both Xfire and Tim Buckley.

Sanada Asami Q&A Panel, Anime North 2005

Agents Blitzwing01 and SovietAirman reporting in with some juicy details from Anime North 2005! This convention had the privilege of being graced with the presence of voice actress Sanada Asami, and we were there to get the scoop at the Saturday evening Q&A. Best known for her role as Dejiko from Di Gi Charat, Sanada-san has played several other parts, including Sakurada Jun from Rozen Maiden, Oe Chizuko from Mahoromatic, and Tamai Shiina from Narutaru. She is also an established idol, having performed the theme songs for much of the Di Gi Charat franchise as well as the ending themes for both seasons of Mahoromatic as a member of the group Triomatic. Dressed in a kimono and flanked by her translator and con staff, she answered about an hour’s worth of questions for the audience. Throughout the session, she was very enthusiastic and even gave her English a shot a few times! The attendees were lively and involved, and everything proceeded smoothly.

Samantha Inoue Harte Interview, MechaCon V

During the Guest of Honors Meet and Greet at MechaCon 5.0 in Lafayette, Louisiana, Anime Secrets was able to meet and talk to guest of honor Samantha Inoue Harte. Below is the interview:

Mizushima Seiji’s Panel, Otakon 2005

Mizushima Seiji is perhaps the most popular anime director in America right now, despite most of his fans probably not knowing his name. After all, it’s not that often that one of your works sweeps across Japan and America like Fullmetal Alchemist has. Aside from his claim to fame, Mizushima-san has also directed, in some capacity, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Generator Gawl, Shaman King, Slayers NEXT,and Zaion: I Wish You Were Here. One thing can be certain: Fullmetal Alchemist will not be the end to this man’s fame.

Vic Mignogna

Victor Joseph Mignogna is an English Voice Actor, who over the years has performed the voices of numerous animes and video games. Born August 27th, 1967 in the city of Greensburg in Pennsylvania, Mignogna is probably best known for his role as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist and Brolly in the Dragon Ball Z video game franchise. Besides voice acting, Vic has also performed musical scores such as Byakuya ~True Light~ from D.N.Angel, Brothers from Fullmetal Alchemist and Hikari E from One Piece.

Tony Oliver

Tony Oliver is a voice actor, best known for his work in Lupin the Third, Robotech, Gurren Lagaan, and Vandread. He is also known for his various roles in Power Rangers as a voice actor, supervising producer, and writer.

Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley is the author and artist for popular webcomic, CTRL-ALT-DEL

Sanada Asami

Sanada is best known for her role as Dejiko from Di Gi Charat, Sanada-san has played several other parts, including Sakurada Jun from Rozen Maiden, Oe Chizuko fromMahoromatic, and Tamai Shiina from Narutaru. She is also an established idol, having performed the theme songs for much of the Di Gi Charat franchise as well as the ending themes for both seasons of Mahoromatic as a member of the group Triomatic.

Samantha Inoue Harte

In addition to being an anime voice actress, Samantha is also an animation instructor, President of her own animation studio called Saiko Studios, and also an avid zombie special effects technician. Most notably she is known for her work with such classics like the Jetsons, Speedy Gonzales, Final Fantasy: Unlimited, Samurai X, and many others.

Mike Sinterniklaas

Mike Sinterniklaas, is the voice actor of many characters such as Horohoro (Shaman King), Guardian Mahad (Yu-Gi-Oh!), Mr. 9 (One Peice) Seviper (Pokemon), and Isaza (Mushishi,).