Source: Anime Expo News Release
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| Above, Steve Blum. Photo courtesy Anime Expo. |
LOS ANGELES (April 6, 2012) – Anime Expo, North America’s largest
anime, manga and Japanese pop culture celebration, today announced popular voice
actor Steve Blum as an Official Guest of Honor. One of anime’s most prolific
voice actors, Blum will participate in a meet-and-greet, autograph signing and
focus panel at Anime Expo when it returns to the LA Convention Center from June
29 – July 2, 2012,
With literally hundreds of credits to his name, Steve Blum is well
known as the voice of “Spike Spiegel” from “Cowboy Bebop,” “Wolverine” from
several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the
X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show and X-Men Anime) and “Orochimaru,”
“Zabuza,” and others from “Naruto” -- to name a few. His has also lent his
distinctive deep voice to 7-11 television and radio ads, dozens of Digimon and a
gigantic list of other characters from anime, video games, TV and film.
Currently fans can catch him on the new super-charged CGI series “Transformers:
Prime,” playing the sometimes delusional but always deadly Decepticon
“Starscream”, as “Heatwave” on the brand new kid-friendly, “Tr ansformers:
Rescue Bots!” and joining the cast of “Avatar: The Legend of Korra” as the evil
“Amon.”
About Anime Expo
Now in its 21st year, Anime Expo is North America’s largest
celebration of anime, manga and Japanese pop culture. Anime Expo gives fans the
rare opportunity to meet and hear from some of the most famous anime, manga,
musical, game and fashion artists from Japan. AX 2012 will feature an exciting
schedule of exclusive screenings; artists’ panels; live concerts; cosplay, dance
parties, karaoke and video competitions; non-stop video gaming and unsurpassed
shopping from more than 300 vendors. AX 2012 takes place June 29 – July 2, 2012
at the Los Angeles Convention Center. To register or for more information,
please visit www.anime-expo.org.
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About the Society for the Promotion of Japanese
Animation
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a
non-profit organization whose mission is to popularize and educate the American
public about anime and manga, as well as provide a forum to facilitate
communication between professionals and fans. This organization is more
popularly known by its entertainment property, Anime Expo®. For more
information, please visit www.spja.org.
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