COAF 2024 Guests

Check back here for more information as we are able to share our list of guests for the 2024 Colorado Anime Fest! You can also see our archive for past guests at COAF.

Ryan Bartley

Actor Ryan Bartley has been working in theater, film, television, and radio since she was a child. After attending the prestigious theater program at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, located in Dallas, Texas, Ryan graduated early and relocated from Dallas to Los Angeles. There she began working in anime, video games, and animation. Her anime credits include the 2019 Dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion (Rei Ayanami), Re:ZERO (Ram), Beyblade Burst Surge (Hyuga Hizashi), Demon Slayer (Makomo, Hanako, and Young Rengoku), Inuyasha sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Takechiyo), Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (Yuna), Jujutsu Kaisen (Shoko Ieri), Magia Record (Sana Futaba), The Promised Neverland (Gilda), Carole & Tuesday (Angela), Hunter x Hunter (Komugi), Mob Psycho 100 (Tsubomi and Mukai), Erased (Osamu), KonoSuba (Chomusuke), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Anne), Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Dita), and Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (KITSAT-1). Ryan is the English voice of Peony and Ilyana in Fire Emblem Heroes and Plachta in the Atelier video game franchise. She’s also provided additional voices for some of the top performing recent feature films including The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, UglyDolls, The Boss Baby, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Avengers: Infinity War, Bumblebee, and Love, Simon. Ryan is the voice of Jay the blue jay in the Netflix original animated series Treehouse Detectives, the voice of Young Zeta on Nickelodeon’s Shimmer and Shine, the voice of Pupkin Cake and Bunny Bow in the Shopkins franchise, the voice of Pammee the fennec fox in the Netflix original series Yoohoo To The Rescue, the voice of Fluff the rabbit kwami in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, the voice of Pompompurin in the brand new Sanrio animated series Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures and her on-camera work includes the Lifetime movie Queen Sized, the horror-comedy Halloweed, and the award-winning digital series L.A. Macabre, available now on Amazon Prime. Ryan is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts with a major in Cinema-Television Critical Studies and a minor in Screenwriting.

Bill Butts

Bill is an African American voice and film actor, martial artist, and fitness enthusiast! Growing up in Kansas City, he found a deep passion for acting. He studied journalism and theater in college which would lead him to a life in radio, theater, on camera, as well as voice over. You can hear him as Owlbert in Honkai Star Rail, Jack the Drought in the legendary franchise known as One Piece, Mask De Masculine in Bleach, the main antagonist known as Ogre in the Tekken animated series on Netflix, Douglas in the hit show Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Miguel in Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Cioccolata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, President Obama in Baki and many more!

You can also follow his social media for more!

Instagram: billdozer77

Twitter: billdozer777

DJ BotoMaki

BotoMaki started DJing in 2011. His genres of choice primarily include Electro House, Bass House, and Complextro, with heavy influences from Anime and Video Games. He's brought his sound to venues such as the legendary BETA Night Club, The Church Night Club, Temple, Club Vinyl, The Black Box, as well as The Global Dance Festival DJ Competition, SuperNatural, and various warehouse & outdoor events. As one of the original members of Denver House Music, BotoMaki brings his brand of high energy and passion while still remaining true to his unique style and character.

Check him out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and his Website.

Ricco Fajardo

Ricco is an actor whose performances have been seen in many ways: on stage, film, commercials, industrials, voice-over, animation, motion-capture- if it involves the body and voice, he's done it! Known locally for his indie film work, abroad folks best know him for his roles in anime and video games. Most recent credits include the egoist striker Isagi in Blue Lock, Tomo's best bud Jun in Tomo-Chan is a Girl!, the enigmatic Kotaro in Zombieland Saga, the loveable Mirio in My Hero Academia, the fearsome Benimaru in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, and the party loving priest Pandreo in Fire Emblem: Engage. An avid gamer and watcher of anime and movies, Ricco loves being physically active and his cats! He is originally from San Jose, California and resides in Dallas, Texas.

Check out more on his social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riccofajardo/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/riccofajardo
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/riccofajardo

DJ GreenFlöw

GreenFlöw is a nomadic DJ and Producer. He got his start in conventions but has since expanded, playing around the world in places like Seoul, South Korea and Mexico City, Mexico. He has played across the country for shows like Otakon Vegas, Anime Milwaukee, Anime Central, and Kumoricon just to name a few. When in the US, he spends most of his time around Milwaukee, WI where he performs regularly with local group Non-Pop!, putting together parties combining music and live art. Wherever you find him, he's spinning together melodic tunes or making the walls vibrate, and you're always going to have a good time.

Check out his LinkTree for more.

Bridget Hoffman

Bridget Hoffman is an American voice actress, ADR Director and script writer in the Los Angeles area. Some of her major roles include Belldandy in the Ah! My Goddess: The Movie feature film, Mizuho Kazami in Please Teacher!, Mima Kirigoe in Perfect Blue, and Lain Iwakura in Serial Experiments Lain. She has voiced lead characters such as Rune Venus in El Hazard, Miaka Yuki in Fushigi Yugi, Raquel Casull in Scrapped Princess, Fuu Hououji in Magic Knight Rayearth, Shinobu Maehara in Love Hina, and Irisviel von Einzbern in Fate/Zero. She served as the ADR Director for the Fushigi Yugi series and films, Ah! My Goddess: The Movie, and a series of shorts called The Adventures of Mini-Goddess. She also provides background voices in a number of animated films, including Frozen, Epic, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. In video games, she provides the voice of KOS-MOS in the Xenosaga series as well as Atoli in the .hack//G.U. series.

DJ Jinrei

Named Andre “Jinrei” Smith, Originally born in Bristol (England), now currently resides in Las Vegas (Nevada) has been DJ’ing since 2006. Jinrei to this day continues to DJ on the road and or host after-parties. 

Jinrei’s style is very House based from his original produced music/remixes to popular Top 40s he likes to mix in his sets live. Ultimately, he likes to play actual “dance music” for various types of crowds whether it be a drinking social crowd to even if it’s a hard hitting rager. The Quality is always there for the right vibe and or event theme.

Presently, Jinrei is more these days booked as a featured guest DJs at official convention after parties as well as still holding several annual residencies in 4 states

Find him on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Maddy Kate Cosplay

Maddy Kate Cosplay has been cosplaying for almost a decade and has been a full-time working cosplayer for 4 years! She is from the PNW, but you have probably seen her online from TikTok or Instagram! She loves guesting at local Oregon conventions, as well as recently winning in the Kumoricon 2022 18+ Lipsync contest with her twin, Porkcutlett! She is eager to meet you all and to be visiting Colorado!

Instagram: @maddykate.cosplay

Twitter: @maddykatecos

Faye Mata

From gaming to voice acting, Faye Mata is an advocate of chasing dreams. She's best known for playing the roles of Aqua (Konosuba), Astolfo/Rider of Black (Fate/Apocrypha), Yukako Yamagishi (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), Petra Macneary (Fire Emblem), Kagami (Miraculous Ladybug), and Lulu (League of Legends). She is also known as Sailor Aluminum Siren (Sailor Moon), Ling Xiaoyu (Netflix's TEKKEN), Princess Malty (Rising of the Shield Hero), Miyu/Fukaziroh (Sword Art Online: GGO), Rin Hoshizora (Love Live!), and Neon Nostrade (Hunter x Hunter). Some game roles are NiCO (Dead or Alive 6), Lene (Fire Emblem Heroes), Daria and Lishenna (Shadowverse), and scattered throughout the world in Genshin Impact!

Faye also competed semi-professionally in video game tournaments around the world such as EVO, CEO, and Pokémon Worlds under the gamertag "Princess Aura," the same name she used as a competitor on national reality TV show WCG Ultimate Gamer (SyFy). She used to be a content creator for an eSports organization.

Faye brings a lot of fun and energy to cons and currently enjoys challenging people to 1v1 battles in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Follow her on social media!

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/fayemata
Twitter: @FayeMata
TikTok: @FayeMata
Instagram: fayematata

Joel McDonald

Tony Oliver

Tony Oliver, who was named to IMDB’s top 20 all time Anime Voice Actors list, began his career as an actor on stage and camera performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as a voice artist, lending his voice to one of the first Anime features to a receive wide US television release - The Sea Prince and the Fire Child. His first foray into series television was as the voice of Rick Hunter in the groundbreaking anime series Robotech. Following that, he turned his attention to writing but continued his voice acting career. In 1988 he joined Saban Entertainment as a story editor where he wrote and co-produced an award-winning adaptation of The Jungle Book. Tony was then tapped to help create a new kind of children's television show. The result was the mega hit, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He served as the development producer and head writer and also wrote the pilot, Co-Produced the series, directed the voice actors, played the voice of Saba, and produced and directed the Power Rangers live appearance at Universal Studios, which drew an estimated 50,000 people on a single day.

After leaving Saban Entertainment, Tony continued to develop, produce, direct, and act in numerous Theatrical film, Television, Video Game, and Streaming Media projects including Daigunder for ABC Family/Disney; Gurren Lagann for the Sci Fi Channel, Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers which premiered on theatrical screens nationwide, and numerous video games including BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, .hack//GU, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring, Dynasty Warriors, World of Warcraft, Basara 3 and Bravely Default.

Tony’s theatrical voice acting credits include, Hoodwinked Too, The Muppet’s Wizard of Oz, Lupin the 3rd the First, The Night is Short:Walk on Girl and Alien Xmas, a Netflix Original Christmas special from the Chido Brothers and executive producer Jon Favereau, for which he also served as voice director. Anime voice acting credits include Vandread, Sayuki Reload, Gun Grave, Cho-bits, Bleach, Lupin the 3rd, and Naruto, where he can be heard as Minato, the Fourth Hokage.

Tony has also served as voice director for numerous projects including the English releases of Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks, Fate Stay Night Heavens Feel in which he also voices the character of Lancer, Fate: Apocrypha, a Netflix Original Series, Lego Friends, Fate Grand Order, Ghost in the Shell 2045, Orient, and BeyBlade Burst: Quad Strike for Bang Zoom! Studios and DisneyXD.

Follow him on his website!

Website: http://www.tonyoliverentertaiment.com

Nathanael Platier

Nathanael Platier, also known as NateTheMoth, is an English Vtuber known for his love of Dungeons & Dragons as well as a passion for Virtual Reality as a tool for self expression and mental health. Beyond entertainment, Nate has a history of back-end engineering, as well as community management for renowned streamers and voice actors, he focuses on innovative and creative solutions for streaming and creating a solid foundation for growing communities.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NateTheMoth

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/NateTheMoth

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@nathanaelplatier/

Porkcutlett

Porkcutlett, aka Adrian Tyler, is a PacificNorthwest cosplayer who has been in the cosplay community for almost a decade! Usually, guesting for local conventions in Oregon, he's seen running panels, booths, or judging contests! His love for art and cosplay drive his love for the community as he wants to give back!

Instagram: @porkcutlett

DJ-REVOLUTION BOI

U.S. based DJ–REVOLUTION BOI aka “Kuro Usagi 808” – has been in the Electronic Dance scene for more than a decade, as an avid listener and vivid performer. His influences from Progressive House, Trance, and Drum and Bass have made him notable for his uplifting compilations that have been recognized around the globe. As a traveling DJ, his experiences became a diversity of genres resulting in developing a unique ability to emphasize and capture an emotional state of mind for his listening audience. As the VOCALOID software was introduced, curiosity sparked an interest, and he was introduced into a new subculture of Japanese EDM, Anime, and Idol Culture. Becoming one of the first Vocaloid DJs in the US, and a huge staple DJ performer for the Anime Industry across the nation.

Find him on Mixcloud, Soundcloud, Twitter/X, and Facebook.

Jonah Scott

Jonah Scott is a Voice Actor, Singer and Twitch Streamer from Los Angeles. Jonah has provided his ‘Leading Man’ voice to many video games and serials including Netflix’s BEASTARS, Dying Light 2, Attack on Titan, One Piece, JoJo's and more. Not just an accomplished actor, he is a classically trained singer with over 15 years of instruction across all disciplines. When he’s not behind the mic, he is streaming content to his large Twitch community as VTuber AlphaAniki - The best big brother you never had!

Follow him on social media!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImMrTransistor

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/alphaaniki

Ciarán Strange

You may have heard him as foul-mouthed, under-caffeinated NPCs Lor in Borderlands 3 and Paladin Mike in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, or even in various anime such as Chainsaw Man, Pop Team Epic!, Tomo-chan Is A Girl!, Requiem of the Rose King, AOASHI, Ningen Fushin, The Case Study Of Vanitas, SK8 the Infinity, Fruits Basket, and more, but IRL he’s Ciarán Strange, an eccentric transgender/genderfluid voice actor, Twitch affiliate, sci-fi author, mental health advocate, indie rocker, and multimedia artist. At the tender age of seventeen, he left his family, friends, and English fishing village behind in order to chase his dreams across the Atlantic!

The bed-headed blond has become a familiar face throughout the American geek scene, in most parts via his music. After touring the US, UK, Canada, and Japan, performing at hundreds of shows, conventions, and festivals, Ciarán is known for his geeky covers and parodies, as well as his own original songs blended of pop, punk, and rock.

Vocal ventures aside, this British import to the States has been swept up in his LGBTQ+ urban sci-fi series. Its debut novel, Black Tie by Ciarán Strange, is a gay romance thriller he’s pitched as “an awkward James Bond navigating a world full of superheroes”, which you can read now on Amazon!

After a hiatus, Ciarán has returned to live streaming this Spring with a fresh concept project, combining his love of song-writing, world-building, story-telling, mental health & LGBTQ+ activism, and (with any luck!) a Nat 20 or two in charisma... So make sure you check in with him this weekend to hear about the long-awaited launch of his cosmic new Vtuber — CL (@CLisCiel)!!