Warwick Arts Centre
14th - 16th August 2009
14th - 16th August 2009
Aya Revolution is proud to have Haruko Momoi as our star guest for this August's convention. A renowned Japanese singer/songwriter and voice actress, affectionately known as 'Halko' by her fans.
In a true story of geek turns geek celebrity, she started off as blogger writing about computing and was then offered a job writing for a popular Japanese computer magazine. In her spare time she performed music on the streets of Harajuku and Akihabara. Leading to her debut single "Mail Me", which was then used in hit movie Suicide Circle.
She then joined up with Masaya Koike to form pop duo Under17 who went on to produce music used in a whole range of anime and video games. In 2004 the group went their seperate ways and she started her solo career. Since then she has continued to sing for anime and games and has also released a selection of both original and anime cover albums. Including 2 excellent albums of 8-bit versions of classic anime songs.
She will be attending Aya in her first UK appearance with her entire band and will be doing a live performance, a signing and a Q&A panel.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
The SoulTaker
Ai Yori Aoshi
Gravion
Popotan
DearS
Paranoia Agent
Ragnarok The Animation
Tales of the Abyss
Nurse Witch Komugi
Seto no Hanayome
Popotan OP - Popotan-Batake de Tsukamaete
DearS OP - Love Slave
Kujibiki Unbalance OP - Kujibiki Unbalance
Sunday early morning (Original Songs and Anime Themes)
Famison 8BIT (8-Bit Anime Covers)
Famison 8BIT STAGE2 (8-Bit Anime Covers)
COVER BEST - Cover Densha (Mixed covers songs, even includes a cover of the Goonies song)
Wikipedia - Haruko Momoi
YouTube - 8-bit Cover of Urusei Yastura Opening
YouTube - 21st Century (Music Video)
YouTube - Mail Me (Music Video)
Official Japanese Website
Matthew Mercer, is the co-creator, director and one of the stars of the comedy web video series There Will be Brawl seen on The Escapist. Set in a dystopian version of the mushroom kingdom, it features a whole host of classic Nintendo characters as you never thought you'd see them.
He is also a prolific anime and video game voice actor. His recent roles include the lead in Star Ocean: The Last Hope, voicing Edge Maverick and the voice of Fei-Long in Street Fighter IV.
Matt will be attending Aya Revolution 09 and will be running a panel on There Will Be Brawl as well as a voice acting panel. He will also be co-hosting our Sunday Night Live event.
There Will Be Brawl
Wikipedia - Matthew Mercer
JoEllen is a costume designer and makeup artist, and also stars in There Will Be Brawl. She runs her own business making costumes and accessories and has made over 100 costumes for herself, friends and commissions. Her work has been featured in magazines around the world including Japan's CosMode.
JoEllen will also be at the There Will Be Brawl panel and will also be running her own cosplay related panels on "starting a cosplay business", "makeup for costuming and photography" and "wing crafting".