First Otakon 2015 Guests Announced
Otakorp, Inc., has announced the first Otakon 2015 guests: voice actors Laura Bailey, known for her work on Dragon Ball Z, and Travis Willingham, known from Fullmetal Alchemist and Mushishi.
Bailey, who got her start at a young age as Trunks on Dragon Ball Z, the little boy with the big attitude, has since gone on to become one of the most prolific voice actresses in the industry
today, having worked on over 400 titles in video games, cartoons and anime. Her major game
roles include: Fetch in Infamous Second Son, which earned her an industry chosen D.I.C.E.
Award nomination; Fiona in Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series; Wonder
Woman in LEGO Batman 2 & 3; Ioreth in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor; Bianca and Dagna
in Dragon Age: Inquisition; Rise in Persona 4; Serah in Final Fantasy XIII & XIII-2; Helena
Harper in Resident Evil 6; Chun-Li in Street Fighter 4; Jaina Proudmoore in World of
Warcraft; Akali in League of Legends, among many other roles.
Her major animated roles include: Black Widow in Marvel’s Avengers Assemble; Lagoona Blue
and Headmistress Bloodgood in Monster High; Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket; Maka in Soul
Eater; Kushina in Naruto; Lust in Full Metal Alchemist; Halibel in Bleach; Shin in Shin
Chan; Sana in Kodocha; Schrodinger in Hellsing and many more.
Willingham’s work on Mushishi ties into this year’s mythology and fairy tales theme, since his character, Ginko, helps people with supernatural issues caused by primeval creatures known as
“Mushi.” He is perhaps best known as Roy Mustang on Fullmetal Alchemist, and also played
roles in the anime shows Naruto, Bleach, Tiger & Bunny, D.Gray-Man, Ouran Host Club,
and One Piece.
In other animated roles, he provided the voice of Thor in Marvel’s hit original series, Ultimate
Spider-Man, Avenger’s Assemble, HULK and the Agents of SMASH, and the new animated
series, Guardians of the Galaxy. You can hear his singing voice as King Roland II in Disney
Jr.’s series Sofia the First and is the voice of Knuckles the Echidna in both the Sonic Boom
television series and video game. He starred in some of the biggest video game titles of 2014,
including FarCry 4, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Halo: The Master Chief Collection,
InFamous: Second Son, GTA V, Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, KNACK, Lego
Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and Skylanders: Trap Team.
Otakon 2015 will be held July 24-26 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD. Otakon
2015 is celebrating fairy tales, folk stories, myths, and legends. Keep your eyes out for content,
artwork, and guests with connections to their theme.
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