Voice Actor
Steve Warky Nunez is a multi-award winning Jack-of-all-trades in the entertainment industry.
Hailing from New York, he started out narrating audio books for the blind and from there he branched out into all facets of media. He is widely known for his work on, “The Yaoi Xmas Carols”, “Sonic The Hedgehog”, Wendy Pini’s, “Masque of the Red Death Musical”, “Ishida and Asakura”, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”, “The Titan’s Bride”, “Ant-Man”, “Yandere Simulator”, “Aphmau”, “Henkei Shoujo”, “Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger Ix-2”, “Camp Buddy”, “Fire in His Fingertips”, “Everything for Demon King Evelogia”, and “Anima: Gates of Memories”.
Warky looks forward to what the future has in store for him and hopes there will be singing and dancing along the way!
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Shane Tay is a multi-award winning actor from Utah, currently working in Quality Assurance at Ascendent Animation. While he got hooked on anime since being a toddler, he had resigned himself to staying a lifelong fan and studied the non-acting side of theatre. Being picked up by Ascendent Animation was a dream come true to him.
Shane never believed he would make it from fan to guest, but his underdog story is inspiring to all.
His favorite shows and movies he has worked on have been, “Henkei Shoujo”, “Even in Dreams”, and “Ishida and Asakura”.
When he’s not working, Shane enjoys building plastic models, laughing, and learning things he didn’t know he didn’t know.
Shane is excited to be guesting at Banzai! If you hear laughter that you can’t locate, it’s probably coming from him on the other side of the convention
Voice Actor
Professional Gamer
Artist
Steven Crowe is a versatile freelance artist with experience across animation, games, and comics. His portfolio includes contributions to Masters of the Universe: Revolution on Netflix, as well as the board games Middara and Fright, among many others.
Currently, Crowe is both writing and illustrating the illustrated novella Quest Forged: Crossroads while serving as the Creative Director for Quest Forged: Arena.
Professional Gamer
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CaptainGhostly Cosplay
Meet Captainghostly, an international cosplayer and prop maker based in Belgium. He is an enthusiastic explorer of novel materials, techniques and approaches to elevate his creations. Following on that, he introduced several new materials in the cosplay world together with Cosplayshop.be where he is a manager. CaptainGhostly loves giving workshops filled with practical tips and tricks to help others learn and grow in their own crafting journeys.
Captainghostly has had the privilege of guesting over 60 times all around the world and judged international cosplay finals. His work has even been featured in the “cool japan” exhibition at one of Belgium’s largest museums.
His ultimate goal is to use his presence to inspire others, sharing knowledge and being a positive influence in the community.
Angela Pritchett
Angela Pritchett is an award-winning, master-level cosplayer and educator. She started sewing from a very young age when she saw the Labyrinth and wanted Sarah’s poets shirt, her father and grandmother realized that “this child needs to learn how to sew.”
Angela has over 20 years of experience in the world of cosplay and has focused on introducing newcomers to costuming/cosplay and helping create a fun and safe environment for all. When not working on cosplays she has designed and created costumes for stage and screen. She loves the process of bringing a thought on a piece of paper to life.
Angela has been a cosplay guest, judge, contest runner, and she currently runs Katsucon’s Hall Costume Contest. Her costumes have been featured in The Washington Post, CosMode, and multiple coffee table costuming/cosplay books.
When not costuming, Angela works in the film industry. She has been in a handful of movies/TV shows as well as numerous commercials, most notably JG Wentworth, Giant Foods, and a Bill Nye the Science Guy special.
Outside of cosplay and work, Angela’s favorite things are boba, Pugs, junk journaling, playing Dead by Daylight and horror movies!
You can find Angela online on various platforms, she is Angalese on Instagram and AngelaPlaysUkulele on TikTok and YouTube.
Kenshin Taiko
In Japanese, Kenshin means ‘dedicated’ or ‘devoted’, and Taiko means ‘drum’. This group was started in 1996 by Laura Olson and Denyse Nakashima of The Japanese Church of Christ. Taiko drumming has often been called the heartbeat of Japan, and has been used to celebrate various festivals for hundreds of years. We here at Kenshin Taiko are a community dedicated to keeping this artform alive in Salt Lake City. Our group is very diverse, with players ranging in age from 8 to 80 years old!
