Anime Voice Actor Kyle Hebert at JapanFest This Weekend!

For all those anime fans out there, be sure to check out JapanFest for a very special guest! The Anime Village is excited to have Kyle Hebert (pronounced AY-bare), the anime voice actor, attending JapanFest this year! Hebert will be available both days for a panel session and autographs. Check the program schedule on www.japanfest.org.

Kyle Hebert is a Los Angeles-based anime and video game voice actor whose credits include Wreck-It Ralph/Street Fighter 5(Ryu), Naruto (Kiba), Bleach (Aizen, Ganju), League of Legends (Ezreal, Jarvan, and Graves) and Gurren Lagann (Kamina). He is best known as the Narrator and Teen Gohan from the Funimation dub of Dragonball Z. Other fan faves include One Punch Man (Atomic Samurai) Blue Exorcist (Bon Suguro), Fire Emblem Awakening (Frederick, Validar), Fullmetal Alchemist (Vato Falman), Tales of Symphonia (Richter Abend) and Star Ocean (Dias, Arumat, Crow). Kyle can also be heard in numerous popular shows and games, such as Pokemon (Professor Oak in “Origins”), Digimon (Ballistamon and Dorulumon in “Fusion”), Sonic (Big the Cat in “Colors”), Final Fantasy (Nimbus in “Type-0”), World of Warcraft (Algalon the Observer in “Lich King”, Skylanders, Devil May Cry, Dynasty Warriors, Soul Calibur and Resident Evil. He is also the promo voice of filmmaker, Kevin Smith's Smodcast series of podcasts . For more info, visit www.kylehebert.com.

JapanFest is Sep. 17-18 at the Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097.

Sep. 17: 10am-6pm

Sep. 18: 10am-5pm

Purchase tickets in advance from the website and skip the lines! Tickets are $10. Children age six or younger are free. No pets other than guide dogs are allowed inside the convention center. For more information, call 404-842-0736 or visit www.japanfest.org.

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Platinum-Delta Air Lines; Gold-Aflac Incorporated; The Coca-Cola Company; Silver-FisherBroyles, LLP; Kumon North America, Inc; TV Japan/NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc; WSB-TV Channel 2; Bronze-American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Power Equipment Division; Georgia Asian Times; Georgia Power; LeafFilterTM; Miura America Co. Ltd; MomoCon LLC; Petitte Engineering LLC; PriceWaterhouse Coopers; Sapporo USA, Inc; OQTA Inc; Temple University, Japan Campus; TOTO USA Inc; Fuji-Dexerials America Corporation; Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Inside Gwinnett Magazine; Panasonic Automotive Systems, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A; Sakura-Atlanta Parent Magazine; Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Ernst & Young LLP; Global Atlanta; Gwinnett Daily Post; Holiday Inn Gwinnett Center; Creative Loafing; Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, LLC; KPMG; Toppan Printing Co. Ltd; Ume-Atlanta Braves, Machida Family of Duluth; Other Contributors-Consulate General of Japan; Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership; Kennesaw State University; Chopstix for Charity, NAAAP Atlanta Chapter