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Tora-Con 2012 Announces Second Round of Guests

ROCHESTER, NY – February 4, 2012 – The RIT Anime Club is excited to announce our second round of guests, J. Michael Tatum and this year's band: The Asterplace!

J. Michael Tatum was discovered by Funimation's warhorse and visionary ADR Director Christopher Bevins, who cast him as Rikichi in 2005's Samurai 7. Tatum's inexplicable luck has held long enough to see his flag hoisted on a slew of dream roles, most notably Kyoya Otori in the hit English language dub of Ouran High School Host Club and suave, demonic Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler. Other characters he has played include: Doumeki in xxxHOLiC, Jiro Mochizuki in Black Blood Brothers, Isaac Dian in Baccano!, both God Eneru and Dalton in the new dub of One Piece, Komui Lee in D-Gray Man, Dororo in Sgt. Frog, the titular loveable savage of Heroic Age, Ryosuke Takahashi in Initial D, Lawrence Kraft in Spice and Wolf, Zarbon in Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.


“The Asterplace” is a New Generation Asian Pop Punk band based in New York City, NY. Singing in English, Chinese' and Japanese, they perform worldwide from the United States to Eastern Asia. “The Asterplace” means keep rocking and writing songs like flowers blossoming every year. All lyrics are written by Kota Tsukimoto, and they represent his sensitivity and philosophy. The band was established summer 2005 in Shanghai, China by Kota Tsukimoto and his band mates. They played many local promotion gigs and music festivals in China and became one of the most famous bands in Shanghai. The band then decided to move to New York City to become the greatest Asian band. Now, they perform many musical events and radio shows.
Members are :
Kota Tsukimoto ( Composer / Vocal / Guitar)
Steven Lin (Guitar)
Luo Bei (Bass)
Kōta Mori (Drum / Percussion )


As a reminder, Pre-Registration, Vendors, Artist Alley, Volunteers, Panels, Cosplay Contest, AMV Contest and Art Submissions are still open. All the necessary forms are available on: http://toracon.rit.edu/ 


ABOUT TORA-CON: Tora-Con was created by the Rochester Institute of Technology Anime Club to provide anime and manga related entertainment to the Rochester area and beyond. The convention is planned and prepared by a dedicated Anime Club E-Board made up of RIT students.

About RIT Anime Club: Founded in the early 1990s, the RIT Anime Club is one of the largest anime clubs in the country with over 150 active members. The purpose of the RIT Anime Club is to enrich the academic environment by stimulating the growth and appreciation of Anime as an art form as well as the awareness and understanding of Japanese Culture. The RIT Anime Club is a not-for-profit organization.

Tora-Con 2012

URL: http://toracon.rit.edu/

Date: April 21-22, 2012
Rate: pre-registration $20

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