Voice Actor/Director Lex Lang to be Guest at Otakon 2017
Washington, D.C. (May 31, 2017) – Lex Lang, the Emmy Awards honored voice actor and director, will be a guest at Otakon 2017, according to Otakorp Inc.
Lang is one of the top 20 anime, animation and video game voice actors of all time on IMDB. Over the last 20 years, he has been in over 500 original animation episodes, anime series, and video games and has played a wide assortment of fan favorites throughout his career.
His iconic anime credits include: Wargreymon in "Digimon"; Sanosuke Sagara in "Rurouni Kenshin"; Kuzuki in "Fate/stay night"; Hayate Gekkō in "Naruto"; Marechiyo Omaeda in "Bleach"; Shozin the Fire Lord in "Avatar the Last Airbender"; Goemon in "Lupin the Third"; Captain Harlock in "Captain Harlock"; Maxie in "Pokémon Generations"; Galen in "Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans" Season 2 (which he also ADR directed); Pluton King of the Underworld and Flash in "One-Punch Man"; Goku in "Dragon Ball Super" (Asia release); Egor and Shu in "Durarara!! X2"; Count Cruhteo in "Aldnoah.Zero" (which he also ADR directed); Bengal in "Doraemon"; Sanzo in "Sayuki Reload"; Bunji in "Gungrave"; Ritsou Soujin in "Stellvia"; Jagged Stone on Nickelodeon's "Miraculous Lady Bug," and many more.
Lang's legendary video game characters include: Dr. Neo Cortex in "Crash Bandiccot and Skylanders Imaginators"; Charr Male in "Guild Wars 2"; Kiljeaden in "World of Warcraft"; Dr. Doom in "Marvel Heroes Video Game"; Torvald in "Evolve"; The Grim Creeper in "Skylanders"; Spyglass in "Titanfall." In addition, he has voiced characters in "STAR WARS" (Han Solo/Poe Dameron), "Crash Bandicoot" (Dr. Neo Cortex), "STAR TREK," "Mass Effect" 1, 2, and 3, "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare," Officers Kevern, Deaves and Doyle in "Batman: Arkham Knight," and many more.
His mainstream animation characters include: Poe Dameron and FN2003 in "LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises"; Dr. Doom in "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" cartoon series; Barry on "The Regular Show"; Gold, Alloy, Hydrogen, Batman II, Dick Grayson, Hourman, Young Wildcat, and Dr. Polaris on "Batman: The Brave and the Bold"; Batman on "Batgirl: Year One"; Grimbor the Chainsman and R.J. Brande on "Legion of Super Heroes"; Rick Flagg on "Justice League: The New Frontier"; Clayface, Metallo, Hamilton Hill and Riddleman on "The Batman"; Atomic Skull, Joe Morton, Captain Cold, Heat Wave and Mick Rory on "Justice League"; The Doorman and his Dog Hundley on "Curious George"; Sozin the Fire Lord on "Avatar: The Last Airbender," and many more!
He is also the voice of Batman for Mattel Toys; and Lance Charming in "Ever After High" for Mattel Animation. Lang is one the the world's most in-demand voice actors in the movie business as a voice match specialist and creature sounds specialist. He can be heard in many blockbuster films including "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"; "Fantastic Four"; "Avengers: Age of Ultron"; "Ironman 3"; "Wolverine"; "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"; "X-Men: Days of Future Past"; "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"; "Jurassic World"; "Deadpool" and "X-men: Apocalypse." He can also be heard as creatures and demons on the TV shows "Constantine," "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow."
In addition, Lang provided the voices of Ecliptor in "Power Rangers in Space," Rygog and Lerigot in "Power Rangers: Turbo" and Zen Aku in "Power Rangers: Wild Force."
Otakon 2017 will be held from August 11 to 13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its twenty-fourth year, Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Historically, Otakon has drawn up to 34,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership based convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff – we are run by fans, for fans.
For more information about Otakorp, Inc., see: http://www.otakorp.org/
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