Guest of Honor

AnimeFest 2017 - Thursday, August 17th - Sunday, August 20th, in the Dallas Arts District

Monica Rial

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Monica Rial has been working in the anime industry for 17 years and she is currently listed as the most prolific anime voice actor in the USA. She has lent her voice to over 400 anime including: "Kayano" in Assassination Classroom, "Mey Rin" Black Butler, "Index" in Certain Magical Index, "Shiro" in Deadman Wonderland, "Mirajane" in Fairy Tail, "May Chang" in FMA Brotherhood, "Belarus" in Hetalia, "Michiko" in Michiko & Hatchin, "Tsuyu" in My Hero Academia, "Tashigi/Karoo/Kuina" in One Piece, "Renge" in Ouran High School Host Club, "Stocking" in Panty and Stocking, "Krul" in Seraph of the End, "Tsubaki" in Soul Eater, "Tomoko" in Watamote, "Yona" in Yona of the Dawn, and many more.

You can catch her as "Bulma" in Dragonball Z Kai as well as in the movies "Battle of Gods" and “Resurrection F”. She voiced "Jubilee" on Aqua Teen Hunger Force and has also appeared in several video games including Ms.'Splosion Man, Tribes Ascend, Smite, Borderlands 2, Dungeon Boss, and the Borderlands Pre-Sequel. Be sure to come by and say hello!

You can see more on Monica Rial's Website.
You can follow her personal account on Twitter at @Rialisms.

This will be AnimeFest's eighth time to host Monica Rial.
And we hope you are as excited as we are to welcome her back!!