Guest of Honor
AnimeFest 2017 - Thursday, August 17th - Sunday, August 20th, in the Dallas Arts DistrictSonny Strait
As a voice actor, Strait is considered to be one of the most recognized voice actors in the business. Besides “Dragon Ball Z's” Krillin he has worked on many popular animated characters including Usopp in One Piece, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cartoon Network’s laid back, robot host Toonami TOM . Most recently he's played Maple in “Show by Rock”, Andre in “Prison School”, Allen in “Escaflowne” and Koro Sensei in “Assassination Classroom.”
He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including “Dragon Ball series”, “Case Closed”, and “Lupin the Third.”
As a comic book artist he has 20 published works to date including his débuted self-published series “Mr. Average”, “Elfquest” which was published by both WARP Graphics and DC Comics (he's considered one of the top “Elfquest” artists from its over 30-year history).
In 2007, he wrote and illustrated a graphic novel about a reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat . The book, called “We Shadows”, was published by Tokyopop and was nominated by The American Library Association for Best Graphic Novel in 2008.
Recently, Strait returned to directing with such notables as “Escaflowne”, the infamous “Prison School” and the sleeper hit “Yuri On Ice” (Sonny favorite thing to direct ever).
You can see more on Sonny Strait''s Website.
You can follow his personal account on Twitter at @sonnystrait.
This will be AnimeFest's first time to host Sonny Strait
We hope you are as excited as we are to welcome him!!