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April 30, 2009

News for Ai-Kon 2009:

New guest Tiffany Grant confirmed for Ai-Kon 2009

Winnipeg, MB - April 30, 2009 -- Due to work related conflicts, Stephanie Sheh has cancelled her Ai-Kon 2009 appearance, but luckily Tiffany Grant has stepped up to the plate as a new guest at the weekend event.

Tiffany Grant is very excited to attend her first con in Manitoba! Best known as the English voice of Asuka in NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, Tiffany was the first voice actor hired in the state of Texas in February 1994.

She has now voiced characters in approximately 1000 TV episodes, OVAs & movies including CHRONO CRUSADE (Satella), BLUE SEED (Kome), GOLDEN BOY (Madame President), AZUMANGA DAIOH (Kaorin), FMP? FUMOFFU (Bonta-kun), GODANNAR (Shizuru), FULL METAL ALCHEMIST (Marta) and MABURAHO (Kuriko). Video game credits: UNLIMITED SAGA, DEUS EX II: INVISIBLE WAR. Recent projects include ONE PIECE (Nami's sister, Nojiko), THE WALLFLOWER (Auntie), KURAU: PHANTOM MEMORY (Ayaka), and episodic leads in TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLES and OURAN HS HOST CLUB.

Ms. Grant has adapted English dubbing scripts for 200+ TV episodes such as ANGELIC LAYER, HELLO KITTY'S ANIMATION THEATER, MABURAHO, GODANNAR, AH! MY GODDESS 2, THE WALLFLOWER and the live-action Korean film JUNGLE JUICE. She also penned scripts for several subtitled projects including MIYUKI CHAN IN WONDERLAND and the live-action TOKYO - THE LAST MEGALOPOLIS.

Additionally, Tiffany contributed to the albums "Voices for Peace" and "Voices for Tolerance" www.voicesfor.org. CDs and downloads are available at www.cdbaby.com and iTunes. Profits go to terrific national and international charities.

Non-anime work includes ARLINGTON ROAD (with Jeff Bridges) and the independent films LAUGHING BOY (she has DVDs!) and DEAD OF KNIGHT. Tiffany also has many years of experience in theatre and commercials as well as an incurable Hello Kitty addiction! For more, please visit http://tiffanygrant.eva-r.com