October 27 – 29 will be the second edition of UwU Con at Legacy Park in Mesa, AZ and the convention is going all out to celebrate pop culture. At the time of this article, the convention has 23 media guests and 16 cosplay guests. Let’s take a look at some of the names:
From Star Wars (among other things): Sam Witwer, Freddie Prinze Jr, Taylor Gray, and Vanessa Marshall.
Steve Blum – Cowboy Bebop, Wolverine and the X-Men, Star Wars: Rebels
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn – Ghost In The Shell, The Legend of Vox Machina
Dante Basco – Hook, Avatar: The Last Airbender
To check out the big line up of media guests, click here.
For cosplayers, the convention has quite a few popular cosplay guests such as Khainsaw, M4STIFF, and Kantasea. For the full list of cosplayers, click here.
UwU Con is doing something special this year and featuring some great Japanese voice actors that include:
Ryo Horikawa – the voice of Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z/Super
Nobutoshi Canna – well known for the iconic character Guts from Berserk
Kana Ichinose – Suletta Mercury from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Badges are currently on sale for different packages (including separate add on passes for the Japanese guests) at different price points which can be found here. This is just the first UwU Con article highlighting some of the guests, more articles on the way that will be going over programming, panels, food and more!