Cast

Stu Levy, founder & CEO of TOKYOPOP

Stu is excited to finally turn his otaku road-trip dream into reality. He is a notorious workaholic with hobbies that include filmmaking & storytelling, composing music, exploring cultures, sampling local cuisines, admiring aesthetic beauty and nursing hangovers. Stu is proud to have corrupted many fellow Americans by turning his love for Japan and otaku culture into TOKYOPOP!

Andre from San Antonio, TX

Andre's goals are the same as they've been for 8 years, get published! He wishes to show the world just how great a mangaka he really is ^_^. He dreams of a world soo influenced by his manga we get world peace! His big interest of the year is dancing, breakdancing! He also likes writing and gaming... and drinking hot sweet tea.

Diana from St. Louis, MO

Diana was raised by her parents, both of whom have pleasant bone structures and gave her their most exciting genes. Diana's ambitions include working for a comic book or video game publishing company in a events planning/ marketing capacity, marrying a physicist-rockstar with a World of Warcraft gear score of over 6000, drawing a WoW comic, and continuing to make awesome costumes for under $20 each. Her weaknesses include bullets shot from a gun, people with bigger muscles than her, and knife wounds.

Dom from Anchorage, AK

Dominique is originally from the great lands of Alaska. After months of traveling on her polar bear she made her way down to Boulder where she now attends the University of Colorado. Her favorite mangas would include Peach Girl, DOMO, and Sailor Moon...let's just say she loves shoujo manga! :) Future aspirations include planning comic conventions. She currently moonlights as a member of X-men when not interning for TOKYOPOP!

Meera from St. Charles, IL

Meera hails from Chicago suburbia, but don’t look for her there -- she’s travelling the world by hot air balloon. Despite having her DS on her person 90% of the time, she fails miserably at playing most video games. Her dream cosplay is Caroline's blue dress from Paradise Kiss. After Meera retires she plans to open a small ramen shop in the south of France.

Stephan from New York, NY

Stephan wants to win the Powerball and buy a new house for his parents. Then he wants to write the great American novel and open up a world class restaurant. He'd also like to get to know the interesting people we'll meet on the road and just have a lot of fun.

Sully from Seattle, WA

Sully is from Seattle, Washington and attends the University of Southern California majoring in Animation and Digital Arts. In addition to Anime and Manga he enjoys drawing, rocking climbing, camping, hiking, acting, making faces in the mirror and good times. He hopes to meet a bunch of super awesome anime fans and make new friends on the coolest road trip ever!!!!