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Anime Boston 2022 Announces Its Latest North American Guests

Voice Actors Max Mittelman, Ray Chase, and Robbie Daymond To Appear at the Northeast's Largest Anime Convention


BOSTON — Anime Boston, the largest anime convention in New England, announced the LAVA trio as guests today. Voice Actors Max Mittelman, Ray Chase, and Robbie Daymond will be appearing at Anime Boston at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Mass, on May 27 through 29, 2022.

Well known as the voice of Saitama in “One-Punch Man,” Max Mittelman has also given life to other fan-favorite characters such as Ryuji in Persona 5, Arataki Itto in Genshin Impact, Plagg in “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” King in “The Seven Deadly Sins,” Sabito in “Demon Slayer,” and Atsushi in “Bungo Stray Dogs.”

Other notable projects include Final Fantasy VII Remake (Red XIII), Borderlands 3 (Troy Calypso), Fire Emblem (Leo, Gray, Kaden, Forrest, Gordin), “Hunter x Hunter” (Meruem), “Your Lie in April” (Kousei), Bugsnax (Filbo Fiddlepie), Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 (Luxu), “Boruto” (Konohamaru), “Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-” (Matsumoto), “Mob Psycho 100” (Ritsu), Marvel's Spider-Man (Harry Osborn), “Ben 10” (Overflow), “ThunderCats Roar” (Lion-O, Wilykat), Fallout 4 (Zeke), “Transformers” (Blurr), “Justice League: Action” (Jimmy Olsen), Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Fidel), World of Warcraft (Ara'lon, Prince Farondis), “Sword Art Online II” (Jun), “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt” (Io), Tales of Berseria (Shigure), and Atelier Escha & Logy (Logy).

He is a proud founding member of the comedy and gaming troupe, Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying (LAVA), which he shares with fellow actors Ray Chase and Robbie Daymond.

Ray Chase is perhaps best known as Sukuna in “Jujutsu Kaisen,” Tengen Uzui in “Demon Slayer,” Noctis in Final Fantasy XV, Nier in NieR: Replicant, Eve in NieR: Automata, Alphen in Tales of Arise, Bruno Bucciarati in “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,” Roy in Fire Emblem, the Master of Masters in Kingdom Hearts, and his most celebrated dual role as the Subway Announcer and Mara in Persona 5. Other roles include Gabriel in “Malignant,” Karamatsu in “Osomatsu-san,” Artorius in Tales of Berseria, Roy/Gaius/Alphonse/Fernand in Fire Emblem Heroes, Almond Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom, and Mitsurugi in Soulcalibur VI. He's also made appearances in Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Borderlands 3, and hundreds more. His anime roles include Gendo Ikari in “Neon Genesis Evangelion,” Roswaal in “Re:Zero,” Keith Flick in “B: The Beginning,” Fyodor Dostoyevsky in “Bungo Stray Dogs,” Puri-Puri Prisoner in “One-Punch Man,” Yuu Otosaka in ”Charlotte,” and Howzer in “The Seven Deadly Sins.” He's also joined the casts of “Attack on Titan,” “Your Name,” “Berserk,” “Mob Psycho 100,” “Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans,” “Blue Exorcist,” “Fairy Tail,” and many others! He is a proud founding member of the comedy troupe Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying (LAVA), which he shares with fellow actors Max MIttelman and Robbie Daymond.

In the anime world, Robbie Daymond might be most well known as the most prolific voice of Tuxedo Mask in “Sailor Moon” and “Sailor Moon Crystal.” He's also played countless lead and fan-favorite roles such as Mori Jin in “The God of High School,” Megumi in “Jujutsu Kaisen,” Mitsuki in “Boruto,” Ikoma in “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress,” Minato in “RE-MAIN,” Akira in “Battle Game in 5 Seconds,” Mumen Rider in “One-Punch Man,” Joe Kido in “Digimon Adventure tri.,” Chrollo in “Hunter x Hunter,” Flect Turn in “My Hero Academia,” Killer T-Cell in “Cells at Work!,” Ren Tsuruga in “Skip Beat!,” Merlin in “Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia,” and Gilthunder in “The Seven Deadly Sins.” He's also voiced characters in other anime such as “Demon Slayer,” “Katsugeki TOUKEN RANBU,” “FLCL Progressive,” “Attack on Titan,” “Megalobox,” “Kuroko's Basketball,” “BNA,” “Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans,” “Last Hope,” “Naruto Shippuden,” “Occultic;Nine,” “Baki,” “Tales of Zestiria the X,” “Cyborg 009,” “K - Return of Kings,” “Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works,” “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,” “Yashahime,” “Sword Art Online II,” “Bungo Stray Dogs,” “God Eater,” “Isekai Quartet,” “TERRAFORMARS,” “86,” “Magi: Adventure of Sinbad,” “Durarara!!x2,” “Charlotte,” “Lupin the 3rd,” “Aldnoah.Zero,” “Your Lie in April,” “Glitter Force,” “Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals,” and more. There are also several others coming up that he can't mention quite yet …

Robbie also makes up one-third of the pop-culture improv comedy troupe, Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying, aka LAVA, performing this weekend!

About Anime Boston: With over 25,000 attendees in 2019, Anime Boston is an annual three-day Japanese animation convention held in Boston, Mass. Anime Boston 2022 is scheduled for Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29 at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel. More information about Anime Boston can be found at http://www.animeboston.com.

About New England Anime Society, Inc.: The New England Anime Society was founded in 2001. Based in Massachusetts, The New England Anime Society, Inc. is parent organization of Anime Boston and is dedicated to furthering public education and understanding of the Japanese language and culture through visual and written media. More information about The New England Anime Society is available at http://www.neanime.org.

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