Anime Festival Orlando 7 Cosplay 2006

Around 5:30 PM, the line starts forming for the AFO opening ceremonies. According to a podcast interview from Anime World Order, convention attendance for this year was about 3000 fans.

Continuing with AFO's winning formula from last year, Chris and Anime Angie host the opening ceremonies to introduce the guests of honor.

First on deck is Veronica Taylor, English voice actress. Her notable roles include Ash Ketchum, Delia Ketchum (Ash's Mom), and May from the Pokemon series.

Next up is Chris Sabat, voice actor and director. His most notable work dealing with the various Dragonball series and movies.

Angie continues with Marc Handler. who has worn many hats working on many shows starting with Voltron in 1984 to the more recent Transformers and Castlevania.