Bold Matsuri is an annual anime and cosplay festival in Jacksonville, Florida that features a wide range of celebrity guests, the latest gaming, and cosplay-focused after-hour events. The 2021 event is July 17-18.
Here are 4 spectacular reasons you should be there:
Spectacular reason # 1: There are anime voice actors and a Power Ranger
Conventions that promote a genre should deliver with significant guests from that genre. And Bold Matsuri is an anime convention that delivers with a solid roster of anime celebrity guests.
Elizabeth Maxwell, voice actor
Elizabeth Maxwell is a voice actor who best-known for voicing Ymir in Attack on Titan, Bishamon in Noragami, Albedo in Overlord and Caulifla in Dragon Ball Super.
David Matranga, voice actor
David Matranga is a voice actor best known as the voice of Shoto Todoroki from My Hero Academia, Hideki Hinata from Angel Beats, and Bertholdt Hoover from Attack on Titan series.
Johnny Yung Bosh, voice actor and Power Ranger
Johnny Yung Bosh is a voice actor best-known for voicing Vash the Stampede in Trigun, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Izaya Orihara in Durarara!!, Nine in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, Giyu Tomioka in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Broly in Dragon Ball FighterZ – to mention only a portion of his work. And he also is Adam Park in Morphin Power Rangers (1994-1996), Power Rangers Zeo (1996), and Power Rangers Turbo (1997).
Caitlin Glass, voice actor
Caitlin Glass is a voice actor best-known for voicing work in Full Metal Alchemist, RWBY, and My Hero Academia, to mention only a few.
Spectacular reason # 2: @SailorScoutsJax are cosplay guests
@SailorScoutsJax is a large group of Sailor Moon cosplayers who will be mingling throughout the Bold Matsuri crowd. Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine featured the group in the November 2020 issue titled “8 Florida cosplayers and one dozen Sailor Moons to cheer you up.” In the Jacksonville-based group is @SummerFireCosplay, who will be there as Sailor Jupiter. She was on the cover of Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine Special Edition: Collective Con 2021 for her cosplay of Mage Espeon from Pokemon. The magazine feature includes her three how-to videos for the cosplay.
Spectacular reason # 3: @Dark.Lady.Cosplay is a cosplay guest
@Dark.Lady.Cosplay is a talented cosplayer who appeared on the cover of Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine’s November 2020 issue titled “8 Florida cosplayers and one dozen Sailor Moons to Cheer You Up.” Her feature in the magazine illustrates her love for World of Warcraft and her talent for cosplay (she likes Mortal Combat, too.) Below images left to right: Sylvanas Windrunner from World of Warcraft, Nightmare Ysera from World of Warcraft, and Zero from Mortal Combat.
Spectacular reason # 4: Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine will be there
Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine, published by Florida Comic Cons, will be at Bold Matsuri 2021 in Jacksonville in search of talented cosplayers. Here are some of our past magazines, which are always free. Learn more and read mags (covers below)
Bold Matsuri tickets are available
Tickets for Saturday $20, Sunday $20, and a three-day pass is $30. More info at http://boldmatsuri.com/tickets/
Event hours
Event hours are Saturday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
