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Jan Scott Frazier
 Much to civilization's good fortune, the Amazing Jan Scott Frazier (patent pending) will be rejoining us for Ohayocon this year! Jan has seen and done just about everything a person can do with regards to the animation industry…and then went ahead and did some more! OK, gang, now pay attention! There's going to be a quiz at the end of the bio! “In 1987, Jan moved to Japan to pursue a career in the anime industry. She attended the International Animation Institute where she was made a teacher almost a year before graduation. She went on to work at a number of small production companies, then went to work for Artland in 1989 in the production department, a first for a foreigner. She worked on RikiOh 2, Locke the Superman, Shurato, Bubblegum Crash, and Tottoi. Jan founded her own full production company, TAO Corporation Ltd., in Bangkok, Thailand in 1991 which did work on shows such as Moldiver, Diary of Mikan, Genocyber and SWAT Kats. In 1994, Jan moved into consulting, freelancing for Cambridge Animation Systems the developers of Animo and also co-founded GENESIS Digital Publishing Company with Izumi Matsumoto of Kimagure Orange Road where they created Comic ON, a CD-ROM manga compendium in which Jan made her manga debut with Transcendence. In 1995 she went to work for Production I.G as the president of Production I.G. USA and a producer and technical director on the Japanese side. She was technical director of the animation for the Grandstream Saga, Madou Monogatari, and Kyoushin Senki games and also worked on the Panzer Dragoon OVA. She left Production IG in early 1998 to pursue a career as a freelance director. In 1999 Jan directed episodes of Susie-chan & Marvy and spent most of the year working on original TV series projects. In 2000, Jan returned to the USA to work at Celsys USA developing the next generation of the RETAS digital production system. She continues to develop original projects for television, OVA, music video and feature film release and has traveled extensively throughout Asia and the US teaching animation techniques and speaking at conventions. She has also written and co-written articles and textbooks about cel production, animation, and computer animation. Jan also does henna body art and tattoo design, plans and throws amazing parties, translates manga and anime shows into English and is working hard to learn to teach yoga. She is currently writing a book about her experiences in the anime industry and cons which will be available in 2006.” Hey, that means the book should be out now, so make sure to get a copy at Ohayocon! Come by for Jan’s many, many panels and workshops and, of course, to see her host this year’s roast of Greg Ayres! |