OIWW First Annual Anime and Manga Fundraiser

New York , NY

Funimation, ITO EN, AnimEigo, Gaiaonline, Planet Hollywood, and Tokyo Pop have donated valuable gifts for raffle prizes and goodie bags. Partygoers will enjoy Japanese snacks and beverages. Raffle prizes include 10 free tickets ($55.each) donated by ReedExpo, to the NY Anime Fest on the following weekend.

Lisa Hammer, who does character voice-over work on the new Cartoon Network show The Venture Brothers, playing Triana Orpheus, will be our honored guest and MC. Also coming is Spike Spencer of Neon Genesis Evangelion (as Shinji Ikari), Martian Successor Nadesico (as Akito Tenkawa), and Excel Saga (as Shioji). Meet Wendee Lee, who has done voicework for many video games, and has more credits than any other English anime voice actor with 215 credits.

OIWW First Annual Anime and Manga Fundraiser:
China 1 Party Rooms
50 Avenue B, Between 3rd & 4th
New York . NY 10009
Saturday, September 20, 2008
From 6 to 8pm

The ticket price is $25 and includes food, drink and raffle tickets worth $10. Gift bags will be given to the first 100 who register and pay on-line. Go to PayPal.com and make the payment to anime@oiww.org. You can also link to PayPal from our event website, http://www.oiww.org/events.html

About us: http://www.oiww.org/
OIWW is a non-governmental organization associated with the U.N. Department of Public Information and a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. OIWW has established a network of legal, locally incorporated projects to house and educate children orphaned and abandoned after the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia , and hurricane Jeanne in Haiti . In 2009 we will be caring for aids affected orphans in Moshi , Tanzania . OIWW provides aid to the world's most disadvantaged children with the donated services of 90 volunteers, on an annual budget of less than a half-million dollars.

For more information, press, or sponsorship inquiries:
Roxanne Arthur
Orphans International Worldwide
540 Main St . #418 (on Roosevelt Island )
NY , NY 10044
(212) 755-7550
roxanne.arthur@oiww.org

The backbone of Echostream, Tony and Ryoko met at the Royal Academy of Music in London in the Summer of 1997. Shortly after moving to the United States , Echostream signed to Force of Change Records and began working on their debut album Identity. This album pulls from the duo's experiences in both the pop and rock worlds and draws on their many influences from Tori Amos, to Radiohead. Their amazing music has reached out to people all over the world. With honest lyrics, haunting vocals, vibrant guitar riffs, and double drum kits (acoustic and electric), Echostream has established a rapidly growing fanbase both within and outside the US . Offering a pure blend of electronic, rock, and originality, Echostream represents the future of music.

Lisa Hammer is an infamous NYC Underground/Indie Director, Producer, Composer, Actress, Operatically Trained Singer, THX trained audio and video technician. She has directed and produced over 30 shorts and two feature films, and over 4 years of 2 award-winning weekly NYC underground TV shows. She founded the Blessed Asylum Motion Picture Company and her films have toured the world for over 15 years, winning awards and starting near-riots. She is currently performing as Triana Orpheus on the hit Adult Swim TV show "The Venture Brothers". Hammer is also lead singer of legendary goth bands "Requiem In White" and "Mors Syphilitica". Her goal: “To terrify the pants off the people of this planet through the arts of film, music and theatre.”