Awesome Anime Folks I Want To Meet

I want to meet:

Crispin Freeman, American voice actor (Alucard in Hellsing, Prince Turnip in Howl's Moving Castle, Itachi in Naruto, many others) and anime mythology expert. If you've seen Crispin, you know he's smart, poised, and an amazing font of knowledge about mythology. He describes himself as an "information junkie," and he's used that to develop a series of lectures on mythology and its relation to Japanese animation. Fascinating.

Adam Sheehan, the "face" of Funimation. I've actually chatted with him briefly in the halls of conventions a couple of times, but I'd love to sit down with him and a couple of beers. He named his daughter Lain, for Pete's sake. How awesome is that?

Fred Patten, super-otaku. His book Watching Anime, Reading Manga opened my eyes to the long history of American anime fandom. And judging from his writing, he's just plain reasonable. He basically created American anime fandom back in the late 1970's.

Vic Mignogna, American voice actor (Ed in Fullmetal Alchemist, many others). I spent a fair number of hours watching videos of Vic at various conventions. He strikes me as an open, kind guy with solid boundaries -- a perfect combination of attributes for a popular American voice actor.

Who would you like to have a beer with?