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Big news for gamers as SacAnime has unveiled a new batch of guests who will be at the Summer 2017 events. Added to the guest list are Ali Hills, Kira Buckland and Courtenay Taylor.

Ali Hillis is a voice actress who is well known for her role as Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII and Dr. Liara T’Soni from Mass Effect 3. Outside of the gaming world she is known for her role as Karin from Naruto and Emma Frost in several Marvel anime films.

Gamers will be quick to recognize Kira Buckland for her role as 2B in NieR: Automata while her other major roles include Bloody Marie in Skullgirls and Trucy Write in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice. Outside of the gaming world she is known for her role as Eri Shinkai in Aika R-16: Virgin Mission, Kanae Sumida in 5 Centimeters Per Second, and Izumo Kamiki in Blue Exorcist.

Courtenay Taylor is a voice actress who is well known for her role as Ada Wong from the Resident Evil series, Jack in Mass Effect 3, and Nora / The Lone Survivor in Fallout 4.

They will be joined by other guests such as Roger Smith, who has been the voice of Chris Redfield since 2009, and actor John Ratzenberger from Cheers along with every Pixar movie, just to name a few. More guests will be revealed in the months leading up to the event.

SacAnime Summer 2017 will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center during the weekend of September 1st until the 3rd. Not much information has been given but the pre-registration started on February 1st while the Sheraton Grand Sacramento is taking hotel reservations now.