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SacAnime Summer 2017 is only a few months away but the list of confirmed guests keeps growing. This time Pokemon fans are in for a treat as it has been confirmed that Bill Rogers will be a guest.

Bill Rogers is a voice actor who is well known for his role as Brock in the English dubbed version of the Pokemon series. His other major roles include the voice of King Rhoam in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Majitani in Hunter x Hunter.

This announcement comes a week after San Francisco Comic Con announced that Sarah Natochenny, known for her role as Ash Ketchum, as a guest. Since SacAnime and San Francisco Comic Con are during the same weekend, they will be beefing up their guest list in the months to come.

Rogers will be joined by other guests such as Patricia Summersett (the voice of Princess Zelda in Breath of the Wild), Roger Smith (the voice of Chris Redfield since 2009) and Trina Nishimura (Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan) just to name a few. They will also be joined by acclaimed actor John Ratzenberger, best known for is role as Cliff Clavin from Cheers along having been featured in every Pixar movie.

SacAnime Summer 2017 will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center during the weekend of September 1st until the 3rd. Tickets are on sale now while hotels in the area are also taking reservations. More guests will be revealed in the months leading up to the event.