The highly anticipated Sword Art Online anime film will soon hit the Southeast Asian theaters on February 18, 2017
according to the film distributor Odex. The announcement was made on
December 13, 2016; Sword Art Online
the Movie: Ordinal Scale will open in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,
the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei on February 18.
Odex also confirmed that Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale will only be screen exclusively in SM Cinemas in the
Philippines. On my end, it seems that I have to travel in the neighboring
province to see the film as there’s no SM Cinemas in my area; unfortunately I
was quite having the hermit way of living.
On a separate announcement Kadokawa
had stated that Sword Art Online the
Movie: Ordinal Scale will be "simultaneously released worldwide on
February 18, 2017.” This is really one the biggest film of 2017 as Sword Art
Online had been a phenomenal anime of 21st century, increasing the
popularity of light novel based anime series.
In the United States, Aniplex of America will
be the film’s distributor and they describe the story as follows:
In 2022, the world of
virtual reality was upended by the arrival of a new invention from a genius
programmer, Akihiko Kayaba, called NerveGear. It was the first full-dive
system, and with it, came endless possibilities to VRMMORPGs.
In 2026, a new machine
called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor,
the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive
function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality (AR) to get
players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they
are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on
the system is “Ordinal Scale” (aka: OS), an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for
the Augma.
Asuna and the gang have already been
playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They're about
to find out that Ordinal Scale isn't all fun and games...
The cast from the previous two anime series
will return to reprise their respective roles in the upcoming film. The
returning cast includes the following:
Yoshitsugu
Matsuoka as Kirito
Haruka
Tomatsu as Asuna
Rina
Hidaka as Silica/Keiko
Ayahi
Takagaki as Lisbeth/Rika
Miyuki
Sawashiro as Sinon/Shino
Hiroaki
Hirata as Klein/Ryotaro
Kanae
Itō as Yui
Ayana
Taketatsu as Leafa/Suguha
Hiroki
Yasumoto as Agil/Andrew
Kouichi
Yamadera as Akihiko Kayaba
In addition, the film will feature three
new characters and cast members:
Sayaka
Kanda as AR idol Yuna
Yoshio
Inoue as mysterious young swordsman Eiji
Takeshi Kaga
as Augma developer Professor Shigemura
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
theme song "Catch the Moment" will be performed by LiSA while performing the insert song is
Kanda.
[Via AnimePH Project]
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