Sword Art Online, the mega hit that sold 16.7 million copies, will come back as an animated feature with a brand new original story by author Reki Kawahara.
Based on the wildly popular light novels published in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Bunko, Sword Art Online The Movie – Ordinal Scale is set to be released this year. The first trailer, featuring scenes from the upcoming film, and new visuals drawn by character designer Shingo Adachi were unveiled during the Sword Art Online event at Anime Expo 2016 in Los Angeles last year.
The animated TV series Sword Art Online is based on author Reki Kawahara’s light novel (winner of the 15th Dengeki Novel Award Grand Prize) in which the protagonist Kirito fights to survive in the mysterious next-gen VRMMORPG, called “Sword Art Online.”
Since the first volume of the novel was published in 2009, the series has proved extremely popular, with cumulative sales exceeding 11.5million units in Japan and 16.7 million worldwide, spawning two TV anime adaptations, video games, comic books, and merchandise.
In spring 2017, Sword Art Online The Movie – Ordinal Scale – Kawahara’s new story, is set for theatrical release, much to the anticipation of SAO fans around the world.
Infinite possibilities for the world of Virtual Reality
The NerveGear, the world’s first dedicated full-dive device developed by the genius programmer, Akihiko Kayaba in 2022… a revolutionary machine that opened up infinite possibilities for the world of VR (Virtual Reality.) 4 years later a next-generation, wearable multi-device called the Augma has been released to compete with the NerveGear’s successor, the Amusphere. A cutting-edge machine boasting the ability to enhance AR (Augmented Reality) to the maximum, the Augma offers a safe, user-friendly experience, as it can be used while the player is awake, making it an instant hit. Its killer title is an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma,“Ordinal Scale (a.k.a. OS).”
Kirito is about to join Asuna and the others as an Ordinal Scale player, but they’re about to find out that it isn’t all fun and games…
Hands on deck for this production include original story by Reki Kawahara (Dengeki Bunko / ASCII MEDIA WORKS), director Tomohiko Ito, character design concept: abec, character design Shingo Adachi, music Yuki Kajiura and produced by SAO MOVIE Project.
The cast are Kirito(Kazuto Kirigaya): Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Asuna(Asuna Yuuki): Haruka Tomatsu, Yui: Kanae Ito, Sinon(Shino Asada): Miyuki Sawashiro, Lisbeth(Rika Shinozaki): Ayahi Takagaki, Silica(Keiko Ayano): Rina Hidaka, Klein(Ryotaro Tsuboi): Hiroaki Hirata, Leafa(Suguha Kirigaya): Ayana Taketatsu, Agil(Andrew Gilbert Mills): Hiroki Yasumoto and Akihiko Kayaba: Koichi Yamadera. – Distributed by Aniplex Inc
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