Aniplex of America to Release Sword Art Online -Extra Edition-

© REKI KAWAHARA/ASCII MEDIA WORKS/SAO Project

The Sequel to the Hit SWORD ART ONLINE Series Coming This Winter!

SANTA MONICA, CA (September 27, 2014) –Aniplex of America, Inc. recently announced at their industry panel at Anime Weekend Atlanta (Atlanta, GA.) that they will be releasing the home video versions of SWORD ART ONLINE –Extra Edition– on Blu-ray and DVD on December 23rd. Pre-orders for this product will begin next Monday (9/29/2014) on the official U.S. Sword Art Online homepage (www.SwordArt-OnlineUSA.com) and also through official retailers. The SWORD ART ONLINE –Extra Edition– will be available in the U.S., Canada, Central and South Americas.

The SWORD ART ONLINE –Extra Edition– will feature both the original Japanese and English audios with English and Spanish subtitles. Bonus contents for the Blu-ray release will include the “Sword Art Offline” special animation (English subtitles included), the Sword Art Online II trailer, a deluxe booklet and an exclusive poster. The standard edition DVD will include the SAO II trailer as the bonus content.

< BD Features>

• Spoken Languages: Japanese & English
• Subtitles: English & Spanish
• Total Run Time: Approx. 100 min.
• Rating: 13UP
• Special Animation “Sword Art Offline” (English subtitled)
• SAO II Trailer

<Bonus Materials>

• Deluxe booklet
• Exclusive poster

< DVD Features>

• Spoken Languages: Japanese & English
• Subtitles: English & Spanish
• Total Run Time: Approx. 100 min.
• Rating: 13UP
• SAO II Trailer

Both Blu-ray and DVD Editions can be pre-ordered and purchased at:

RightStuf: SWORD ART ONLINE –Extra Edition–Blu-ray: Rightstuf.com/i/aoa2905B
SWORD ART ONLINE –Extra Edition–DVD: Rightstuf.com/i/aoa2905D

Official Retailers: www.AniplexUSA.com/retailers

About SWORD ART ONLINE –Extra Edition–
The Sequel to the Hit Anime “SWORD ART ONLINE” and Prequel to the New Chapter, “SWORD ART ONLINE II”!!

On a hot summer day, Kazuto (Kirito) takes Suguha (Leafa) to his school, to meet Asuna, Keiko (Silica) and Rika (Lisbeth). Their mission: teach Suguha how to swim. Kazuto, however, has a prior commitment to see Seijiro Kikuoka, an officer with the Virtual Reality Section of the Department of General Affairs. Kikuoka wants to go over Kazuto's recollection of his time in SAO and ALO, to resolve some unanswered questions. Later in ALO, Kirito and the girls (along with Klein and Agil), embark on an underwater quest to show Yui her very first whale. But the deeper down they go, the more mysterious the quest becomes…

For details on SWORD ART ONLINE –Extra Edition–, please visit: www.SwordArt-OnlineUSA.com

CAST
Kirito: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka / Bryce Papenbrook
Asuna: Haruka Tomatsu / Cherami Leigh
Leafa: Ayana Taketatsu / Cassandra Lee Morris
Yui: Kanae Ito / Stephanie Sheh
Silica: Rina Hidaka / Christine M Cabanos
Lisbeth: Ayahi Takagaki / Sarah Anne Williams
Klein: Hiroaki Hirata / Kirk Thornton
Agil: Hiroki Yasumoto / Patrick Seitz

STAFF
Original Story: Reki Kawahara (Dengeki Bunko / ASCII MEDIA WORKS)
Original Character Design: abec
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Character Design: Shingo Adachi
Supervising Animation Director: Shingo Adachi
Monster Design: Ryuta Yanagi
Prop Design: Takahiro Ishimoto
Color Setting: Kazuko Nakajima
Art Director: Yusuke Takeda (Bamboo), Takayuki Nagashima (Bamboo)
Art Setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Director of Photography: Gaku Hirooka, Atsushi Usuda
CG Director: Ryuta Undo
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Sound Production: Ducks Production
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Music Produced by ANIPLEX
Project Supervising: GENCO
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Produced by: SAO Project

About Aniplex of America Inc.
Aniplex of America Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and a leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. Aniplex of America has launched fan-favorite Blu-ray and DVD releases such as Sword Art Online, KILL la KILL, Bakemonogatari, Durarara!!, Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the Garden of sinners, Blue Exorcist, Anohana: The Movie, Silver Spoon, OREIMO 2, Blast of Tempest, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, VALVRAVE the Liberator, Oreshura, and Vividred Operation. The company's ever-growing line-up of shows include our most recent titles Sword Art Online II, ALDNOAH.ZERO, Persona4 the Golden ANIMANTION, MEKAKUCITY ACTORS, The irregular at magic high school, Mushi-Shi Next Passage, Nanana's Buried Treasure, NISEKOI, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, and Samurai Flamenco.

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