Aniplex of America Announces North American Premiere of Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-
SANTA MONICA, CA (November 11, 2016) – Aniplex of America Inc. announced today that they will be hosting the North American premiere of the highly anticipated feature film Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-. The premiere will take place at the historic Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 1, 2017. Tickets for the event will be available for purchase on the official website (www.sao-movie.net/us) starting next Tuesday, November 15, at 12PM (PST). Aniplex of America has also announced their plan to release Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale- in theaters nationwide following the premiere event. Details on theater locations and tickets for the nationwide release will be announced at a later date. Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale- will be distributed by ELEVEN ARTS in the original Japanese audio with English subtitles.
About Sword Art Online:
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 April 2009, the series has proved extremely popular, with cumulative sales exceeding 12.5
million units in Japan and 19 million worldwide, spawning two TV anime adaptations, video games,
comic books, and merchandise.
Story of Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-:
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…
For details on Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-, please visit: www.sao-movie.net/us
STAFF
Original Story: Reki Kawahara (Dengeki Bunko)
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Shingo Adachi
Prop Design: Tomoya Nishiguchi
Art Director: Takayuki Nagashima
Art Setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Concept Art: Sotaro Hori
CGI Director: Ryuta Undo
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Produced by: SAO MOVIE Project
Character Design Concept: abec
Script: Reki Kawahara/Tomohiko Ito
Monster Design: Ryuta Yanagi
UI Design: Satoshi Watsuji
Art Supervision:Yusuke Takeda
Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto
Director of Photography: Kentaro Waki
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Music: Yuki Kajiura
CAST
Kirito: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Asuna: Haruka Tomatsu
Yui: Kanae Ito
Leafa: Ayana Taketatsu
Silica: Rina Hidaka
Lisbeth: Ayahi Takagaki
Sinon: Miyuki Sawashiro
Klein: Hiroaki Hirata
Agil: Hiroki Yasumoto
Akihiko Kayaba: Koichi Yamadera
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 including Sword Art Online, KILL la KILL, Bakemonogatari, Fate/Zero,
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Blue Exorcist, NISEKOI, OREIMO 2, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic,
Expelled From Paradise, The irregular at magic high school, ALDNOAH.ZERO, Fate/stay night
[Unlimited Blade Works] and DURARARA!!×2. The company's ever-growing line-up of shows includes
our most recent titles ERASED, Sword Art Online II, The Asterisk War, OWARIMONOGATARI, Your lie
in April, Charlotte, Classroom Crisis, WAGNARIA!!3 and GOD EATER.
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About ELEVEN ARTS
ELEVEN ARTS is a Los Angeles based film production/distribution company known for distributing
high quality Japanese films, both live-action and animation, to North American audiences. ELEVEN
ARTS's major live-action titles include: Japan Academy Awards winner Memories of Tomorrow
(starring Ken Watanabe) and Oscar nominated director Yoji Yamada's samurai film Love and Honor.
ELEVEN ARTS' anime titles include: Yo-kai Watch, DIGIMON ADVENTURE tri, CHAPTER 1:
REUNION, the Evangelion franchise, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, the Puella Magi
Madoka Magica franchise, Blue Exorcist: The Movie, Expelled from Paradise, The Last: Naruto the
Movie, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and The Anthem of the Heart.
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