'Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale' Scheduled for 2017

by arsonal
Mar 13, 2016 12:15 AM | 68 Comments

Further details on the previously announced original Sword Art Online movie were revealed at Sunday's Dengeki Bunko Spring Festival 2016. Titled Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale, it will open in theaters in Japan in 2017.

Aniplex will begin selling tickets for the movie at AnimeJapan 2016 at the end of March. Each ticket costs ¥1,500 and comes with a bonus B2 poster of the movie's key visual (pictured). Author Reki Kawahara and the movie's producers are also scheduled to attend Sakura-Con in Seattle on March 26 to provide more information.

Tomohiko Itou returns to direct the movie at animation studio A-1 Pictures. Animator Shingo Adachi is once again adapting the original character designs by abec, while Yuki Kajiura is composing the music. An official website has opened with more information on the setting of the new work.

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Ordinal Scale is an ARMMORPG that was designed exclusively for Augma. Following its release, it has become the most discussed game due to its advanced technology. In this game, players can raise their rank by collecting items that appear in various places in the real world and by defeating monsters. This "Ranking System" is the main feature of the game, and in this system, each player's status is determined by their rank which is indicated by an ordinal number instead of a cardinal number. As the result, high ranking players are given overwhelming power, and often rank has become a major factor in deciding the outcome of a PvP battle.

Official site: http://www.sao-movie.net/
Official English site: http://www.sao-movie.net/us/
Official German site: http://www.sao-movie.net/de/

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Source: Dengeki Online

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FT_anime_fan said:

Otaku1205 said:
Is it coming in sub or dub versjon?

It be crap in any language.

English sub is good but I don't like a dub! I think there will be sub

Feb 22, 2017 3:16 PM by ImerSieghart

Someone put a link for this without crating a new account. The heck I don't have any credit card. What's with them .~. Btw it seems good not shit like they were saying before the launch.

Feb 22, 2017 3:15 PM by ImerSieghart

Otaku1205 said:
Is it coming in sub or dub versjon?

It be crap in any language.

Jan 22, 2017 9:53 AM by FT_anime_fan

I know SAO is a lot of people first anime, but still, how has it lasted this long. All it's ideas a from other better shows and its still going?

We got other popular shows that are lucky to get more than one season.
No game no life
The devil is a part timer
Nichijou
Spice and wolf

Jan 22, 2017 9:51 AM by FT_anime_fan

Is this maybe prequel to season 3?

Jan 3, 2017 11:27 AM by AuroraWolf

Is it coming in sub or dub versjon?

Jan 3, 2017 12:51 AM by Otaku1205

Better be good.. I'm a fan of SAO.
http://www.alluc.ee/stream/sword+art+online

Jan 2, 2017 11:46 PM by marydavis0191

It'll hopefully be better than the new Accel World movie, I haven't seen it, but the first 40 minutes is just a recap and the movie itself is set after the recent novels, confusing the fuck out of the people who only watched the anime.

The new SAO movie better not also have half of it be a recap like the Accel World movie or over an HOUR like Extra Edition was, THAT "movie" was a waste of time. What was the fucking point of them?

Aug 12, 2016 2:42 AM by KazumaKuzuryu

so much sword art online oversaturation im so sick of seeing anything about it

Aug 12, 2016 2:28 AM by Zjj

I am super excited about this! Despite all of the hate it gets, I love Sword Art Online.

Aug 11, 2016 11:03 AM by pinkraichu

Just to clear things up.

SAO Ordinal Scale timeline will be after Gun Gale and before Underworld. It is also announced that SAO s3 will arrive before Ordinal Scale. I might be stating the obvious since we all already see the characters and Shinon is there but Im just saying . Yes its 2017, I know it sucks to wait but seeing the SAO UW is coming out before the movie, it should keep us occupied for the time being. My prediction is that the movie will release some where mid year but if we're lucky then early year

Jun 26, 2016 7:58 AM by Jjlim

Gotta earn that R rating, eh?

Jun 17, 2016 8:00 PM by malvarez1

I hope they finally fuck. :L

Jun 17, 2016 4:44 PM by eGirlSlaying

DragonSlayer_19 said:

Phxlippe said:

please god help us all

Don't watch if you don't like the series . It's simple (unless you're a masochist? :p) .

rumbled you xxxxx

May 25, 2016 6:22 AM by Phxlippe

Phxlippe said:

Kuma said:

because why not??

please god help us all

Don't watch if you don't like the series . It's simple (unless you're a masochist? :p) .

May 24, 2016 3:15 AM by Shishou_23

Will watch for Asuna. (hope she's actually in it this time... more likely Kirito will get a new harem member...)

May 23, 2016 8:30 PM by BurntJelly

Kuma said:

Phxlippe said:
OH GOD NO WHY IS THIS HAPPENING

because why not??

please god help us all

May 22, 2016 3:54 PM by Phxlippe

Phxlippe said:
OH GOD NO WHY IS THIS HAPPENING

because why not??

May 22, 2016 3:51 PM by Kuma

OH GOD NO WHY IS THIS HAPPENING

May 22, 2016 3:36 PM by Phxlippe

Well I'm really interested in watching this in 2017 but when would it be put on crunchyroll,...? Because its an movie so I thought it would take atleast half a year to be blu-ray or just dvd published.

May 11, 2016 1:31 PM by FunergyDev

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