The Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale anime film will be available on Funimation and Crunchyroll starting on November 5, 2021. The movie officially premiered on February 18, 2017, nationwide in Japan.
You can check the official announcement from Sword Art Online‘s official English Twitter account below:
In addition, Funimation will screen the Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night movie on December 3, 2021, in theatres around North America. The official Twitter account also announced that the tickets for the screening will be on sale starting November 12, 2021.
You can check the tweet below:
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night is the third movie installment in Sword Art Online‘s franchise. It officially premiered on October 30, 2021, in IMAX theatres nationwide in Japan, and topped the Japanese Box Office revenue in two days.
The Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- anime film is the second movie installment in the Sword Art Online franchise. The author of the original Sword Art Online series, Reki Kawahara wrote the screenplay and story for it. He also wrote a 100-page prequel novel for the movie titled Hopeful Chant and it was distributed to the people who watched the anime film in Japan. Moreover, a short sequel novel for the movie titled Cordial Chords was released as a part of the limited edition of Ordinal Scale‘s Blu-ray/DVD on September 27, 2017.
The story of the movie takes place after the events in Sword Art Online II, which is based on Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online light novel series. Tomohiko Ito (Sword Art Online season 1) returned to the franchise as the film’s director, while A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online series) animated it.
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…
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Lastly, you can watch Sword Art Online The Movie – Ordinal Scale- trailer below:
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Source: Official English Twitter of SAO
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