At Anime Expo on Saturday, Aniplex USA confirmed that Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale will be released in Japan next Spring and also confirmed that the film will receive a limited-run in the US at a later date. Although the film is an original story that's not based on the manga, series creator Reki Kawahara developed the story. Chronologically, it's set after the Mother Rosario arc.
KEY STAFF:
Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Script Supervisor: Reki Kawahara
Character Designer: Shingo Adachi
SWORD ART ONLINE LIGHT NOVEL ARCS:
Aincard arc
Fairy Dance arc
Phantom Bullet arc
Calibur arc
Mother Rosario arc
Alicization arc
The mega-hit anime series is coming to the big screen in 2017!
In 2026, two years since the SAO incident, a new game called "Oridinal Scale," an Augmented-Reality MMO, is becoming popular among the players. But…strange things are happening in the game and Kirito and the gang are facing a new danger. A brand new story created by the original author, Reki Kawahara and directed by Tomohiko Ito, "Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale-" is coming to theaters in Spring 2017.
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