Aniplex USA unveiled the cast and details for the upcoming Sword Art Online movie at Sakura Con, including a new main visual for the film (which you can see above), the synopsis for the movie and the voice cast for the support characters.
According to the official Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale website -- via Anime News Network -- Ordinal Scale is the next game that Kirito and the gang will log into, and it will be unlike anything they’ve experienced so far.
Here’s the official synopsis for the Sword Art Online movie.
“Ordinal Scale,” an ARMMO-RPG 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.
The “Augma” is a new virtual reality device that is used to enter “Ordinal Scale” and is described by the site as follows:
“A next-generation, wearable multi-device that looks like a pair of small headphones. In terms of size and portability, it is far superior to the existing VR machine “Amusphere.” Augma doesn't have a full-dive function, however, its AR function is greatly enhanced to compensate for it. It can transmit visual, audio and tactual sensation data to players while they are awake, thus enabling the users to enjoy fitness and health management like a game.”
Along with some critical movie details, the website also showed off character designs for some support characters along with their voice actors. Check out Sinon, Silica, Lisbeth and Klein in their Ordinal Scale outfits.
Rina Hidaka as Silica
Ayahi Takagaki as Lisbeth
Miyuki Sawashiro as Sinon
Hiroaki Hirata as Klein
Ordinal Scale takes place after the Mother’s Rosario arc of the anime, but is an original story from Sword Art Online creator, Reki Kawahara. The film will be released in Japan in 2017.
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