Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- Makes 1.35 Million Dollars in First Four Days of North American Release

SANTA MONICA, CA (March 16, 2017) – Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale- has grossed 1.35 million dollars during the first four days of its North American run. The film set an opening weekend record for an Aniplex of America theatrical release. The film has played in 560 theaters nationwide and the positive response from both fans and critics has been absolutely phenomenal.

“I am honored that so many SAO fans came out and ed the film,” said Hideki Gotō, President of Aniplex of America. “Ordinal Scale has become a smash hit worldwide and has garnered some wonderful reviews from critics. We hope that our dub release next month will bring the same excitement and lead to more people being able to enjoy this wonderful film.”

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale- will return on April 22 for a limited theatrical engagement featuring the highly anticipated dub. Tickets for this screening are available via the official website (www.sao-movie.net/us).

STAFF
Original Story: 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: Sōtarō 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: Yūsuke Takeda
Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto
Director of Photography: Kentarō Waki
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Music: Yuki Kajiura

VOICE CAST (JAPANESE / ENGLISH)
Kirito / Kazuto Kirigaya: Bryce Papenbrook
Asuna / Asuna Yuuki: Cherami Leigh
Yui: Stephanie Sheh
Leafa / Suguha Kirigaya: Cassandra Lee Morris
Silica / Keiko Ayano: Christine Marie Cabanos
Lisbeth / Rika Shinozaki: Sarah Anne Williams
Sinon / Shino Asada: Michelle Ruff
Klein: Kirk Thornton
Agil: Patrick Seitz
Seijirou Kikuoka: Matt Mercer
Akihiko Kayaba: Marc Diraison
Yuna / Ryan Bartley
Eiji / Eiji Nochizawa: Chris Patton
Tetsuhiro Shigemura: Taylor Henry

Voice Director & ADR Script Writer: Alex Von David

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