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CGV Blitz, Cinemaxx, Platinum to Screen Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale Anime Film in Indonesia
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Southeast Asian film distributor Odex revealed via a comment on its Facebook page on Tuesday that it is collaborating with Indonesian cinema chains CGV Blitz, Cinemaxx, and Platinum Cineplex to screen the Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale film in Indonesia.
Odex will open the film in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei on February 18, the same day as the Japanese opening.
Kadokawa had announced in October that the film would be "simultaneously released worldwide on February 18, 2017.” The film's staff previously confirmed that the film will screen in about 1,000 theaters worldwide.
Aniplex of America, the film's United States distributor, describes the story:
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...
LiSA will perform the film's theme song "Catch the Moment." Sayaka Kanda will perform an insert song for the anime in addition to voicing the character Yuna.
