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Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

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Alternative title:

Gekijō-ban Sword Art Online -Ordinal Scale- (Japanese)

Sword Art Online: La película - Ordinal Scale (Spanish)

Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale

刀劍神域劇場版：序列爭戰 (Chinese (Taiwan))

劇場版ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール- (Japanese)

Genres: action, drama, fantasy, science fiction

Themes: augmented reality, MMORPG, survival game, swordplay, virtual reality

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: 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.

Watch Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale on:

Hulu,

Crunchyroll,

Crunchyroll Amazon Channel,

Apple TV,

YouTube,

User Ratings: 332 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:18, dub:10, raw:1, others:2

1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled

)

Excellent: 72 votes (sub:53, dub:16, edit.dub:1, others:2

2 Spanish subtitled

)

Very good: 112 votes (sub:80, dub:24, others:8

5 Spanish subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled

)

Good: 74 votes (sub:51, dub:14, ?:3, raw:1, others:5

2 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed

)

Decent: 29 votes (sub:22, dub:5, others:2

1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled

)

So-so: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Not really good: -

Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)

Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)

Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)

Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 533 users, rank: #2046 (of 9860)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.813 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4628, rank: #1034 (of 10016)
Weighted mean: 7.758 (Very good−), rank: #1042 (of 10016) (seen all: 7.76)
Bayesian estimate: 7.747 (Very good−), rank: #784 (of 7553)

Running time: 120 minutes

Vintage: 2017-02-18

Premiere date:

2017-02-18 (Germany)

2017-02-18 (Japan)

2017-02-18 (Malaysia)

2017-02-18 (Singapore)

2017-02-24 (Taiwan)

2017-03-01 (USA)

2017-03-04 (Australia, Perth Madman Anime Festival)

2017-03-04 (Mexico)

2017-04-19 (UK & Ireland)

2017-06-13 (Italy)

2018-03-03 (Colombia)

2018-05-04 (Argentina)

2018-10-23 (Spain)

2022-02-09 (Brazil, Funimation)

Ending Theme:

"Catch the Moment" by LiSA

Insert song:

"Break Beat Bark!" by Sayaka Kanda

"delete" by Sayaka Kanda

"longing" by Sayaka Kanda

"smile for you" by Sayaka Kanda

"Ubiquitous dB" by Sayaka Kanda

Official website:

「劇場版ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-」公式サイト (Japanese)

SWORD ART ONLINE The Movie - Ordinal Scale - Official Site (German)

SWORD ART ONLINE The Movie - Ordinal Scale - Official Site

UK Official Site

Trivia: We have 1

Reviews:

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale Limited Edition Blu-ray (Feb 1, 2018)

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (Mar 10, 2017)

News: Show: 10 +64 +37 unverified

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Funimation, Crunchyroll Add Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale Film (Nov 4, 2021)

GSC Movies Hosts Free Screening of Sword Art Online, Love Live! Films (Jan 15, 2018)

Top 10 Grossing Domestic Japanese, Foreign Films of 2017 Listed (Dec 31, 2017)

Top-Selling Animation in Japan on Blu-ray Disc/DVD by Series: 2017 (Dec 23, 2017)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 17-23 (Dec 19, 2017)

5 Anime Films Submitted for Animated Feature Oscar (Nov 10, 2017)

Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 9-15 (Oct 17, 2017)

Interest:

Governor Koike Attends Sword Art Online AR Event in Akihabara (Jan 29, 2018)

Hear LiSA Sing Sword Art Online Film's Theme in Chinese (Aug 31, 2017)

Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale Director Teases Blu-ray May Show Asuna's Nipples (Jul 13, 2017)

Sword Art Online Film Strip Gets US$1,300 Auction Bid (Mar 21, 2017)

Sword Art Online's Traditional Craft Goods Line Offers Kirito, Asuna Kokeshi Dolls (Feb 19, 2017)

FOVE 0 Eye-Tracking VR Headset Collaborates With Sword Art Online Movie (Nov 3, 2016)

Press Releases:

Now Streaming on Crunchyroll (Nov 3, 2023)

Aniplex of America Announces Sword Art Online The Movie –Ordinal Scale- Now Available for Digital Release (Feb 2, 2018)

Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- Makes 1.35 Million Dollars in First Four Days of North American Release (Mar 17, 2017)

Sword Art Online Hits Cinemas With a Special One-Night Event From the Mega-Hit Light Novel/TV Anime Series (Jan 9, 2017)

Aniplex of America Sets Nationwide Theatrical Release Date For Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale- (Dec 7, 2016)

Aniplex of America Announces North American Premiere of Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale- (Nov 14, 2016)

Tokyo Otaku Mode Opens Collaborative Global Portal Site for 'Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale' Releasing Next Spring (Nov 10, 2016)

Other articles:

Catching Up With Sword Art Online (Sep 19, 2018)

The Best Animated Films from Japan in 2017 (Jan 5, 2018)

ANNCast (Video) - Nacho Cheese Kiritos (Mar 10, 2017)

Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale's Hollywood Premiere (Mar 2, 2017)

Interview: Sword Art Online Composer Yuki Kajiura (Dec 27, 2016)

The SAO Movie Ordinal Scale Giveaway (Dec 7, 2016)

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Blu-ray (Region A)

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (Blu-ray) 2017-12-19 (from $41.00)

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale [Limited Edition] (Blu-ray) 2017-12-19

Blu-ray (Region B)

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale [UK] (Blu-ray) 2018-05-28

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale [UK] [Collector’s Edition] (Blu-ray + DVD) 2018-05-28

DVD (Region 1)

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (DVD) 2017-12-19 (from $100.98)

DVD (Region 2)

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale [UK] (DVD) 2018-05-28

Soundtrack

LiSA - Catch the Moment [Import] (OST) 2017-03-21

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale - Original Soundtrack [Import] (OST) 2017-03-06

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Tomohiko Ito

Screenplay:
Reki Kawahara
Tomohiko Ito

Storyboard:
Takahiro Shikama
Tomohiko Ito

Music: Yuki Kajiura

Original creator: Reki Kawahara

Original Character Design: abec

Character Design: Shingo Adachi

Art Director: Takayuki Nagashima

Chief Animation Director: Shingo Adachi

Animation Director:
Gō Suzuki
Kiminori Itō
Kiyoshi Komatsubara
Masaaki Takiyama
Naoki Kobayashi
Naoto Nakamura
Tatsuyuki Maeda
Tomoko Sudo
Tomoya Nishiguchi
Yousuke Okuda

Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Cgi Director: Ryuta Undo

Director of Photography: Kentarō Waki

Producer:
Kazuma Miki
Muneyuki Kanbe
Shinichiro Kashiwada
Yōsuke Futami

2D Work:
Daichi Nishikawa (A-1 Pictures)
Kanetake Ebikawa (Capsule)
Kaori Seki (Capsule)
Rie Awaji (Cudio)
Sachiko Ito (A-1 Pictures)
Satoru Kuroiwa (A-1 Pictures)
Seiya Ōmori (A-1 Pictures)
Toshiaki Aoshima (A-1 Pictures)
Yae Hiraga (A-1 Pictures)
Yohei Miyahara (Capsule)
Yohei Miyawaki (A-1 Pictures)
Yui Tomita (A-1 Pictures)

2nd Key Animation Assistant:
Hiroki Takiguchi (IMAGICA Image Works)
Hiroshi Kuri (IMAGICA Image Works)
Kenji Hashimoto (IMAGICA Image Works)
Taeko Iwatani (IMAGICA Image Works)
Yuri Yamamura (IMAGICA Image Works)

Action Animation Director:
Atsuki Shimizu
Naoki Kobayashi
Ryū Nakayama
Ryuuta Yanagi
Satoshi Sakai
Se Jun Kim
Shōta Yatsu
Shun Enokido
Takafumi Torii
Takahito Sakazume

Animation Chief:
Aoi Yamagishi (IMAGICA Image Works)
Hideki Tōdō (IMAGICA Image Works)
Miyuki Arima (IMAGICA Image Works)

Animation producer:
Atsushi Kaneko
Jun Katou

Art Setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa

Art Supervision: Yūsuke Takeda

Assistant Animation Director:
Kento Toya
Koji Hirauma
Sachiko Tsuji

Assistant Director: Hirotaka Mori

Assistant producer:
Hiroto Yonemori
Kai Mito
Yasukazu Kawai

Associate producer:
Shōki Niwa
Tomoyuki Tsuchiya

Background Art:
Asa Ta (Nam Hai)
Atsuko Sakakura (Bamboo)
Aya Satō (Bamboo)
Chika Hirabuki (Bamboo)
Eiji Wakamatsu (Kusanagi)
Hai Duc (Nam Hai)
Hieu Nguyet (Nam Hai)
Hiroaki Hirata (Kusanagi)
Hyun Su Kim (Studio Easter)
Jun Okabe (Bamboo)
Kayo Kojio (Bamboo)
Ken Nishimura (Bamboo)
Kentarō Ōnuki (Bamboo)
Kurumi Suzuki (Studio Easter)
Mahiro Abe (Studio Easter)
Naoko Yamada (Bamboo)
Nghi Le (Nam Hai)
Nhi Luu (Nam Hai)
Phuong Ho (Nam Hai)
Quoc Nguyen (Nam Hai)
Risa Wakabayashi (Atelier Platz)
Ryusei Nishino (Bamboo)
Saori Sone (Bamboo)
Shintarō Akiyama (Studio Easter)
Surok Chong (Bamboo)
Takamasa Masuki (Bamboo)
Takayuki Nagashima (Bamboo)
Takeshi Kodaka (Studio Easter)
Takumu Sasaki (Bamboo)
Tamako Kamiyama (Studio Easter)
Thao Nhu (Nam Hai)
Tomomi Nakajima (Bamboo)
Tomonori Katō (Bamboo)
Trang Diem (Nam Hai)
Trinh Diem (Nam Hai)
Tsukasa Kakizakai (Bamboo)
Yōichirō Yamamoto (Studio Easter)
Yuka Hirama (Atelier Platz)
Yumiko Sudou (Bamboo)

Casting Assistant: Satoshi Mashida (Unique Brains)

CG:
Katsuaki Miyaji (A-1 Pictures)
Kazuya Monma (A-1 Pictures)
Ryo Mizuhara (A-1 Pictures)
Shinji Nasu (A-1 Pictures)
Yō Fukuda (A-1 Pictures)
Yūki Sunaga (A-1 Pictures)

CG Animation:
Akiko Kobayashi (Future Tech Lab)
Fumiaki Satake (Cre-p)
Hidenori Hayashi (Hayashi Digital Construction)
Kazuaki Hashimoto (Cre-p)
Kazuki Niwa (Cre-p)
Kazuyuki Kitahara (POLYG)
Keitarou Itsumi (Cre-p)
Masaya Machida
Miki Yoshida (POLYG)
Naoto Takagi (CLIP+BISON)
Saki Shirafuji (Future Tech Lab)
Seiji Iseda (POLYG)
Shigenori Iwase (Future Tech Lab)
Shun Onodera (CLIP+BISON)
Takako Baba (CLIP+BISON)
Takeshi Ōkawa (Hayashi Digital Construction)
Takuya Sagawa (CLIP+BISON)
Yūji Katayama (Future Tech Lab)
Yūsaku Nakamura (Cre-p)
Yūto Karasawa (Hayashi Digital Construction)

CG Modeling:
Asuka Fujikawa (Gen'ei)
Daichi Shinohara (DEC)
Hirohiko Samekawa (DEC)
Kazutaka Toda (Gen'ei)
Kyohei Yamane (Gen'ei)
Masahiro Tamai (A-1 Pictures)
Masato Sekiguchi (DEC)
Miyuki Kumagai (A-1 Pictures)
Motoharu Sawada (PAGODA)
Seiki Hayashi (Gen'ei)
Shinya Horii (A-1 Pictures)
Takayoshi Fujimoto (Gen'ei)
Tetsuji Hayakawa (PAGODA)
Toshihiro Gotou (Gen'ei)

CG Producer: Shigeru Horiguchi

CG Setup:
Asuka Fujikawa (Gen'ei)
Daichi Shinohara (DEC)
Hirohiko Samekawa (DEC)
Kazutaka Toda (Gen'ei)
Kyohei Yamane (Gen'ei)
Masahiro Tamai (A-1 Pictures)
Masato Sekiguchi (DEC)
Miyuki Kumagai (A-1 Pictures)
Motoharu Sawada (PAGODA)
Seiki Hayashi (Gen'ei)
Shinya Horii (A-1 Pictures)
Takayoshi Fujimoto (Gen'ei)
Tetsuji Hayakawa (PAGODA)
Toshihiro Gotou (Gen'ei)

Chief Producer:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Nobuhiro Ōsawa

Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto

Color Design Assistant: Mayu Morita

Color setting:
Akiko Inoue
Hikaru Takigawa
Junko Mochizuki
Makoto Tsumashika
Manami Sasa
Takaaki Izumi

Concept Art:
Sōtarō Hori (CyDesignation)

Digital Animation:
Ayumi Aizawa (IMAGICA Image Works)
Katsuya Matsumoto (IMAGICA Image Works)

Digital Animation Check: Yuu Takahashi

Digital Unit Production Manager: Katsuhiko Shigemitsu (IMAGICA Image Works)

Distribution Manager: Yuu Takahashi

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

Editing Assistant: Yūji Kondō

Effects Animation Director: Ryuuta Yanagi

In-Between Animation:
Aya Takada (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Ayaka Miura (Wish)
Ayaka Tachikawa (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Chihiro Etō (Studio Gimlet)
Chisaki Yamashita (Wish)
Erika Kawakami (Anitus Kobe)
Haruka Shojima (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio; WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Hiroki Kamomiya (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Hiroyuki Ueda (Anitus Kobe)
Hitomi Takahashi (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Hitoshi Katsura (Studio Gimlet)
Kaho Kurita (Wish)
Kahoru Fujiki (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Kana Suehiro (Studio Gimlet)
Kimikazu Saito (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Kōichi Terashima (Wish)
Kouko Torinoumi (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio; WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Maaya Imanishi (Wish)
Mai Oku (Anitus Kobe)
Maki Toyoda (Wish)
Makoto Ikehata (Wish)
Mariko Ishijima (Anitus Kobe)
Miki Nishio (Anitus Kobe)
Mineko Suzuki (Wish)
Misato Hasegawa (Wish)
Mitsuki Ou (Wish)
Miwako Masuki (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Miyuki Nakagawa (Studio Gimlet)
Mizuki Kamomiya (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Moe Ogawa (Anitus Kobe)
Nanami Tanaka (Wish)
Nanasa Yanagida (A-1 Pictures)
Naomi Nakahara (Anitus Kobe)
Nichika Ōno (A-1 Pictures)
Nozomu Ichijo (Wish)
Rintarō Hayashi (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Risako Yagi (Wish)
Ryōta Iwai (Wish)
Sachi Kodono (Anitus Kobe)
Sakura Takayama (Anitus Kobe)
Sayo Kuno (Wish)
Shōgo Ōno (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Takashi Ogawa (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Tōko Miyaji (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Tomohiro Koga (WHITE FOX Izukogen Studio)
Tsubasa Sato (Anitus Kobe)
Wakana Itō (A-1 Pictures)
Yasuka Umabuchi (Wish)
Yū Saitō (A-1 Pictures)
Yuka Saitō (Anitus Kobe)
Yūki Itō (Wish)

Yūna Miyata (Wish)

In-between Animation Manager: Yuu Takahashi

In-Between Check:
Hitomi Miyazaki
Mineko Suzuki
Mitaka Saitō
Yu Okamoto

Insert Song Arrangement:
eba ("Break Beat Bark!")
Yashikin ("Ubiquitous dB")
Yuki Kajiura ("smile for you", "delete", "longing")

Insert Song Composition:
eba ("Break Beat Bark!")
Yashikin ("Ubiquitous dB")
Yuki Kajiura ("smile for you", "delete", "longing")

Insert Song Lyrics:
hotaru ("Break Beat Bark!", "Ubiquitous dB")
Yuki Kajiura ("smile for you", "delete", "longing")

Insert Song Performance: Sayaka Kanda

Key Animation:
Akihito Asai
Atsuki Shimizu
Atsushi Kasano
Atsushi Saitō
Aya Akizuki
Chiemi Kurosaki
Chiho Fujiwara
Daisuke Hatsumi
Daisuke Saitō
Daisuke Takemoto
Eri Yamazaki
Erina Kojima
Hajime Nakagawa
Hideki Nakagawa
Hironori Tanaka
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Hiroyuki Kobashi
Hisashi Nakamoto
Hitomi Ochiai
Kanetoshi Kamimoto
Kazuto Arai
Kazuya Sakamoto
Kazuya Takahashi
Keiichi Kondō
Ken Ishizuka
Ken Ōtsuka
Ken Takahashi
Kengo Matsumoto
Kiminori Itō
Komami Yoshida
Makiko Kamimura
Makiko Uemura
Makoto Makabe
Manabu Yasumoto
Masaaki Endō
Masaaki Takiyama
Masami Mori
Masashi Yokoi
Masayuki Kouda
Misa Matsuoka
Mitsuru Ishihara
Nanako Ninomiya
Naoki Miyajima
Nobuhiro Nagata
Nozomu Abe
Raku Nishikimi
Reina Yamauchi
Ryou Kodama
Ryuuta Yanagi
Satoshi Fujioka
Se Jun Kim
Seiko Asai
Seong Hee Hwang
Shingo Adachi
Shinya Kōno
Shōta Sannomiya
Shun Enokido
Sōichi Honda
Takaaki Wada
Takahiro Kuroishi
Takahito Sakazume
Takashi Nishikawa
Takayoshi Hayashi
Takayuki Kikuchi
Takayuki Onoda
Takayuki Sano
Takehiro Miura
Takeshi Morita
Taro Tanaka
Tatsuaki Okamoto
Tatsuya Koyanagi
Tatsuya Oka
Tatsuyuki Maeda
Tetsuro Uetake
Tetsuya Kawakami
Tetsuya Takeuchi
Tomoaki Kado
Tomoko Sudo
Tomoko Sugimoto
Tomoya Nishiguchi
Tomoyuki Kitamura
Toshiya Kōno
Yasuhiro Namatame
Yasuyuki Kai
Yōichi Shimizu
Yoshikazu Fujiwara
Yoshiko Okuda
Yūichi Fujimaki
Yūichi Nakazawa
Yuka Sugizaki
Yukari Takeuchi
Yūkei Yamada
Yūki Hara
Yukiko Watabe
Yurie Ōhigashi
Yūta Kiso
Yuuga Tokuno
Yuuichi Sugio

Key Animation Assistant:
Akihiro Matsukawa (IMAGICA Image Works)
Ayu Tanaka (IMAGICA Image Works)
Kosuke Iwanaga (IMAGICA Image Works)

Layout Supervision:
Shiho Takeuchi
Yuuga Tokuno

License Manager:
Ai Kōno
Eri Shigeta
Hiromi Mezaki
Misato Aoki
Yoshihiro Murata

Manga Artist: Isll

Mastering Engineer:
Mitsuhiro Yabe
Naoka Tamura

Materials Assistant: Vivian Satō (Nexus)

Monitor Works:
Masato Sato
Mutsumi Sasaki
Shōta Harada

Monster Design: Ryuuta Yanagi

Music Assistant:
Gen Okamura
Takanobu Hazeyama (F.M.F)

Music producer:
Yasunori Mori (Space Craft Produce)

Newsflash Production:
Michiyasu Kido (LSI, Inc.)
Nayu Ishikawa (Q-Tec)

Official App Production:
Erika Kasai
Hiroki Ishiwatari
Makoto Yokoyama
Manami Amano

Official Site Production:
Erika Masato (Kirksville)
Kanae Akagi (Kirksville)
Tatsuya Yamamoto (Kirksville)
Yuka Fujiwara (Kirksville)

Ogma Design: Ikue Hosoda

Original Light Novel Illustration: abec

Overseas Distribution:
Asa Suehira
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Katsura Honma
Kumiko Honma
Osamu Nishimoto
Yi Fan Yang
Yosuke Kodaka
Yuka Yamauchi

Overseas Distribution Assistant:
Bin Zhou (Shanghai Soloyo Infotech Co., Ltd.)
Gary Yang (Muse Communication Co., Ltd.)
Geraldine Ee (Sozo Pte. Ltd.)
Hiroe Tsukamoto (Aniplex of America)
Hoo Nam (Shanghai Soloyo Infotech Co., Ltd.)
Jasmine Goh (Sozo Pte. Ltd.)
Jesdapong Jariengprasert
JJ Hikaru (Shanghai Soloyo Infotech Co., Ltd.)
Joanna Metoki (Aniplex of America)
Minwoo Hyung (Aniplus)
Nirada Sirikachapom (Dream Express Co., Ltd.)
Olivier Cervantes (Wakanim SAS)
Peter Go (ODEX Pte. Ltd.)
Sebastian Horn (peppermint anime)
Tina Lin (Muse Communication Co., Ltd.)
Torpong Panichakul (Dream Express Co., Ltd.)
Xavier Fleury (Wakanim SAS)
Yujin Kim (Aniplus)

Paint:
Ai Ogasawara (Wish)
Arisa Iizuka (Studio Gimlet)
Asako Kikuchi (Animesh)
Atsuko Ito (Wish)
Ayako Kawahara (Animesh)
Ayako Kurome (Wish)
Daiki Egusa (Wish)
Emiko Okui (Wish)
Eri Yoshiki (Anitus Kobe)
Erina Yamamoto (Anitus Kobe)
Haruka Sugimoto (Wish)
Hiroyasu Kanemitsu (Wish)
Hisako Furukawa (Wish)
Hitomi Kashihara (Studio Gimlet)
Hitomi Yamase (Wish)
Izumi Inoue (Wish)
Jie Meng (Wish)
Jun Uchida (Wish)
Kō Ueda (Studio Gimlet)
Kōki Fukushima (Anitus Kobe)
Kōta Sudō (Wish)
Kumiko Mizoguchi (Studio Gimlet)
Kyōko Sekino (Wish)
Marie Koga (Wish)
Masayo Ogawa (Wish)
Maya Kusumoto (Wish)
Mika Aoki (Animesh)
Miki Shimizu (Wish)
Miyuki Mori (Anitus Kobe)
Mizue Ueda (Animesh)
Naoko Sunahara (Wish)
Naoya Ibata (Animesh)
Reiya Honda (Anitus Kobe)
Rieko Umemura (Wish)
Ryō Taba (Wish)
Saeko Kushima (Wish)
Saho Harada (Anitus Kobe)
Saku Kawakubo (Wish)
Satomi Hatano (Wish)
Sayuri Ishikawa (Animesh)
Shiho Okamiya (Wish)
Shinya Terashima (Wish)
Shiori Tanigawa (Anitus Kobe)
Sonoe Yoshida (Studio Gimlet)
Teruka Tanaka (Wish)
Terumi Yamada (Wish)
Tomomi Muta (Wish)
Yōhei Nishiwaki (Anitus Kobe)
Yoko Chiba (Wish)
Yoshiko Yamada (Wish)
Yosuke Amamoto (Wish)
Yukari Kunō (Wish)
Yumi Fujiwara (Wish)
Yumika Ueno (Wish)
Yūsuke Ishihara (Wish)

Paint Check:
Akiko Inoue
Hikaru Takigawa
Junko Mochizuki
Makoto Tsumashika
Manami Sasa
Takaaki Izumi

Paint Manager: Yuu Takahashi

Photography:
Arisa Soenozawa (Asahi Production)
Haruhi Gotō (Asahi Production)
Haruka Serizawa (Asahi Production)
Hideki Chiba (Asahi Production)
Hikaru Yamamoku (Asahi Production)
Hiroki Takano (Asahi Production)
Kenta Hayashi (Asahi Production)
Kentarō Waki (Asahi Production)
Mari Gomyo (Asahi Production)
Naoko Tanaka (Asahi Production)
Natsuki Takei (Asahi Production)
Noriyuki Murakami (Asahi Production)
Ryō Iijima (Asahi Production)
Ryō Kujirai (Asahi Production)
Seung Goo Choi (Asahi Production)
Shōta Kodera (Asahi Production)
Takashi Ōde (Asahi Production)
Takumi Arai (Asahi Production)
Yū Akiyama (Asahi Production)

Planning:
Kazutomo Suzuki
Satoshi Ōshita
Tarō Maki
Toshihiro Konno

Production Advancement:
Kazuya Suzuki
Keita Sakano
Kenta Suzuki
Kento Nishimura
Kichiyoshi Haneda
Taikan Nakagami
Yoshitsune Tatsutomi
Yū Sasaki
Yūji Nakagara

Production Affairs:
Hideo Goto
Misa Hayakawa
Rie Tsuboi

Production Affairs Manager: Masato Suzuki

Production Chief:
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Tomonori Ochikoshi

Production Committee:
Ai Abe (Aniplex)
Atsushi Wada (KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works)
Hiroki Kurachi (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Kazuko Yamamoto (Aniplex)
Keiko Ishikawa (Aniplex)
Keisuke Hirai (KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works)
Koji Tezuka (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Kuninori Yoshizaki (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Madoka Motoki (Aniplex)
Masanori Miyake (Aniplex)
Miyuki Asakawa (Aniplex)
Naoko Koyama (KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works)
Ryo Irie (GENCO)
Ryoichi Sugiura (Aniplex)
Ryuhei Watabe (KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works)
Sachiko Harada (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Shinpei Kawamura (Aniplex)
Shinsuke Nomura (Aniplex)
Shūichi Sugane (Aniplex)
Shunsuke Fujita (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Takao Asaga (GENCO)
Takashi Watanabe (KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works)
Takehiko Nishida (Aniplex)
Takeshi Ochi (Aniplex)
Tomohiko Takeuchi (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Tomoya Hasegawa (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Yasushi Ono (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Young Mi An (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Yūki Kimishima (Aniplex)
Yuki Sagami (KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works)
Yūma Takahashi (Aniplex)
Yūsuke Sasaki (Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Production Coordination: Yasuko Kitakura (IMAGICA Image Works)

Production Executive: Takamitsu Inoue

Promotion Design:
Ai Nonaka (Tsuyoshi Kusano Design Office)
Kouhei Masuno
Nobuo Yoshida
Seita Takahashi (Stereotype)
Shiho Mogami
Shinya Nakamura
Takaaki Kurihara (Rakunichi)

Prop Design: Tomoya Nishiguchi

Publicity:
Ako Murai (ELECTTRO89)
Emi Takamura
Fumiko Okuno (ELECTTRO89)
Kanji Harada (ELECTTRO89)
Kazuaki Sato (ELECTTRO89)
Kenta Satono
Kōta Murayama
Mikiko Iwano
Rie Mukaiyama
Ryo Kawaguchi
Sayaka Ikegami
Tsukasa Oikawa
Yasuyuki Yaguchi
Yūji Ono

Publicity Producer: Kazuya Aikawa

Recording Adjustment: Takayuki Yamaguchi

Recording Assistant:
Emi Andō
Hisafumi Tsuzuki

Sales Planning:
Shōhei Konaka
Wataru Onoki

Screenplay Assistant: Izumi Murakami

Setting Assistant:
Ryuuta Yanagi
Se Jun Kim
Takahiro Shikama
Takayuki Kikuchi
Yū Aoki
Yuuichi Sugio

Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama

Sound Production: Eisuke Imanishi (Dax Production)

Special Effects: Kei Ishibashi

Special Thanks To:
Munemasa Nakamoto
Ryūtarō Kawakami
Taku Kishimoto
Yasuyuki Konno
Yūki Usui
Yukie Sugawara
Yukito Kizawa
Yūko Itō

Studio Coordinator: Hideki Ito

Studio Engineer:
Shuji Suzuki
Yasutomo Yamana
Yūsuke Sano

Sub-Character Design: Gō Suzuki

System Management:
Masayoshi Yoshioka
Tomohiro Yamazaki

Theater Sales:
Ayaka Yamada
Kayo Mizuo
Masami Ebihara
Soichiro Umemoto

Theme Song Arrangement: Ryo Eguchi

Theme Song Assistant:
Keiichi Sotomura
Shinji Yamauchi

Theme Song Composition: Tomoya Tabuchi

Theme Song Lyrics: LiSA

Theme Song Performance: LiSA

Tie-Up Promotion:
Ei Nagata
Hiromi Shimizu

Trailer Production: Yūsuke Ishihara (Gal Enterprise)

UI Design: Satoshi Watsuji

UI Design Assistant: Kizuku Matsuba

UI Setting Assistant:
Andy Sam ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)
Atsuo Nakayama ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)
Benjamin Brennan ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)
Daisuke Hattori ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)
Hideo Yoshie ("Summer Lesson" production team)
John Chu ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)
Jun Tamaki ("Summer Lesson" production team)
Mathieu Hall ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)
Nobuaki Yamato ("Summer Lesson" production team)
Tatsuya Kubota ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)
Theon Rosenblum ("PAC-MAN 256" production team)

Unit Line Producer:
Hidenori Kanou (IMAGICA Image Works)
Masanao Nishiyama (IMAGICA Image Works)

Video Editing:
Jin Hon'ami (Sony PCL)
Ryotaro Date (Sony PCL)

Web Manager:
Kōji Uetsuji
Masashi Tanaka

Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna Yūki

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito

Ayahi Takagaki as Rika Shinozaki/Lizbeth

Ayana Taketatsu as Suguha Kirigaya/Leafa

Hiroaki Hirata as Klein

Hiroki Yasumoto as Andrew Gilbert Mills/Agil

Kanae Itō as Yui

Miyuki Sawashiro as Shino Asada/Sinon

Rina Hidaka as Keiko Ayano/Silica

Sayaka Kanda as Yuna

Shiori Izawa as Pina

Takeshi Kaga as Professor Shigemura

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Seijirō Kikuoka

Yoshio Inoue as Eiji

Ayumu Murase as Recon

Chiwa Saitō as Alicia Rue

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Dr. Kurahashi

Kenichirō Matsuda as Behemoth

Kenta Miyake as Eugene

Kōichi Yamadera as Akihiko Kayaba

Satoshi Tsuruoka as Dyne

Sayuri Yahagi as Sakuya

Yu Shimamura as Siune

Japanese companies

2D Works:
A-1 Pictures
Capsule
Cudio

Animation Production: A-1 Pictures

Background Art:
Atelier PLATZ
Bamboo
Kusanagi
Nam Hai
Studio Easter

Casting Assistance: Unique Brains

CG Animation:
CLIP+BISON
Cre-p Co., Ltd.
Future Tech Lab
Hayashi Digital Construction
POLYG

CG Modeling:
A-1 Pictures
DEC
Gen'ei
PAGODA
Shirogumi Inc.

CG Setup:
A-1 Pictures
DEC
Gen'ei
PAGODA

CG Works: A-1 Pictures

Concept Art: CyDesignation

Digital Cinema Mastering Studio: CineLaPista

Distributor: Aniplex

Editing Studio: REAL-T

Internet Streaming: Disney+

Logo Design: metamo

Materials Assistance: Nexus

Mixing Studio:
Toho Studio
Tokyo TV Center

Music Production: Aniplex

News Flash Production:
LSI, Inc.
Q-Tec

Official Site Production: Kirksville

Overseas Distribution Assistance:
Aniplex of America
Aniplus
Dream Express Co., Ltd.
Muse Communication Co., Ltd.
Odex Private Ltd.
Peppermint Anime
Shanghai Soloyo Infotech Co., Ltd.
Sozo Pte. Ltd.
Wakanim

Photography: Asahi Production

Production:
Aniplex
ASCII Media Works
Bandai Namco Entertainment
GENCO
SAO MOVIE Project

Production Assistance:
EGG FIRM
Straight Edge

Project Management: GENCO

Promotion Design:
Dentsu Inc.
LUCK'A
Stereotype
Tsuyoshi Kusano Design Office

Publicity: ELECTTRO89

Publicity Assistance: Dengeki Bunko

Recording Studio:
Sound Inn Studios
Studio T&T

Sound Production: Dax Production

Theater Goods Sales Assistance:
GiFT
Kiwa Products Co., Ltd.
Lightworks
San-Ei
Sony Music Communications
Tokyu Recreation Co., Ltd.
Tosho Printing Co., LTD.

Trailer Production: Gal Enterprise

UI Setting Assistance: Bandai Namco Entertainment

Video Editing: Sony PCL

English cast

English staff

ADR Director: Alex Von David

Translation: Yuki Urakawa

Executive producer:
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Shu Nishimoto

Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Hiroe Tsukamoto

Assistant producer: Mio Moroe

Casting Director: Mami Okada

Co-Producer: Mami Okada

Licensing:
Kaori Hayashi
Shu Nishimoto

Marketing:
Alex Crum
Anthony Foronda

Post-Production Manager: Pamela Holcomb

Production Assistant: Patrick Dugan

Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks

Recording engineer:
Ricardo Watson
Tony Solis

Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman

Spotting: Emily Nicolas

Video Technician: Victor Sgroi

Bryce Papenbrook as Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito

Cherami Leigh as Asuna Yuuki

Cassandra Morris as
Pina
Suguha Kirigaya/Leafa

Chris Patton as Eiji

Christine Marie Cabanos as Keiko Ayano/Silica

Kirk Thornton as Klein

Matthew Mercer as Seijiro Kikuoka

Michelle Ruff as Shino Asada/Sinon

Patrick Seitz as Andrew Gilbert Mills/Agil

Ryan Bartley as Yuna

Sarah Anne Williams as Rika Shinozaki/Lisbeth

Stephanie Sheh as Yui

Taylor Henry as Professor Shigemura

Bill Rogers as Taisaneko

Cristina Vee as Alicia-Lu

Erika Harlacher as Siune

Joshua Tomar as Eugene

Lauren Landa as Sakuya

Marc Diraison as Akihiko Kayaba

Marianne Miller as Recon

Robbie Daymond as Dr. Kurahashi

Ben Pronsky

Bill Rogers

Bobby Thong

Brian Timothy Anderson

English companies

ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Distributor:
Azoland Pictures (dub version, theatrical, USA)
Eleven Arts (sub version, theatrical, US)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)

Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)

Aniplex of America (North America)

French staff

French cast

Dubbing Director: Jean-Pierre Leblan

Translation: Stéphane Lapie

Dialogue Adaptation: Clément Pelegri

Recording & Mixing: Clément Pelegri

Adrien Solis as Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito

Jessica Barrier as Asuna Yuki

Catherine Collomb as Sinon

Charles Mendiant as Kikuoka

Corinne Martin as Keiko

Frédérique Marlot as Yuna

Gwenäelle Julien as Lyfa

Jean-Pierre Leblan as Eiji

Julien Chatelet as Agil

Lucille Boudonnat as Yui

Nathalie Bienaime as Rika

Vincent De Bouard as Klein

Yann Pichon as Shigemura

French companies

Dubbing: Les studios de Saint Maur

Internet Streaming: Wakanim

Spanish staff

Spanish cast

ADR Director: Arturo Cataño (Mexican dub)

Translation: Carlos Wilheleme (Mexican dub)

ADR Script: Carlos Wilheleme (Mexican dub)

Executive producer:
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Miguel Ángel Hoffmann (Arcade Media)

Associate producer:
Osvaldo Soto (Mexican dub)
Ricardo García (Mexican dub)

Editing Engineer: Carlos Gomez (Mexican dub)

Mix Engineer: Carlos Gomez (Mexican dub)

Production manager: Elizabeth Rojo (Mexican dub)

Public Relations: Luis Enrique Garza (Mexican dub)

Recording engineer:
Aranzazu Gilabert (Mexican dub)
Noe Dai Mar (Mexican dub)

Screen Inserts: Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta (Spain dub)

Alejandra Delint as Asuna Yuuki/Asuna (Mexican dub)

Dario Torrent as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya (Spain dub)

Eva Bau as Asuna Yuki (Spain dub)

Luis Leonardo Suárez as Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito (Mexican dub)

Álex Moreno as Klein/Ryoutarou Tsuboi (Spain dub)

Azucena Miranda as Suguha Kirigaya/Leafa (Mexican dub)

Carles Teruel as Seijiro Kikuoka (Spain dub)

Diego Estrada as Eiji Nochizawa (Mexican dub)

Gabriel Ortiz as Ryotaro Tsuboi/Klein (Mexican dub)

Gerardo Reyero as Tetsuhiro Shigemura (Mexican dub)

Greta Ruiz as Leafa/Suguha Kirigaya (Spain dub)

Jocelyn Robles as Rika Shinozaki/Lisbeth (Mexican dub)

José Luis Molina as Tetsuhiro Shigemura (Spain dub)

Lupita Leal as Shino Asada/Sinon (Mexican dub)

Majo Montesinos Guzmán as Yuna (Spain dub)

Melissa Gedeón as Yuna (Mexican dub)

Mónica Campos as Silica/Keiko Ayano (Spain dub)

Nina Romero as Yui (Spain dub)

Omar Lozano as Eiji Nochizawa (Spain dub)

Oscar Flores as Seijiro Kikuoka (Mexican dub)

Oscar Rangel as Andrew Gilbert Mills/Agil (Mexican dub)

Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as Agil/Andrew Gilbert Mills (Spain dub)

Rosa López as Lisbeth/Rika Shinozaki (Spain dub)

Silvia Cabrera as Sinon/Shino Asada (Spain dub)

Susana Moreno as Yui (Mexican dub)

Wendy Malvárez as Keiko Ayano/Silica (Mexican dub)

Alejandria de los Santos as Siune (Mexican dub)

Armando Guerrero as JanWoo (Mexican dub)

Cari Monrós as Siune (Spain dub)

Dafnis Fernández as Akihiko Kayaba (Mexican dub)

David Martínez as Carrou (Mexican dub)

Edson Matus as Doctor Kurahashi (Mexican dub)

Enric Puig as Dr. Kurahashi (Spain dub)

Erick Selim as Act (Mexican dub)

Erika Langarica as Arisha-Lu (Mexican dub)

Esteban Desco as Dyne (Mexican dub)

Humberto Solorzano as Eugene (Mexican dub)

Jorge Tejedor as Recon/Shinichi Nagata (Spain dub)

José Luis Piedra as Recon (Mexican dub)

José Manuel Oliva as Dyne (Spain dub)

Kerygma Flores as Sakuya (Mexican dub)

Luis Porcar as Akihiko Kayaba (Spain dub)

Rosa López as Sakuya (Spain dub)

Sergio Capelo as Eugene (Spain dub)

Silvia Tarín as Alicia Rue (Spain dub)

Adriana Olmedo (Mexican dub)

Beatriz Olcina (Spain dub)

Betzabe Jara (Mexican dub)

Cari Monrós (Spain dub)

Daniel González (Spain dub)

Eva Andrés (Spain dub)

Fran de la Torre (Spain dub)

Jaime Vicedo (Spain dub)

Jesús Motos (Spain dub)

Jorge Tejedor (Spain dub)

José Manuel Oliva (Spain dub)

Juan Catalá Hernández (Spain dub)

Miguel de León (Mexican dub)

Monserrat Aguilar (Mexican dub)

Pablo Chico (Spain dub)

Rafa Nacher (Spain dub)

Rosalinda Marquez (Mexican dub)

Rubén Aranda (Spain dub)

Rubén Felis (Spain dub)

Ruben Leon (Mexican dub)

Silvia Tarín (Spain dub)

Vianney Monroy (Mexican dub)

Yukari Yussuee (Mexican dub)

Spanish companies

ADR Production: Kora International (Mexican dub)

Distributor:
Arcade Media (Mexico)
Cinépolis (Colombia)
KEM Media (March 2017)
Village Cinemas (Argentina)

Dubbing Studio: Producciones Bayoneta (Mexican dub)

Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain)
Movistar+ (Spain)
Netflix

Licensed by:
Arcade Media (Latin America)
Selecta Visión (Spain)

Theatrical Distribution: Cinépolis (Colombia)

Theatrical Releaser: Cinépolis (Colombia | Theatrical)

Italian staff

Italian cast

Dubbing Director:
Luca Semeraro
Silvia Pepitoni

Translation:
Andrea Prodomo
Davide Campari

Dialogues: Luca Semeraro

Dubbing Assistant:
Andrea Standardi
Ariella Portolan

Dubbing Engineer: Armando Perasole

Supervision:
Andrea Prodomo
Davide Campari
Michele Stagni

Alessio De Filippis as Kirito

Francesca Manicone as Asuna Yuuki

Alessandro Rigotti as Seijirou Kikuoka

Annalisa Usai as Yui

Cesare Rasini as Shigemura Tetsuhiro

Claudio Moneta as Agil

Federico Zanandrea as Eiji

Gabriele Marchingiglio as Klein

Jolanda Granato as Leafa

Katia Sorrentino as Sinon

Loredana Foresta as Lisbeth

Serena Clerici as Silica

Valentina Pallavicino as Yuna

Luca Semeraro as Eugene

Marco Balzarotti as Akihiko Kayaba

Matteo De Mojana as Speaker

Ruggero Andreozzi as Kurahashi

Italian companies

Distributor:
Dynit
Nexo Digital

Dubbing: Studio PV

Internet Streaming:
Netflix
VVVVID

Sound: Studio PV

German cast

German staff

ADR Director: René Dawn-Claude

Denise Monteiro as Asuna Yuuki

Patrick Keller as Kazuto Kirigaya

Bodo Wolf as Tetsuhiro Shigemura

Christiane Werk as Yui

Dirk Hardegen as Agil

Isaak Dentler as Klein

Jennifer Weiß as Sinon

Julia Meynen as Lyfa

Matthias Keller as Seijirou Kikuoka

Nico Sablik as Eiji Nochizawa

Nina Amerschläger as Lisbeth

Samira Jakobs as Yuna

Sarah Madeleine Tusk as Keiko Ayano/Silica

Ann Vielhaben as Sakuya

Charlotte Uhlig as Alicia Rue

Inken Baxmeier as MMO Host

Jenny Maria Meyer as MMO Co-Host

Marlin Wick as Eugene

Sven Fechner as Taisaneko

Torsten Michaelis as Akihiko Kayaba

Vincent Borko as Recon

Yeşim Meisheit as Siune

German companies

Distributor: Peppermint Anime

Dubbing: Oxygen Sound Studios

Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German speaking countries)

Portuguese staff

Portuguese cast

ADR Director: Renan Alonso

Translation: Suzana Oguro

Producer: Daniel D'Ângelo

Insert Song Performance: Laís Assunção (as Yuna)

Mix Engineer: Frederico Inglez

Music Director: Gilberto de Syllos

Recording engineer: Luís Ricardo Reis

Subtitle Translation: Ricardo Brito (Netflix; Portugal)

Bruna Nogueira as Asuna Yuuki

João Vieira as Kazuto Kirigaya

Caio Guarnieri as Klein

Demétrios Augustus as Eiji Nochizawa

Fernanda Crispim as Yuna

Jéssica Cardia as Sinon

Luísa Horta as Lisbeth

Marco Antônio Costa as Professor Shigemura

Mariana Pozatto as Leafa

Nina Carvalho as Yui

Raissa Bueno as Silica

Reinaldo Rodriguez as Agil

Rodrigo Nanal as Seijirou Kikuoka

Cadu Ramos as Dr. Kurahashi

Caio Freire as Recon

Carla Gmurczyk as Alicia-Rue

Glaucia Franchi as Sakuya

Guilherme Marques as Dyne

Mário Spatziani as Eugene

Nathalia Guilen as Siune

Nizo Neto as Akihiko Kayaba

Portuguese companies

ADR Production: Haymillian

Distributor: Arcade Media (Brazil)

Dubbing Studio: Atma Entretenimento

Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Netflix (Portugal)

Licensed by:
Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Selecta Visión (Portugal)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff

Chinese (Taiwan) companies

(none)

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast

(none)

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